Nostr notes by Wesley Moore

Nikon Coolpix S33 info: 13MP CMOS 1/3.1 in. sensor 3× optical ...

2026-09-30T22:01:41Z

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Nikon Coolpix S33 info:

13MP CMOS 1/3.1 in. sensor
3× optical zoom
4.1-12.3mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 30-90mm lens in 35mm [135] format)
f/3.3-5.9

https://en.nikon.ca/p/coolpix-s33/26495/overview#tech-specs

In 2015 I bought a Nikon Coolpix S33 camera for a trip to Fiji ...

2026-09-30T21:59:11Z

In 2015 I bought a Nikon Coolpix S33 camera for a trip to Fiji for A$149. I got it because it was waterproof. I only used it for that trip. I recently remembered I had it and wondered how it would compare to my phone, so I've started carrying it on my walks after work. The conclusion is that it is terrible unless there is a lot of light, but it does have better zoom than my phone.

Here's some Hippeastrums that are flowering in our yard, taken with the S33.

#BloomScrolling #florespondence

A water lily at Northerlies Beach Bar & Grill last Friday ...

2026-09-25T02:02:23Z

A water lily at Northerlies Beach Bar & Grill last Friday when we were still on holidays.

#BloomScrolling #florespondence

I have created a package for cosmic-viewer on Casuarina this ...

2026-09-23T23:12:15Z

I have created a package for cosmic-viewer on Casuarina this morning.

https://fosstodon.org/@carlrichell/117322741138742339

Today we did a boat trip out to Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday ...

2026-09-16T06:53:43Z

Today we did a boat trip out to Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island, and snorkelled some of the Great Barrier Reef. The conditions were perfect—the best they've been for months according to the locals.

#Queensland #Photography #DronePhotography #Whitsundays

The journey continued. We took a break at the well-equipped ...

2026-09-06T09:15:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…50py
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The journey continued. We took a break at the well-equipped Waverley Creek Rest Area where the Apostle birds entertained me. Looks like they had a nest too. The middle photo from the rest area gives an idea of what all the grass looks like.

We're up past Rockhampton now. Lunch stop in Yaamba, which is ...

2026-09-06T04:24:11Z

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We're up past Rockhampton now. Lunch stop in Yaamba, which is basically just a hotel, servo, and park. It's very brown and dry up here, this being the dry season. Hopefully they get some rain soon.

Posting now from Marlborough as there wasn't enough phone reception in Yaamba.

#Queensland

Some nice Gerberas at the Calliope River Historical Village. ...

2026-09-06T00:45:47Z

Some nice Gerberas at the Calliope River Historical Village.

#BloomScrolling #florespondence

I wonder what is the oldest release of some software still ...

2026-09-01T23:56:22Z

I wonder what is the oldest release of some software still regularly packaged by distros? FIGlet is up to 14 years.

> The current version of FIGlet is 2.2.5 (May 2012) based on version 2.2 by John Cowan.

```
$ apk info figlet
figlet-2.2.5-r0 description:
Program for making large letters out of ordinary text

figlet-2.2.5-r0 webpage:
http://www.figlet.org

figlet-2.2.5-r0 installed size:
629 KiB
```

We finally made it to Booloumba Falls in Connondale National ...

2026-08-23T08:43:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…n92h
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We finally made it to Booloumba Falls in Connondale National Park! It was a nice day out with my parents enjoying the varied landscape, 4WD roads, and waterfalls.

Winter is our dry season, so not a huge amount of water was flowing, but recent rain had topped it up.

We also made the mandatory stop at the Kenilworth Bakery for doughnuts.

#Queensland

Remember when software used to ask if it could use the internet? ...

2026-08-19T05:51:15Z

Remember when software used to ask if it could use the internet?

Actual text from GitHub incident report:

"Delayed replies to a single internal endpoint triggered a latent retry bug in VS Code that amplified traffic by approximately 10x and caused delayed recovery for the Copilot Token Service."

https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx

It's crazy. 64Gb DDR5 I bought in 2023 for $279 is now going ...

2026-08-19T05:37:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…3m7a
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It's crazy. 64Gb DDR5 I bought in 2023 for $279 is now going for $1499. Lenovo laptop with 32Gb RAM, 1Tb NVMe bought for $1711 a year ago is now $4029.

