GoPro Filenames
I have a GoPro Hero4 Session. This little camera was amazing when it came out. I still think it's still pretty amazing today. (Aside from one annoyance: I can't get Quik to connect to it from my Android phone because it insists that there's a PIN set on it.) It does...
Murderbots
Am I completely enamoured by casting a giant manly man as the androgynous-ish Murderbot? No. Am I excited for Murderbot? Yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEioDeOiqEs I just need to finish reading all the books before it comes out.
Ubuntu.
Was it a flawless transition? Kinda. It would have been better if I'd spent some money on new disks. But I kinda got the shits up when i opened the start menu and there was yet another notification bubble on the gamified thing where you collect Microsoft points for...
Subaddressing
IT security has been in the news lately with the theft of money from superannuation funds. It's bad, but when you consider that they only made off with $500,000 from the $4.2 trillion that Australians have in super funds it's pretty inconsequential. It's not going to...
Blogs are back, baby!
In many ways they never left. But often they were ignored, left to collect cyber-dust and possibly go horribly out of date, needing many updates as they are revived. But they're coming back. The Great Centralisation that started in the early 2000s with the advent of...
Bookwyrm.
I don't read a lot. I think it's because I read slowly. I have occasionally posted reading-log (and one reading-slog) entries here. But I've moved that over to Futzle's Bookwyrm instance. So. If you're curious about what I'm reading: https://outside.ofa.dog/user/KO ....
Windows 11.
Enshittification.noun Colloquial the gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online platform, and as a consequence of profit-seeking. Macquarie Dictionary word of the year in 2024....
Media.
There are a lot of ways to "do" media in a house. Plex seems popular. Jellyfin, too. In the end they all do vaguely the same thing, it's just a matter of picking the one(s) that will do what you want it to do. I've been a long term Kodi user for TV and Movies, which I...
Jammin’. Jammin’ in two ways.
I was standing right here, in one of my favourite places in South Australia. This is Razorback Lookup in Ikara–Flinders Ranges. Standing right there when my OM-1 jammed. I'd fired off one shot and as I went to wind the camera on, I got partway through the wind then...
2025 Yearly Planner
Want a very plain yearly planner for 2025? Here's one I designed. It's A1 size, but at 300 dpi it's probably fine to go to A0 with it. Don't download the picture - download the PDF below. 300 dpi A1 PDF with embedded fonts can be downloaded here. (Hopefully there...
Typora
It's not new. I'm just late to the party. I love plain text files for documents. They're future-proof, past-proof, and completely platform agnostic. I'm sure someone has written a text editor in Minecraft or something more outrageous. Text editor for Gameboy Colour?...
The Last Minute Adventure Club
I can plan things in advance, but it's not my natural way of doing things. I enjoy spontaneity. The last minute "hey are you up for..." call or message. But it can be a bit unmanageable if you don't have a group of similarly minded people around. This is where the...