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david

@david@theblower.au

IT geek of many trades, hobby Blacksmith, cook and photographer hailing from the southern end of Queensland (Australia)
Beware, I am a fully qualified Dad Joke practitioner.

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david, to Bread
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New loaf!

Malt flavoured semi-brioche.

david, to random
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Dang that old IBM Model M is huge on my desk.

david,
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Does anyone happen to have some grey Model M keycaps they no longer need? Specifically the Right Ctrl, Left Arrow and End keys, since mine seem to have gone walkabout sometime in the last 33 years.

#retrocomputing #modelM #keyboard

david, to random
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Today's interesting work problem (solved) was, given a photoshop file containing an arbitrary collection of layers, export pngs of each layer composited on the background layer (i.e. for each layer, composite it with the background (or last layer) and export just those two layers as a merged png)

Had to be cross platform (Windows and Mac), so I used extendscript (javascript with bits for photoshop). I am not a javascript coder, but it’s similar enough to C syntax, and there’s lots of doco online, so I got there in the end.

I used Layer Comps to composite the layers, and then the use can File -> Export -> Layer Comps to Files.

Next step is to make that bit a little less onerous / error prone.

(If anyone has this weird requirement and would like the script, I’m happy to post, but it’s pretty niche).

david, to random
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A pox on the entire advertising "industry”. May their armpits be infested with the fleas of 1,000 camels.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/28/paypal_ad_network/

I’ve run a business, I know how important advertising is, but dammit, agencies whose entire existence is based on selling advertising space, can get in the sea.

david, to random
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Six fairly similar coat rack hooks fresh from the forge. The two on the left had a wee mishap whereby the knobs on one end broke off, so they became curls.

timrichards, to AppleWatch
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Knocked off this month's Apple Watch challenge with a week to spare. Fairly low bar this time around, admittedly.

Screenshot reading: "May challenge: You earnt this award by earning at least 16 Exercise minutes per day 14 times."

david,
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@timrichards Mine was an even lower bar: Do two 5 min or greater workouts.

david,
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@timrichards so it seems!

Admittedly, I rarely turn on a workout. Even when out on a walk - usually forget.

And when I do, it's when blacksmithing, so they go from 1-3 hours, but I don't actual go anywhere.

david, to tech
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I am amused. One the one hand, Microsoft is introducing Recall, which literally takes screenshots of everything you do on windows, but on the other hand, they are taking users ability to take screenshots of their browser away if their company configures it as such.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2336462/microsoft-edge-will-begin-blocking-screenshots-on-the-job.html

david, to random
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Well I have a shortlist.

First up, I think everyone did a bang up job, much better than I could have at any rate. However, we somehow have to whittle down the entries to just three to vote on, and as part of that process, I needed to shortlist a selection.

So without further ado, my shortlist is (in no particular order):

NRCI, KAST, TAUS, MIRR, ELAN, DEEP, RAIL, EATW & EMPW

Now to have a short break before re-listening to these to try to narrow it down further.

david, to random
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showing its dark side again.

david, to retrocomputing
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This mornings seemingly fruitless task is attempting to read 36-32 year old floppy disks in a drive that may be suspect using a greaseweazle fdd controller board.

david, to baking
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29 choc chip & peanut biscuits fresh from the oven.

#baking #biscuit

david, to random
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Well, that's interesting, and potentially useful.

If you need to use Google search (I mostly do not but this may change).

Add: &udm=14
to the end of the search string in the URL and it will force Web mode.

My limited testing this morning shows the results as being similar to say 2019 era results (but with up to date content). But better, because No ads, no sponsored results, and the results provided seem to be actual websites relevant to the search.

Dunno how long this state of affairs will last, but use while you can :)

If you happen to be using Vivaldi, you can add a new search engine in settings -> search. Give it a name and use the url: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14

(the %s is a placeholder for the search string you type in the search box).

timrichards, to random
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Is it ramen time? 🍜

david,
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@timrichards It looks worried.

david, to random
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Munching on toast covered in Speculaas spread, “I’ve had this for a while, I wonder how old it is”

“Exp: 2nd July 2021”

Goes back to munching.

Expiry date in very poor contrast on the lid, reading Exp: 02-07-2021

david, to random
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TIL Italy has a new supercomputer dedicated to studying climate change, and they’ve called it Cassandra.

Somewhat appropriate really, given how Govt’s of the world have steadfastly been ignoring climate change for decades.

david, to random
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Coat rack replacement project has begun. This is the first of hopefully six very similar hooks. The first picture shows the starting stock next to it.

Another angle of the hook. The single punched screw hole can be seen. A smaller hole for a stabilising nail will be drilled below it.

david, to random
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Science type field researchers, I’m after a good quality wildlife/trail camera with excellent night video/photo abilities and reasonable battery life. Ideally suited to Australian conditions.

It will be situated in a high rainfall area, with ambient temperature ranges of 5ºC to 45ºC depending on time of year.

My current cheapy ali-express one often decides it isn’t going to record anything.

Given how crap web searching is these days, I figured I’d get better recommendations from people who actually use these things professionally.

Boosts welcome :)

#citizenScience #wildlifeCam #trailCam

timrichards, to Korean
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Note: it's "yea or nay?", not "yay or nay?" (Though the pronunciation is the same.)

david,
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@timrichards that does depend on what the circumstances are though. Like do you just want a yes or no, or is it more that the yes option is exciting and involves a party, in which case Yay! is acceptable ;-)

timrichards, to random
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Stopped at Barcaldine aboard the Spirit of the Outback train, had time to walk around and see the Tree of Knowledge again. Beautifully showcased in front of the station.

david,
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@timrichards shame you weren’t there at night. The upper structure is lit green so it looks like leaves from a distance.

nixCraft, to random
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the guy is losing it slowly and wants to make a remake of 1984

david,
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@nixCraft maybe... and hear me out here, maybe he should go outside and get some actual friends. You know, like talk to people, except not about AI or funding.

david, to baking
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Ooh, the hand kneaded loaf came out beautifully.

david,
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Excellent crumb.

david, to food
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Approx two trays of hand made potato gnocchi. One will be dinner with an osso bucco ragù. The other, I’ll freeze for later use.

david,
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@GustavinoBevilacqua dammit, I actually wrote it with one c and thought, "no, that doesn't look right" and changed it.

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