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Plenty of people taking advantage of the warm weather and low water level at Pound Bend, Warrandyte today.
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“Get out more” goal for March achieved. ✅
Joined a bushwalking club and went for a hike in Warandyte.


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So, uh, Stripe; which is it? You can’t change the currency of a customer, or you can? Because I was under the impression that you were unable to change the currency once it was set. So you could imagine my surprise when I was able change the currency of a customer this morning.
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This week’s earworm: 140 OST. 🎵
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Well, got my evening sorted. 😫
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Saw a couple of spotters at the gym this morning: two brush tail possums. Mother and baby I’m guessing.
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Swanson St, Melbourne. Been a while since I’ve walked this.
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Another Twitter embed bites the dust:
That’s all of them now. I can’t see any more uses of that short-code here. Guess I was right not to do that too often.
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Have pulled down the bit of fence extension that was falling down. I don’t think it was recoverable, or at least not with the wear it had endured plus my limited carpentry skills. But that’s fine. At least it’s neater now.


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Dusted off Podcast Favourites (last commit 25 April 2022) and fixed a longstanding issue of thumbnails being lost when they’re changed in the feed. Editing the feed properties will now force a refresh of the thumbnail URLs. Didn’t need to change anything else, which was a nice change.
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Ok, I admit that I probably should’ve looked through the settings menu before writing a post, because it looks like my new cooler does has a shutoff after N hours feature. It also allows you to set the fan speed. Why it’s on page 2 of the settings menu is beyond me, but it’s there and it works.
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I thought the need to use these isolators — which, when opened, will shut off power in the overhead line flowing from north to south — was the reason why the train replacement busses are where they are. Turns out I was wrong, as these isolators are still closed. Must be some other reason.
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Recent earworm: Samplextra, by Lee Rosevere. 🎵
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New AC installed and doing the best it can on this slightly humid day, although it’s performing better than the old unit. I forgot to take a photo of the old panel, so here’s a photo of the new one (the lower one is for the heater).
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No trains today.
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It’s finally happened: the local pigeons have discovered bagels and coffee.
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New ground stickers telling people not to ride on the path. We’ll see how well these work, since the sign has been such a “success”. Maybe the police emblem will help. 😏
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Galah’s letting anyone who cares to know that it’s on this pole, it’s their pole, and don’t you forget that.
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Trying out DeepSeek’s chat model. Started with a pretty tame session, but it was something I needed from ChatGTP a week ago. DeepSeek seems to do pretty well here: I like how terse the answers are. I’d be curious to try out the API too.
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Hitchhiker. One of two today.
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Discovered new street art this morning. Took a photo of my favourites.
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The conspiratorial side of me is thinking that running shoes are getting more expensive and lasting half as long. The shoes I had have worn out considerably so I bought a new pair, which arrived today. So I’m officially marking the date.
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Some photos of birds taken during my walk this morning.
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My Micro.blog mug by @jimmitchell has arrived. Looks great. As for where it fits in my ever expanding tech-related mug collection, if we were to order by size, it sits nicely in the middle.


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I only just discovered that you can use your finger to annotate screenshots in iPadOS. Go to the options menu and turn on “Draw with Finger”. I actually had no idea it was possible to make annotations without using a pencil. Why this is off by default when there’s no pencil nearby is beyond me.