Mike Burke

@kiwifrenzy

Pinball player. Podcast listener. Photo taker. Walker.

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Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Mar 7

Local bookshop sign telling like it is.

Local bookshop outdoor blackboard sign with the following text in chalk.

Installing summer
in New Zealand
(artwork of a computer progress bar)
44% done
Installation failed.
404 error. Season
not found Please
try again next year..

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Feb 19

Yep that works 😉

Dot Matrix Display on a Monopoly pinball machine with the text "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US"

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 31

More last pics for 2025.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 31

Last sunset for 2025.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 19

Local secondhand bookshop humour.

Sign board outside local secondhand bookshop.

"A friend suggested putting horse manure on my strawberries. I'm never doing that again. I'm going back to whipped cream"

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 6

But wait there's more. I came 3rd in this #pinball comp and this is what on the back and bottom.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 6

The December @pinballshoppe.bsky.social Poneke #Pinball Comp trophies were White Water, which included the upper playfield and the secret of the cow. Very cool.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Oct 14

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids cartoon screenshot

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Sep 19

Good night of pinball last night. Came second at the monthly #pinball comp at The Lanes, in Wellington.

Long dimly lit room with rows of pinball machines along each side. The glow from the lights of the games light up the room. There are people scattered around playing the games or watching, waiting for their turn to play in a pinball competition.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Apr 27

The last cinema was located in Pahiatua and has this amazing mural. It features movies filmed in NZ... LOTR, The Piano, The Quiet Earth, and King Kong. 2/2

Regent cinema in Pahiatua, New Zealand. A large mural painted on the outside features 4 movies filmed in NZ... Lord Of The Rings, The Piano, The Quiet Earth, and King Kong.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Apr 27

Did some travelling around Central and lower North Island, New Zealand this past week. Walked around a few small towns and a couple of cities. I came across four old cinemas that are still in use. The first 3 were in Taihape, Taumarunui and Whanganui. 1/2

Majestic cinema located in Taihape, New Zealand.

Regent cinema in Taumarunui, New Zealand.

Embassy 3 cinema in Whanganui, New Zealand.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Apr 20

Out and about in the mighty Manawatū. Having lunch in rural Kimbolton.

Looking down the quiet main street of Kimbolton under blue sky and occasional clouds.

Photo of an old bank building in Kimbolton.

Information boards on the area surrounding Kimbolton.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Apr 19

Crazy autumn weather.

Road side signage in Levin, New Zealand showing the current temperature of 30 degrees Celsius. Not normal autumn temperatures.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Mar 29

Posting this way after it happened today. It ended with not 1 but 2 tie breaker games. Ash was the winner and Josh 2nd. (Proud dad moment.)

View of a player at a Spiderman pinball which is a in a row of pinball machines.

Photo of the pinball competition winner and runner up. The winner is holding a Godzilla black & white pinball backglass translight.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Mar 28

Finals are now on. app.matchplay.events/tournaments/...

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Mar 28

Wellington #Pinball Championship 2025 now on at @pinballshoppe.bsky.social. This year the format is Pingolf. Follow along at app.matchplay.events/tournaments/...

Two rows of pinball machines in a pinball arcade with players on them.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Feb 8

Also found this blast from the failed NZ computer companies past. A PC General Computerware Catalogue V7.0. 28 pages glossy computer stuff, including a fold out section at the front. The most powerful computer, the "Super Bus 66" (486 DX2 66MHz 4MB RAM, etc) cost NZ$4299. $9006 in today's money.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Feb 8

Cleaning out some old boxes and found these 3.5" Microsoft install disks. MS DOS 6.2 (3 disks). Windows 3.1 (6). Windows for Workgroups (8). Windows 95 Preview Program (12). Microsoft Mouse (1). Visio (4). #memories

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Jan 7

. Might need this word.

"Uplifting" is the word that is displaying when I stopped the gif, which was quickly cycling through a whole lot of different words. This gif was created by Merriam-Webster.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Jan 2

The annual Big Dig is happening at Waitārere Beach.

Overlooking hundreds of people digging for prizes at the Big Dig on Waitārere Beach.

Close up of people on their hands and kness digging in the sand for prizes at the Big Dig on Waitārere Beach.

View of hundreds of people digging for prizes at the Big Dig on Waitārere Beach.

A beach for of cars parked in rows on Waitārere Beach.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Jan 2

Foxton Beach house with lots of windows on all sides.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Jan 2

Cool looking sheds at Foxton Beach.

Boat sheds painted in summer colours. One has a very large old fashioned Tip Top ice cream signage on the side.

Old shed with painted beach sheds in a row painted on its rear wall. On the front facing wall is a painted boat that looks like it is located inside the shed itself.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 27

The cure for a very windy day is to go for a walk in a forest.

View looking down a straight walking track in a forest of talk pine trees in tge afternoon sun.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 22

Supermarket shopping 2 days before Christmas not exactly a great idea. But I'm wearing the right t-shirt for how it feels.

Waiting in a long line of people with trolleys at the supermarket.

Queues of people at the supermarket waiting at the registers.

My Batman with a Santa hat t-shirt. Batman looks not happy.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 22

This is something you don't see everyday when playing Twilight Zone #pinball.

Looking at a normally hidden playfield plastic on a Twilight Zone pinball machine. It is showing a hand with wires coming out it's wrist.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 6

Beautiful early summer day here in Wellington. Went for a morning walk up the eatrn hills of the Hutt Valley. Great way to start the weekend.

View from top of the eastern hills of Hutt Valley looking across the blue water of Wellington Harbour with Wellington city in the background. Lovely blue sky with no clouds above.

View from the top of eastern hills in Hutt Valley looking north across the housing suburb of Naenae, with a gorgeous blue sky above.

View from top of the eastern hills of Hutt Valley looking south along the green hill ridgeline with the blue water of Wellington Harbour in the distance. Lovely blue sky with no clouds above.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 5

Some more photos.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 5

Some photos from last night. Congrats to Luka from Germany won the Amazing Race finals.

Small 3D printed Lord of the Rings pinball machine trophies for first to foutth place winners. Behind them is a person wearing a Homer Simpson Xmas jersey.

Person playing a Labyrinth pinball machine.

Person playing a pinball machine with square shaped disco lights above them.

Back of the 3D printed pinball machine trophy with the following text "CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR SKILLFUL FLIPS AND STRATEGIC SHOTS HAVE EARNED YOU THIS HONOR. KEEP THE BALLROLLING AND THE HIGH SCORES COMING!
GREAT WORK CHAMP. ENJOY THOSE WPPRS.
2024 DECEMBER
AMAZING RACE
YE OLDE PINBALL SHOPPE"

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Dec 5

Poneke Pinballers - December 2024🎅 comp is underway at @pinballshoppe.bsky.social. Last one for the year. Follow along at app.matchplay.events/tournaments/...

In a pinball arcade with machines along walls and people playing.

Mike Burke@kiwifrenzy· Nov 28

Post your lock screen. Can you name the song and band of this 12" single I used for my image?