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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

Righteo, mead on to heat, aaah, Friday.

erlenmeyer containing mead on a hotplate

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

Y'know, I think I might just put this laptop outside while I think of the next step ... SPICY!

a laptop suffering spicy pillow syndrome.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

TAFE is apparently keeping it so "REAL" that one wears arc welding PPE while using an oxy torch.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

Oh, look, an entirely new highly annoying captcha bullshit thing.

a screen snip of 'hcaptcha' in action. If you need alt-text, this will probably be an icon of annoyance to you.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026

Well, things got warmer slightly earlier than expected.

graph showing temperatures rising sharply starting at about 3:30.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/12/2025

This thermograph tells us nothing but I think it looks nice.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2025

Anyone with more ornithology clues care to suggest the nature of these eggs? My guess based on a glance at the bird and a few searches is a common Blackbird.

nest containing four teal eggs with brown speckles

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2025

A moment of pure balance yesterday wherein PV generation and consumption were perfectly matched.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2025

street art getting more three dimensional

a street art installation of a sculture head with random objects surround, including a corkscrew and dinosaur

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2025

Not sure I want to remove the picture and see what eldritch planty horrors are hiding behind.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2025

THE HEAD. The origin of the head is unknown. It exhibits local translocational tendencies; typically being found in an adjacent room. Attempts to dispose of the head have been unsuccessful. Conventional landfill disposal, incineration and solvent methods […] [Original post on jauntygoat.net]

A black and white picture of a severed doll's head.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2025

Elsewhere, someone said: "you can't make a glass of water look interesting."

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2025

While the combination of the tiny EOS M-series and the full size glass looks a little silly at first, the hand-hold experience is actually quite pleasant and I'm looking forward to taking this combo out for a jaunt. Composing for a good fisheye shot is […] [Original post on jauntygoat.net]

An EOS M200 camera with a fisheye lens mounted.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2025

Before I look at the usual sales options, is anyone here (in Australia) interested in a Rolleiflex SL-2000F? Incl 50mm f/1.8 and 28mm f/2.8 primes; Rollei auto flash. Selling as I ultimately have .. enough .. 35mm SLRs.

A Rolleiflex SL 2000 F single lens reflex camera.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2025

Section of agave flower in neighbour's garden. Pentax Q10, Minolta 200mm f/4 MC Tele-Rokkor. Crop factor gives ~1000mm focal length equiv. Not exactly easy to handhold and focus on a dark overcast day!

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2025

PROPOSAL: Every device that contains a digital camera, sufficient processing power and suitable UI/UX features shall implement a mechanism by which time and date can be set by photographing a QR code. The QR code will contain the current time in UTC plus […] [Original post on jauntygoat.net]

A Pentax Q10 camera back showing the date setting screen.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2025

Thanks to the fine work of @decryption I can apply an appropriate caution to the 3D printer. #3dprinting

A Bambu Lab X1C with a sticker: "do not connect machine to the internet no matter how much it asks"

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2025

Conquering the remote control automations for the lounge room.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2025

Hmm, looks like PTV's API isn't doing the thing.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2025

#mousetodon perhaps? Hoping to revive mammoths, scientists create 'woolly mice' www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-n…

two woolly mice being held in black-gloved hands

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2025

Sometimes, we build fine looking projects; functional; pleasing to the eye; Designed. Sometimes; we build things as quickly as possible to solve a problem and hammer the implementation out in such a hurry that we don't allow the printer to heat and the ABS […] [Original post on jauntygoat.net]

an esp32 board with a small screen and a millimetre wave occupancy detector module. It is not pretty.

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2025

When you can't find your ESP-01 programming jig, improvise!

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2025

This tape measure was a box throw-in with a light panel. The metric side measures out OK, but the (assumed) imperial side has a creative definition of an inch. Or is this some other measurement I don't know about? Google Translate interprets the text as 'city village'.

calipers and a tape measure. the 'inch' is 32.85mm

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Andre @pcowandre.jauntygoat.net.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2025

Another day, another Tuya to esphome conversion.

a circuit board with a wifi module; bodge wires attached.

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