Louis Patterson
@theboatend.bsky.social
All-purpose nerd and "competitive" sailor. Australian, Melburnian, Footscrayite, Him.
Bah. It looked like so much more space when I was sketching it out. The secondhand track not having the short curves I want doesn't help.
[the general idea is freelance 70s japan heavily inspired by some mid-sized private railways, esp the hokuriku. In TTm, because why not make your life harder]
[the general idea is freelance 70s japan heavily inspired by some mid-sized private railways, esp the hokuriku. In TTm, because why not make your life harder]
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Bah. It looked like so much more space when I was sketching it out. The secondhand track not having the short curves I want doesn't help.
[the general idea is freelance 70s japan heavily inspired by some mid-sized private railways, esp the hokuriku. In TTm, because why not make your life harder]
[the general idea is freelance 70s japan heavily inspired by some mid-sized private railways, esp the hokuriku. In TTm, because why not make your life harder]
i was so disappointed when i saw a picture of the british mess dress rank brooches.
November 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
i was so disappointed when i saw a picture of the british mess dress rank brooches.
clearly you're not australian, these are our traditional shoes. Great for visiting japan.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
clearly you're not australian, these are our traditional shoes. Great for visiting japan.
bootstraps, the pulling up of self by same.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
bootstraps, the pulling up of self by same.
Trouble at th' mill, one of the phases askew on the substation.
October 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trouble at th' mill, one of the phases askew on the substation.
There's a lot of steam tours around melbourne, and most of them pass through my local station. Might get two of these a month but even so *everyone* stops and stares, as is proper.
October 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
There's a lot of steam tours around melbourne, and most of them pass through my local station. Might get two of these a month but even so *everyone* stops and stares, as is proper.
Useful advice from one of the machines at work.
![A sign reading "kepp [sic] fingers away from punching zone"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qq7rgk6au6muh4yvfxwz4vtc/bafkreif5urduiqwp55oeh6p4axuywg44bwbigryjezx6oum2vfazcqzgvu@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Useful advice from one of the machines at work.
Looks like my sewing machine just died, failed controller pedal. Been meaning to get it serviced since covid but never got around to it.
October 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Looks like my sewing machine just died, failed controller pedal. Been meaning to get it serviced since covid but never got around to it.
Also whole baked pears. General assessment is the whole meal is delicious.
September 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Also whole baked pears. General assessment is the whole meal is delicious.
Cheers to the french community of Belgium, who I'm sure have never been involved in colonialism so horrific it shocked 19th century europe.
September 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Cheers to the french community of Belgium, who I'm sure have never been involved in colonialism so horrific it shocked 19th century europe.
Time to check your spill prep people.
September 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Time to check your spill prep people.
Here's a table of corrections for celestial navigation: 33min of arc is ~the diameter of the sun or moon, or about two minutes of the sun's motion if it's setting at 90º to the horizon at the equator [~3min at 45º, &c].
September 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Here's a table of corrections for celestial navigation: 33min of arc is ~the diameter of the sun or moon, or about two minutes of the sun's motion if it's setting at 90º to the horizon at the equator [~3min at 45º, &c].
nesting swan, melbourne docklands
September 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
nesting swan, melbourne docklands
Louis: I could dress as a jiangshi for halloween, that's basically a qing-dynasty mandarin costume. Hrm.
Google image search:
Google image search:
September 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Louis: I could dress as a jiangshi for halloween, that's basically a qing-dynasty mandarin costume. Hrm.
Google image search:
Google image search:
If your industrial designers can't decide whether they want a touch-screen or tactile controls.
September 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If your industrial designers can't decide whether they want a touch-screen or tactile controls.
today in petty annoyances: the stop button on my bus is at *exactly* my natural grab height and I have to be super-careful not to press it every time I sit down.
September 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
today in petty annoyances: the stop button on my bus is at *exactly* my natural grab height and I have to be super-careful not to press it every time I sit down.
Great Wave off Kanazawa is one of the first japanese prints to use prussian blue imported through nagasaki: previously they'd used indigo lake. Huge boom in blue-heavy prints.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizuri-e
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizuri-e
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Great Wave off Kanazawa is one of the first japanese prints to use prussian blue imported through nagasaki: previously they'd used indigo lake. Huge boom in blue-heavy prints.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizuri-e
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizuri-e
if they actually do send troops into chicago they'll add another star to their flag afterwards.
August 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
if they actually do send troops into chicago they'll add another star to their flag afterwards.
Great planning metro trains melbourne, once again you are running a brilliant substitute bus service.
July 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Great planning metro trains melbourne, once again you are running a brilliant substitute bus service.
Docklands Yacht club winter series day three. If sailing isn't your speed, we will have community sailing next Sunday at Melbourne's docklands.
July 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Docklands Yacht club winter series day three. If sailing isn't your speed, we will have community sailing next Sunday at Melbourne's docklands.
Racism is when you aren't even allowed exaggerated marketing.
July 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Racism is when you aren't even allowed exaggerated marketing.
You could do a whole range!
June 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
You could do a whole range!
Cooking fish and chips for my aged parents. Fish = flake, shark, I am a Melburnian. Was going to cook it for myself, but accidentally got twice as much flake as I needed so.
June 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Cooking fish and chips for my aged parents. Fish = flake, shark, I am a Melburnian. Was going to cook it for myself, but accidentally got twice as much flake as I needed so.
The temp will continue to drop but at least the sun will come back.
June 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The temp will continue to drop but at least the sun will come back.
Getting to work before sunrise is *fine*I*guess* as long as it's not still dark.
But it's the solstice tomorrow, so at least this is the worst it'll get.
But it's the solstice tomorrow, so at least this is the worst it'll get.
June 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Getting to work before sunrise is *fine*I*guess* as long as it's not still dark.
But it's the solstice tomorrow, so at least this is the worst it'll get.
But it's the solstice tomorrow, so at least this is the worst it'll get.