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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 15/09/2025

So good to see my Adelaide friend Shab Azeez on stage at the Emmys as the show she’s in wins Best Drama. In the red dress near the right.

The cast and crew of The Pitt. Picture from ABC News Australia

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 07/09/2025

Happy BatmanSocks Day if you’re in Australia.

I’m wearing Batman socks to acknowledge all those people who didn’t grow up with a father, this Father’s Day

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 24/12/2024

Spotify: Here’s some music you like, based on what been listening to this year. Duolingo: Bonjour! Dzień dobry! You’ll be able to understand this, based on how many foreign words you’ve learned this year. LinkedIn: I’ve got this…

The notification screen on my phone, at 7:47am on Christmas Day. There is a notification from LinkedIn, suggesting I follow the Chief Executive of Suicide Prevention Australia.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 12/12/2024

This should make for a fun “live blog” experience. Hooray for being 50. Also, their address seems appropriate, considering they want me to send them something from my backside.

The Australian government wants me to send them some of my poo. This is a letter sent to me from the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, whose address is in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 04/12/2024

The Difinity conference Sydney keynote has drawn a good roomful, including a bunch of people from Adelaide! Thanks @rezarad.bsky.social !

Zoe Douglas presenting the keynote to a room full of people

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 03/12/2024

I thought with all my Santa gigs cancelled (because of my crutches) that I’d do well with #Whamageddon. Not so. I’m out already. Business meeting in a hotel got me. See you all in Whamhalla.

Whamageddon rules.

THE IST RULE
The objective is to go as long as possible without hearing WHAM's Christmas classic; "Last Christmas".
THE 2ND RULE
The game starts on December 1st, and ends at midnight on December 24th. (Yes, were European heathens)
THE 3RD RULE
Only the original version applies.
Enjoy the fuck out of remixes and
covers.
THE 4TH RULE
You're out as soon as you recognise the song.
BONUS RULE
Post on social media with the #whamageddon hashtag when you get hit.
PUP?
While we can't stop you from deliberately sending your friends to Whamhalla, the intention is that this is a survival game. Not a Battle Royale. So don't be a dick, mkay?

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 20/11/2024

It’s a nice day to be hosting the Adelaide Data Platform User Group. Here’s the view from the Microsoft office.

A few from a window, showing the Adelaide cityscape (Hindmarsh Square in particular). On the left of the image, a wall inside the Microsoft office shows part of an Acknowledgment of Country.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 14/11/2024

My office for the day. Also known as “Dressing Room 2”. After lunch I’ll be performing to the guests in the main hall.

I’m taking a photo of myself in a theatre dressing room. There are mirrors in front of me, and posters on the wall behind.

The hall in which I’ll be performing. There are about eight large round tables with tablecloths.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 07/11/2024

I guess I haven’t told my phone that I’ve been on crutches for the last two months. It just gave me this warning. Not the right day for it.

A warning on my phone from the health app: “Very Low Walking Steadiness”
“Your Walking Steadiness is very low and you may be at high risk of falling in the next 12 months.”

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 18/09/2024

I can’t walk well. Could be a couple of months…

$X-ray of my right knee showing a stress fracture.$ $MRI of my right knee showing a stress fracture.$ $MRI of my right knee showing a stress fracture, and that it goes all the way from front to back.$

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 13/09/2024

A quick trip away for the weekend isn’t so quick when I’m having trouble walking. Instead of arriving and going straight through security, I had to wait for a wheelchair and then they pushed me through security and did what they call a “full frisk”. I feel like I need a cigarette now.

It’s a picture of me, sat in an airport wheelchair, next to a sign that says “Reserved for the elderly or passengers requiring assistance”.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 06/09/2024

#mvpbuzz (Deliberately posted without comment)

My hand, holding a small white unmarked box.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 30/07/2024

After a week away for data community events in Brisbane and Christchurch (pictured), it's nice to be back home but I'm also looking forward to the next thing.

A staircase featuring about 18 people, the speakers from Data Saturday Christchurch.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 16/06/2024

Lebanese food for lunch today. If it looks like dukkah, and tastes like dukkah, it’s probably dukkah.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 18/12/2023

Oh… blue screens are not my friend. That’s about five just now during a Windows Update.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 06/11/2023

I think the next widget graphic is going to say “Help, I’m trapped in the Duolingo office. Send help!”

It’s complicated. The Duolingo widget saying I need to practice, with a small green Duolingo owl trying to get out of the head of a larger one.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 23/09/2023

Yes. From “Take a Break”.

Lyrics from Hamilton’s Take a Break, referencing the Scottish play.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 02/09/2023

This is screenshot from an ad for a phone app version of Wordle. So much poor attention to detail in this ad (not to mention the choice of target word). Like… didn’t T get eliminated in the first line, and S in the second?

A screenshot from an ad for the Wordle game. But there are mistakes. :(

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 22/08/2023

KK - Accept the MVP badge. Then in a browser, hit Share, and “Download certificate” appears.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 21/08/2023

The Twitter/X app on my iPhone keeps making me think I’ve scratched my screen. Now that part of my screen cover is starting to wear down, because I keep trying to make it smooth (not a euphemism).

The Twitter/X app with its “scratched” look.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 19/08/2023

Another Saturday night, another comedy gig.

A sign saying “Laugh Lounge - Welcome” in the foreground. The blurry background shows a comedy stage, an audience, and a bar.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 19/08/2023

It’s still an honour, even without a physical certificate. #MVPBuzz

MVP disc for 2023-2024, bubble wrap, and the envelope they came in.

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 15/08/2023

A little sleepy today after a late night. Great to have a couple of SQL folk in town to come along and watch me perform my new song.

Rob Farley on a comedy stage holding a guitar and singing into a microphone. There is a sign saying “Cranker Comedy” behind him. He is wearing a pink collared shirt and glasses.

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