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Shane’s Brains! MRI Scan - October 2023

Nix McRetro // 3rd November 2023 // News, YouTube

The latest update in a series of updates it seems! Recently I had the fun of being injected with a chelated form of gadolinium, affectionately known as an MRI contrast agent. It makes fluid filled bits (such as eyes, blood vessels and tumours) light up like they are a Christmas... Continue reading

GeoCities Archive Retired, Dockerisation Abandoned

Nix McRetro // 24th October 2023 // News

GeoCities Archive Retired, Dockerisation Abandoned

There’s something about waking up at 3am every morning that just gives you that extra bit of time to blog. Today we’re touching on what happened to my GeoCities Archive. A while back I had an idea to dockerise my Apache-based web server. There wasn’t much point in having a... Continue reading

The Voice Referendum

Nix McRetro // 23rd October 2023 // News

What the actual fuck Australia? When it comes to politics I am very left leaning and the echo chambers I frequent tend to be left aligned. Oh, aaaaaand I might not have voted. But what the hell are we doing voting no on something that benefits the First Nations people... Continue reading

Floury Baker Cicada Emerging

Nix McRetro // 19th October 2023 // Nature, YouTube

This all started a bit grim finding a flattened cicada being attacked by ants and a dead beetle who probably couldn’t get to soil. But there’s always a story to be told and her one lies in the video above! 🙃 Above is some video of the shell left... Continue reading

Shane's Brains! MRI Scan – September 2023

Nix McRetro // 30th September 2023 // News, YouTube

We’re on day 25 of the never-ending headache. The good news, however, is that I have been to a neurologist who prescribed some indometacin (US: indomethacin). Indometacin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), much like naproxen or ibuprofen but even stronger. I have been given a suspected diagnosis of hemicrania... Continue reading