Anyone else feel sore after watching this? youtu.be/e_AeqxaJOS0?...

I saw probably one of the best YouTube comments I’ve ever seen tonight. “PETA is like a box of chocolates. They’ll kill your dog.”

Merry Crimbus! I got a steering wheel lock for my car, and a new mouse that I’ve had on my list since they came out! The car has CAN bus security flaws, so until I get that patched, it’s a great deterrent. The mouse? Lovely. I’ve owned every version of then MX Master/Anywhere series. I’m a huge fan

Does my car qualify for having the ability to “drop a gear and disappear?”

@regularcars.bsky.social I have these two. Chalk and cheese and that’s how I like it. But I’m in Australia, so if you’re coming back down here, and Brisbane is on your itinerary…

My new car is a bit bigger than my Austin.

I certainly wasn’t planning on buying two new cars in as many months, but fate twisted my hand when I was written off while parked. The new car is a hell of an upgrade!

A two day blackout thanks to storms, mum bought me this as a very early Christmas present. It’s awesome. It’ll probably run the fridge for a good 16 hours, and even if it doesn’t, it’ll charge at up to 500W from solar/DC, or nearly 1kW from the wall if you ask it to. Full charge in about an hour!

Here’s an example of why the megapixel race in smartphones is daft. The camera I shot this photo on is now nearly 20 years old (I still have it, too) and has a 10 megapixel sensor. All the megapixels and computational photography in the world won’t beat having good glass in front of the sensor.

Who wants to come for a ride? It’s comfy and cozy in here!

This arrived today, making my dream of owning an old car come true. I’m fairly sure that somewhere a monkey’s paw just curled, but we’ll deal with that as it comes.

I just thought of something diabolical. Opus Number 1 as a voicemail greeting.

Well, tomorrow’s weather is shaping up to be another very interesting day. Too bad I’ll be at work, though.

At the local makerspace last night. I’m like a gas, I expand to fill the space I’m in. Also, a “tomorrow” problem.

And I’ve just paid off the last of this. George will be home next weekend. It’s literally my wildest dream come true. I couldn’t be more excited!

@professorscritch.bsky.social This made me think of you. I pass it when I get the train to the city, and considering how all fares are 50 cents, is surprisingly often.

Did you know that planes come in four dimensions? Those are length, span, height, and politics.

It’s nice to dust off the camera every once in a while. I’m gonna do it more often.

I bought a thing! I’m among the first people in the world to have a Raspberry Pi 500+, it just got released a few days ago. Hadn’t even turned it on and I already love it. It’s very serviceable! 5 Philips head machine screws (no self-tappers to wear out), a long keyboard flex, and SSD thumbscrew)…

What’s more terrifying: a van with “free candy” written on the side, or this?

This weekend at the ham radio club… It’s for talking to geostationary satellites, which are about 36,000km above the earth’s surface. This particular application has been made obsolete by Starlink.

Last weekend I finally moved into my own place. I need to keep this job to afford it but I absolutely love it. Hopefully, everything’s coming up Milhouse.

Say hello to George, my first vintage car. I’m paying him off over 6 months, and he’s coming home. It’s a dream come true. It all hinges on me keeping my new job, but they keep giving me shifts so I think I’ll be ok there. I can’t wait until he’s in my driveway!

Well, after 46 years of service, that’s a wrap for Brisbane’s electric multiple units. The EMUs were the first electric and first air conditioned trains in Brisbane, having started service in 1979. I grew up on these trains and I’m going to miss them. Videos coming soonish.

Knock me down with a feather! God this phone is good.

There are multiple ways to interpret this.

Amazingly clean engine for 350,000km. You can thank LPG (aka propane) for that.

The cameras on my new phone are unreal. I genuinely think it’s almost as good as my professional DSLR which is still worth a good amount of coin.

FurDU tends to be the highlight of my year. It was wonderful as always, but there are never enough hours in the day. Same time next year?

Wheeeeeeeeee!!!! Squeakies this big can actually be quite comfy! 🦊❤️ #furdu2025 📸: @hthom32.bsky.social, @rawrs.bsky.social

The camera in this new phone is so good I can see a bottle of coke in another building!

I got my birthday present a day early!

Everyone be quiet, he’s trying to intercept the brain cell.

They’re like clouds with legs!

Here’s something I wouldn’t mind. It’s an Australian bodied Austin 7.

This observation was made past 6pm tonight. I’m pretty sure this kind of weather is a war crime or something. Just look at that feels like temp.

Wasn’t expecting to meet this sweetie at the tyre shop. Her name is Honey.

Well that’s the biggest snake I’ve ever seen.

Only took five years and some straight up bullshit luck but it’s finally struck me down.

All this work and a significant amount of applied violence just for a single broken bolt.

My housemate picked this up. Time to look for all the countries that no longer exist.

Don’t use tap water as coolant long-term, kids. I’m expecting to find more damage once I get the system apart. At least the radiator cap, water pump, and thermostat, all need to be replaced.

A friend gave me his surplus BladeRF. They retail for over $1000. What an early Christmas present.

Do you think I’m gonna get blocked?

I love it when there are so many ads it makes your website quite literally unusable.

I reckon I’d like a 2CV. I’ve been warming up to them lately.

Christmas has come early this year!

Had my Apple Watch for just under two weeks now, and I absolutely love it. I’ve wanted one since they first came out 10 years ago, and I’m stoked I finally have one. Next on the list will be a new phone. My iPhone 11 is on its last legs.

My ham radio club is on Scouts property, and sometimes we do things with the scouts. Today was showing them all about radios, with a focus on SDRs. I whipped my big boy antenna out and picked up some Chinese radio stations.

I have no problem with my brain. It was all in my head.