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2026-08-19T00:19:50Z

Re: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/5.0-laying-the-foundation/#quiet-public-leaves-the-chat

I wish web design folks would stop building drop-downs from scratch, missing basic functionality that has existed for decades. A drop-down item should be selectable with a single quick action: click-drag-release. As shown here in System 7.

Phanpy gets this right. The visibility selector is a regular `<select>` with four options. If I want to set it to Quiet public it's a quick action, compared to these pop-up dialogs disguised as drop-downs. #UI #UX

Went for a nice hike up Mt. Ngungun this morning with my parents, ...

2026-08-15T03:31:46Z

Went for a nice hike up Mt. Ngungun this morning with my parents, who are visiting from Victoria. The view was good, and the rain stayed away.

This photo is of Mt. Coonowrin in front of Mt. Beerwah viewed from the top of Mt. Ngungun.

#SunshineCoast #Queensland

The little Latte Panda V1 that hosts ...

2026-08-11T23:33:59Z

The little Latte Panda V1 that hosts https://home.wezm.net/~wmoore/ and https://mistakes.computer/ has become very sad of late. For a while it would die after about 30 days, but recently it's been happening every 24 hours. I hooked up a screen and keyboard yesterday to try to catch some log output, but this morning the screen is just blank. Looks like I'll need to replace it with something else until I can work out what's wrong with it.

Why does GNU make _still_ not have a way to automatically ...

2026-08-11T03:53:57Z

Why does GNU make _still_ not have a way to automatically determine the number of parallel jobs based on available CPU cores? I guessed (incorrectly) that `-j` without an argument would do this, but it turns out that is an unlimited number of jobs. That is a good way to take out your whole graphical session (only a VM fortunately) thanks to OOM killer choosing that instead of one dozens of `mmc` processes.

Notably BSD make (on FreeBSD and NetBSD at least) can do this with `-j 1C`

agreed!

2026-07-31T03:33:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…ehgl
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agreed!

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2026-07-21T03:21:43Z

:you_have_died_of_dynamic_types:

amazing. I will have to try this at some point.

2026-07-15T05:58:52Z

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amazing. I will have to try this at some point.

I assumed WoL only woke the machine out of suspend. Are you ...

2026-07-15T05:47:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…45h5
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I assumed WoL only woke the machine out of suspend. Are you saying it can also boot this laptop?

Some more photos from our weekend trip to the Gold Coast. The ...

2026-07-07T23:23:56Z

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Some more photos from our weekend trip to the Gold Coast. The rest are on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wezm/albums/72177720334595789/

1. Red-necked Wallaby With Joey In Pouch
2. White-throated Treecreeper
3. Cotton Harlequin Bug
4. Koala Sleeping in Tree

#Photography #WildOz #Koala

I had a very exciting sighting on my walk tonight: a Sugar ...

2026-07-07T11:56:57Z

I had a very exciting sighting on my walk tonight: a Sugar Glider! :awesome:

Something flew over me, which I thought was a bird or bat, but then it scuttled up a tree and peered back at me.

We've heard their call but never seen one before. This is the first I've ever seen in the wild.

#WildOz #SugarGlider

Gold Coast sights. Apparently including a rare golden swamp ...

2026-07-05T07:48:05Z

Gold Coast sights. Apparently including a rare golden swamp wallaby unique to this area.

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/nature-wildlife/2025/09/chasing-gold/

Perhaps not most appropriate for some of these, but all taken with the manual 35mm Brightinstar lens on X-T5.

#GoldCoast #Queensland #Photography #MacropodsOfMastodon

Err what's going on with kernel.org? The pub directory is ...

2026-07-02T03:44:40Z

Err what's going on with kernel.org? The pub directory is empty.

I don't need one of these, but I love the design: Flipper ...

2026-07-01T07:29:50Z

I don't need one of these, but I love the design: Flipper BUSY Bar (yes Flipper as in Flipper Zero) https://busy.app/

/via https://noc.social/@cnxsoft/116842750711055927

Bin Chicken #Queensland #WhiteIbis ...

2026-06-27T07:38:19Z

Bin Chicken

#Queensland #WhiteIbis

Some wisdom from a cafe in Ipswich. ...

2026-06-15T23:49:37Z

Some wisdom from a cafe in Ipswich.

close in that it's SEQ, but it was taken on the gorge walk in ...

2026-06-13T06:25:32Z

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close in that it's SEQ, but it was taken on the gorge walk in Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island.

I have said goodbye to Windows and installed Casuarina Linux on ...

