Anyone in #Melbourne interested in 3 Franz Ferdinand tickets for Friday 28th at the Botanical Gardens?
General admission, bought on impulse because a friend was visiting from out of town, turns out our friend can't make it and we have school stuff on anyway, if you're interested make an offer.
Did my first #ridetowork today for #biketober and it was quicker than driving ... why not sign up?
It's time we talked about the effects of LinkedIn on the human brain.
![Two posts from Paul Graham [@paulg] on LinkedIn:
I met a founder today who said he writes 10,000
lines of code a day now thanks to Al. This is
probably the limit case. He's a hotshot
programmer, he knows Al tools very well, and
he's talking about a 12 hour day. But he's not
naive. This is not 10,000 lines of bug-filled crap.
He doesn't have any employees, and doesn't
plan to hire any in the near future. Not because
Al has made employees obsolete, but simply
because he's so massively productive right now
that he doesn't want to stop programming to
spend time interviewing candidates.](https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/014/185/262/322/772/original/80a55dbec3d19356.png)
PyCon AU (the finest vaguely-python-related-things conference in Australia and quite possible the entire world) is on in Melbourne again, September 12-14 2025!
https://2025.pycon.org.au/
I'll be there talking about the eerie parallels between the #microprocessor and #cell_biology ... and there'll be a lot of other interesting and probably more useful things to learn about too: https://pretalx.com/pycon-au-2025/schedule/
PS: voucher code for 10% off tickets: https://pretix.eu/pyconau/2025/redeem?voucher=SPKR10-ASE85RZ7Q84L3C7Z
ha ha this is spot on: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/you-are-running-a-clown-show-inside-australia-s-airport-chaos-20250508-p5lxow.html someone please hire someone from Singapore to fix it.
Golly gosh #zucchini ...
(foot for scale)
Thankyou, #Melbourne truckers.
(in case anyone is wondering: https://bigrigs.com.au/2024/11/18/tippers-on-strike-in-melbourne-this-week-for-better-pay-and-conditions/ )
That's terrible, what on earth, thanks for letting us know.
I never met him in real life but he's been a huge and positive presence here for as long as I can remember. Love and best wishes to his family, friends and the rest of you rabble.
Call from +64 whatever ...
"Hello I'm from Telstra Security ..."
"... in New Zealand?"
"It's a VOIP call ..."
"A VOIP call from Telstra. Fascinating."
"Will you let me explain?"
"Which building?"
"I am sorry, if I can ..."
"Which building is Telstra Security in?"
"Melbourne. Will you ..."
"Yeah but which building?"
*call drops*
A somewhat rambling blog post on lightweight #cooking / #coffee making gear for #cycling / #hiking / #bikepacking :
Mouths to feed #birds
(Pied Currawong)
My neighbourhood has been taken over by a huge family of Pied Currawongs all calling to each other, and what is I think a second family with a distinct call have just arrived and now the two groups seem to be jostling for the best positions in the trees all around.
I'm not saying I don't believe you, Aus Post, I'm just saying a lot of people wouldn't.
Anyone know what state the main Yarra trail is in between Banyule Flats & Petty's Orchard? #cycling #melbourne #floods #rainrainrain
Dear @aussocialadmin .... Is there a secret to getting profile links to verify? My homepage one works but my ORCID one doesn't even though they both have `rel="me"` ... or is only one link checkable or something?
(I started off in here by following anyone I followed on twitter for whom I could see a mastodon link/address in their profile, and then checking through their follows for more people, and I'm delighted to see that lots more people are doing the same!)
(Also, I'm following back anyone with a profile at this point. It's like the early days of The Bad Place all over again!)
Re-doing my #introduction now since I'm trying to be here a bit more ...
G'day I'm Nick, from the NE suburbs of #Melbourne , Australia.
I work as an #opensource #developer (mostly #python) doing remote work for various clients, and I'm also interested in #retrocomputing or, as I like to call it, computers back when I was a kid.
I'm into #cycling (slowly) and working up to doing some #cycletouring miles around Victoria this summer, and eventually elsewhere in the world.
I'm into #music generally and I'm (also slowly) learning to play #ukulele and learning a bit of music theory along the way.
I'm also doing some set design & construction for a #musicaltheatre group my daughters & their friends all seem to be in!
I'll probably be posting about those things more than work, tbqh. Older stuff, mostly tech-related, is on my blog at https://nick.zoic.org/
