mastodon 4.7.3[mətiːəs] he/him. Uninvited child of Whadjuk Noongar boodja. Gaming. Underwater photography. Sustainability. Self-hosted software. FAIR research data. Metadata. Running from nothing.
My employer, the Australian Research Data Commons, is recruiting many positions. If you have unrestricted rights to work in Australia, you might like to take a look:
https://ardc.edu.au/about-us/careers-with-the-ardc/#current
Experience in the research sector is a plus - the ARDC already employs many researchers-turned-research-infrastructure-specialists.
Yeah Claude Co-work should be listed as a controlled substance for people with ADHD.
Ugh..I concede.
TIL that there are several globe emojis, depending on which part of the world you want to show:🌍🌎🌏
Plus also a mapless globe in case you want to be region-agnostic: 🌐
Ah Seek, never stop believing in me. Apparently I'm a strong applicant to be a lecturer in Aboriginal health, despite having no qualifications in that subject.
One of the best side effects of training for a half marathon is now I can sprint to catch a bus and don't need to catch my breath after boarding.
The best seat in the restaurant (Pink Taquito in Perth)
Waiting to see Dan Tiernan at the #PerthComedyFestival
I've spent the past couple of years using Proton Mail and I think I'm at the point where I want to migrate back to Gmail. Weird, eh?
Just watched Arrival (2026 Denis Villeneuve film) again and holy cow what a great movie. Why can't we have more like it?
And now for some Aboriginal Comedy Allstate at #PerthComedyFestival
Ah. Space horror. My last favourite Star Trek sub-genre.
Did some vibe coding over the weekend and I'm pretty happy with the result. I needed a single-shot script to help me migrate 250k email messages from Proton to Gmail. The script maps labels/folders and has a resume functionality.
Took ten minutes to create but due to Gmail IMAP rate limits it will take about 50 hours to execute.