2026-06-13T01:44:57Z

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I have said goodbye to Windows and installed Casuarina Linux on the CHUWI laptop. Everything is working (inc webcam and mic), except the speakers. I'll need to dig into that some more. The fan (which doesn't sound great to be honest) seems to be much less prone to turning on compared to Windows too.

I also poked around the UEFI and it seems to support S3 sleep, which is good.

#CasuarinaLinux

Urgh the Windows sneak attack. You do something that requires a ...

2026-06-12T22:48:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…xlwc
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Urgh the Windows sneak attack. You do something that requires a restart (why?), like rename the computer and then bam! Sneak attack! Updates to install that take an implausibly long time. Every encounter reinforces my bad opinion of this garbage operating system.

The latest entrant in my quest for a lightweight, high ...

2026-06-12T05:21:50Z

The latest entrant in my quest for a lightweight, high resolution, sub-A$2k Linux laptop is the 1.2kg CHUWI CoreBook Air (Intel 226V version) with 2.8K display, 16Gb RAM, and aluminium body for A$1111. Mistake or bargain, time will tell.

If you're into tech and like the idea of an Australian take, ...

2026-05-26T06:59:43Z

If you're into tech and like the idea of an Australian take, I can highly recommend The Sizzle. It's a daily newsletter (also available via RSS) by decryption (npub187d…eh70). The writing frequently cracks me up, and keeps me informed. There's a nice little community forum too. Free trial at https://thesizzle.com.au/, not affiliated, just sharing as a happy subscriber.

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2026-05-18T23:03:52Z

RE: https://mastodon.decentralised.social/@casuarina/116598058876532008

After many months work I'm pleased to have finally published the Casuarina Linux website and initial ISO. There's still things to improve, but it's been my daily driver for a while now. The next major project is packaging COSMIC desktop. I have it mostly working (I'm using it right now), but there are some things to fix before it can be merged.

See the intro post for more details: https://casuarina.org/news/introducing-casuarina-linux/

#CasuarinaLinux

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note163t…96xw

The Casuarina Linux website and initial ISO release are now live!

https://casuarina.org/

Casuarina Linux is a distribution derived from Chimera Linux that swaps musl libc for glibc in order to gain more compatibility with the wider GNU/Linux ecosystem. Like Chimera it uses FreeBSD derived core utilities, Dinit init, LLVM toolchain (except for building glibc), apk package manager, and Chimera developed cbuild package build tooling.

#Linux #CasuarinaLinux

I just tried this. It's brilliant!

2026-05-08T11:01:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…5ewu
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I just tried this. It's brilliant!

Dunno wtf is up with my Mastodon instance. The media use has shot ...

2026-05-08T07:50:06Z

Dunno wtf is up with my Mastodon instance. The media use has shot up recently. Last week it was at around 70Gb, now it's somehow at 180Gb. It's a managed instance that's getting expensive to run. Plans for self-hosting are now in motion.

Had to put the ugg boots back into service this morning. ...

2026-05-07T23:19:14Z

Had to put the ugg boots back into service this morning.

#Queensland

Fun one for Australians: https://payphonetag.com/ "A ...

2026-04-23T07:35:25Z

Fun one for Australians:

https://payphonetag.com/

"A real-world territory capture game played on public payphones. Register, get a PIN, find a payphone, call in, and claim it. Build triangles between captured phones to control territory and climb the leaderboard."

(note that pay phones no longer actually involve paying, as they're free to use)

/via the The Sizzle by Cam Wilson (npub1kz8…pds6) #PayphoneTag

Age verification ...

2026-04-20T02:21:02Z

Age verification

Surprise Keelback under the recycling bin tonight. #snake ...

2026-04-19T07:07:26Z

Surprise Keelback under the recycling bin tonight.

#snake #SunshineCoast

Wishing for a tree emoji that better captures Australian ...

2026-04-17T21:19:07Z

Wishing for a tree emoji that better captures Australian (evergreen) trees than 🌲

If you have a ThinkPad X1 Carbon of some variety, does it support ...

2026-04-17T00:30:03Z

If you have a ThinkPad X1 Carbon of some variety, does it support S3 sleep? There might be an option to enable it in the UEFI (Sleep State > Linux, or Modern Standby > Disabled). If so, what generation of X1 do you have?

#ThinkPad

Wait isn't spring Sep to Nov… oooh you forgot about the ...

