Reposted by Malcolm HerbertTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/06/2026Zipfiles really are so magic. I just downloaded a couple of dozen of 40 mb files. Chuck them in cloud storage, unzip them. 20 min later, I find out that my internet is running slow because my computer is uploading 45 gb worth of map data. 193
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 01/05/2026@ferfuxache.com steam day on the WSR now mjch.net/pub/wsr.htmlmjch.net 110
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 01/04/2026nice little sim of Voyager 1 and 2 showing that Voyager 1 is now over 23 light hours away from Earth - by shuttling the simulation back and forth it looks like it will reach 1 light day around 2026-11-18T21:16:07+11:00 ... boggling that humanity has thrown that far science.nasa.gov/mission/voya...science.nasa.govWhere Are Voyager 1 and 2 Now? - NASA ScienceBoth Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have reached "interstellar space" and each continue their unique journey deeper into the cosmos. 100
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 03/01/2026ok, so I know there will be typography nerds among my online social group who might already know about this, but if not, enjoy typographica.orgtypographica.orgTypographica 010
Reposted by Malcolm HerbertAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Melbourne Ska Orchestra is headlining Wangaratta’s NYE celebrations tonight youtu.be/CVyJkKKfRFs?...youtu.beMelbourne Ska Orchestra - Get Smart (Official FULL Version)YouTube video by Melbourne Ska Orchestra 2213
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 31/12/2025ok, interesting live stream of an "Earth view" app showing the New Year around the globe ... YouTube being YouTube there may be ads at some point and you will want to mute it with extreme prejudice, but it does tweak my appropriate-visualisation-appreciation gland ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS-c...youtube.com🔴 LIVE: Global New Year Tracker 2026 🌍 3D Earth Countdown & Space FactsYouTube video by Interstellar News Hub 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 18/12/2025always love that moment when working from home when you can remove the work laptop from the dock, plug in your personal one instead and never move from your chair ... it's the clear break between work and leasure time that I appreciate ... 010
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 29/11/2025have been a fan of Yello since being introduced to them in high school - Rolling Stone produced documentary on Yello and the backstory to Oh Yeah and how it became instrumental in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and from there into the social mainstream ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Me...youtube.comRolling Stone Shorts: 'OH YEAH'YouTube video by Rolling Stone 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 01/11/2025pinch-punch house rule is that for combat to commence, all participants need to be confirmed to be awake and have the wherewithal for defense ... receiving a phonecall from a friend and then disclaiming loudly that "damnit, I'm awake" counts ... bwahahah ... 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 19/08/2025ok, 99pi podcast, you reallly need to review the content served by your provider because a carefully considered, eloquent and measured podcast does not need to alienate its audience with run-of-the-mill shouty radio ads for xero and macquarie ... 120
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 15/08/2025true love is making a search on behalf of your partner in the certain knowledge that you will be dodging ads for it for the next six months ... 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 12/08/2025I caught one or two episodes of Terrahawks when it aired in high-school but for some reason it didn't grab me as a drama ... what I definitely remembered were the stunning faux-CGI title sequences ... this popped up in my Youtube feed showing how they were done www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI7o...youtube.comHAND DRAWN CGI: Animating the Terrahawks Title Sequence (Kevin Davies & Gerry Anderson Documentary)YouTube video by Century 21 Films 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 07/08/2025there is a bird in our local area with a call that has the cadence of _just_ the "walked in the" portion of the line "the minute you walked in the joint" from Big Spender and you have no idea how irritating it is that it never finishes the phrase ... 010
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 06/08/2025re-watching the movie ... it didn't do well among those who were heavily into the series (for leaving waay too much out), nor those who had never been exposed to it prior (for having waay too much crammed into 1h49m), but it was mostly true to itself I think ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hit...en.wikipedia.orgThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film) - Wikipedia 100
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 15/07/2025www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGu...youtube.comAlan Turing Lecture 2025 by Sandi ToksvigYouTube video by King's College, Cambridge 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 24/06/2025... is it just me that gets that sense of dread when after an OS update comes the happy-happy joy-joy announcement "your phone is now more useful"? ... what misfeature that nobody would ever want have you fsckers snuck in this time? 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 10/06/2025in the footage of the Lauren Tomasi shooting incident it looked more to me as if the cameraman were the target ... what's the accuracy on that kind of round? 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 01/06/2025that thing where you're potentially interested in the content of a recommended youtube video but not trusting enough to have it etched your history ... reading the transcript (AI generated or not) is generally Good Enough in these situations and you can skim read it to get the salient points ... 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 31/05/2025GPS watch unexpectedly decides to not connect to phone ... I think everyone in IT has a well-trodden escalation path for dealing with these sorts of issues ... thankfully I managed to resolve it before needing to hard-reset the watch and losing my unsaved data ... 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 13/05/2025if ever there's a track to really catch in my throat it's Gotye's "Bronte" ... still feel compelled to give it the time it deserves when it turns up in a shuffle play but damnit if it doesn't undo me every time 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 11/05/2025@jrosenbaum.com.au related to your recent post, you might be interested that SBS has this available on their Ondemand system www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...sbs.com.auAnthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownEnticed by the opportunity to experience cultures rarely visited by American shows, chef and author Anthony Bourdain takes viewers to Colombia, Peru, Morocco, and Koreatown in Los Angeles. 020
