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Gizmo
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My interests vary by season, mood and trending hashtags but currently include #photography, #pkm (largely based around #obsidian) and #ssg web sites - #eleventy in particular. I use #mac and #android as my window on the internet and multiple instances of #linux for everything headless. On the road I can be found in an #EV or #Porsche, or on a #motorbike. #fedi22
Gizmo postedFeb 26, 2025
Trumpet of Parrots
This will be meaningless to anyone outside of Australia, and quite possibly anyone outside of Queensland, but I do love a snarky analysis of Australian fringe politics.
Gizmo postedFeb 23, 2025
I occasionally revisit my Proxmox VM of FreeBSD to see if it can change my current opinion of it, which is that it is barely fit for purpose. But no, it reinforced my opinion today.
The VM has 14.1-RELEASE installed, reasonably recent you might say. So I attempt to run `freebsd-update fetch` and get as response "Fetching 2 metadata files... failed". I try this several times with the same result. Scanning the forums produces nothing useful, but on a whim I try modifying ServerName in `/etc/freebsd-update.conf` from `update.FreeBSD.org` to `update1.FreeBSD.org`.
No go, same result. OK, try `update2.FreeBSD.org`. It works and my system gets updated! This is a fundamental tool for maintaining a FreeBSD system and it cannot even work its way through the mirrors when it encounters one that fails.
I have had similar issues in the past, where an upgrade broke my BastilleBSD jails sufficiently to require a fresh install of the latest version of the OS. These issues never seem to plague me on Linux which is why I keep abandoning my experiments with BSD. It really does feel more like someone's hobby project than something "that just works".
I guess I will try again in a few releases' time...
Gizmo postedDec 13, 2024
Is nuclear power really a viable option for Australia? This article seems to be a fair attempt at honestly weighing up the pros and cons but it's pretty damning of the nuclear path.
Those who DO learn from history are doomed to watch others repeat it anyway.
Gizmo postedAug 18, 2024
It's getting hard to keep up with all the ways we are spied on in this inter-net connected world.
https://proton.me/blog/wifi-surveillance
The what? The Interwebs? See how often the presenter says "information super highway"...
1994 and the same year I also got to try the internet. #BBCArchive
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XpZ5STahhPE&list=PLp5kxJAhpetnacUKQK1NxaHyWRH6BJra_&index=2&pp=iAQB
Gizmo postedJul 12, 2024
Slowly getting to grips with #darktable. Coming from other editors it sure is a steep learning curve.
I really loved the #11ty conf today, so many great speakers and tips/tricks.
I took some notes and commentary while it was going and I鈥檒l post that on my own 11ty blog soonish!
Gizmo postedApr 8, 2024
On Googling RICE for a torn calf muscle I discover that this method of treatment may have been superseded by PEACE, LOVE, and MEAT, all of which sounds to me like a recipe for a happy life!