Nostr notes by Gareth

I have this, mostly just use it for DAB despite having a HomePod ...

2026-07-07T00:39:21Z

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I have this, mostly just use it for DAB despite having a HomePod in the room, just prefer the ease of having a radio on in the background. And occasionally using the CD player.

<quizzical, confused expression> why. Are they very lacking ...

2026-04-14T04:07:49Z

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<quizzical, confused expression> why. Are they very lacking in conversation topics?

I never noticed doileys for sale in the supermarket. #Australia ...

2026-04-14T04:03:23Z

I never noticed doileys for sale in the supermarket. #Australia

Something I got out of reading “Earthquake: the election that ...

2026-04-12T00:16:00Z

Something I got out of reading “Earthquake: the election that shook Australia” is the Labor party was doing *a lot* of polling and research. And I think they’re still doing it. And that’s why we got Albo’s address to the nation, and why they’re doing this campaign. They’ve been talking about how this situation isn’t COVID, but I think they’ve learnt the lessons of it. That communication is key, and they can’t just let things simmer without attention. There’s fewer people engaging with the news, so they need alternate channels to communicate through. #auspol #Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-11/government-launches-multi-million-dollar-fuel-saving-campaign/106555004

Heard this song on Double J, called "Mum Does The ...

2026-03-29T04:56:14Z

Heard this song on Double J, called "Mum Does The Washing". #philosophy
https://youtu.be/PS9Bc_GQBEs?si=PhzLFiGd0JwXh0Qw

Are they any good? I tried Four ‘n Twenty’s plant based pie a ...

2026-02-23T11:35:01Z

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Are they any good? I tried Four ‘n Twenty’s plant based pie a while back, was kinda disappointed.

Ugh. That always annoys me. I barely have a FB page and am not ...

2026-01-17T09:11:04Z

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Ugh. That always annoys me. I barely have a FB page and am not logged in anywhere, so any info is often locked away.

And I get it, I worked with sole traders for whom it was just ...

2026-01-17T00:46:41Z

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And I get it, I worked with sole traders for whom it was just 'too hard' to do a website. Some of them email was too hard and they just wanted to be *called*.

It still blows my mind that some motels just do not have a ...

2026-01-17T00:45:50Z

It still blows my mind that some motels just do not have a website. Yes, they're in country towns. But when there's another option, one motel might not have a website, while another will. And I just find it incredible that the one without doesn't think that's an issue. #Australia

<sigh> Looks like I'll go back to storing stuff on ...

2025-11-18T12:28:09Z

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<sigh> Looks like I'll go back to storing stuff on movable drives / my NAS going forward.

I guess we get to find what other half the internet runs on. Last ...

2025-11-18T12:16:45Z

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I guess we get to find what other half the internet runs on. Last week AWS this week Cloudflare.

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2025-11-18T12:08:02Z

Oh, it seems Cloudflare isn't working. Great.

I guess, it’s a happy day. Start of a new week.

2025-11-16T23:29:16Z

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I guess, it’s a happy day. Start of a new week.

Got my haircut today. Have decided to try a mullet. I have tried ...

2025-11-13T09:54:45Z

Got my haircut today. Have decided to try a mullet. I have tried practically all other hair styles, I’ve had buzz cuts, fades, bleached my hair, done heavy gel spikes. Might as well try growing out the back.

The cynic in me thinks they go with a projector so they can ...

2025-11-11T23:56:48Z

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The cynic in me thinks they go with a projector so they can infinitely vary their prices without calling a signwriter.

Why are all the 250ml bottles of soft drink in supermarket ...

2025-11-03T23:13:14Z

Why are all the 250ml bottles of soft drink in supermarket fridges (except coke) sugar free now? #Australia

I do not understand how people are writing stuff be it in social ...

2025-11-01T00:23:15Z

I do not understand how people are writing stuff be it in social media, reddit, emails etc all lower case with so many mistakes. It *can’t* be they’re all on desktop. On any modern device it would fix at least 60% of the mistakes showing up in these mediums.

