In hindsight, trying to activate an eSIM on my mobile account during the CrowdStrike outages wasn’t my finest decision.

With the shuttering of Gizmodo Australia, I’m pulling a few of my favourite articles over here for safekeeping. Hopefully this won’t upset any of the Copyright Gods, as I don’t own the Copyright. But given the current owners are shuttering the publication I want to make sure this stuff isn’t lost forever. Originally Published: December 17, 2010 at 8:00 am From the moment Rockstar unveiled their trailer for upcoming detective thriller, L. Continue reading →

With the shuttering of Gizmodo Australia, I’m pulling a few of my favourite articles over here for safekeeping. Hopefully this won’t upset any of the Copyright Gods, as I don’t own the Copyright. But given the current owners are shuttering the publication I want to make sure this stuff isn’t lost forever. Originally published: April 13, 2010 at 10:45 am My eyes squinting as the sun rises over the harsh desert landscape, it’s time to pack up the campsite and mount up. Continue reading →

I want to go back and republish a handful of my Gizmodo articles here so they don’t disappear from the Internet. Discovered that some have lost my byline already, which sucks.

I wrote a thing on Linked about Pedestrian’s decision to shutter Gizmodo (and other titles). Because I don’t trust the algorithm, I’m going to post it here as well: Some memories fade with time. Others stand out, clear despite the intervening years. I remember my 28th birthday vividly, because it was the day I got the Editor’s job at Gizmodo Australia. I had reached out to Chris Janz, and we had a morning coffee to discuss whether or not I might be a good fit for the role. Continue reading →

Went for a walk and a coffee in the Botanic Gardens yesterday. Just after we saw these kangaroos, we came across a guy holding a GoPro camera. He came up to us and asked us (with a European accent of some description) if we had seen any kangaroos, and when we told him we had and pointed out where we had seen them, he excitedly exclaimed, “awesome!”

I hope he saw them, I’m still thinking about him.

I just published my 100th product review on BTTR. Gonna have a little party on my own tonight to celebrate.

So BTTR seems to have a problem with the Rest API today and I have no idea how to fix it. Or why it decided to bug out on me. Let’s see what the tech support guy says.

Went to the opening of the new Nepean river walk at Camden today. It was a really gorgeous day for it, and a really nice walk.

Got to watch the gliders come in to land at Camden airport as well.

We’ve had to replace our car’s windscreen for the past two years. Fortunately, our insurance offers one free windscreen replacement a year.

Over the past week, we have suddenly had three (!) new chips appear in the windscreen. Insurance renewal is due next week.

Coincidence or fate?

Just phenomenal stuff here, folks. Every time someone like me reports on Google’s AI getting something wrong, we’re training the AI to be wronger.

Elizabeth Lopatto,  Google still recommends glue for your pizza, The Verge

I really can’t wait for all the AI hype to die off. Sure, there are situations where AI can be helpful, but most of it is just crap, and the lofty promises of the technology will likely never become reality.

But I particularly want the idea of AI in search results to die. It’s a completely inappropriate use of the technology, given it can’t (and will likely never will be able to) discern fact from fiction.

Loved the first two episodes of The Acolyte. It’s so good to see. New side of Star Wars that doesn’t involve the Empire or Skywalkers

I ate all of this. It was incredible.

Tried out a (new?) dumpling bar in Camden for lunch today and they were delicious.

Won #StarWarsTheCloneWars on 2024-06-08 with 3 players 🎲

Had to walk down the shops, and it looks like we had a fair amount of rain.

Had the hot water replaced today. Moved from gas to heat pump. Hoping it will save us some dollarydoos and be better for the environment.

A bird just flew into the window in front of my desk and scared the hell out of me.

Finished reading: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins 📚

Not as good a story as the original trilogy, but I think maybe better written.

Now I’ve passed the halfway point in my listen through of the top 100 albums on Apple Music, I was reflecting on the types of music I like and why. I don’t like hip-hop. I never really have. And I think that’s because for me, good music captures emotion. That’s partially through the lyrics, but also in the way the music is played, or the key, or the chords used… I’m not a musician so I’m butchering the description there. Continue reading →