- 06:11, 30 December 2024 In the wilds of Innaloo (hist | edit) [328 bytes] Sam2 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Innaloo | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} I've been in the wild lands in the north today, trying to sort out some bookshelves. <gallery> File:20241230_125311.jpg File:20241230_122207.jpg </gallery> {{post footer}}") originally created as "In the wilds of innaloo"
- 04:56, 26 December 2024 Brick vent (hist | edit) [287 bytes] Sam2 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} I guess the texture of this vent is useful for some reason. Or it's hiding the fact that it's plastic. 600px {{post footer}}")
- 09:11, 24 December 2024 Rusty Metters stove (hist | edit) [359 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = 2024-01-20, 18:00 +0800 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = Fremantle; Metters }} A {{wdl|Q6825489|Metters}} being thrown away, removed from 48 Lefroy Road where it seems they're renovating. <gallery> Metters number one (2).jpg Metters number one (1).jpg Metters number one (3).jpg </gallery> {{post footer}}")
- 08:31, 24 December 2024 The ANU (hist | edit) [11 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{keyword}}")
- 01:48, 24 December 2024 A return to a World Wide Web (hist | edit) [1,412 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = websites }} [https://artlung.com/blog/2024/12/23/lab-artlung-com-and-a-return-to-a-world-wide-web/ lab.artlung.com and a return to a World Wide Web] by Joe Crawford, 23 December 2024: {{quotation| I’m writing this at a coffee shop a stone’s throw from what was the site of San Diego Technic...")
- 02:58, 23 December 2024 S1072 (hist | edit) [965 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = blogging }} [https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/#atom-everything Simon Willison's approach to running a link blog], 22 December 2024: {{quotation| {{quotation|You should start a blog. Having your own little corner of the internet is good for the soul!}} The point of that article...")
- 01:23, 23 December 2024 WikiTree (hist | edit) [11 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{keyword}}")
- 01:23, 23 December 2024 WikiTree end-of-year recap (hist | edit) [2,178 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = genealogy; WikiTree; wikis }} [https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1830818/wikitrees-past-present-and-future WikiTree's Past, Present, and Future], by Chris Whitten (WikiTree's founder), published yesterday: {{quotation| The long-awaited redesign of our website is many months behind schedule. It's no...")
- 03:15, 22 December 2024 Coffee at Kokomo's (hist | edit) [169 bytes] Sam2 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = 2024-12-21 13:49 +0800 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = coffee }} 700px {{post footer}}")
- 01:01, 22 December 2024 Dead Merch day (hist | edit) [1,013 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} 08:34 +0800 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = Buffalo Club; Fremantle }} thumb|left|link=freo:File:BUFF2024-7_0032.JPG I'm on my way to the Dead Merch Fair at the Buffalo Club, pausing for a coffee in the slight breeze at the front of ''Elske'' in the mall. I'm trying to get the last few Freopedia pages sorted for the a...")
- 03:57, 21 December 2024 Canadian Short Stories (hist | edit) [337 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{book | title = <!-- leave blank if the same as the page title --> | author = Robert Weaver | first_published = 1960 | cover_image = | currently_reading = 1 | have_read = 1 | owned = 1 | acquired_from = | wikidata_id = | tags = Oxford World's Classics }}")
- 03:20, 21 December 2024 Removing paper colour from a scanned illustration (hist | edit) [927 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} I quite often find myself extracting engravings and ink sketches from scanned works. This is roughly how I do it: # Use the [https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-filter-mono-mixer.html Mono Mixer] tool (the {{code|Colors}} > {{code|Components}} > {{code|Mono Mixer}} menu item), and twiddle t...")
- 06:03, 19 December 2024 Internet Archive (hist | edit) [11 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{keyword}}")
- 06:00, 19 December 2024 OpenLibrary lists all gone (hist | edit) [666 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = Internet Archive; OpenLibrary; backups; self-hosting }} When the Internet Archive deleted my user account earlier this year, I didn't quite take in that it meant that all my reading lists on the OpenLibrary were deleted as well. I've got a new account...")
- 00:11, 17 December 2024 Cupolas on Fremantle buildings (hist | edit) [892 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = Fremantle; Western Australia; history }} Roel is [https://freoview.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/the-bicentenary-cupola-project/ calling for] a 2029 ''Bicentenary Cupola Project'' to reinstate the little cupolas that used to be on the corners of quite a few buildings in Freo. I wonder what the bice...")
- 13:56, 16 December 2024 S1065 (hist | edit) [1,013 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = Wikimedia; photowalks; Wikimedia Commons }} [https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/12/15/making-new-direction-through-supporting-wikimedia-activities-for-neurodivergents/ Making new direction through supporting Wikimedia activities for Neurodivergents], 15 December 2024 by Youngjin: {{quotation|We a...")
- 07:54, 16 December 2024 How to save the internet (hist | edit) [1,309 bytes] Sam2 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} Ruben Schade, 16 December 2024: https://rubenerd.com/is-it-worth-saving/ {{quotation|My philosophy in life has always been “if you liked it, keep it”. The Web is an ephemeral place, and we’re learned recently even the Internet Archive is not immune from overzealous lawyers and bad-f...")
- 00:33, 16 December 2024 PhpFlickr updates (hist | edit) [1,344 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = PhpFlickr; Flickr; programming }} I am not a very good maintainer of [https://packagist.org/packages/samwilson/phpflickr PhpFlickr], mainly because there are too many things in life. But today, thanks to the patient prodding of Tac Tacelosky, I got a new release out. It's 6.0.0! (Up from 5.1.0.)...")