2026-04-16T04:13:48Z

Wait isn't spring Sep to Nov… oooh you forgot about the Southern Hemisphere. 🤦‍♂️

Again wishing people (mostly USAians) would stop tying things to the seasons.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@balloob/116398481380578311 Huh, I ...

2026-04-14T05:27:19Z

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@balloob/116398481380578311

Huh, I thought Mozilla's position on this was negative, and it was. However, that was revised to neutral in 2024 https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/pull/959

And then an implementation was opened for review 2 months ago
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2010930

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note1dmy…m5au

WebSerial has landed in Firefox Nightly !! 🎉

Enable it in about:config and it all just works as expected. Took a brand new ESP32 and had a new Bluetooth proxy added to Home Assistant within 2 minutes 👌

Finally processed the rest of my photos from our weekend trip to ...

2026-04-13T07:18:49Z

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Finally processed the rest of my photos from our weekend trip to North Stradbroke Island today.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wezm/albums/72177720333083494

#NorthStradbrokeIsland #Queensland

Yesterday we tried to go to Booloumba Falls again. The entrance ...

2026-04-13T02:57:14Z

Yesterday we tried to go to Booloumba Falls again. The entrance is signed high-clearance 4WD only, which my Mazda CX-5 is not, but I thought I'd see what it was like. After observing others do the two creek crossings I did those without issue. We got as far as Campground 4 (about halfway) where the road turned steep and rutted, and decided that was the limit. We went back to the day use area and enjoyed some Kenilworth Bakery donuts beside the Booloumba Creek before heading home. #SunshineCoast

My Jaycar multimeter that I only bought 20 years ago (/s), while ...

2026-03-29T05:31:33Z

My Jaycar multimeter that I only bought 20 years ago (/s), while at university ago has developed LCD cancer. I used it fairly recently and it was fine then. It had a good run, and probably only used two or three 9V batteries in that time.

Hah here is my selfie from another angle (it wasn't as ...

2026-03-22T02:47:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…krke
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Hah here is my selfie from another angle (it wasn't as precarious as it looks).

This morning we visited Point Lookout for second breakfast (iced ...

2026-03-22T02:32:26Z

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This morning we visited Point Lookout for second breakfast (iced coffee and crossaint), then did the gorge loop walk. We saw several sea turtles surface over the course of the walk. An excellent way to spend a morning.

#NorthStradbrokeIsland #Queensland

We went for a walk around town and saw lots of good critters ...

2026-03-21T07:03:34Z

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We went for a walk around town and saw lots of good critters including two Koalas, some Curlews, a pink Galah, and hundreds of flying foxes.

#Queensland #Wildlife #Photography #Koala

I'm on a boat! Weekend trip to North Stradbroke Island. ...

2026-03-21T02:33:19Z

I'm on a boat! Weekend trip to North Stradbroke Island.

#Queensland

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2026-03-15T03:23:43Z

Some photos from today. #Photography ...

2026-03-03T12:38:04Z

Some photos from today.

#Photography

that works #BneActivityPub is a bit long

2026-02-19T11:06:11Z

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that works #BneActivityPub is a bit long

Adventure skink! It had climbed to the top of this umbrella ...

2026-02-17T03:02:41Z

Adventure skink! It had climbed to the top of this umbrella drying outside.

#LizardaOfMastodon

People need to stop using the squiggly GitHub star history charts ...

2026-01-30T23:02:01Z

People need to stop using the squiggly GitHub star history charts in posts, it always looks so out of place and hard to read. It has a great search ranking for 'GitHub star history', so I can see how it ends up being used, but there are alternatives:

• https://github.com/dtolnay/star-history CLI tool to produce non-squiggly chart
• https://simov.github.io/stars/ online generator of non-squiggly charts (second image generated with it)

RE: https://mas.to/@Bredroll/115969137753001018 What an ...

2026-01-28T01:13:00Z

RE: https://mas.to/@Bredroll/115969137753001018

What an incredible waste of money that could be used on Firefox instead. Investing in AI companies when everyone agrees there's a bubble that will correct itself at some point doesn't seem like a sensible way to invest limited funds.

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What the actuall #mozilla fuck? https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/mozilla-building-an-ai-rebel-alliance-to-take-on-openai-anthropic-.html

They want to piss away $1.4bn on an AI project??? Holy shit if they have $1.4bn then OMFG that could sustain good, free and fair mozilla for many decades JFC

oh good point, I didn't think of extensions. I ran it again ...

