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The day has only just begun, yet I already find myself brainwormed by Rob Zombie's "Dragula".
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Happy Life Day to those who celebrate — particularly all you fans of the "Star Wars Holiday Special".

#starwars #starwarsholidayspecial #lifeday
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Looks like the weather just hit this neighbourhood. The Bureau of Meteorology is projecting wind gusts later this afternoon over 90 km/h.

#weathertoot #melbourne #melbourneweather #wimdy
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
*Resets the counter for "Days since a major incident was caused by DNS" to zero*
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
If you use Google Search, you may notice they've inserted a new "AI Mode" on the Search Results page. This fresh piece of enshittification consumes prime real estate in the UI: the first menu item. It's another example of a Big Tech company pushing AI hype and […]

[Original post on aus.social]
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
[CW: sex, robots, side-boob, The Sun, Twitter]

It's ten years to the day since The Sun published this article that exemplifies their standard of journalistic integrity:
"We'll Be Having Sex With Robots in the Next 10 Years".

How time flies! Back then, we relied […]

[Original post on aus.social]
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
A very merry Hobbit Day to all who celebrate, and happy birthday to Bilbo and Frodo Baggins!

#hobbitday #lordoftherings #thehobbit
September 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Usually, I am loath to quote News Corp articles because I loathe their bias, but I'm sharing this screenshot for the fabulous typo.

#newscorpse #Thisisnotjournalism
September 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
An example of enshittification and how badly Google has broken its core reason for existence, search: Google is using an LLM to "hallucinate" postcodes.

I dunno about other countries, but in Australia, if you get someone's postcode correct and a detail as simple […]

[Original post on aus.social]
September 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Today, I noticed a sign we've reached a point of inflection in the AI Hype Cycle.

It goes something like this:

(1) Tech companies have been shoving "AI" into everything. Even if new features are the result of improved algorithms or automation, it's often […]

[Original post on aus.social]
August 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Campbell Arcade has reopened after being closed for years of construction work for Melbourne Metro. It's a simple, utilitarian public thoroughfare, but I can't believe how much I've missed the beautiful Art Deco style of the place.

#melbournemetro #melbourne #campbellarcade
August 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Happy accident: I bought the wrong potatoes at the supermarket — Kipfler potatoes — so good!

#potatoes #kipflerpotatoes #tatersgonnatate
July 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
[Mention of Elon Musk]

Mastodon has few scam accounts, but when it does, they're hilarious.

#elonmusk #mastodon
June 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This comment is one of the best forum posts I've ever seen, and it's criminal that it received only three upvotes.
May 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
May the 5th Element be with you.
May 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Cyber Security around the world may be about to go to hell in a handbasket because CVE is being forced to shutdown.

The CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) system publishes emerging news and up-to-date information about online security vulnerabilities […]

[Original post on aus.social]
April 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Phil Tippett ("You had one job!") being interviewed about major influences, such as learning from Ray Harryhausen, that shaped his career of stop-motion animation for feature films:

'I took LSD when I was working on "Return of the Jedi". I could communicate with […]

[Original post on aus.social]
April 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Blackmagic Design just released a fantastic new camera, plus a bunch of other new products, and an update to DaVinci Resolve 20 (free update because it's a lifetime licence, not a subscription rip-off).

Customers started placing orders, and units would have […]

[Original post on aus.social]
April 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
No, Chrome, I like those extensions because they unfuck my User Experience. Rather than unilaterally switching-off extensions such as ad-blockers, how about Google makes Chrome better, and stops being so aggressively awful to plugin developers and billions of […]

[Original post on aus.social]
March 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Serious weather in Melbourne tonight.

#melbourne #melbourneweather #weathertoot
February 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Nope, I didn't make a mistake. I'm deleting my Instagram account because Meta made a serious mistake.

#meta #instagram #deleteyouraccount
January 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Recently, there's been an increase in people talking about not seeing Facebook posts from friends, or folks noticing their own posts have been memory-holed by Zuckerberg's algorithmic shenanigans. I can verify some friends have made posts recently by looking at […]

[Original post on aus.social]
December 31, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Hope comes in many forms, but never before have I seen it slither.

This headline from news.com.au is on a par with the Grauniad. 🤣
December 29, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Received this email this morning.
I didn't ask for it, and I don't want it, yet there it is.

Feedback I hear from people who've tried it tends to fall into these groups:
- "Wow, it's fantastic and speeds-up things so much for me!"
- "I am experienced enough to […]

[Original post on aus.social]
December 19, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Recently, an Audio professional I have high regard for made an "open letter" style of criticism of practically all audio equipment manufacturers.

Summary: devices that contain rechargeable batteries should be repairable, and it should be possible to replace […]

[Original post on aus.social]
December 16, 2024 at 1:56 AM