Or is this the new version of “txt spk” and now I’m just old? #technology #culture

This has been my road trip charger for a number of years. Now my ...

2025-10-26T07:43:19Z

This has been my road trip charger for a number of years. Now my phone/ipad are USB-C but before current phone was lightning. And I’ve got a digital camera that charges via micro-USB. #Australia #travel

Good, I think it’s ridiculous, people laying fake grass. There ...

2025-10-15T23:03:46Z

Good, I think it’s ridiculous, people laying fake grass. There are other methods of erosion control that don’t involve stuff that flakes like fake grass. #Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-16/queanbeyan-council-artifical-grass-ban/105894880

I don’t understand why that’s the default for ovens to do. ...

2025-10-12T23:38:08Z

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I don’t understand why that’s the default for ovens to do. Often they won’t even flash the timer, there might just be a random symbol on it, and you need to cycle the menu. On mine then there’s an audible “click” from within and it’ll work.

Ryobi makes an adaptor that turns their One+ batteries into a USB ...

2025-10-04T02:30:59Z

Ryobi makes an adaptor that turns their One+ batteries into a USB power bank. Could be useful, albeit a much more awkward shape than a regular power bank. I do have a number of One+ batteries around the house.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-18v-one-compact-usb-power-source_p0740497

Baked raspberry muffins. (Sat them on a tea towel so I could dust ...

2025-09-12T03:10:44Z

Baked raspberry muffins. (Sat them on a tea towel so I could dust icing sugar on without making a mess). #cooking #baking

I drove to Cairns and back through the more inland of routes last ...

2025-07-24T02:59:38Z

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I drove to Cairns and back through the more inland of routes last year and had the lane keeping on. I was surprise on a road with few marking that it could even determine where the edge was.

In general I’m surprised by Ford’s systems, its speed sign recognition is especially good (and useful).

I keep all the safety features on in my Ranger. Lane departure ...

2025-07-24T00:59:14Z

I keep all the safety features on in my Ranger. Lane departure works, and will disengage when you use the indicators, and if you need to swerve suddenly it’ll let you, it’s guidance, not prevention. #driving #Australia #carsAustralia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-24/one-in-five-drivers-admit-disabling-car-safety-features/105565010

Why was this ever a concern?

2025-07-02T01:27:05Z

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Why was this ever a concern?

Oh, fine, I'll browse Total Tools' savings. I'm sure ...

2025-06-30T05:07:38Z

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Oh, fine, I'll browse Total Tools' savings. I'm sure something will tantalise me, I'll gird my loins for the excitement.

Going through my inbox, just deleting all EOFY-related emails. ...

2025-06-30T04:39:31Z

Going through my inbox, just deleting all EOFY-related emails. #Australia

I feel like “smashing!” is a very British exclamation.

2025-06-29T12:24:40Z

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I feel like “smashing!” is a very British exclamation.

Adults asking other adults what high school they went to always ...

2025-06-26T04:34:01Z

Adults asking other adults what high school they went to always throws me. I was meeting with a guy who owned a business and he asks that question. I’d never had that asked of me as an adult, certainly not by someone 20+ years my senior. #Australia

I suspect it’s because the returns on the merch store must mean ...

2025-05-08T03:25:34Z

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I suspect it’s because the returns on the merch store must mean the margins are very much in the creators’ favour vs platforms like Patreon, and maybe the extra content they’d need to create doesn’t justify the extra cash they could get.

Some YouTube content creators don’t have a patreon (or buy me a ...

2025-05-08T03:25:34Z

Some YouTube content creators don’t have a patreon (or buy me a coffee, or YouTube memberships etc), and instead say to people ‘if you want to support us buy something from our merch store’.

I’ve been wondering if that’s ethical, as a consumer of their content for this? If you’re a fan of their content, wanting to support them, but not wanting to indulge in consumerism, then it seems not great to only have that path to support them. #YouTube #online

Bought Sunrice Australian grown “Risotto-style” rice in ...

2025-03-03T04:10:02Z

Bought Sunrice Australian grown “Risotto-style” rice in supermarket today. Cheaper per 100g than Italian brand Arborio and the Community Co brand (kinda IGA’s fancier home brand). #Australia #supermarket #food #cooking #rice

How do people who’ve tried PixelFed find it? Have seen people ...

2025-01-28T00:08:42Z

How do people who’ve tried PixelFed find it?
Have seen people here and on Bluesky giving it a go. I was never much of an instagram user. So dunno if I want another social media to use. But find out image uploads especially on BS slow.

I wonder, is it just the stock is in physical stores, so it’s ...

2025-01-27T23:31:13Z

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I wonder, is it just the stock is in physical stores, so it’s just simpler for them each to send you the stock they have on hand rather than to send it back to a central location, or to wait for stock to arrive at the central depot.

I bought two things from Vans, and they came from Chadstone and Bundoora. Return address was the same though.

Filled up with diesel today. Had a little under half a tank. But ...

2024-12-05T09:50:01Z

Filled up with diesel today. Had a little under half a tank. But was cheaper than other places. #diesel #petrol #fuel #cars #driving #Australia

Picked more raspberries today. #Australia #GardeningAustralia ...

2024-12-04T09:33:39Z

Picked more raspberries today. #Australia #GardeningAustralia #gardeningau #fruit

Picked raspberries. #Australia #GardeningAustralia #gardeningau ...

2024-12-01T02:10:25Z

Picked raspberries. #Australia #GardeningAustralia #gardeningau #fruit

can you not zip off the covers?

2024-11-27T11:08:09Z

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can you not zip off the covers?

42° outside. #Melbourne #Australia ...

2024-11-22T02:42:41Z

42° outside. #Melbourne #Australia

Every day or every other day I’m needing to pick raspberries. ...

2024-11-22T00:43:25Z

Every day or every other day I’m needing to pick raspberries. It’s a nice problem to have I think. #GardeningAustralia #gardeningau #fruit #Australia

Picking raspberries. #gardeningau #GardeningAustralia #fruit ...

2024-11-14T01:13:20Z

Picking raspberries. #gardeningau #GardeningAustralia #fruit #australia

I don’t get posts on social media / reddit etc where it’s all ...

2024-11-13T00:13:50Z

I don’t get posts on social media / reddit etc where it’s all lower case, without punctuation. But they’re on mobile, like how are they even achieving that? And why? Surely autocorrect is good enough than the hard to read lower case nightmare. #technology

Was looking at HDDs for my NAS and saw the place I bought them ...

2024-11-11T02:36:41Z

Was looking at HDDs for my NAS and saw the place I bought them from was having a sale (unfortunately not on them) but searched anyway. A year ago I bought them for $359, they’re now $379! How is it that it can go up in price over time, shouldn’t tech stuff be coming down in price? #technology

This is one of my favourite cameras. Shoots Fujifilm Instax film ...

2024-11-03T00:21:21Z

This is one of my favourite cameras. Shoots Fujifilm Instax film (like Polaroid but slightly cheaper). The bellows folds giving it a more compact format. #cameras #film #photography #filmphotography

The east coast of Tasmania is very pretty. #Tasmania ...

2024-10-02T06:52:36Z

The east coast of Tasmania is very pretty. #Tasmania

They used to. This what their old box looked like. ...

2024-09-26T02:46:55Z

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They used to. This what their old box looked like.

I’m annoyed. The tea that I’ve bought and had most of my ...

2024-09-26T02:11:14Z

I’m annoyed. The tea that I’ve bought and had most of my life, which was Australian is now “Packed in Australia by value adding local and imported components”. #Australia #tea #food #drink #Australian

is there a way other than clicking on it in the dock?

2024-09-09T01:05:35Z

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is there a way other than clicking on it in the dock?

I hate that some people here (and especially Bluesky) are still ...

2024-08-07T00:41:02Z

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I hate that some people here (and especially Bluesky) are still obsessed over the goings on on Twitter (I’m never going to call it X).