I saw this article about a new Mac featured called "Edge Light" that literally puts a fake white ring light around your screen. It's kinda insane and genius. So I vibed it for Windows. github.com/shanselman/W... get it from Releases, unzip and run the single .NET 10 exe. Will autoupdate also.

Enroute to SFO. Yes, I have Tim Tams. #msignite

Ok hear me out, Microsoft Ignite in Hawaii?

I've had laptops that blow harder than this hotel hairdryer.

My private details haven't been secure in retailers, insurance, banking or government computer systems and you are worried about AI?

If you're going to beat jetlag, this is the way to do it. Not pictured: my PowerPoint decks

Slept for 10 hours. Body battery is on 30%.

Jet lag bites, when you hit 5 at 3pm and stay there.

My hotel spa runs a morning session called "Root & Rise" and as an Australian, I'm intrigued.

My talk on successful OSS & business is in B308-309 in 10 mins! #kubecon

Windows 11 now supports some 3rd party Passkey apps natively. In Settings navigate to Accounts, select Passkeys then click Advanced Options techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...

Anyone have a spare server rack?

Sitting in a Sydney cafe, thinking about one of my #MSIgnite talks, and I really want to build a new Power BI dashboard. This may be the only time I'm sad that my flight across the Pacific Ocean doesn't have WiFi. But also I'll need to get some sleep. Just as well I have a week or so.

The muscles don't care that it's a travel day.

Join us LIVE at #dotNetConf as we launch .NET 10 and VS2026! We are live with demos and details for the next three days! www.dotnetconf.net

I've just installed Python. Who am I?

Okay folks, it's time: I'm hiring! Looking for 5(!) developer relations engineers across the world! Our company is remote-first but this role involves in-person appearances at events so although you don't need to work in a specific office we are focusing our search in specific metro areas:

Sometimes (often) business travel looks like working on PowerPoint decks and demos in hotel rooms. But I'm grateful.

Kubernetes and open source software power Microsoft products and services; we contribute upstream and use open source in production ourselves. @lachie.bsky.social & Jorge Palma at the #KubeCon Azure pre-day.

Headlamp is an open source project which is part of upstream #Kubernetes. At the #KubeCon Azure pre-day, Jorge Palma talks about AKS Desktop, our new managed experience built on Headlamp.

Current status:

11/11 at 11am and the entire Brisbane Domestic Airport departures hall was standing and silent for Remembrance Day. What a moment to stop and remember those who served. Lest we forget.

Did I just waste an afternoon because I didn't read the box properly and just hit Next? Yes.

If your Windows 11 account in Entra ID is disabled or removed, the easiest way to remediate is "dsregcmd /leave" in an Administrator elevator command prompt. Then reboot and rejoin the org.

At the stage of business travel where my travel laptop is out of date and disconnected from my org, so I have to go through the process of removing it from Entra ID and readding it again.

At the Kubernetes AI Conformance discussion at #KubeCon Maintainer Summit, @ritazh.bsky.social talks about the value of collaborating across open source communities. github.com/kubernetes-s...

Tomorrow is Saturday and I want to do some more work but I want to go to the gym and I want to clean my house and I need to pack and go to the supermarket but also I want to do nothing.

4 more sleeps until I start my travel to San Francisco for Microsoft Ignite. I'm so excited to connect with people again.

Nothing says timezone difference like conference sessions showing as 4am local in your home calendar.

I got enough requests that I decided to experiment with Office Hours. This is an opportunity to discuss a wide range of topics, including: - PowerShell - Technology - Science - Philosophy - Whatever I look forward to connecting with you. calendar.app.google/PfayYCAYwTFG...

Australia adds Reddit to the list of sites that you won't be able to open an account on if you are under 16. I'm now waiting for the kids to creat GitHub pages instead & try to explain to their parents what a "pull request" is.

Negative film: Kodak's version

Now the smart bulbs in my office are working, I am thrilled to be able to adjust the white warmth and brightness when I have a headache.

Principal engineer position on #azure AKS team: check it out of you are interested. www.linkedin.com/posts/sylvai...

Buys new smart bulbs. Tries to connect new smart bulbs. Remembers why she hates smart bulbs.

Out for a cruise

Today I felt like I wasn't productive enough but also that I had nothing else left to give. So that is enough.

Leaving this boxed until I have some other work completed.

Attending SCaLE March 2026? Considered speaking? If you're playing around with systemd's sysext, building a distro, writing a kernel feature, or even just playing around with core system functions in interesting ways - you should submit a talk! www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/cfp

🚀 Breaking into Big Tech? Morgan Brown & Lachie Evenson share tips for grads & 1st-time KubeCon goers! Watch their convo on Upstream@AKS #Azure #Tech #Cloud #OpenSource #KubeCon www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkgU...

Past me booked a Pilates class today. Present me is not impressed. Future me better be happy about this.

Yesterday at GitHub Universe we announced Custom Agents, and for the past few weeks we've been working to get custom agents from our partners. ➡️ Learn about Custom Agents: github.blog/changelog/20... ➡️ Explore those from our partners on awesome copilot: github.com/github/aweso...

Today Cloud Advocate Life looks like testing lab environments, building talk decks and writing training content.

Today's soundtrack: Girl boss energy youtu.be/aibGSBSe50g?...

Yes, pecs, we did do chest flies 24hrs ago, stop complaining.

Session times are locking in for our Microsoft Ignite event in November. Register now and start to build out your conference calendar! ignite.microsoft.com #MSIgnite

When you get a call from the Coinbase security department ... www.tiktok.com/@scuffyness/...

Some days it's a full face of makeup for my own motivation.

Enjoying the baseball? Next try cricket test matches.

Why do lat pulldowns make me so darn happy?