Leigh :) Stark 🦄
@leighlo.bsky.social
Award-winning tech journalist & editor pickr.com.au.
As heard on ABC, 2HD, 3AW, 4BC, 6PR, and more. Media appearances at pickr.com.au/about/media/
Journalist. Reviewer. SEO. Author. Photographer. Geek dad. Created simplsaver.com. Happy to help.
As heard on ABC, 2HD, 3AW, 4BC, 6PR, and more. Media appearances at pickr.com.au/about/media/
Journalist. Reviewer. SEO. Author. Photographer. Geek dad. Created simplsaver.com. Happy to help.
Last night on ABC Adelaide, a caller doubted my expectation that it was an update that caused the DNS issue.
Turns out it was an update. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
Turns out it was an update. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Last night on ABC Adelaide, a caller doubted my expectation that it was an update that caused the DNS issue.
Turns out it was an update. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
Turns out it was an update. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
Achievement unlocked: embraced my inner Hank Hill.
October 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Achievement unlocked: embraced my inner Hank Hill.
This is pretty much true for most reviewers, regardless of beat.
I've not seen a lot of hate for tech reviews, possibly because they're companies rather than people. But years ago I wrote a piece about a celebrity collab with a tech company, and the hate from fans rolled in. It's not fun.
I've not seen a lot of hate for tech reviews, possibly because they're companies rather than people. But years ago I wrote a piece about a celebrity collab with a tech company, and the hate from fans rolled in. It's not fun.
October 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This is pretty much true for most reviewers, regardless of beat.
I've not seen a lot of hate for tech reviews, possibly because they're companies rather than people. But years ago I wrote a piece about a celebrity collab with a tech company, and the hate from fans rolled in. It's not fun.
I've not seen a lot of hate for tech reviews, possibly because they're companies rather than people. But years ago I wrote a piece about a celebrity collab with a tech company, and the hate from fans rolled in. It's not fun.
Everything bagel toasted with butter or cream cheese. Bought in a pack of five from the local supermarket for $7 because I live in Australia and bagelries aren't in my suburb, but at least it feels like democracy is. (I do feel sad for all my friends in the US, though.)
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Everything bagel toasted with butter or cream cheese. Bought in a pack of five from the local supermarket for $7 because I live in Australia and bagelries aren't in my suburb, but at least it feels like democracy is. (I do feel sad for all my friends in the US, though.)
I think I was in @colbertlateshow.bsky.social's happy place today: Hobbiton. So here are a few from a series I'm calling "Middle-Earth in Monochrome".
October 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I think I was in @colbertlateshow.bsky.social's happy place today: Hobbiton. So here are a few from a series I'm calling "Middle-Earth in Monochrome".
Really loved Hamilton Gardens today. What a genuinely lovely place to explore.
October 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Really loved Hamilton Gardens today. What a genuinely lovely place to explore.
Really enjoyed checking Brisbane from the ferry back from Bluey’s World. It's a really nice city. Can't believe I've never been before.
September 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Really enjoyed checking Brisbane from the ferry back from Bluey’s World. It's a really nice city. Can't believe I've never been before.
Some of the details are excellent, as you'd well expect from Bluey. Key scenes as set pieces, long dogs in almost every room, and some great details in stuff you buy, like Bluey fortune cookies and Bandit's loathing of mushrooms.
September 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Some of the details are excellent, as you'd well expect from Bluey. Key scenes as set pieces, long dogs in almost every room, and some great details in stuff you buy, like Bluey fortune cookies and Bandit's loathing of mushrooms.
You can't take photos in Bluey's World, and while every fibre of my being yearned to, it's easy to see why:
Bluey is about experiencing life through a kid's eyes, and watching your kids experience life in Bluey has to be seen and enjoyed, rather than simply photographed.
Bluey is about experiencing life through a kid's eyes, and watching your kids experience life in Bluey has to be seen and enjoyed, rather than simply photographed.
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
You can't take photos in Bluey's World, and while every fibre of my being yearned to, it's easy to see why:
Bluey is about experiencing life through a kid's eyes, and watching your kids experience life in Bluey has to be seen and enjoyed, rather than simply photographed.
Bluey is about experiencing life through a kid's eyes, and watching your kids experience life in Bluey has to be seen and enjoyed, rather than simply photographed.
