Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Photo Organisation Scheme

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Someone recently asked me how I currently structure my photo collection.    The short answer - It's a mix of: * "Structured" s...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Windows Terminal Tip - New Tab Behaviour

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Saving this here to save me another mad search again next time:   If using "Windows Terminal", to make the "New Tab" beh...

Linux Migration Experiments - First Attempt with Desktop 1, and Hardware Upgrade Roadmap Thoughts

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Having previously tried with Desktop 2, and on the back of recent success with CodeQuest Laptop, I finally decided to try and brave testing ...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

Hard Earned Lessons When Doing Backups on Windows Using Robocopy

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This afternoon, I tried updating the set of secondary backup drives I'd previously spent Easter weekend painstakingly (and very frustrat...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Linux Setup - Partitioning Editor Feature Requests

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Based on my experiences today, I'd like to offer the following feature requests to Linux install tool partition editor UI devs: 1) If yo...

Happy Linux Day - "CodeQuest" Windows Laptop Converted to Linux at Last!

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Yay! As of a few minutes ago, my "CodeQuest" laptop is finally booting from its SSD from Linux (instead of the live usb only)!  Th...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Audio Hardware Rant - HDMI Monitor Sound Playback (with no speakers to speak of) + Headphone Woes

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 It's quickly turning into one of *those* nights I think: * 1) Spent ages trying to debug why Firefox was not playing any audio (but Mus...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Rant About Interminable Roadworks Outside Our House

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What follows is a summarised rant about the IMO totally unacceptable, and really poorly managed + executed + communicated roadworks outside ...

First Impressions of New Ice Cream (Soft Serve) Machine

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Tonight, I finally got around to trying out my "new" Ice Cream Machine (soft serve), having originally bought it over 1-2 years ag...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

A Very Good Day (for a Change)

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 Today ended up turning out really nicely!  (Well, especially everything from this afternoon onwards!)  😊 * Got vaccinated for this year...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Wordplay: Motorcycle Rallies vs Boy Racers

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This morning, I watched as a large convoy of colourful motorcycles cruised past noisily. Which got me thinking: We should be calling these m...

Excursions in Google Translated Maori: Hukarere = To Snow

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TIL, from a typo'd search for what I presume was a Japanese term written out in English letters, that "hukarere" means "...