2026-01-22T23:58:30Z

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oh good point, I didn't think of extensions. I ran it again in a Firefox profile without extension and it made a huge difference! Now faster than Chromium: 37.6 ± 1.7.

wow yeah Chromium rips! This is on the 9950X3D again. amd64 ...

2026-01-22T23:48:06Z

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wow yeah Chromium rips! This is on the 9950X3D again. amd64 redeeming itself.

ahh interesting. Only two cores and it's 14 years old, so not ...

2026-01-22T23:22:16Z

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ahh interesting. Only two cores and it's 14 years old, so not wholly unexpected :-)

I've had no luck with any of the Wayland desktops I've ...

2026-01-22T22:45:12Z

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I've had no luck with any of the Wayland desktops I've tried on this loongarch machine. All fail to start with one error or another related to graphics. X11 XFCE session seems to be working ok though.

Performance is not amazing but seems decent. E.g. browsing the modern web seems fine, including JS heavy sites like Mastodon and Mattermost. Speedometer result and allsorts build time for reference.

(this toot posted from the machine)

#xfce #loongarch #ChimeraLinux

I got Chimera installed on the loongarch mini-PC. Installation ...

2026-01-22T11:53:57Z

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I got Chimera installed on the loongarch mini-PC. Installation was very smooth, basically identical to an x86_64 install. I also installed GNOME, but gnome-shell is unstable. I can log in and poke around for a brief amount of time, but then it crashes and I'm back at the login screen. Looks like I have my first project there.

#ChimeraLinux #loongarch

indeed progress has been made! It has two SO-DIMM slots and only ...

2026-01-22T03:56:19Z

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indeed progress has been made! It has two SO-DIMM slots and only one is populated, so even more RAM might be possible.

What made you get one back then, and what did you run on it?

Well it works, but there is a snag. It seems the fan runs full ...

2026-01-22T03:17:23Z

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Well it works, but there is a snag. It seems the fan runs full speed the whole time, and it _does not_ sound good.

Aside from that, it ships with Loongnix, a dedicated Linux distro running KDE 5. I can't seem to access the pkg servers, so haven't been able to add fastfetch or anything like that.

Seems to pull a bit under 30W when idle.

#Loongnix #loongarch #loongarch64

Weird new computer arrived. While it looks like a regular mini-PC ...

2026-01-22T02:09:04Z

Weird new computer arrived. While it looks like a regular mini-PC it has a Loongson 3A6000 CPU with 4 cores, 8 threads and a MIPS derived instruction set architecture (ISA). The aim is to install Chimera Linux on it, and have it be a test bed for building packages, and testing software compatibility. Depending on power consumption I might give it some server duties too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson#LoongArch

#Loongson #loongarch #loongarch64

it's not a long walk, but the first part in particular sure ...

2026-01-19T01:58:31Z

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it's not a long walk, but the first part in particular sure is steep!

I did what is becoming my weekly hike up Mt. Coochin this ...

2026-01-19T01:50:40Z

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I did what is becoming my weekly hike up Mt. Coochin this morning. I had planned to do both summits, but ran out of time before I had to drop the car off for a service.

After the first hike 3 weeks ago, I've increased the length of my daily walk, and added a steep hill. It seems to be paying off. I only needed one break on the hike up today.

I saw one goanna scurry off into the scrub, and what I think was a Whip Snake, but it vanished after the initial glimpse.

🌡️ 27⁰C , 77%

#Hiking #Fitness

I walked up Mt. Coochin again today. The first photo shows what ...

2026-01-10T07:55:52Z

I walked up Mt. Coochin again today. The first photo shows what the track is like. There's actually two peaks to Mt. Coochin and I've only been doing the first. The last photo shows the other peak and the path up it.

I also met a Goanna on the way up. It wasn't in a hurry to move so I could get past.

Despite the radar forecasting no rain it did start raining when I got back to the car park, but nothing too serious.

🌡️ 29°C, 70% Humidity

#Photography #Queensland #SunshineCoast #lizard

@npub1xe9…d8ze this is hilarious 😆 ...

2026-01-06T13:58:01Z

Niki (npub1xe9…d8ze) this is hilarious 😆

A Pale-headed Rosella enjoying some nuts in our Lilly Pilly tree. ...

2026-01-05T03:27:41Z

A Pale-headed Rosella enjoying some nuts in our Lilly Pilly tree.

#WildOz #birds

🌄 #panorama #SunshineCoastHinterland ...

