Bryan Fréchette

IT Analyst from Canada living in New Zealand married to my wonderful bunny

[Mr. Macintosh @ClassicII_MrMac]

18 years ago today on Aug 5, 2008, developer Armin Heinrich created the "I Am Rich" app that cost $999.99.

It did absolutely nothing except show a glowing red ruby.♦️

Eight people bought it before Apple pulled it 24 hours later, netting him $5,600 (-Apple fees and 2 returns)

[Engineer Brains @HHackenbecker]

TIL that the Power Macintosh G4 Mirror Drive Door (FW800) had a rare CTO option: a Zip250 drive with matching face-plate.

[Maria Sherwood @MariaSherwood2]

I guess Willis will blame Trump and additionally Labour.

Unemployment rises to 11-year high of 5.6% https://t.co/uz0RAwW7NF

[AotearoaNZDeb @Daffwena]

McAnulty now reading speaker statement from Feb 2026 which says insults and being disrespectful not ok.
Speaker now worming his way out.

[Joan @Feijoa_Chutney]

Peters has withdrawn from Sunday’s Q&A as he can’t decide whether to front as Foreign Minister or NZFirst leader. He’s lunching the Multiple Personality Society on Waiheke Island instead

[Musical Chairs @MusicalChairs14]

Northland:
People wanting work or more work: 18,600
People officially unemployed: 8,700
Jobs advertised: 326

[Miss Betsey Trotwood @Suzyiam]

Luxon doesn't get it, he decided to use OUR time, when we are paying him, for his own personal pleasure

Sack the Prick - He's such a dick

[Jeff Geerling @geerlingguy]

Finally! Proxmox VE officially supports Arm. At least the more server-grade Arm platforms.

I tested it on my Ampere Altra Max 128-core workstation, and it runs there (though I did hit a couple hiccups).

See: https://t.co/ylPkz34CaC

[Joan @Feijoa_Chutney]

You can stay in a job too long…

[Clint Smith @ClintVSmith]

60,000 more people unemployed is only half the story.

75,000 more have dropped out of the workforce - given up looking.

To get the employment rate to where it was 3 years ago, we would need 130,000 more jobs

And that's not even accounting for the people who have gone to Aussie

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

This sign is on display in Nashville, Tn.

[Maura DragonHeart 🍀🇺🇸🇮🇪🌛🌝🌜💙 @maura_resister]

Brilliant
🤣🤣🤣

[Jeb Brooks @JebBrooks]

Who said, “Janet?” I don’t see anything. Do you see anything? 👀

[Gavin Shoebridge @KiwiEV]

Got to meet some big name car reviewers tonight. I'm humbled. Plus their cocktail game is strong so I'm taking tips. 😁

[Tilly Martinborough @TMartinborough]

Winston Peters is a disgrace to our country. Luxon is so far out of his depth. No balls, no backbone and no job soon.
Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan grills Winston Peters on 'racist' comments that were directed at him has been shared with you from RNZ
https://t.co/RHkicQXNWb

[Mauri @mauriceraiti]

David Seymour hoped it wasn’t the Grammar cycling group when he heard a group of cyclists were involved. Any group it’s terrible.

[Mauri @mauriceraiti]

A shocking record by this useless government.

[Tiare @Tiare_MP]

New Zealand elected a National government to fix the economy.

Instead, we've got low wage growth, high unemployment, inflation is up, and low GDP growth. Why on earth do they deserve another term?

[Maria Sherwood @MariaSherwood2]

Is this true @GerryBrownleeMP, if so, you are a biased speaker and should resign.
'Briwnlee had told Chloe) her that Peters was allowed to get away with more because he “is part of the institution”.

[Catherine @MrsMacNZ]

It’s quite sad how peters has fallen so far. He’s certainly become more and more unhinged lately.
@winstonpeters
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