Nick Baker

@nickbaker.digital

Once upon a time I was the Lockdown Poll guy on Twitter. Digital analyst nick@nickbaker.digital wrangling web analytics, SEO etc. Sport, cricket 🏏🇳🇿

Thanks to everyone who shared this quiz, it has well and truly escaped containment - over 1,000 submissions (8.13 average score, 14 scores of 15/15). 300 since midnight so we are now being seen overseas. This image was guessed by only 21.4% of people

NZ school lunch commonly guessed as "Teriyaki Chicken Rice & Veg Bowl" or "Tomato Chicken Tikka Masala with Rice"
Nick Baker@nickbaker.digital · 3d ago

This is your school holiday assignment. Complete the school lunch quiz by matching the image to the name - a quiz based on the school lunch images sent by @ninjakitty.bsky.social this past school term. There are 15 images in total. forms.gle/et7qDL4VGBJH...

We've reached 250 attempts at this NZ school lunch quiz. Still only a single score of 15/15 (unsurprisingly). Thanks to all who submitted themselves to this rustic visual treat

Nick Baker@nickbaker.digital · 3d ago

This is your school holiday assignment. Complete the school lunch quiz by matching the image to the name - a quiz based on the school lunch images sent by @ninjakitty.bsky.social this past school term. There are 15 images in total. forms.gle/et7qDL4VGBJH...

Lots of things are now called "AI" when they are just plain old computing in the same way that this was called a "COMPUTER BOOK" when it was just a plain old magnet

THE AMAZING MAGIC COMPUTER BOOK of FOOTBALL from the early 1970s. Each page featured 12 images and only one right answer to the question.
INSTRUCTIONS
The computer will answer all the questions in the book.
Let the computer check your answers or supply the solution to questions which you are unable to answer.
The questions and problems are on the left hand pages. Put the pointer on the computer disc to the number of the question. Now insert the special bookmark, close the book and tap gently on the cover. The bookmark ensures that you can quickly find the appropriate page. On referring to it you will find that the computer arrow is pointing to the correct answer on the key page.Front cover of BOOK SIX
THE AMAZING MAGIC
COMPUTER BOOK
FOOTBALL
THE MOVING INDICATOR GIVES AN INSTANT ANSWER

Drawings shows George Best, Pele and a few other images

The reason I will perish ..... On a cruise ship rapidly sinking and we're filling the lifeboats. "There are 17 people and the lifeboat can only take 16, we need less people, how do we decide which person to leave behind?" Me: "You mean fewer people"

The new Tauranga Library building opens on Friday 16 October (that's the building in the background of the image). Hopefully this is the start of the regeneration of the city centre with the museum construction well under way

An image from the Tauranga City Council website of two women each holding a pile of books while standing in front of the new Tauranga Library building at Te Manawataki o Te Papa, Willow Street

New episode of Better off Read. My new book kluge comes out on Thursday. i'm doing four events to celebrate the four colours the cover comes in. You can read about them and listen to a short excerpt here better-read.com/2026/08/11/k...

kluge: four covers four events

My new novel kluge is released in Aotearoa this week. Read about kluge Thanks to the amazing work of Te Herenga Waka University Press and Todd Atticus it has a beautiful cover which comes in four c…

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#InternetNZ team! The FSU is rallying the troops and urging them to register for the AGM! That means we need to REGISTER and TURN UP. 5:30pm Thursday August 13th Register here using the name & email associated with your membership: internetnz.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #kikorangi

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

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Jason Danner@jpdanner.com · 2mo ago

Heya #InternetNZ folks! Don’t forget to vote in the board elections! BUT ALSO: register to attend the AGM from 5:30pm on Thursday August 13th! Register here using the name & email associated with your membership: internetnz.zoom.us/webinar/regi... There are motions to vote on! #kikorangi

Does anyone think I should go along to the audition? I don't have any acting experience but I'm fairly sure they'll hire me once they've seen my Bottom

Poster that says

SUMMER SHAKESPEARE TAURANGA TRUST PRESENTS
AUDITIONS OPEN FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM
AUDITION DATES:
SATURDAY AUGUST 15TH 12-2PM FOR MAIN ROLES
SUNDAY AUGUST 30TH 12-4PM FOR MINOR ROLES, WORKSHOP & CALLBACKS

For folks in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland this weekend, we’re holding ‘Kia Ora Japan’, a free community event in Greenlane from 10-3pm. Suitable for all ages, there’s food, workshops $ Japanese music to enjoy. See you there! 👋🇯🇵🇳🇿🥰

A poster promoting Kia Ora Japan, a free community event in Greenlane, Auckland on 8 August 2026. It features performances of Japanese music, craft workshops, tea ceremony experiences , & Japanese food stalls.

For reference - NZ Covid lockdown dates at level 2.5 or higher. Nationwide 23 March 2020 -> 14 May 2020 = 52 days 18 August 2021 -> 8 September 2021 = 21 days Total = 73 days 622 days of alert levels Lockdown Days = 11.7% 1/2

If you're a rugby fan but you don't have Sky Sport, the NPC is on TVNZ+ for free and it starts tomorrow with the mighty Bay of Plenty Steamers playing some team from over the Kaimais

#InternetNZ peeps! Board Member voting has opened! Eligible members should have an email. There is at least one meet the candidates event, but it is absolutely critical that you vote. **If you think you might forget, voting sooner rather than later is the best option.** bsky.app/profile/jpda...

An email with voting instructions for the InternetNZ Board Election.
Jason Danner@jpdanner.com · 2mo ago

Countdown to #InternetNZ board elections! My updated #INZReckons - preferred rankings as of 23/07/2026: 1 Bianca Grizhar 2 Daniel Spector 3 Nabil Sabio Azadi 4 Annette Culpan 5 Keoni Mahelona 6 David Chisholm 7 Jan Rivers No Douglas Brown No Jillaine Heather

First up I had to endure AI eulogies Then came AI funeral poetry but today was a new level of horror, AI generated songs for their loved one. Fuck me if I didn't have diabetes before it I certainly did after it When you're pining for Supermarket Flowers by the cunt Sheeran a line has been crossed

Woke up at 1.30am this morning #NoZzzzzealand and put on the Open golf to see how it was looking - ended up watching until Ryan Fox hit the winning putt. A truly remarkable win to birdie the tricky final hole to seal a one shot win. Not often I say this but "GOLF ROCKS!!"

That's the best half of rugby I've seen the All Blacks play in quite a while. Plus Tupou Vaa'i is the new Dane Coles - could start a fight in an empty room.