So this just keeps happening huh? I wonder what could be causing it? 🧐 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-09/qld-crocodile-found-in-gatton-dam/106433260

Is there any way to watch the #ausvind cricket that's going on right now live without a subscription?

[News; Wars] I tallied some things related to a promise to “stop wars”. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-08/donald-trump-iran-military-actions-australia-response/106411630

I have seen this so many times, but honestly, it will always be worth periodic re-watch. I'm sitting alone at my computer and literally applauded at the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brq-exSvB7Q

I want a torrent tracker for manuals. Like manualslib/manualzzz/blahblah None of the HTML summary nonsense, just torrent downloads of PDFs and an obsessive nerd community making sure only the cleanest and most up to date copies are posted. Surely the EU or someone should fund this!

It really is impressive how great iPhone photos look! ... on a screen the size of a phone.

I have a pretty decent #lunareclipse viewing window hey.

RE: https://mas.to/@obsidian/116144220594075702 This excites me more than it should.

RE: https://mas.to/@obsidian/116144220594075702 This excites me more that it should.

Internet friends, do any of you have a Fronius Gen24 series solar inverter on the same network as a Linux computer? If so, could I trouble you to please run the following two commands and send me back the output? avahi-browse -rv _Fronius-SE-Inverter._tcp avahi-browse -rv […]

Oof at 20% price bump for @1password — a subscription I thought was already pretty expensive. Gonna have to look at alternatives.

I've just noticed some current events showing up in the analytics on my blog. This 16yo post is getting a tiny (but statistically significant, probably) bump in traffic. https://elvery.net/drzax/covers-of-kate-bushs-wuthering-heights/ Honestly really sad how few of the links survive. If you […]

@brisbane_noir Do submissions have to be black & white to qualify as noir, or can I just desaturate a bit and put a heavy vignette on it?

Anyone got recommendations for #javascript based #pdf generation libraries? Doesn't have to run in the browser (but maybe nice if it did?)

I imagine this depends on the platform to some degree, but I have an #ActivityPub question: Is the home timeline chronological on post publish or when your instance becomes aware of the post? For context, @posts#activitypubsometimes publishes a post with a publish time well in the past (like right now […]

If MusicBrainz IDs are actually UUIDs why can't I just search for an ID and have it return whatever entity type it relates to?

Just FYI there are currently unlimited copies of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (because it's in the public domain) available to borrow on Libby from your local library. Happy reading! https://share.libbyapp.com/title/785257

Further evidence has emerged regarding my complaints about age from yesterday: Double J is absolutely smashing Melanie C's new 80s aerobics anthem and I don't hate it?

The old proverb has proved true again. It was DNS.

Feels like I might have accidentally gone and got older. I don't like it.

Because of course Snoop Dog is commentating at the Olympic figure skating.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Meyerweb/116065151451468199 I love CSS so much

Just overheard a convo between tow high school boys: “Bro, have you seen prices?” Both captures the mood and demonstrates job readiness for work as an economics reporter. I guess the kids are okay.

Thinking about setting up my own #selfhosted #gitea instance. Anything I should know before i jump in #homelab friends?

RE: https://mas.to/@obsidian/116046985676492550 #obsidian just keeps being more and more my jam. I would love a headless version I could have synced to a server so I could have automated tasks run against the vault periodically.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@pheonix/116050795790003647 I’m not going to bother reading the CVE but I’d put money on this having something do with CoPilot.

> In the coming weeks, you will receive invoices for each of the applicable fees for your child. Please discard these and wait to receive the final statement. Why do people accept these mad processes!? How many incorrect payments and unnecessary enquiries must this lead to? Imagine if […]

I'm so glad our kids school takes this stuff so seriously ...

Seriously, what am I supposed to do with this information? Buy a new apartment with space for a cellar?

Ansible has too many ways to do the same thing.

How is it possible that I have so many disagreements with Apple's UX design, yet 9/10 times the alternatives are markedly worse?

Went to gym. Started cramping during warmup.

Stunning how inflexible the Queensland Education consent processes are — they have to use an “excursion” consent form for in-class, at-school swimming lessons that happen as part of the regular curriculum.

After too many years relying on streaming services I'm starting to rebuild an owned-media library. Starting with the box of DVDs I still have in storage for some reason? What should I add next?

Entropy is too high. Someone should do something about that.

Websites are too slow.

I believe my next most urgent task today is getting coffee. The actual task list I started the day with has not yet been started. :-/

I've been thinking for a while about switching away from Spotify. I'm trialing Apple Music. Recently somehow, the Spotify app keeps opening of its own accord on my computer. I've tried to track down why and cannot. Nothing has made me more willing to piss off my family by switching music […]

lol ... better make sure that subscribe modal is right on top.

@ash So, you know how we were talking about finding a place outside for the servers because they bring up the heat inside? I think my whole system shut down today due to over heating. It all went offline at about 4:50 and I got home to find the NAS quite warm to the touch at about 7:15. Powered […]

I just noticed @WikiEdits has been silent since November. Turns out @wikipedia has been rate limiting the bot and I hadn't noticed. Not sure what changed because the rate of requests didn't and I can't find anything documenting a change to the limit.

The computers are pissing me off again! Considering implementing a three-strikes policy.

Does your flesh cleve easily from your seed? — a question I ask every peach.

I really want to like the Orion browser, but for now it's still too buggy to be a daily driver. Next test drive: Vivaldi. My only misgiving is that it's Chromium based, I really want other browser engines to continue existing.

Half a day's research and I think I've narrowed it down to these options. Any others I should be considering with similar specs/vibes? #ev MG MGS5 EV Essence 62 Kia EV3 Air - Long Range Kia EV3 Air - Standard Range BYD Atto 3 Premium

Web scraping tip: try loading the page you want data from with an `Accept: application/json` header. You might get lucky.

@james I have a question about your MG review: what are the settings that reset each drive? And is getting them back how you want simply a matter of selecting a profile or something, and if so, how many taps to achieve that?

Has anyone built a useful 'these are my criteria, show me the options that match' website for electric cars available in Australia?

Good lord the computers are pissing me off today!

What could the answer possibly be!?!