2025-12-30T08:39:40Z

🌄

#panorama #SunshineCoastHinterland

Great view of the Sunshine Coast as we flew from MCY to MEL ...

2025-12-21T10:43:49Z

Great view of the Sunshine Coast as we flew from MCY to MEL today.

#SunshineCoast #Queensland

I do both, and the lack of support for both is tripping me up in ...

2025-12-19T04:58:17Z

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I do both, and the lack of support for both is tripping me up in these UIs.

In the last two days I've encountered 3 different (modern) ...

2025-12-19T04:49:16Z

In the last two days I've encountered 3 different (modern) UIs that don't support click-and-drag on menus. This makes me think this might not be widely used by the people building these UIs. That is despite it being they way they have worked since at least the '80s, including the initial Mac OS and Windows releases.

#UI #UX #GUI

I have acquired the right cable (from Bunnings no less) and now ...

2025-12-15T02:02:20Z

I have acquired the right cable (from Bunnings no less) and now have access to all 20.4M pixels of my new display. It is quite nice. I'm going to have to tweak my workflow now that I have so much space on a single display.

It's finally moving day for my desk! I cleared almost ...

2025-12-14T03:44:04Z

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It's finally moving day for my desk! I cleared almost everything out of my study and moved it in. Now I have to do the reverse and set everything back up again.

looks good. Man the RAM prices are rough. When I built my AM5 ...

2025-11-28T02:47:57Z

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looks good. Man the RAM prices are rough. When I built my AM5 system in 2023 I paid $290 for 64Gb.

we're racing the storm home on the train, hoping we make it ...

2025-11-26T12:49:51Z

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we're racing the storm home on the train, hoping we make it first.

lovely balmy evening weather!

2025-11-26T12:24:37Z

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lovely balmy evening weather!

I think I'd avoid Intel. They've been lagging AMD for a ...

2025-11-25T06:35:58Z

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I think I'd avoid Intel. They've been lagging AMD for a while, but more concerning is that multiple models seem to be physically dying. Here's one story from a couple of months ago https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2025-09-07-bye-intel-hi-amd-9950x3d/ and here's Intel extending the warranty in response to some issues https://au.pcmag.com/processors/106597/amid-crash-bug-intel-extends-warranty-on-13th-14th-gen-core-chips-by-2-years

TIL Windows Notepad supports WYSIWYG Markdown editing. Can't ...

2025-11-25T05:09:32Z

TIL Windows Notepad supports WYSIWYG Markdown editing. Can't imagine John Gruber (npub1e0x…xqda) ever expected to see Markdown baked into Microsoft Windows when it was created.

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/05/30/text-formatting-in-notepad-begin-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/

Final coats of paint top and bottom on the desk today. I did the ...

2025-11-23T06:51:51Z

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Final coats of paint top and bottom on the desk today. I did the underside this morning and just flipped it over to do the top now. First time holding itself up!

not to startle you, but keep an eye out for unexpected side ...

2025-11-19T06:02:56Z

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not to startle you, but keep an eye out for unexpected side effects. https://lindamciver.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/expecting-the-unexpected/

Splendid conditions for hand sanding my desk in the garage ...

2025-11-15T04:04:01Z

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Splendid conditions for hand sanding my desk in the garage (32⁰C, dew point of 23⁰C) 😅 I think I lost 2L in sweat. All good though, I love hot, humid weather.

I previously plugged all the dud holes (see previous toot), and have re-done them slightly offset. The plugs won't win any beauty awards, but it's all underneath, so won't be seen.

I used the legs as a template & drill guide to make sure the holes line up this time, and it worked! Next is more coats of paint on the underside.

"We adopted Rust for its security and are seeing a 1000x ...

2025-11-13T22:11:21Z

"We adopted Rust for its security and are seeing a 1000x reduction in memory safety vulnerability density compared to Android’s C and C++ code. But the biggest surprise was Rust's impact on software delivery. With Rust changes having a 4x lower rollback rate and spending 25% less time in code review, the safer path is now also the faster one."

https://security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust-in-android-move-fast-fix-things.html?m=1

#Rust

Ben on the NightHawkInLight YT channel has an ongoing series on ...

2025-10-31T07:30:50Z

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Ben on the NightHawkInLight YT channel has an ongoing series on safely making paint like this at home with readily available ingredients (in case you're interested to learn more about it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bJnKmeNJY&list=PL1a2HkcVbmAWExiWT__qQypLEwkvijnIM

Two coats of clear on the desk top this morning, with some ...

