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Leon Mika
Software engineer in Melbourne, Australia.
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  • Day 15: red

    Red mailboxes means the post will go faster. ๐Ÿ˜‰ #mbsept

    A red Australian Post mailbox
    September 15, 2023 12:30pm
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  • Day 14: statue #mbsept

    Statue of a winged lion on a brick pedestal
    September 15, 2023 10:13am
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  • Enjoying coffee and breakfast after a really early start and several weeks of hard work, with the satisfaction that the work is now done. Good feeling. ๐Ÿ˜Œ

    September 15, 2023 8:31am
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  • Day 13: glowing #mbsept

    Sun rising on a road with buildings on the sides and tram lines down the center
    September 13, 2023 11:52pm
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  • Day 12: panic

    There have been a fair few stressors in my life recently, both at work and personally. And although they haven’t got to the level of panic, they have been a little overwhelming. It’s hard to believe it in the moment, but I guess they will eventually pass in time. #mbsept

    Photo of the 'Keep calm and carry on poster'

    (Source)

    September 13, 2023 8:45am
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  • Day 11: retrospect

    This photo taken eight years to the day: part of a Roman wall in Exeter, UK. #mbsept

    A Roman wall beside a modern footpath within Exeter.
    September 11, 2023 9:40pm
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  • Day 10: cycle

    Bicycles at the station. Really need to get on my bike and buy one for myself. #mbsept

    Two bicycles at a bike rack.
    September 10, 2023 11:03am
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  • I’m no fashion expert, but I’m guessing that if you were to stand on the corner holding this sign, you’re going to stop traffic. #dadjoke

    A hand-held stop sign resting on a fence.
    September 10, 2023 9:13am
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  • Day 9: language #mbsept

    A sign that reads 'Protected Native Vegetation' in English, Greek, Macedonian, Italian, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Arabic
    September 9, 2023 8:49am
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  • Finished reading: What to Do When It’s Your Turn by Seth Godin ๐Ÿ“š

    September 8, 2023 10:43pm
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  • Day 8: yonder

    I’ll let the arrow do the pointing. #mbsept

    A road in a car park with an arrow pointing to a light-house behind some shrubs
    September 8, 2023 8:00pm
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  • Oh, I’m having a day at work today. Everything’s broken, or not built right, and Slack has been pinging me non-stop with people experiencing problems. The original goals for today have been thrown out the window. I guess the only goal remaining is to get something better than it was yesterday. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

    September 7, 2023 3:09pm
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  • Day 7: panorama

    Might go wide for this one. View from the Paps, near Mansfield. #mbsept

    A panoramic view from the Paps, a high hill, of rolling hills dotted with trees and in the distance mountain range. There is a dam on the right.
    September 7, 2023 8:40am
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  • Day 6: well

    Taken from the Churchill Island homestead. I’m trusting the sign here to be correct in it’s assertion that there used to be a well here. #mbsept

    A sign in a garden that says 'the old well', in front of a tan building with a tin roof.
    September 6, 2023 8:00am
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  • Day 5: forest

    I consider myself extremely lucky to live near a forest reserve. I walk through it several times a week. This forest, however, is absolutely nowhere near me. #mbsept

    A European forest in afternoon sunlight with pine and what I think is oak trees
    September 5, 2023 8:00am
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  • Alternative Day Four Photo

    September 4, 2023 9:16am
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    I had an alternative idea for today’s photo challenge, which is “orange”. I was hoping to post a photo of something related to Melbourne’s busses. You see, PTV has designated different colour for different modes of transport. Blue for metro trains, purple for regional trains, green for trams, and orange for busses. And from my experience using the service, they’re pretty consistent with adhering to this design language: Anyway, they’re doing train works along my rail line over the past few weeks and this morning I noticed this sign (forgive the lighting, it was before dawn): Continue reading โ†’

  • Day 4: orange

    Taken near the day 2 photo. You certainly can’t miss these. #mbsept

    A group of orange traffic cylinders, sort of like cones but about waste high, on the side of a road with a black car in the background
    September 4, 2023 8:00am
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  • Day 3: precious

    A photo of the Hope Diamond, taken while touring the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, in Washington, DC. #mbsept

    The Hope Diamond, a small diamond in a pendent under a glass cabinet
    September 3, 2023 8:41am
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  • I only just discovered yesterday that Feedbin has a read-it-later feature. The section only shows up in the sidebar after you add your first page, so I had no idea that this feature existed before I added one via the link popup-menu in the article viewer.

    September 2, 2023 9:45am
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  • Day 2: buildup

    New shed being built nearby to house the spoil from a new road tunnel. Itโ€™s quite large. I guess theyโ€™re expecting quite a large build-up of dirt. #mbsept

    Frame of a large concrete shed, with exposed metal rafters, and a concrete back wall
    September 2, 2023 8:41am
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  • Day 1: abstract

    Photo of an abstract(ish) sculpture of Bunjil, an eagle regarded as the spirit creator of the Kulin nations. #mbsept

    A white, abstract sculpture of an eagle surrounded by buildings
    September 1, 2023 8:53am
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  • Feels good putting up another project on my omg.lol page.

    Feels less good when I realised that I actually got the name of my own damn project wrong in the blog post I wrote yesterday. ๐Ÿคฆ

    August 31, 2023 10:26am
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  • Mainboard Mayhem

    August 30, 2023 11:27pm
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    Project update on Mainboard Mayhem, my Chip’s Challenge fan game. I didn’t get it finished in time for the release deadline, which was last weekend. I blame work for that. We’re going through a bit of a crunch at the moment, and there was a need to work on the weekend. The good news is that there wasn’t much left to do, and after a few more evenings, I’m please to say that it’s done. Continue reading โ†’

  • GitLab is requiring me to manually click “automatically rebase” when I try to merge a MR. This option is only available after the CI/CD runs, which means I have to wait for the build, click “rebase”, and wait for another build before I can merge. Why doesn’t it just rebase automatically if it can?

    August 29, 2023 2:18pm
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  • Missed the train this morning, but grabbed a photo of it travelling back to Newport this evening. ๐Ÿš‚

    Steam train travelling through station in the evening.
    August 27, 2023 8:54pm
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