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Spaceman Paul
@spacemanpaul.bsky.social
Husband, father, software engineer, musician, brewer, open source enthusiast, intitiator and some-time completer of diverse projects.
The local 'roos were particularly unphased by my presence this morning. It was probably something to do with the temperature: -5°C, brrr.
June 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
New Open Data Cube release

- Support has been added for "boolean" as a search type.
- The "archive-less-mature" option when indexing now applies even if the dataset was already indexed.
- Another dask loading bug has been fixed.

Full details in the release notes.

github.com/opendatacube...
Release Open Data Cube 1.9.5 · opendatacube/datacube-core
This release introduces support for boolean type search fields, as well as a handful of bug-fixes. What's Changed New feature: Add boolean field definition (addressing issue #1937) #1949 Bug fixe...
github.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
For the last few months the south Canberra roos have hung out in large heterogeneous mobs with lots of Big Bois and mums and little ones all grazing and hanging out together.

Over the last week or so the mobs have started to split into separate groups, with Big Bois separating from smaller ones
June 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Sunset through fuel-reduction burn smoke-haze.

Canberra, Australia. Ngunnawal Country.
April 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
After a fun and relaxing 3 months between jobs, I am very happy to announce that from next week, I will be at Geoscience Australia, this time in a permanent full time position as a "Senior Software Engineer (ODC)" - yes the Open Data Cube is in my job title!
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Here's another music video from my EPisodic sci-fi rock opera.

There is no AI in the music composition or production, but I make heavy use of consumer-grade generative AI algorithms for images and animations.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VZw...
And So (Interstellar Diplomat) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Spaceman Paul
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
New music video from my EPisodic sci fi rock opera, Envoy.

Before entering suspended animation for his thousand-year interstellar journey, Jason sends a final farewell to his girlfriend.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=7fYk...
Last Farewell (Official Music Video
YouTube video by Spaceman Paul
m.youtube.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Chicken thread.

I did something this afternoon that I swore I would never do: I took a chicken to the vet.

But these girls are gun layers at the height of their productivity, it looked like something a vet could treat pretty easily, and dammit, she's my favourite.

(Shown here in full health)
January 31, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Lizard thread!

A lizard saw me and dropped its tail which wiggled distractingly while it escaped.

1/3
January 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Incoming storm. 1/30 timelapse
January 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Spaceman Paul
When my house and community burned - where was the satellite information? A very raw blog post I am putting up so folks in the satellite, geospatial and tech fields can listen firsthand why I think we are failing the situations that need us the most.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-o...
When our community burned where was the satellite information?
Video of our home burned down taken by a neighbor after the Palisades Fire. I am writing this as a follow-up to my brief post last week showing a video of our home destroyed by the Palisades fire.
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January 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
First music video from my upcoming electronic album "Religious Studies" under the "Pointer to Void" project.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ect_...

Before we can discuss religion, we must first define it.
1. On Religion (New Year's Eve 2024)
YouTube video by Pointer to Void
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January 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I'm currently (hopefully very temporarily) between jobs/contracts, so it seems like a good time to talk about my hobbies.

1/4
January 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
After early leader KFC was controversially disqualified for playing both herbs AND spices, it ended up quite a close contest, with the Chinese finally beating the Arabs by two spices.
December 24, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Datacube 1.9.0, the first major Open Data Cube release in several years, has been released and is now available on PyPI.
December 23, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Reposted by Spaceman Paul
If you've ever been frustrated by trying to access data from satellites like #Landsat or #Sentinel2, tune into our very first #OpenDataCube community talk next week by Caitlin Adams: how to easily load satellite data for anywhere on the planet using the #OpenSource #odcstac Python package! 🛰️🚀
December 12, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Open Data Cube 1.8.20 is available now on PyPI (condaforge coming soon)

This will be the last 1.8 series release before the release of 1.9.0.

Including contributions from @ausp.io , Geoscience Australia and CSIRO.

github.com/opendatacube...
Release Open Data Cube 1.8.20 Release · opendatacube/datacube-core
This will likely be the last 1.8 series release before the formal release of 1.9.0. Maintenance releases in the 1.8 series will continue for some time after the 1.9 release. If you do NOT want to...
github.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Australian workplace training.

Lead Sparky: How would you do it if you were running the job?

Apprentice: Is that the floor cavity down there?

Lead Sparky (totally deadpan, not a hint of sarcasm in his tone): No it's the roof cavity, the house is built upside down.
May 15, 2024 at 7:49 AM
The thing I love most about ancient Egyptian funerary magic is the way it so shamelessly bullies and gaslights the gods.

Here's a classic example from the Pyramid Texts. The dead king is introduced by a god, then IMMEDIATELY claims to BE that same god.
January 28, 2024 at 9:59 AM
I say, @malki.bsky.social - capital new wondermark you slipped out there! Spiffing to see you back! Here's a cigar and a comicly oversized snifter of brandy to more new wondermark content!
October 24, 2023 at 3:08 AM