• Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    10·
    28 days ago

    Thank you CEO for the recommendation of Gumption cleaning product.

    It removed all the hair dye I got everywhere …lol

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
    10·
    28 days ago

    Is it too late to tart part in operation UNKAOS? I just bought a new vacuum and it’s actually working vs my old one which struggled with… everything.

    *Take not tart 😔

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    10·
    28 days ago

    Miniest is on school camp and I’ve never been separated from her overnight before. I feel a bit lost tbh so I’m stretching and folding sourdough bread dough to keep me occupied. It’ll be good for her to have this time to develop as a person, but I miss her so much. She’s one of these little people that seem to fill up life. 🍞🍞🍞

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    8·
    28 days ago

    Picked up the laybuy for the kids’ birthdays and christmas today. On the way out I went through the self serve and the camera picked up the laybuy in my trolley. So it’s good to know that tracking stuff is in use already, if I kept my trolley out of view it wouldn’t have seen the stuff still in there.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    8·
    28 days ago

    Nobody gives me HDs anymore, Wah! No I’m not insomniac and reading old papers for endorphins or some such shite. It didn’t work, but revisiting dot matrix fonts is enlightening

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    7·
    28 days ago

    Trying to sort computer shit out quick and dirty just to get unstuck.

    spoiler

    Windows 11 machine is completely full so using a Mac to download the classic Linux Mint and waiting a hundred years for the iso to download so I can sha the damn thing and make a bootable usb drive. The old desktop has been backed up a few weeks ago.

    Tried to drag a bunch of files onto a 32gb usb off Windows machine to free space and keep them safe but there’s seriously not enough room for all of it so I might get an external drive just for that to have on top of backups. Otherwise if I can get the desktop sorted soon I can just ferry the most important stuff over.

    Then I have to download everything off Flickr and Dropbox and make sure the last gmails get changed over on any platforms they’re still connected to (or emails they’re recoveries for).

    Today is going to be very busy so that may have to wait

    Yay the string of numbers matches one of the approved ones :)

    Apparently I’m ok to skip the authentication of the .txt file so I’m using balenaEtcher to flash the iso and hopefully all goes well.

    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
      5·
      28 days ago

      Yay. Welcome (back?) to the Tux team! I realised how many old photos I still have stored on Facebook the other day. I think un-cloud-ifying is going to be one of my long term projects too. So I look forward to hearing how you go.

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        3·
        28 days ago

        I’m going to have to do it fast because starting from December I’m going to lose access :(

        I’ve tried Linux before but not as my main. This is basically to test out and see if I can switch over for most things because I viscerally hate Windows 11

        • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
          3·
          28 days ago

          I’ve been on linux for years. LibreOffice is prettty good as an MS office replacement. I don’t play a lot of PC games so I’ve never missed that. I reckon you’ll be fine.

          • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
            2·
            28 days ago

            Problems might include document compatibility when dealing with organisations and possibly WebEx or Zoom. I’ll work it all out on this old machine as I get time and energy though. I have a lot of more urgent stuff to do before then. One step at a time

            • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
              3·
              28 days ago

              Yell out if you find any issues. I use Ubuntu as my biz laptop. Zoom and IIRC Webex are ok and I have had to work around document compatibility a bit so I know some tricks :)

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        3·
        28 days ago

        Thanks. They’re actually extremely patchy because I’m mostly self taught, I can follow curly tutorials and use the command line with a guide but a lot of the fundamentals have been missed

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    7·
    28 days ago

    I had some fermentation flies take up residence in my compost bucket and kitchen, so I made a trap for them which has worked very well. I have a jar of drowned flies and haven’t seen any flying around the kitchen today. The trap is a funnel on top of a glass jar, and the bait is vinegar, sugar and yeast mixed with water.

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
      4·
      28 days ago

      I think you’ve just solved the mystery of what flies are in my house! Always thought they were thrips, although they didn’t exactly match. I’ve found a glass with vinegar and a few drops of dishwashing liquid to work pretty well as a trap, too

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    7·
    28 days ago

    Waiting for the crazy weather - I’m getting more wind now but the sun’s out, it’s not too bad outside.

    • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
      4·
      28 days ago

      It’s one of those things everyone seems on edge waiting for it to happen, so it feels like it’ll just fizzle out.

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        28 days ago

        I was looking forward to sitting inside watching the rain. I got rained on as I was walking home then it stopped as soon as I got inside.

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
      3·
      28 days ago

      Wind’s a bit wild in Ballarat. There is a lot of banging and clanging from mysterious things blowing around, but my fence repair is holding up well so far. No rain, but not much sun either.