Jeff Smith

@sumisu3@mastodon.nz
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Sauna サウナ, wine, craft beer, beer brewing, 日本酒, BBQ, chilis, guitar, French Horn, Flügelhorn, jazz, Irish Setters, vinyl & books. 30+ yrs in IT - mostly for Silicon Valley startups building the Asia Pacific business. Old Unix and Emacs guy. Finnish/German/Chicagoan in NZ via Japan and now a proper Kiwi.

Follow me over at mastodon.beer @sumisu3 for #beer and #brewing related.

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LocationAotearoa, Tāmaki Makaurau, Matakana
Profile photoB&W photo of me playing guitar on a bench with a large mirror behind me (taken at the Wynn in Las Vegas just before security came and threatened me). Guitar is a Taylor 612ce 12 fret first edition.
Banner photoMarc Chagall’s “America Windows” at the Chicago Art Institute

Quite simply one of the best contemporary pianists out there.

Hania Rani - Live from Studio S2 in Warsaw

https://youtu.be/kFRdoYfZYUY

#JukeboxFridayNight #Simplicity

Hania Rani – Live from Studio S2

YouTube

Bach is complex
A solo cello is simple
Yo Yo Ma playing cello in a forest is simply wonderful

#JukeboxFridayNight
#simplicity

Yo Yo Ma
J.S. Bach solo Suite No. 1
https://youtu.be/Rx_IibJH4rA

Yo-Yo Ma - Nature at Play: J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 (Live from the Great Smoky Mountains)

YouTube
@jeremy_pm @aly @aligorith getting close to 50mm so far today here in Matakana area. But the wind has died down in the last 20 minutes or so. Nothing like three weeks ago with the 120km/h gusts.

@pippa going to be fun to follow you as they grow up

Fun for us. For you it will be hit and miss I’m sure. :)

@pippa a tag team no less

@kai Kurt Elling is phenomenal! Some years back a friend heard him live and then gave me a CD. I hadn’t heard of him either, even though I’m also from Chicago, but I’ve been a huge fan ever since.

#KurtElling #jazz

Made a terrine and tried some this morning. Pork mince with herbs, strips of pork belly, pork liver, chicken liver, homegrown shiitake mushrooms, wrapped in bacon. Made for quite a nice breakfast. Took most of the day on Wednesday to prep and assemble everything then give it a nice hot water bath.

Dinner tonight is the terrine along with some red wine poached pears and other stuff.

#cooking #terrine

@mdreid and I read that quote over and over in my mind. Wondering if a “drop” instead of “molecule” would work.

“A wasted mind is a terrible thing.”

@mdreid brain immediately swaps in galaxy or universe instead of solar system. Really excellent little mind trick actually. Love it!