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🇦🇺🦘 #AUStrich #plebchain | Network Engineer | Bitcoin | Nostr | Lightning Node Runner

Nostr Resources: https://www.austrich.net/nostr

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2026-05-05 10:03:16 CEST

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Happy Birthday!

2026-05-05 06:40:52 CEST

Hello @npub137c…k37w! So you want everyone to make a note like this and tag you instead of sending a DM? 😂😂
#nevent1q…6g5c

2026-05-04 00:37:56 CEST

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Great write up of your trip!

2026-05-03 09:11:52 CEST

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I want to get back to posting more again soon. Life has been busy recently so I haven’t been here as much as I would like.

2026-05-03 08:39:59 CEST

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I think it’s best to not worry about what other people find interesting or engaging on Nostr and just post things you want to post yourself!

2026-05-03 08:37:23 CEST

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No! 😂

2026-04-25 05:11:01 CEST

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It was a nice morning for it today too! I got there early but it was getting very busy by the time I left!

2026-04-25 04:36:06 CEST

Autumn colours. Mt Lofty Botanic Garden, South Australia. #photography
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2026-04-24 10:58:22 CEST

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Thank you!

2026-04-24 10:01:50 CEST

Film #photography. Kodak ColorPlus 200 film.
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2026-04-23 13:23:32 CEST

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Happy Nostr anniversary!!

2026-04-21 01:57:48 CEST

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We have #AUStriches for Australia

2026-04-21 01:02:08 CEST

GM! Morning walk before work. I’ve been busy lately so haven’t spent much time on Nostr but I hope everyone is doing well.
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2026-04-18 00:53:51 CEST

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GM!

2026-04-07 06:42:53 CEST

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Congratulations!

2026-03-31 23:42:59 CEST

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Good morning! ☕️

2026-03-25 00:42:20 CET

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Good morning! ☕️

2026-03-10 05:04:54 CET

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Now you need to register nostrisdeadisdead.com to show when nostrisdead.com is dead 🤣🤣

2026-03-10 02:37:37 CET

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Looks good! Have a nice day!

2026-03-08 10:53:58 CET

Adelaide Fringe street performers.
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2026-03-06 22:28:54 CET

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Good morning!

2026-03-03 12:50:56 CET

Lunar eclipse. One more at the middle of totality. White balance set to daylight for this one which brings out the colour.
https://i.nostr.build/kDTNwoaap3bDdD6A.jpg

2026-03-03 12:14:02 CET

Lunar eclipse, start of totality.
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2026-03-03 11:50:11 CET

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Still about 10 minutes until the total eclipse and clear skies so hopefully I can get a good photo then!

2026-03-03 11:33:09 CET

Lunar eclipse. Taken about 45 minutes before totality (about 30 minutes to go now).
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2026-02-23 11:43:28 CET

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Near Port Noarlunga in the south of Adelaide. There are many nice beaches around the area.

2026-02-23 09:00:29 CET

Tonight’s walk
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2026-02-22 22:44:01 CET

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I don’t at the moment but was thinking about writing something more detailed.

2026-02-22 22:22:35 CET

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In a couple of months I probably will have messed it up again!

2026-02-22 12:54:48 CET

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Yes, this mini PCs in the photo is my Bitcoin & Lightning node. I haven’t gone in to mining.
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2026-02-22 07:34:59 CET

Recent home network upgrades and rack tidy up. Over the last few months I’ve replaced the switches I originally had in this rack with some new Ubiquiti UniFi switches. There is also a PoE switch in another room running some new UniFi WiFi 7 access points.
I also added UniFi Protect as an upgraded NVR for some cameras at the front of the house. They aren’t Ubiquiti cameras so I added UniFi AI Ports to get motion and object detection functionality. These are a little expensive but still cheaper than replacing the cameras. It works well and was pretty straightforward to set up.
I had never really been a fan of Ubiquiti equipment in the past but their current range of products had the ports and features I was looking for and, unlike some other brand products, they don’t rely on cloud management. Overall I’m pretty happy with it so far.
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2026-02-21 10:15:01 CET

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I miss ICQ but that is probably just because it reminds me of a simpler time on the Internet!
While I’ve generally been pretty quick to embrace new technologies all through my life, I’ve been struggling to be excited about AI. I think there are some interesting applications but I personally haven’t found anything life changing.
I’ve tried to use it to help with some tasks for work with very mixed results. I needed to build a BOM for some new Cisco routers that we needed to order recently so and I thought I would test it out for that application. At first it looked like it had done well until I started double checking against the ordering guide and found that the SKUs it gave me didn’t actually exist and the routers were end of life anyway. It wasted my time rather than being helpful.

