The Blog

52nd and Final Blood Donation

Nix McRetro // 7th November 2023 // News, YouTube

A few months ago I decided I was finished with donating blood. A few factors decided into why I would no longer donate. 1. The way our blood service ran in Australia. Whole blood is all here and plasma is purchased from the overseas where donors are reimbursed for… well,... Continue reading

HPE MicroServer with TrueNAS Scale - Clunking Hard Drives

Nix McRetro // 4th November 2023 // Guides, News, YouTube

I have been listening to my three or four drives go clunk, clunk, clunk for the best part of a year. Initially I thought it must have been something in TrueNAS as these drives, WD Red Pro 16TB - Model WD161KFGX, were silent while running badblock scans on them. Someone... Continue reading

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 // Activism, News

What the actual f**k 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