Melbourne

2 callbacks from recruiters today!!! Two interviews lined up. Birthday week is starting to look up 😀

Introducing my 4yr old thai chilli TREE TRUNK. Good productive chillo will see another year

Looks like it overwintered okay. Soil needs some work though but it pulled through.

I hate public speaking. Am terrible. Colleagues think otherwise.

Tomorrow I have to present something about my team to another team at their team meeting.

Next week I have to record a video about something that needs to be sent to clients (this was originally supposed to be live but was changed to a recording last week)

The week after I have to present at the weekly company wide meeting (80+ ppl) on another topic.

Sigh. I mean, great learning opportunities but still, sigh.

Man, it's rough coming back to work after being away for 2 weeks.

I'm glad to be back but at the same time maybe I wish I had another week off.

Many years ago I went to a lunch with members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. I was sitting with some percussionists and learned they consider the triangle to be one of the hardest percussion instruments to get right (I also learned that percussionists are absolute perfectionists). They told the story of a major performance in which the percussionist had to hit one note on the triangle. He was poised and ready, but missed the timing and could do nothing but quietly put the triangle down again. Even if a note is played perfectly it is not perfect unless it is also played at the right time.

I get the impression this is how bot001 sees it's job. Sometimes it misses the split second timing required to post at midnight and goes f*ck it, no point posting now, I'll just have to try again tomorrow.

Ted Cat says Hi. 😸

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First swim / dinner for the incoming summer. Was perfect. I think I'm addicted to the concept. Go for a dip then dins on the beach.

Ok I don't know what's going on but Google Home is chatty today. It's 2pm. I hope you are having a good day. Would you like to go for a walk?. I gotta nip this in the bud. It's getting creepy now.

How about turning the lights off when you're told? Stick to your lane creepo.

3:30 Update. I was told to Go and have a glass of water. Why don't you wash your hands? Rrrrrrr

site: sends us a nice little vid the first hard drive is making a lot of noise I think it's on the way out

boss: gee, that's not good, taleya can you send them a new primary express and configure for them

me: watches vid Hard drives don't make that noise. jumps on box, fan RPMS up, chassis temp 46c (usually even at full tilt these things run about 5c over ambient) Uh guys, check your cooling in your comms room

site: OH SHIT, MIKE SHUT THE AIRCON OFF

You pay for the knowledge, folks. not just the work.

It's been such a lovely day in the garden today I thought I would take some photos of my flowers to share it with you.

Salad weather!

Hahaha. Google Home just spoke to me It's 10am. It's time to get up and stretch for 10 minutes. Yeah maybe after my cup of tea thanks luv. Stop watching me, you perv.

sick at home with a chest infection instead of presenting at a conference today.

had set-aside some cash to spend while away, so am frittering away some cash with online shopping while on the couch.

Is a synology NAS any good? minimum specifications I need? streaming media, mostly.

Christmas Turkey ordered 🦃💃🎄

woo hoo! Sunny day, dog walked and Bunnings trip already completed. Today's focus: chillis. A couple of plants that survived the winter will be getting a trim, and some new seedlings to be planted. I didn't have good germination from my ornamental chilli seed, so I'll plant the few I have out and plant some more seeds too. I'd like to get a row of them growing along the front fence if I can. I'm also going to plant a few cherry tomato seedlings along the inside of the front fence - if they grow well passers-by will be able to grab their own multi-coloured snacks 😁

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I tried the new Paul's Golden Gaytime Toffee Custard and I gotta say it was quite good. It's a thick custard so not pourable. Not too sweet. A definite golden gaytime taste. It would be delicious with Christmas pudding.

The thing is I don't know where the toffee part comes in and it would have been better with actual golden gaytime biscuit crumbs in it. So I give it 4.5/5 yum yums. Definitely worth getting.

Fruit bags made, with a couple extra for now. Miss Meow tried to help, which slowed things down a bit. But all the raspberries that are starting to get pink have been covered, and I made a couple of little bags for the strawberries, so my single ripening strawberry has also been covered. I'll need to look at covering the apricots soon, but I think a cover of the whole tree might be needed for that.

I bought myself a ukulele because tiny and cheap and simple to learn… (Plus quiet enough for a shared wall.) Found tabs for at least a few songs that don’t suck (you know exactly what I’m talking about)… and have now stressed myself out of even trying. Haven’t even tuned it.

Why is my brain like this

Attempts to do anything positive only make the anxiety flames rise higher

Edit: It’s because the songs I like and think could work are actually awesome and despite tab sites having chords I do not think they can really be replicated on a plinker. I’m talking reggae, alternative country murder ballads, or more traditional Hawaiian styles.

For them you’d probably actually want a real guitar, a banjitar, a mandolin, or a Mexican jarana. They were not originally intended to be ukulele songs but I know myself better than to shell out on the commitment to a real instrument that would take up precious space and only end up in the cupboard of shame.

Unfortunately they’re likely a lot harder to learn than the typical cheerful cutesy crap that I really don’t want to play. I’ve said it before I’ll say it again - beginner songs on everything are demotivating because they suck arse. And I’m having trouble overcoming the ukulele’s ‘quirky’ image.

Also I have never done a stringed instrument before. As a kid I played keyboard

Today's raspberry picking count is up to 11 berries. Another day or two I will have enough for a single serve of raspberries and yoghurt.

I've been making bags this afternoon to cover the fruit as if the birds get to them I won't get any. I seem to have lost the roll of green tule I was going to use (and I'm starting to thing I must have imagined it existing at all) so have had to make white bags instead.

ugh, starting very late with the chrimstas printing this year. But I have a pair of mechanically minded nieces (and a friend!) that will lose their everloving shit over Hextraction, so well sorted.

I'm off to Daiso. Does anybody want anything?

It Monday. Wfh. Back to bed.

l have been to the outside and I would like to announce that it is warm.

I kind of want to go to the dog park and hang out with other people's dogs today. Not sure if that's socially acceptable.

I think I may have figured out my fatigue issue from yesterday. I might have a bit of an ear infection.