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 09/05/2025@patrick.risky.biz www.pentestpartners.com/security-blo... via awful.systems/comment/7275...pentestpartners.comExploiting Copilot AI for SharePoint | Pen Test PartnersTL;DR AI Assistants are becoming far more common Copilot for SharePoint is Microsoft’s answer to generative AI assistance on SharePoint Attackers will look to exploit anything they can get their hands... 010
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 08/05/2025the email address for Big Bird from Sesame Street is listed as being included in 22 data breaches in the haveibeenpwned.com database and I think more people should know this ... Elmo misses out on top spot, only having 21 ... Ernie is a distant third at 11 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 06/05/2025cursing with annoying and uncomfortable paper cuts any publishers that hold back on releasing the ebook version to Australian markets for vague and unsatisfying reasons when I can see it sitting on the metaphorical shelves when browsing the catalogue available to other countries ... 110
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 06/05/2025that annoying moment when you discover your laptop fans now buzz ... 110
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 03/05/2025... it would be nice if the columns in the "first preferences by vote type" sorted numerically properly ... seems to be an asciibetical sort up to the first comma in their numerical representation ... 010
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 03/05/2025the primary school at the end of the street is our local polling place and given the hotplate is around 80m from our back door, the smell of democracy is everywhere ... leading to a very pantomime "look out, it's behind you!" moment ... 030
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 03/05/2025really hope @swearyanthony.bsky.social can get back on his feet soon - his dissection of the election would be the gift that keeps on giving ... 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I tend to think that the Greens are taking on the primal role the Democrats had - to keep the bastards honest 010
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 03/05/2025democracy egg+bacon sandwich achieved ... (opted for that instead of mystery meat cooked on a hotplate with onion) 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 22/04/2025why does doggo need to sleep sideways on the bed, leaving the humans to be pushed to the edges? I own this thing, I have receipts, damnit 010
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 19/04/2025doggo (on the run to avoid a bath) hides beneath my new sit-stand desk ... this is not particularly successful ... 010
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 19/04/2025despite complaining bitterly that the management at this hotel is sub-par, our doggo gets treats delivered to him almost constantly ... latest: partner handing over a selection of our finest to his garden day bed ... yes, he is a corgi, why do you ask? 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 17/04/2025nuts ... losing your wordle streak because you forgot really really sucks ... 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Counterpart S02E01 - who knew the anonymous Management engine ran on Perl? 100
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 05/04/2025it's always an Odd moment when you see Australian culture reflected back at you ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVCs...youtube.comTrump Jets Off To Watch Golf After Triggering Global Market Meltdown | No Tariffs On RussiaYouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 020
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 04/04/2025we statyed at a B&B in Hawaii on the Big Island (before the 2018 eruption rolled over it) where the geckos would creep down to the breakfast table and steal the strawberry jam - if you didn't react they'd give you the most cutely horrifying open grin as they ate it ... 010
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 29/03/2025this podcast was a true eye-opener for me and deals with many many instances where the US was not behaving with the utmost honesty and humility ... to put it mildly ... blowback.showblowback.showBlowbackA podcast about the American Empire. 000
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 25/03/2025... if you play against mum, you'd better bring your best ... 120
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 22/03/2025ok, where is this? ... I've loved the Melbourne Ska Orchestra video of "Get Smart" for years, but I've never been able to place this shot ... figured someone on here might know ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVyJ... 140
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 13/03/2025being far enough from South Melbourne to be merely puzzled by the vague noises coming from the other side of the city before slowly realising that is the sound of the Grand Prix ... 010
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 27/02/2025the near-simultaneous triumph and horror of smashing a mosquito in mid-air and discovering it was full ... 100
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 02/02/2025as they age, many soft plastics and synthetic rubbers will form a film of oil on their surfaces ... this is most annoying when it flows enough to cover the contacts on your fancy-pants learning remote ... opening it up and giving it a clean every few years keeps it running but what a pain to fix ... 010
Malcolm Herbert @mjcherbert.bsky.social · 01/02/2025it's always nice to have your work appreciated - frog started calling as I was finishing watering down the plants in the courtyard ... am still standing here, in awe, so cool 000