In Brisbane with the Bluey family (mum, two girls) for real life.
September 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
In Brisbane with the Bluey family (mum, two girls) for real life.
Currently doing battery rundowns. It's not bad, but I'm not seeing how the Max could hit 33 to 37 hours. I think it'll max out at 26 or 27.
September 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Currently doing battery rundowns. It's not bad, but I'm not seeing how the Max could hit 33 to 37 hours. I think it'll max out at 26 or 27.
But y'all did great.
September 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
But y'all did great.
But you both did great.
September 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
But you both did great.
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there that tell the worst dad jokes, which is all of us.
My family treats me so well. My little Bluey family. Thanks @drmummabear.bsky.social for organising.
My family treats me so well. My little Bluey family. Thanks @drmummabear.bsky.social for organising.
September 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there that tell the worst dad jokes, which is all of us.
My family treats me so well. My little Bluey family. Thanks @drmummabear.bsky.social for organising.
My family treats me so well. My little Bluey family. Thanks @drmummabear.bsky.social for organising.
Yay. New music Friday. Loved seeing them years ago. Such a great show.
August 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Yay. New music Friday. Loved seeing them years ago. Such a great show.
Gosh that looks good.
August 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Gosh that looks good.
Kinda weird that to be accredited for an industry event I have to write about the event before it happens and can't be judged on simply having an audience like other events.
Feels a little like asking me to write advertising for the event, @sxswsydney.com, rather than find angles AT the event.
Feels a little like asking me to write advertising for the event, @sxswsydney.com, rather than find angles AT the event.
August 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Kinda weird that to be accredited for an industry event I have to write about the event before it happens and can't be judged on simply having an audience like other events.
Feels a little like asking me to write advertising for the event, @sxswsydney.com, rather than find angles AT the event.
Feels a little like asking me to write advertising for the event, @sxswsydney.com, rather than find angles AT the event.
People have a right to be skeptical. They have a right to question. They totally should.
This is being built with the best intentions, but I can't guarantee it will be perfect. The focus is on explaining that climate change is happening with examples, such as this one.
This is being built with the best intentions, but I can't guarantee it will be perfect. The focus is on explaining that climate change is happening with examples, such as this one.
August 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
People have a right to be skeptical. They have a right to question. They totally should.
This is being built with the best intentions, but I can't guarantee it will be perfect. The focus is on explaining that climate change is happening with examples, such as this one.
This is being built with the best intentions, but I can't guarantee it will be perfect. The focus is on explaining that climate change is happening with examples, such as this one.
Still have no idea what to do with my makeshift-not-quite-Spotify, but I've added music analysis to the mix.
August 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Still have no idea what to do with my makeshift-not-quite-Spotify, but I've added music analysis to the mix.
I'll be on ABC Darwin talking about streaming music and folks leaving Spotify for ethical reasons later, plus whether people can just start their own service.
Here's my effort this morning... which works. And plays my old band's music. Turns out you can start your own service... if you know how.
Here's my effort this morning... which works. And plays my old band's music. Turns out you can start your own service... if you know how.
August 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I'll be on ABC Darwin talking about streaming music and folks leaving Spotify for ethical reasons later, plus whether people can just start their own service.
Here's my effort this morning... which works. And plays my old band's music. Turns out you can start your own service... if you know how.
Here's my effort this morning... which works. And plays my old band's music. Turns out you can start your own service... if you know how.
Two more (Pickr is little old me)
July 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Two more (Pickr is little old me)
Last night, the awesome @doctorkarl.bsky.social had me on stage to talk about a project we've been working on together: a digital Dr Karl designed to help explain climate change.
Unlike most AI projects, the goal is to help people and run it in a way where it relies on renewables.
Unlike most AI projects, the goal is to help people and run it in a way where it relies on renewables.
May 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Last night, the awesome @doctorkarl.bsky.social had me on stage to talk about a project we've been working on together: a digital Dr Karl designed to help explain climate change.
Unlike most AI projects, the goal is to help people and run it in a way where it relies on renewables.
Unlike most AI projects, the goal is to help people and run it in a way where it relies on renewables.
Going to go do something a little unlike me: be a part of a story as opposed to reporting on a story.
May 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Going to go do something a little unlike me: be a part of a story as opposed to reporting on a story.
May 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM