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Strap in, this story involves a cheese fortune teller, the department of war, and nearly every other government department in between. In 2017 (I think?) I was introduced to weather balloon hunting by Mark VK5QI. At the time the Australian balloon chasing

While taking some rubbish down I spotted a Cricut Maker in e-waste. A quick look at it revealed that the it was in fairly good cosmetic condition with the exception of the rollers being perished. I guessed that the rollers were the reason why the unit was

Caution. Using traffic preemption devices such as described in this blog post could impact emergency response times. The use of these devices outside their approved use may be illegal in your area. Traffic light preemption systems are typically logged and

For those not familiar, Horus Binary is a high altitude balloon telemetry system. It's goals is to overcome some of the challenges compared to other general purpose systems as high altitude balloons have unique challenges. Challenges with high altitude ba

This post is going to be broken up into 3 parts. Why you shouldn't listen to me. A brief history and current status of identity in Australia. Why the current state is a problem and some possible ways out of this mess. Part 1. Don't listen to me. This topi

Do you want a search engine that works like old Google? Distributed and run by the people? Free and open source? No ads or tracking? Mastodon for search engines???? I'm going to introduce to YaCy , which is exactly that. Then break your heart and tell you

If you follow my partners YouTube channel, Drop Table Adventures , you'll be well aware that they have been entering the "Around the Bay" cycling event for several years now. Specifically "The Classic" route. This is a 220km circuit….. around the (Melbour

I haven't been in this sort of industry for awhile now, so I might be a bit of out of touch but I imagine this hasn't changed since I left. I saw a fedi post recently that talked about how corporate wouldn't let them purchase a little switch for their off

tl;dr: it's probably stolen Facebook marketplace seems like the perfect place to grab a bargain on preloved bicycles looking for a new home. But is that new bicycle stolen property? Facebook's lack of regulation, enforcement and inherent design makes it t

If you're reading this looking for possible solutions to Toyota LandCruiser 200 series 4WD system or door locks - remember that this post is very bias'd towards a very specific problem. If you have a sun roof then check electrical connectors and wiring fo