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This image of a Cape Robin-Chat (Dessonornis caffer) has been sitting in my “photos I might do something with” folder for a little while now. And so I’m going to do something with it.

I’m going to put it on here.

Almost too common visitors to the back gardens over here but rarely photographed (perhaps because they are bread and butter), they can be a bit skittish around humans and a bit aggressive with other birds. Territorial can like to be their middle name.

Great at welcoming in those autumnal mornings with a bit of cheer.

Weekend long read: Cable repairs

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An article from The Verge all about the unseen and unsung heroes who hang around out in the deep ocean, ready to fix any one of the hundreds of undersea cables that transport our internet (you’re on it right now) all around the world.

It’s a great read – really fascinating stuff – if you can manage with the occasional, but very annoying, graphics, which don’t do much to help illustrate the story.

Still, give it a go here.

HOW TO BUY MEAT

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I’m going away.
It’s ok, blog posts will continue.

But because I’m not sure of the internet connectivity around where we’re going, I’ve lobbed some posts up in advance, just in case.

And also because this is a football club weekend, almost certainly including some beers and some braai’ing, I’ve been on the lookout for this vinyl rarity:

I’ll be honest, I’ve never really struggled with the concept before, but with a top restauranteur and a guy who brought ¾ of a cow up to Kruger last year coming along, I think I need to be at my best.

Thankfully, the USDA seem to have this all sorted for me, so I guess I’ll just follow their instructions.
I’ve already got my scary eyes and pointing finger ready.

What could go wrong?

Nope. No, thank you.

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I mean, I say that, because I’m not a fan of heights. But actually. I’m really fine with heights as long as I know that I’m attached to something. And these guys – building a 400ft tower (a 122m transmitter in English) – in Ohio do at least seem to be that.

Also, they don’t even have to carry anything up there. It’s dropped in piece by piece from above.

Easy money.

For Midwest Helicopter Airways Incorporated, motto “We put big loads in tight spaces” (eish!), this is their job. You can see them lifting boxes and aircon units on some of their other videos, but this one is the best, giving you (almost) a bird’s eye view of a job you’d never usually get to see.