2026-02-21 07:35:56 CET

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I gave up on Twitter/X a couple of years ago. I tried posting for a while but never gained many real followers or got much interaction with my posts. Instagram has been pretty much the same for me too. While I’ve been a bit quiet recently, Nostr is still the only place I feel is worth spending time on.

2026-02-14 07:08:43 CET

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Nice!

2026-02-07 00:29:35 CET

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GM!

2026-02-05 12:37:14 CET

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There are two of them that I have seen in this same tree fairly often over the last few years so I know where to look. I’m sure most people just walk past without noticing them as they are very well camouflaged.

2026-02-05 11:36:17 CET

Tawny frogmouth
#photography
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2026-02-05 07:23:53 CET

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I want an allocation of this for the use of my name! 🤣

2026-01-29 00:28:01 CET

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My 3 years was just before Christmas - 24th I think was my first note. I forgot to post about it!

2026-01-29 00:20:29 CET

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Happy Nostr anniversary Marie!

2026-01-27 04:00:24 CET

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The local council system is broken.. From what I’ve read previously she is from New Zealand, and doesn’t have a good track record in her previous roles..

2026-01-26 08:20:18 CET

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I might need to sleep in there with the 31° overnight forecast! 🤣

2026-01-26 08:13:09 CET

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It’s probably a couple of degrees cooler for me at home but it’s not very nice inside the house at the moment without working aircon..

2026-01-26 08:09:02 CET

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42 will be hot too. We still have 41 here tomorrow then a bit cooler on Wednesday.

2026-01-26 08:04:24 CET

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The snow you are having sounds nice right now! 🤣

2026-01-26 08:02:07 CET

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GM!

2026-01-26 07:56:19 CET

Hot 🥵🥵🥵 At least it only feels like 42.7° 🤣
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2026-01-26 00:59:43 CET

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Interesting although I think the short range will likely limit its applications and I don’t see it replacing fibre in data centres like the article suggests.

2026-01-21 09:11:58 CET

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It was taken in a national park a little south of Adelaide in South Australia

2026-01-21 02:44:37 CET

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I’ve seen it a few times here but last night was probably the best it has been. The colours aren’t really visible like that with the naked eye but they show up nicely on the camera.

2026-01-21 02:37:55 CET

Short timelapse of last night’s Aurora Australis. I should have taken more frames to make it a bit longer but it still looks ok.
https://v.nostr.build/sIKc4FbNbZl0oD15.mp4

2026-01-20 23:48:19 CET

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Good morning!

2026-01-20 22:24:55 CET

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It was taken in a national park near Adelaide in South Australia.

2026-01-20 14:16:12 CET

Aurora australis tonight
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2026-01-20 12:44:33 CET

Aurora Australis #photography
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2026-01-20 08:10:06 CET

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These are great! I’m waiting to see if it will be visible here in Australia tonight. Still a few hours to go until dark.

2026-01-19 09:19:45 CET

Another beach on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia #photography
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2026-01-19 08:08:23 CET

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GM!

2026-01-19 08:07:29 CET

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I’m guessing that’s the Tooperang fire?

2026-01-18 09:26:03 CET

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GM! It’s about 35°C here right now!

2026-01-17 23:33:24 CET

Another beach on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. #photography
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2026-01-17 23:26:27 CET

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I didn’t get quite as far as Streaky Bay but there is so much great coastline there. Sadly some of the fishing is apparently not as good at the moment with the algal bloom we have here although I don’t think those areas have been affected anywhere near as badly as the suburban beaches.

2026-01-17 23:15:13 CET

Beach near Coffin Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
#photography
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2026-01-17 23:12:53 CET

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Good morning!

2026-01-17 13:38:51 CET

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Yes these photos were from a koala sanctuary here in Australia. There are about 100 wild koalas living in the trees on the property.

2026-01-17 13:37:16 CET

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Yeah I was told there were bees in it when the tree fell down but they seemed to mostly be gone when I took the photos.

2026-01-17 05:06:52 CET

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Have a good weekend!

