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Most people would want to go straight to my computer collection or my photos on Flickr. Otherwise you can see what I have been doing recently:

Yesterday

mastodon (feed #55) 7:16am Posted on Mastodon:

My steed for the day, on my way to

Locomotive NR96 getting ready to haul The Overland to Adelaide

January 12th

mastodon (feed #55) 5:58pm Posted on Mastodon:

Annual(ish) deep(ish) clean of my study means an updated panorama photo. Can play spot the different with the version from eighteen months prior... flickr.com/photos/popcorncx/54

flickr (feed #61) 5:30pm Posted a photo on Flickr.
Study in panorama (January 2025)

January 6th

mastodon (feed #55) 10:29pm Posted on Mastodon:

From the backlog: a rainy morning at Alowyn Gardens flickr.com/photos/popcorncx/al

flickr (feed #61) 10:01pm Posted 16 photos on Flickr. (Hide Details)
Equiped for the weather Centerpiece Blue in the trees Angular Yellow poles Wisteria above Weaving path Tended Stone circle Stone bench Set up for an event Red jacket Pot Poles in the path Japanese Formal

January 5th

waverley (feed #57) 5:54pm Posted on Waverley Camera Club:

December 28th

blog (feed #25) 3:41pm Published a blog post.

December 27th

blog (feed #25) 8:36pm Published a blog post.

December 26th

mastodon (feed #55) 6:40pm Posted on Mastodon:

I watch most things in the study on a second monitor, but some things are deserving of the couch and TV...

Frame capture of Feather McGraw from Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

December 24th

mastodon (feed #55) 6:14pm Posted on Mastodon:

It is possible that I watch too much youtube... I have listed out the channels I currently subscribe to via RSS: popcorn.cx/blog/2024/12/what-i

blog (feed #25) 6:11pm Published a blog post.

December 23rd

librarything (feed #60) 7:00pm Added a book on LibraryThing.
Lateral: 100 Fiendish Questions to Make You Think Differently

December 19th

mastodon (feed #55) 5:32pm Posted on Mastodon:

Random tip: If you need tiny split rings consider checking out a fishing shop.

The jump ring holding the torch on my keychain would loosen so I was looking to replace it with a split ring. I couldn't find any small enough and I was about to order some of indeterminate size online, then stumbled across their use on fishing lures and tackle and I was able to go to a local store

Package of split rings use for fishing lures and tackle. One is removed from the package and is next to a ruler showing it is 4mm in diameter

December 15th

blog (feed #25) 9:17pm Published a blog post.
mastodon (feed #55) 12:59pm Posted on Mastodon:

Iterating on my garage door position and car presence sensor...

Prototyping PCB with electronic components mounted to it, this is mounted in a 3d printed bracket which is then attached to a timber roof support

December 10th

waverley (feed #57) 9:50pm Posted on Waverley Camera Club:

December 7th

mastodon (feed #55) 11:23am Posted on Mastodon:

It has been in the todo list for quite some some, but I think I have worked out how I can reliably mount some switches to detect the position of my garage door

Close up of the carriage which is part of a garage door opener mechanism, clipped to it is a red 3d printed part that is holding a microswitch

December 6th

mastodon (feed #55) 4:17pm Posted on Mastodon:

Cleared out my desk at work today... because the lease is not being renewed on the freshly refurbished office we moved into in January 2020, the Melbourne office is now officially 100% remote.

December 4th

librarything (feed #60) 7:00pm Added a book on LibraryThing.
Concorde: A Photographic Tribute: A Photographic Tribute

November 23rd

flickr (feed #61) 9:49pm Posted 5 photos on Flickr. (Hide Details)
Rainy day When frosty Climbing (K190) Panel facade Ladders and trolleys