Living in Auckland, New Zealand. I write about IT, Public Transport, Auckland, Food, Trailers, Audiobooks & Geeky stuff Work with Cloud Infrastructure. Kubernetes, AWS, Linux, Monitoring, etc. Blog: https://blog.darkmere.gen.nz/https://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mr7atm46yc2bSaw a big drone cleaning the roof of a local petrol station Guess is it cheaper than a cherry picker. Probably faster/cheaper than a guy on a ladder following proper safety procedure22 Jul 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7atm46yc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mr6ywsjrfk2bJust signed up for a claude account. Really slow but eventually got there Tried to add some money to it and it it failed with about 5 attempts across 2 credit cards I'll try again tomorrow but if that doesn't work might just go with Openrouter instead21 Jul 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6ywsjrfk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mr4lowcse22bNew shirt arrived for: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2026/21 Jul 2026 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4lowcse22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mr4eqepulk2fI think the programmers judging me for using AI to write 30 line simple programs in 10 minutes. Would be judging even more if I wrote the same script by hand Cause it would take me all day, look like crap and barely work20 Jul 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4eqepulk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mr24g25l2c2bMany (but not all) people who try to block to datacenters are like urban NIMBys They hide their actual objections, believe random stuff not backed up by facts and when one reason is proved wrong they just move on to the next...20 Jul 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr24g25l2c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqxsa4bmec2vInteresting what AI comes up with doing my website config. It is replacing a lot of the hard coded config I had for a dozen redirects etc with loops and templates in ansible19 Jul 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxsa4bmec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqtouqwmtc24Solar eating into coal/gas on the NZ grid. Both are around 1% of daily generation even in the middle of winter Only a little battery and solar growth to displace gas/coal to emergencies only Note the cost during the day of electricity is roughly 1% of the cost during the early evening and morning!17 Jul 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtouqwmtc24https://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mquwl7nz6224Decided to go with the split setup. I'm writing the ansible (with help of copilot) to do it, usually a role or two at a time when I have an hour spare The thing I'm putting off is moving all my mail. Still hosted on VPS. Need to put in work to plan and move that. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquwl7nz6224https://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqtouqwmtc24Solar eating into coal/gas on the NZ grid. Both are around 1% of daily generation even in the middle of winter Only a little battery and solar growth to displace gas/coal to emergencies only Note the cost during the day of electricity is roughly 1% of the cost during the early evening and morning!17 Jul 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtouqwmtc24https://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqtgvinbrk24So standing for the Internetnz elections this year are two members of the FSU. Who will be prioritising rolling back all the Maori stuff and a Professional TERF, cause why not Meanwhile Internetnz has u-16 bans, AI, Copyright and tonnes of other stuff that it should be concentrating on 🤦17 Jul 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtgvinbrk24https://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqsv6zpxuc24Working on my new web hosting setup. Trying to decide if I should keep everything on a VPS or host everything on a virtual machine at home and buy a $5/month VPS that just tunnels everything through to the home VM Currently paying Linode $US 27/month.17 Jul 2026 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsv6zpxuc24https://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqpuukloa22iJust did my first money transfer from etrade to my Wise USD account Idea is that previously I was wiring money from etrade to my NZ bank which is high cost and bad exchange rate Hopefully this new way will save some money Scary putting numbers in random fields and then hoping you'll get the money15 Jul 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpuukloa22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqo2psgubc2iI just came up with an idea for an Everything Open Conference t-shirt If I create the shirt and wear it think about 20 people will get it and most of them will think it's lame but might be fun. Apparently one-off shirts from redbubble are not too expensive.15 Jul 2026 06:09 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqo2psgubc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqnux7iek22hGot some sweets from the AUT in the Auckland CBD. The Patisserie Students were selling cakes and smaller items 😋 Just $4 for small item and $20 for a whole cake They will be there other days this week and next. Also other groups of students selling https://old.reddit.com/r/aucklandeats/comments/1uvwl39/upcoming_aut_culinary_events_weeks_starting_1307/15 Jul 2026 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnux7iek22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqkmalzyps26I really hate obituaries in The Spinoff. I can't read them because the insist on using the Australian "Vale" in the headline Yesterday a prominent New Zealander died and their headline wording is occupying my headspace more than the person13 Jul 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkmalzyps26https://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqb3wwptyk2sThey are doing a countdown after a vote for New Zealand's top songs. About to hit the top 10 and no sign of this one. Suspect that means it's not in the list at all, sadly. White Trash by Steriogram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dQ-4IV_8xo10 Jul 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqb3wwptyk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mqb2azyjwc2sWorking today even though it is a public holiday Work has needs most of the team on every day. So most of us will work the day and then some other day off when more convenient Looks like I have 6 days. I need to use some of them. Take a week off some time10 Jul 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqb2azyjwc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mq6kbia7us2sI see my current favorite Canadian musician didn't make the Rolling Stone top 50 list But I like the list of all her musical styles on her Wikipedia and the fact that all of them have references09 Jul 2026 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6kbia7us2shttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mq6caki7mc2sThe branching function in Gemini AI is pretty useful I get chats that go down the wrong path so now I can go back several steps and create a new one going in an alternative direction Apparently been in ChatGPT for a while but Gemini has only just introduced08 Jul 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6caki7mc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mq4jdtzaz22dJust got distracted at work for 20 minutes. I found a QR code on an internal document that was weirdly formatted Had the missing corner square in the bottom-left instead of bottom-right for some reason Company logo in the middle right way up so not a simple rotation or mirror Still scans through08 Jul 2026 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4jdtzaz22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mpzpaho2xs24First time the whole world has been united behind Belgium since 191407 Jul 2026 03:51 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzpaho2xs24https://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mppene7mw22zThe Everything Open 2027 conference will be in Brisbane from 20-22 January 2027 They have "Specialist Tracks" which sound a bit like the old Miniconfs. Already got people asking about a Sysadmin Miniconf https://2027.everythingopen.au/news/announcing-everything-open-2027/03 Jul 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppene7mw22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/slyall.bsky.social/post/3mpx3egrghc2zMy partner is soaking the shower-head in vinegar so now I'm craving steamed dumplings06 Jul 2026 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:zbomenm2ullhccevxdir2pwl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpx3egrghc2z