2026-01-17 03:46:24 CET

🐨🐨🐨
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2026-01-17 01:17:06 CET

Bee hive inside of a tree that had fallen down. The tree apparently fell down a couple of days earlier revealing the hive. 🐝
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2026-01-17 00:31:25 CET

Sand dunes, Sleaford on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
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2026-01-14 07:56:45 CET

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I’m not sure if I’ll make it to that one this trip but I’m going to have to come back here. A lot of nice places and not enough time!

2026-01-14 07:32:05 CET

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It’s been a while since I’ve been there but I used to go to Point Turton fairly often when visiting family in Edithburgh.

2026-01-14 06:55:40 CET

View from Lone Pine Lookout, Sleaford, on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia
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2026-01-13 09:09:47 CET

Black & white film #photography at Semaphore, South Australia. Ilford HP5 Plus 400
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2026-01-13 09:06:33 CET

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GM!

2026-01-13 09:06:03 CET

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2026-01-12 13:21:21 CET

Pelican taking off
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2026-01-12 06:57:50 CET

Black & white film photography.
Finniss, South Australia.
Kodak Tri-X 400
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2026-01-11 05:20:44 CET

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That looks nice! I mainly went for the Keychron because they are readily available and reasonably priced locally here in Australia.

2026-01-11 01:49:49 CET

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Yeah that is pretty much how I look at things too. I’m working from home full time again since the company closed the Adelaide office last year so using it 8 hours a day for work plus my own use after work and on weekends so it makes sense to buy something decent. I also like the fact that the switches etc are easily user replaceable on this keyboard so it doesn’t have to be thrown out if one fails.

2026-01-11 01:14:00 CET

New toy. After using a fairly cheap Logitech keyboard for a few years I decided it was time to upgrade to something better. I was initially looking at getting the Logitech MX Mechanical but I don’t like the fact that an account is required to use some of the customisation features in their software so decided to try a Keychron keyboard instead.
I’ve been using it for a couple of days now. It has taken a little bit of time to get used to the feel of the mechanical switches coming from the old cheap keyboard but so far I’m happy. I don’t use it for gaming so I’m not sure what it is like for that but the general typing experience is much better.
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2026-01-11 01:12:21 CET

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I might give that a go too. I have a roll of TX-400 that I haven’t used yet.

2026-01-11 00:56:31 CET

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I’ve never used either. From some samples I’ve seen elsewhere the Delta looks nicer, but I thought I would get one of each to experiment with.

2026-01-11 00:44:47 CET

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Nice. I’ve got some Kodak P3200 TMAX and Ilford Delta 3200 that I’m planning to try for some night photography around the city here.

2026-01-11 00:34:42 CET

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Good morning! Looks great! What film was this?

2026-01-10 09:58:54 CET

🦘🦘🦘
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2026-01-10 09:47:50 CET

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Yeah I know in that way it makes sense. I just wasn’t expecting to come across one here. I noticed the sign because of the Bitcoin symbol, otherwise I never would have looked at it!

2026-01-10 09:30:39 CET

A slightly strange place to find a #bitcoin sticker! 🤣
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2026-01-08 21:02:28 CET

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GM!

2026-01-07 05:37:46 CET

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I’d love to go for a swim but I’ve been avoiding it so far this year.. I’ve still seen reports of people feeling unwell after being in the water even though some places are supposed to be safe..

2026-01-07 05:35:00 CET

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Unfortunately the aircon is broken at the moment so it’s not very comfortable at home.. Hopefully it will get fixed tomorrow as it is still supposed to be 39°..

2026-01-07 04:32:51 CET

🥵
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2026-01-06 23:09:51 CET

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I’ve got a small portable air-conditioner that helps a bit.. Fortunately I’m not back working yet so I’ll probably go out and find somewhere cool later on when it gets really hot!

2026-01-06 23:03:56 CET

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I’m not looking forward to it when the air conditioning at home is broken.. Hopefully it is getting repaired tomorrow.

2026-01-06 00:32:24 CET

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Great discussion! Good to see a local podcast and topics other than Bitcoin!

2026-01-05 06:57:14 CET

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I watched this one a few days ago. It gives a good insight as to how Venezuela ended up in the position it is in and why many Venezuelans are celebrating the capture of Maduro.

2026-01-05 04:52:57 CET

Dropped some black and white film shot over the last couple of weeks in to the lab this morning to be developed.
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2026-01-04 04:18:01 CET

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Not so lucky today!
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2026-01-03 13:41:53 CET

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Stay safe 🫂

2026-01-03 11:47:42 CET

Hallett Cove, South Australia
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