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So apparently I can add a wifi network to MacOS whenever one is advertised but I can’t remove it unless I enter the admin password. That’s a strange security model.
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Just to add one point of anecdata to Ben’s experience: I’ve never been happy with the performance of the mobile radio of Pixel phones. You can be in the middle of the CBD and still experience weird dropouts while using mobile data. It’s quite frustrating.
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“Geographically-determined relevance deprivation syndrome” is going to be the noun-phrase of the day. 🙌
For no other reason that it’s a great phrase, and also that it’s real.
Via ABC News (CW: US politics)
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The next train announcements at suburban stations were always made a couple of minutes before the train arrived. They’ve started making them every 10 minutes before departure time too. I’m sure there’s a good reason for this but it’ll take some time for that tinge of urgency to wear off.
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As an aside: is it possible for me to have any new experience without being nervous? I once lost points at a scale playing competition because I said I was nervous. It offended me so much that I never participated again.
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Best of luck for Tuesday, America. Go earn those democracy sausages.
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🔗 Thinking About Recipe Formats More Than Anyone Should
Just looking at the formats in the post, it’s a bit of a shame that they’re little more than lists of ingredients and instructions. But I’m not sure there’s much that can be done about that, given how varied recipes can be.
The one exception, Cooklang, looks interesting. It seems a bit limited in the types of recipes it could be used for. But sometimes the best languages are the ones with a small, yet deep, focus on a problem space.
And of-course there’s an XML version. I opened this post expecting there to be an XML version. 😄
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I have my doubts about this future being realised. Or it’s probably more accurate to say I rather that this future isn’t realised.
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Day trip, but a lot closer to home. Took a train to Hurstbridge and walked the trail alongside the creek to Eltham, around 12.5 km in total. Also took a small break at the tram cafe. 🌲
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Oof! Forgotten how sparse the off-peak train frequency is. 40 minute wait between trains going to Hurstbridge. ⏳
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WeblogPoMo AMA #3: Best Music Experience
I’m on a roll with these, but I must warn you, this streak may end at any time. Anyway, todays question is from Hiro who asked it to Gabz, and discovered via Robb: Hiro @hiro@social.lol @gabz What’s the best music-related experience of your life so far? 2:40 PM • November 1, 2024 (UTC) Despite attending only a hand-full of concerts in my life — live music is not really my jam — I’ve had some pretty wonderful music-related experiences in my life, both through listing to it or by performing it. Continue reading →
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Weekly Update - 3 Nov 2024
I probably should stop calling these “weekly updates,” seeing that they come up a lot less frequently than once a week. Maybe I should switch to something like “Sunday updates,” or maybe something closer to what this is, which is an excuse to procrastinate by writing about what I’ve been working on, rather than just working on it. But I’m sure you’re not interested in my willowing about the frequency of these updates, so let’s just get straight to the meat of it. Continue reading →
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WeblogPoMo AMA #2: One Thing I Wish I Could Change About Myself
Here’s my answer to another question asked by Annie for WebogPoMoAMA. This was previously answered by Keenan, Estebanxto, Kerri Ann, and Lou Plummer: If you could instantly change one internal pattern/thing about yourself, what would it be? My answer is that I wish I found it easier meeting new people. Not only am I quite introverted, I’m also really shy, and I find it extremely hard to introduce myself to new people in social situations. Continue reading →
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Title design this morning. Trying to get as close as I can to the Cyberspace Raceway font as my pixel art skills will allow for.
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WeblogPoMo AMA #1: Work And Drink
A new blogging challenge has shown up on the scene: WeblogPoMo, where bloggers answer questions asked to them in the style of ReddIt’s AMAs. I’m always game for a blogging challenge so I’ll throw my hat into the ring. I’ll start with a question from Annie, who asked it to Gabz: annie @annie@social.lol @gabz yay for more #WeblogPoMoAMA 1) I would actually love to read about your work (genetics? agriculture?) but I'm not sure how to phrase the question other than "So what do you do for work exactly? Continue reading →
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Some interesting links from linkage.lol that I want to note before accidentally closing my browser tab.
🔗 Blogging Resources Complements of Robert Birming
🔗 For Linkblog FansIt’s also a site I’ve now subscribed to.
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Phaedra, The lmika Track Arrangement
I recently learnt that the version of Phaedra I’ve been listening to for the past 15 years had not only the wrong track order, but also the wrong track names. This is not entirely surprising, given how this version was… ah, acquired. But after learning what the order and names should’ve been, I think I still prefer my version. And yes, that’s probably because I’m use to it, but if the official album were to have these names and this order, I think it would actually work really way. Continue reading →
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Old rail distance post found on the rail trail today, just outside of Loch. Only 95 km to Southern Cross station from here.
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Walked part of the rail trail near Black Spur Creek. Was too slow to get a photo of the echidna but I did manage to get one of this white-necked heron. 🌲
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Ok, breakfast is over. Time to leave the cafe and start my day-trip. South Gippsland is calling me. 🌲
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It’s a bit of a shame to think that a piece of software that is “done” is considered abandoned. The constantly churning platforms these piece of software is running on doesn’t help. Operating systems are constantly being released with new standards, and security issues crop up and get fix. So it’s natural to assume that a software project that is never touched at all will break at some point.
But I think achieving “done” status for a piece of software is possible. We just need to defined “done” as not being required to change the code. You can still keep up with the platform if you’re still able to build the project, and I think the secret to achiving “done” this way is to be as close to the platform as you possiably can.
I guess the other requirement is choosing a platform that promises to maintain backwards compatability, both for the runtime and the developer tools. But those platforms certainty exist. Think about all those Unix C tools like “grep” or “awk” that haven’t really changed in 50 years, or all those websites from the late 90s that are still around. They’ve been built and deployed multiples times but I’m doubting people are making significant changes in those codebases.
Anyway, some random thoughts I had while browsing the web this morning.
