August 2023

My ResMed AirSense 10 AutoSet trial arrived a couple of weeks ago. After setting it up and picking some starting options, the data flowed for roughly two weeks. Nasal pillows weren’t for me: my mouth kept opening, creating the strangest air-pressure sensations. My notes call the ResMed N20 a full-face... Continue reading

With August nearly out of the way, I thought I should do a quick post on what’s been happening. First up we have Bloodborne (PS4 edition). I’m afraid to say I am terrible at it and it feels like it is running at 10 or 15fps - especially after being... Continue reading

Quick heads up: this is a post for my own reference. The screenshot above comes from the Server Fault discussion on checking a tar.gz backup’s integrity. Another awesome thing about tar files is that you can search for files and extract them using wildcard patterns. At the time I couldn’t... Continue reading

First thing I should probably note: this footage is from relatively early in my VoIP testing, back in 2021. I didn’t use anything fancy apart from the VoIP box, some phone cables and good luck. Coupled with Doge Microsystems’ really great dial-up pool guide, of course. It does get to... Continue reading

This elegant snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher) was delivered to me on a winter evening. It was found in a warehouse trapped under old computer equipment. I have no idea how long it had been stuck there, but it was very thin and lethargic, so I was worried it had been... Continue reading

Honestly, why do landlords even exist in modern times? Didn’t we leave medieval times behind us a while back? This is a rant on how my landlords illegally increased my rent. Above are the three types of potential leases in NSW at the time of writing. I’d been on a... Continue reading

The Australian Ibis is the best bird wandering the streets. I mean bush turkeys are a close second. They both overcame adversity and now excel at being hunters on Sydney nature strips. Perhaps irrelevant to this post but cool nonetheless. Today we’re looking at a broken Fujitsu MPB3021AT hard drive... Continue reading

Last year we were playing around with the Macintosh Classic, thanks to Tim. We wanted to get it internet-ready, but the old browsers were fighting my modern hosting setup. At the time I blamed HTTP/0.9; later testing showed MacWeb, Mosaic, and Netscape reaching Apache as HTTP/1.0. The MiSTer has a... Continue reading

Over the course of the Australian 2022-2023 summer I did a little collecting. At the end of cicada season, March 2023, I went and grabbed as many shells (exuviae) as I could find from a few different areas. Most of the shells were like this little one’s: a Floury Baker... Continue reading

I really don’t like small fans. Dreamcast, looking at you. Then again, I’ve added small fans to things in the past. Right Netgear DG834Gv5? Above we have the smash hit follow up to the Cisco SPA8000-G4 post-recap video from… *checks notes* eight months ago. Whoops! 😅 This SPA8000 was originally... Continue reading

This modem was purchased in May 2021, and you might recognise it from June 2021 when I replaced the capacitors. It’s a NetComm Mega-i-Modem CD2004, still sealed in its original box when I received it. A brand-new old modem! Those are always fun to open, especially when they’ve been sitting... Continue reading

Ahhh yes, health. Long-time readers of this blog will know that I’ve lost weight a few times in the past - all in the name of health. I’ll have an update on that in a future blog post. Today though, I’ll be going through some data I’ve collected on my... Continue reading

Back in mid-2022 I was given this modem as a gift, and while I wasn’t looking for any V.92 modems, I figured I’d document it. While I tend to be a little more V.32 or V.34 inclined, I am open to the idea of V.92 modems doing the work of... Continue reading

I saw this awesome dial-up modem spectrogram from ten years ago while hunting something or other modem related on archive.org. I was curious if I could replicate it. I don’t have any clean sounds - only audio that is recorded with an iPhone. Reading through the comments on the video... Continue reading

This modem takes me back to late-2021 when I purchased it. That’s not surprising I guess. This is an AM5690. What does that mean? Probably something along the lines of AutoModem 56kbps V.90. Learn more about this amazing product and why you should buy it on NetComm’s website. Of note,... Continue reading

Unemployment is both a blessing and a curse. The blessing? Catch up time to clear my desktop of all the random photos and videos that have been accumulating since… 2016. The curse? Probably the lack of any income. So focus on what you can change. For me, that’s the photo... Continue reading