damonism

damonism, 17 days ago to random

It’s so long ago that I last used ICQ that even with an email archive that goes back almost 20 years I have no record of what my ICQ number was.

damonism, 21 days ago to random

I worked from home today so I ended up spending most of the evening tweaking my home keyboard firmware to make it work better with the sorts of computery things I do for work.

damonism, 22 days ago to random

Not at all ominous to have an enormous raven land right next to me at the bus stop and state at me.

damonism, 25 days ago to random

This post reminded me of one of my favourite stories from my old job. I was working at a research library and got a call from a librarian at a departmental library. She said, essentially: I know it’s a long shot but I’m looking for this specific document that was used for this one-off event 25 years ago and which never had any official status and which we know exists but doesn’t seem to be mentioned publicly anywhere.

An hour later I called her back: I don’t have a copy of the document but the guy who wrote it is currently driving back from Bunnings and when he gets home he’ll email it to you. Is there anything else I can help you with?

I could hear her jaw hit the floor over the phone.

Sometimes when you’re good at your job it can look like magic. Finding out shit is literally my job, but it’s nice when people appreciate it. https://glammr.us/@jessamyn/112453470424319654

damonism, 1 month ago to random

Some doofus thinks my email is his email and mostly he just signs me up to spam but yesterday I got emailed a login and password for a medical patient portal for him.

damonism, 1 month ago to random

It occurs to me that you’d only use AI to write for you if you believe you’re not good at writing, and if you’re not good at writing you have no way of discerning if the AI is wrting well for you, and in the process you’ll never get any better at writing yourself.

damonism, 1 month ago to random

This morning I was walking dog under some oak trees and an acorn fell out of the tree and hit me directly in the ear and knocked my AirPods out of my ear and into the dirt.

damonism, 1 month ago to random

Apple: Because privacy we do on device AI!
Also Apple: Depsite the fact I somehow have the public holiday listed four times in my calendar, my phone can’t work out I’m not going to work today.

damonism, 2 months ago to random

This winter will be the first one where I’ll been catching the bus regularly and I’m not yet sure I have the right wardrobe for that.

damonism, 2 months ago to random

Working from home because I was expecting a delivery (which just arrived) and it’s so nice and peaceful away from the noisy open plan office.

damonism, 2 months ago to random

Went to buy an Easter egg at Haigs today at lunch time and there was a queue and a crowd controller (who was handing out chocolate, which is a handy thing for a crowd controller to be able to do).

damonism, 2 months ago to Canberra

Winter is coming. #canberra

damonism, 2 months ago to random

Have seen a bunch of people walking around this bit of Canberra in academic gowns so I can only assume there is a graduation ceremony at the Comvention Centre, because there are no universities around here.

damonism, 3 months ago to random

I have updated my description of how I publish my blog. Thanks to @cos for suggesting I check out rclone. https://damonism.net/posts/my-very-simple-blog-setup/

damonism, 3 months ago to random

I decided to check out Obsidian (the note taking app) as it’s far too long since I’ve been in a cult.

damonism, 4 months ago to random

Drove back to Canberra from Melbourne. Had plenty of stops on the way but still completely buggered now.

damonism, 4 months ago to random

Driving around in Melbourne in my mum’s small Honda hatchback and I’m extremely conscious of how fucking huge every other car on the road is in a way that I never am driving in our own fucking huge ute.

damonism, 4 months ago to random

This is a mood.

damonism, 4 months ago to random

Haha. Kogan is selling the Vision Pro for $6350 in Australia. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/828871

damonism, 4 months ago to random

Went and saw Triennial at the National Gallery of Victoria today. If you dig modern art, it’s worth a visit.

damonism, 4 months ago to random

In Melbourne. Anyone know where I can get a decent coffee in this town?

damonism, 4 months ago to random

The fact that you don’t have to pay for parking in most places in Canberra on a public holiday is a stark reminder of how you do have to pay for parking in most places in Canberra the rest of the time.

damonism, 4 months ago to random

My first package reshipped from the US via HopShopGo arrived today and looks fine. I’d generally give the experience a cautious thumbs up. My only issue was there were more days than I expected between when the US Postal Service said it delivered the package to the reseller and when they said they had it.

damonism, 5 months ago to random

If I wanted hot and humid weather I’d move to Sydney.

damonism, 5 months ago to random

The term “crypto scam” is a tautology.