- 09:27, 5 December 2024 Trains (hist | edit) [11 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{keyword}}")
- 13:00, 18 November 2024 Anzac day 2024 (hist | edit) [228 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = 2024-04-25 10:00 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} The Anzac Day parade getting ready in freo:Short Street: 800px {{post footer}}")
- 02:53, 17 November 2024 Out of the Woods Exhibition (hist | edit) [1,116 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = 2024-11-10 17:00 +0800 | location = Midland | timezone = +8 | keywords = Midland; furniture; woodworking; railways }} 400px|left The Fine Woodworking Association of WA had an exhibition today in the old pattern-making workshop at the Midland Railway Workshops. Interesting pieces, quite a few from high school students, and lots of foreign timbers (especially from the US). The CWA share premises in the ne...")
- 13:05, 4 November 2024 Adding photos to a wiki (hist | edit) [2,308 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} 08:31 +0800 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} I've been attempting to do a few things lately that involve adding a whole bunch of photos to a wiki, with the aim being that there will be more information added about them at a later date. The idea is to make it as easy as possible, so that the photography can continue. This sometimes depends on access t...")
- 11:32, 27 October 2024 Museum meetup (hist | edit) [184 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = 2024-07-28 12:00 +0800 | location = Perth | timezone = +8 | keywords = meetups }} 600px {{post footer}}")
- 13:43, 25 October 2024 FOSS4G Perth 2024 (hist | edit) [303 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = 2024-10-23 21:00 +0800 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = FOSS4G; Geogeeks; conferences }} <gallery> File:20241023_103537.jpg File:20241023_114950.jpg File:20241023_151249.jpg File:20241023_151257.jpg File:20241023_172433.jpg </gallery> {{post footer}}")
- 13:14, 25 October 2024 Restoration of the Crafts Council Centre (hist | edit) [1,009 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = 2024-10-22 18:00 +0800 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} I was waiting at the bus stop on Wellington Street, and noticed this plaque on the end wall of the railway station. There wasn't really any information about ''what'' the Crafts Council is or was. I guess it's something related to [https://wccaustralia.org.au/about/ World Crafts Council Australia], or maybe the wikipedia:Australia Council, but I don't think...")
- 09:47, 18 October 2024 Fremantle Studies and FOSS4G-Perth (hist | edit) [3,003 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = Fremantle; OSM; Geogeeks }} There is not one but ''two'' exciting conferences happening this coming week, and both in Fremantle! (Amazing. Nothing ever happens actually ''in'' Freo.) The first is on Sunday, with Fremantle Studies Day, an afternoon of four tal...")
- 23:44, 14 October 2024 Switching from WordPress to an SSG (hist | edit) [1,892 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = WordPress; websites; hosting }} More discussion today about WordPress, and people who suggest switching to a static site generator: [https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit Jason Lefkowitz] on [https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/113307799851193807 15 October 2024]: {{quotation|The WordPress drama has brought for...")
- 23:13, 14 October 2024 When the bank opens (hist | edit) [779 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = timezones }} I know I shouldn't be an internet pedant, but I ''am'' a programmer so it sort of comes with the role. My bank has sent me a message telling me to call them and that their opening hours are "9AM to 6:30PM AEST" (i.e. UTC+10). That's fine, you might think — but AEST finished about...")
- 01:59, 14 October 2024 WordPress plugin politics (hist | edit) [2,131 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} I used to really like working on WordPress plugins (I did it as large part of my job for quite a few years, and maintained a few open source plugins for much longer), and the recent news about Matt Mullenweg being a being a complete muppet is making me sad. It used to seem that there was a r...")
- 10:27, 13 October 2024 OCR on Wikisource (hist | edit) [2,454 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} I've been attempting this weekend to get back to sorting out some of the [https://ocr.wmcloud.org OCR tool]'s nomenclature around ''languages'' and ''text recognition models''. It's the sort of job that's not too hard but touches lots of bits of code, and in this case...")
- 23:42, 12 October 2024 S1050 (hist | edit) [195 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = 2018-09-07 17:00 +0800 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} 600px|center {{post footer}}")
- 22:50, 12 October 2024 Stockholm to Copenhagen (hist | edit) [223 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = 2024-05-07 21:00 +0100 | location = Copenhagen | timezone = +1 | keywords = travel }} <gallery> Steel House hostel, Copenhagen.jpg Steel House hostel corridor.jpg </gallery> {{post footer}}")
- 09:55, 6 October 2024 Railfest 2024 (hist | edit) [724 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = trains; }} thumb|Flyer for Railfest 2024. We had a bit of a chat about the WAGR Fs 460 loco, and how it could be set up on Commons and Wikidata. <gallery> WAGR Fs460 locomotive 2024-10-06 (01).jpg WAGR Fs460 locomotive 2024-10-06 (02).jpg WAGR Fs460 locomotive 2024-1...")
- 03:27, 6 October 2024 WA Biographical Index (hist | edit) [2,083 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} I noticed the other day that the [https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/western-australian-biographical-index-wabi Western Australian Biographical Index] is licensed under CC-BY, so I thought I'd try to copy relevant entries to Freopedia (and other things). I downloaded the 18 CSV files:...")
- 02:55, 6 October 2024 Freo skin for MediaWiki (hist | edit) [989 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}} +0000 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = MediaWiki; skins; Freopedia; Wikimedia }} I've been working a bit lately on Freopedia, and have started building a new MediaWiki skin for it. I just want something very simple. I'd go with any of the existing ones, but it's nice to have different sites looking different I think. I've also been w...")
- 00:09, 6 October 2024 Obsidian (hist | edit) [352 bytes] Sam (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{post | date = 2024-05-21 21:53 +0800 | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = }} I'm trying out Obsidian again. Seems fine. At least it has quite date/time insertion buttons. But it doesn't have great sync abilities it sounds like, without paying $4 USD/month. So probably I'll stick with Nextcloud Notes. {{post footer}}")
