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timrichards, 1 day ago to random

Is it ramen time? 🍜

david, 20 hours ago to baking

29 choc chip & peanut biscuits fresh from the oven.

#baking #biscuit

david, 23 hours ago to random

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).

david, 6 days ago to random

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, 6 days ago to random

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, 8 days ago to random

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.

#blacksmith #metalwork #hook

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, 11 days ago to random

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, 11 days ago to Korean

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

#Language #English #Writing

nixCraft, 14 days ago to random

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

timrichards, 13 days ago to random

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, 14 days ago to baking

Ooh, the hand kneaded loaf came out beautifully.

#breadPosting #shokupan #baking

david, 23 days ago to food

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.

#food #gnocchi

david, 28 days ago to random

I present, the star of tonight’s dinner. Guanciale!

Dinner will be Pasta All’Amatriciana.

david, 29 days ago to random

Damp weekend here, so I fired up the forge and attempted to make 4 identical small hooks.

Not quite, was the result, but good enough for the intended purpose.

That purpose being a small hook rack to hang bungee tie-down cables from at work, so they don't end up lost somewhere in our workroom.

#metalwork #blacksmith

Four small metal hooks on a pine backing. They are slightly shiny, having been partially sanded.

david, 1 month ago to cooking

Making Mushroom Ketchup, an 18th century recipe, as seen on Townsends.

I've spiced and cooked the mix and am awaiting it to cool to wring it out, but initial tastes are, "damn it's salty!"

I guess this may end up somewhat like Soy Sauce, but mushroomy.

#cooking

david, 1 month ago to random

I'm really not sure when I might have need of this phrase.

#duolingo #greenOwl

david, 1 month ago to food

Cooler temps this week so it’s time for Shepherd’s Pie!

#food #dinner

david, 1 month ago to random

I had to take the group head off the La Pavoni(1) this morning to check the seal and do a little cleaning, so I was /forced/ to make a 2nd coffee before 9am to test it.

[1] La Pavoni Europiccola espresso machine.

david, 1 month ago to random

Well that was an interesting, but ultimately fruitless investigation.
One of our librarians at work had a video file in .MOV format they could not open. I tried the usual suspects (VLC, Handbrake, ffmpeg, etc) before trying various esoteric codecs, all to no avail.
Figuring it might have needed older codecs, I fired up first the 2010 MacBook Air running 10.12.6 I had lying around.
No luck there.

Then I went for the oldest working Mac I have - a Powerbook G4, of probably 2005 vintage. Alas, it too didn't recognise the format. Finally I dug up a copy of Final Cut Express (v4), but that was another dead end.

We're left hoping the accession records might have a few more clues (of course, it's also possible the file is corrupt).