2025-10-13T04:43:34Z

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Two coats of clear on the desk top this morning, with some vigorous sanding in between.

Yesterday I added threaded inserts for the legs. Unfortunately the holes wandered off course a bit, despite centre punching… addressing that is being deferred until later.

No one could have predicted that a $47 trim router was not ...

2025-10-11T07:32:19Z

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No one could have predicted that a $47 trim router was not exactly a precision instrument. I did a test cut along some scrap wood, before starting on the real thing, but that didn't go to plan. The bit had come loose and therefore it routed a nice chunk out of the side. Turns out you have to really yank on the collet to make it tight. No matter this will be the back against the wall so it won't be visible.

Desk update after day 1: lots of sanding, rounded over most of ...

2025-10-11T07:28:31Z

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Desk update after day 1: lots of sanding, rounded over most of the edges with my A$47 AliExpress trim router. Tomorrow I hope to finish the edges, drill holes for the threaded inserts, and get the first coat of paint on.

Thus commences the side desk build for my study—in perfect ...

2025-10-11T03:16:03Z

Thus commences the side desk build for my study—in perfect 31⁰C conditions. 😅

I need to sand it, round over the edges, drill and install inserts for the legs, and paint it.

yay! Di and I will be there.

2025-10-06T13:35:35Z

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yay! Di and I will be there.

A nice Carpet Python visited tonight. Di spotted it as we were ...

2025-10-01T11:36:42Z

A nice Carpet Python visited tonight. Di spotted it as we were returning from a walk. We watched as it moved to the edge of our yard then effortlessly ascended a small tree, and then slid across to a large tree.

The first photo was a hand-held, manual focus job with my new macro lens, since that's what was on the camera. The snake roamed around the big tree long enough that I was able to swap lenses and get the tripod out for the rest.

#Photography #WildOz #snake

Well it's all happening in our front yard today! We were just ...

2025-09-27T04:27:02Z

Well it's all happening in our front yard today! We were just visited by a lovely Lace Monitor. The Blue-faced Honeyeaters were not impressed by its presence though.

#LizardsOfMastodon #Queensland #WildOz #Photography

We went for a nice stroll along the Obi-Obi Creek in Maleny this ...

2025-08-16T10:25:00Z

We went for a nice stroll along the Obi-Obi Creek in Maleny this afternoon. Spotted a platypus and a massive Eel in a pool, as well as a number of birds and flying foxes 1/2

#Platypus #Bat #SunshineCoast #WildOz #Photography

do you have a preference between Patreon and recurring Ko-Fi ...

2025-08-13T05:47:10Z

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do you have a preference between Patreon and recurring Ko-Fi (fewer fees etc)?

One of our bromeliads is flowering. #BloomScrolling ...

2025-08-08T07:00:06Z

One of our bromeliads is flowering.

#BloomScrolling

Stopped for a driving break at a little town on the way home from ...

2025-08-05T04:32:06Z

Stopped for a driving break at a little town on the way home from Ipswich last night, and as I turned in there was an Echidna snuffling about!

See also Di (npub1zlz…06w3)'s video of it scampering! https://bne.social/@didoesdigital/114969760212989213

#MonotremesOfMastodon #Echidna #WildOz #Queensland

Awesome! I want to get the train from Nambour to Cairns one day. ...

2025-08-01T07:20:12Z

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Awesome! I want to get the train from Nambour to Cairns one day. I was going to do it this year for my birthday, but their booking site was terrible for finding available dates + side-by-side rail beds. I gave up and decided it would be better to call to book... but then never did. Maybe next year!

:windows95: They flipped the order, but nearly 30 years later ...

2025-07-25T05:11:18Z

:windows95: They flipped the order, but nearly 30 years later it's almost the same UI.

First: Windows NT 4 (1996), Second: Windows 11 (2025)

#Windows #Windows11 #WindowsNT

Hibiscus #BloomScrolling ...

2025-07-16T02:33:02Z

Hibiscus

#BloomScrolling

Seems I'm not the only one bummed out by mobile web design. ...

2025-07-04T11:11:02Z

Seems I'm not the only one bummed out by mobile web design. From eevee's excellent post (which is about way more than just this quote): The rise of Whatever

https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/

/via Baldur Bjarnason (npub1hr7…jxyc)