Elliot

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Sep 18, 2023: I made steak for lunch.

Sep 7, 2023: If anything needs disruption, it's email and collaboration tools Why is #Microsoft 365 so painful? I switched my little #startup’s accounts to Microsoft 365 for the balance of features and because it …

Aug 18, 2023: How do I get micro.blog features (perhaps with boosting) with @[email protected] finesse? @manton

Aug 13, 2023: A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Aug 7, 2023: If you haven’t watched Good Omens, then do so quickly so you can watch Good Omens 2.

Aug 7, 2023: I am about to import 128,000 photos back into #Apple #Photos, which I hope will then sync with #iCloud. Wish. Me. Luck. Long story short, I genuinely …

Jul 31, 2023: The Northern Territory has the same population as Southampton (250,000). The NT covers 1.4million km². Meanwhile, Southampton covers 51km². 1.4million …

Jul 22, 2023: No, you’re having tomato ketchup with Beef Wellington.

Jul 19, 2023: THIS is why we all hate measuring things in cups.

Jul 14, 2023: We have this big fear that LLMs will appear human, convincing us they are rational when in fact they are just good at constructing …

Jul 12, 2023: I’ve been watching Ted Lasso today. I don’t like football. But this TV show is one of the best shows I’ve watched recently. Funny, …

Jul 11, 2023: Sign this petition to bring Picnic Day to the eastern states of Australia.

Jul 9, 2023: What has attracted me to micro.blog has been that I can run both parts of my online identity (blog and microblogging interactions) from one place. …

Jul 9, 2023: Photos from an old post - between the Covid lockdowns (I think after the first one) we were able to travel in Victoria, provided we remained socially …

Jul 9, 2023: I moved to micro.blog 🤩 Following a some conversation recently, I’ve migrated to micro.blog. Why? It promotes a hybrid #blogging format, both short- and long-form - …

May 15, 2023: Making best use of a Synology NAS I bought the NAS originally as a replacement for cloud backup. The back-story I'll cover in another post, but essentially it was to avoid leaking all …

May 5, 2023: An easy introduction to Passkeys Apple and Google have now implemented Passkeys on their websites, and they and Microsoft have enabled them on their platforms following industry …

May 1, 2023: Why passwords are so bad, and what you should do about it Passwords are important - they identify usWe use passwords to try to ascertain identity. So what are their pros and cons, and what should you do about …

Jul 20, 2022: Today I cofounded Pointers - a site to help fast track your career I am very excited - today I launched Professional Pointers with my co-founder, Brayden. Professional Pointers (Pointers) is a subscription platform …

May 1, 2022: I launched Moonlighter - and it came 8th place on Product Hunt! I launched Moonlighter last week. It was a bit of a ride. It came 8th place for the day on Product Hunt, and has signed loads of users already! So …

Jul 18, 2021: How do we solve note taking? I've always struggled taking notes. For personal projects and ideas, I love the creativity of clean sheets of paper. And for a one-off project, I'd …

Feb 1, 2021: Kaizen (non-resolutions for 2021) Do you have non-resolutions for 2021? Here's mine: Only eat when hungryI eat what's on my plate. When I'm bored I eat to entertain myself. I eat good …

Jan 28, 2021: My six-word memoir With this limitation, you really have to filter your life to what you deem most important. So here's mine: Out migrant engineer, cooks and codes. I …

Jan 25, 2021: A weekend out in Licola, Heyfield and Eildon We bought a car! And it needed to stretch its legs. So we went beyond Melbourne to see what it could do on the tracks. We stopped at The Railway …

Jan 18, 2021: A project I'll complete with my hands This week's agon: "Identify one project youd like to complete with your hands, whether chore or craft." Hmm. I actually really like hobbies like that, …

Jan 13, 2021: My new extension: Automatic Tasks for Panic's Nova I built a little extension for Panic's Nova editor, which finds all the scripts you've defined in composer.json and package.json and automatically …

Jan 4, 2021: Australia Mk2 The plan was to move to New Zealand for a couple of years, being mobilised by the project I'm consulting on. The trouble is, the work-life balance …

Dec 6, 2020: I researched robot vacuums so you don't have to I searched through so many options, dumb ones, cheap ones, AI ones... and settled on the Deebot Ecovacs T8+. Why? Because it represents a good robot …

Jun 18, 2020: Post-Covid Winter in Victoria Edit: 😂 how foolish was I. We entered Stage 2 (freedom to travel in Victoria, provided we didn't share facilities) and quickly entered Stage 3 again …

Feb 2, 2020: I built a little Laravel Valet project listing tool Today I lost track of the projects I was working on and got decision paralysis as a result, so I thought Id create this little helper. It provides a …

Sep 15, 2019: My thoughts on working abroad as a migrant Born a Briton, I have lived and worked in France and Australia as a migrant worker. I thought Id share the stories with you, in terms of the …

Apr 13, 2019: Don't make espresso cream soda Heres what you need to know about my new creation: espresso cream-soda. Dont make it, dont drink it. What was supposed to be a fun, fizzy and …

Aug 3, 2018: Last stop in the UK before moving to Australia: a tour of Scotland Prior to flying to Melbourne to live for a while, we decided that we'd visit one of our favourite places: Scotland! Rented a motor home and drove …