Welcome
Most people would want to go straight to my computer collection or my photos on Flickr. Otherwise you can see what I have been doing recently:
May 4th |
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11:10pm |
Posted 4 photos on Flickr. (Hide Details)    |
May 3rd |
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7:59pm |
Posted 7 photos on Flickr. (Hide Details)       |
April 20th |
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1:07pm |
Posted on Mastodon: If anyone wants to hold me to this: I will submit a talk proposal for #everythingopen 2025 about my experience with home automation |
April 18th |
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10:01pm |
Posted on Mastodon: On the final day of #everythingopen: @aquigley demonstrated a fascinating approach to detecting the type of a material using radar @darrylb123 showed how Berry scripting can be used within Tasmota to provide functionality within the device itself Paul Schulz (https://www.mawsonlakes.org/) gave an introduction to ESPHome and how it can be used @Unixbigot explained how local voice control is possible when you keep it lightweight Simon Lees (http://simotek.net/) abused 80s video tech to smash together analog video for interesting results @raejohnston gave a brutal rundown of the groups (more than you think) that are not represented in STEM and some possible ways to address that imbalance |
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6:58pm |
Posted on Mastodon: Until next year... #everythingopen
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10:08am |
Posted on Mastodon: Final day #everythingopen
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April 17th |
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10:55pm |
Posted on Mastodon: Another great day at #everythingopen: Jana Dekanovska told us how cyber threats have changed in recent years and the implications of generative AI @lathiat outlined some important considerations when benchmarking storage @vik showed an accessible chording keyboard with an intersting history Ricardo Sueiras demonstrated a new project that could help to simplify authorization Robert de Leeuw outlined the protocols and parties involved in EV charging infrastructure and how open source can make it better Clinton Roy (https://clintonroy.wordpress.com/) described how open source software is used to run experiments at the Australian Synchrotron |
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10:07am |
Posted on Mastodon: Day two #everythingopen
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April 16th |
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9:01pm |
Posted on Mastodon: A great first day at #everythingopen: Geoff Huston (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Huston_(internet) ) showing how the structure of the internet has changed but also repeated, including who is to thank and who is to blame. Clinton Roy (https://clintonroy.wordpress.com/) on an interesting but also mathematical logic heavy way to define specifications. @tobybellwood describing how to maintain an active community with various types of user groups Hamish Coleman (https://www.zot.org/~hamish/) showing an interesting peer to peer vpn and why it was forked Steven Ellis (https://people.redhat.com/sellis/) recounting some stories to demonstrate some issues with have with how we maintain/support/upgrade services @Unixbigot breaking down what is really needed to build an electric bike or scooter Chris Chinchilla (https://chrischinchilla.com/) raising some important implications of how our design choices could impact the planet |
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11:30am |
Posted on Mastodon: About to start... #everythingopen
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April 14th |
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12:42am |
Posted on Mastodon: I will be at #EverythingOpen next week so tonight I saw (apart from a couple of podcasts) my last shows for #micf2024, all of the following are recommended: Bec Petraitis - Nerd F*ck Josh Earl - Four Burners Wil Anderson - Wilegitimate Kirsty Webeck - I'll Be The Judge Of That Urvi Majumdar - Burnt Grace Jarvis - Oh! The Horrors! Mel Buttle - Not Here To Put Socks On Centipedes Rhys Nicholson - Huge Big Party Congratulations Paul Williams - Mamiya 7 Bronwyn Kuss - Pillows xxxx The Most Upsetting Guessing Game in the World Live Nath Valvo - Anyway, Back To Me Chris Parker - Give Me One Good Reason Why I Shouldn't Throw My Phone Off this Bridge Fern Brady - I Gave You Milk To Drink |
April 7th |
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11:08pm |
Posted on Mastodon: Another week of #micf2024 means a bunch more shows: Danielle Walker - The Lady Upstairs Dilruk Jayasinha - Preloved Guy Montgomery - Over 50,000,000 Guy Fans Can't Be Wrong Geraldine Hickey - Don't Tease Me About My Gloves Laura Davis - Albatross Lou Wall - The Bisexual's Lament Lara Ricote - Little Tiny Wet Show (baptism) Nina Oyama is Coming The Most Upsetting Guessing Game in the World Live Tom Ballard - Good Point Well Made Cameron James - Mixtape Olga Koch - Prawn Cocktail Suren Jayemanne & Matt Stewart - Drier, Drier |
April 5th |
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5:33pm |
Posted on Mastodon: It was looking like I would be able to catch the train for the whole of #micf2024, but it is not to be...
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April 2nd |
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9:41pm | Posted on Waverley Camera Club: |
April 1st |
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4:24pm |
Posted on Mastodon: Twelve #micf2024 shows so far (plus a couple of podcasts), all recommended: Celia Pacquola - I'm As Surprised As You Are Tommy Little - Has A Regular Size Deck Tom Gleeson - Gear Melanie Bracewell - Attack of the Melanie Bracewell Emma Holland - Here Comes Mr. Forehead Two Hearts - Til Death Do Us Hearts Ray O'Leary - Your Laughter Is Just Making Me Stronger Dave Hughes - Fully Furnished Tom Cashman - Everything Ed Byrne - Tragedy Plus Time Rose Matafeo - On And On And On Mish Wittrup - Act Like I'm Not Here |
March 21st |
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7:55pm | Published a blog post. |
March 16th |
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5:24pm | Published a blog post. |
March 11th |
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10:37pm |
Posted on Mastodon: and to contrast here are some photos from seven years ago: https://www.flickr.com/photos/popcorncx/albums/72177720315382459/ |
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10:29pm |
Posted 44 photos on Flickr. (Hide Details)                                            |
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8:34pm |
Posted on Mastodon: Instead of sitting on them for years, I decided to pick out a few photos from yesterday's airshow down at Tyabb: https://www.flickr.com/photos/popcorncx/albums/72177720315359675 |
March 8th |
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7:02pm | Published a blog post. |
