data – Stilgherrian

23 February 202523 February 2025

Weekly Wrap 769: Wrangling the data ruined my mind

Seen from low down by the ground, an asphalt road runs away from the viewer up a hill, eventually turning to the left and out of sight. The sky is bright blue with a few fluffy white clouds, although little sky can be seen because either side of the road are trees and thickly-growing shrubs. In the immediate foreground, on the road, two white-painted squares are arranged diagonally, joined at their corners. In yellow paint is the number 3011.

I lost three days in the middle of my week of Monday 17 to Sunday 23 February 2025 to annoying geekery: rebuilding my whole data backup system. Always make sure your backups are in good order, Gentle Reader, with at least one copy of everything in a different physical location.

20 August 202328 August 2023

Weekly Wrap 690: The sunny winter continues, but without much productivity

Sydney Light Rail tram on George Street at the corner of Hay Street.

It was another less than fully productive week from Monday 14 to Sunday 20 August 2023, mostly due to lingering laryngitis and general fatigue. This has been a very average winter for me, despite the mostly fine weather. But really, it could be a lot worse, right?

23 June 202323 June 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 41

Australia’s new cyber boss was announced, a new Data and Digital Government Strategy dropped, and more.

05 June 202318 June 2023

Weekly Wrap 679: A cow, a podcast, and some disturbing muskiness

My week of Monday 29 May to Sunday 4 June 2023 was more than a day ago, so technically this post is late. There’s not much directly from me, but there’s some client material and a lot of Musky news.

28 May 202318 June 2023

Weekly Wrap 678: The Sapphire Weevil of Productivity

A Botany Bay diamond weevil (Chrysolopus spectabilis), aka a sapphire weevil, photographed at Bunjaree Cottages on 23 May 2021.

My week of Monday 22 to Sunday 28 May 2023 was wonderfully productive, but I can’t tell you much about it yet. So here’s an old photo of a weevil, and some links to Interesting Things.

13 November 202213 November 2022

Weekly Wrap 650: A heady mix of submarines, the dark web, writing, and fatigue

My week of Monday 7 to Sunday 13 November 2022 included a lot of sleeping. Every afternoon I ended up napping for three to nearly six hours, and I don’t know why. Still, I managed to get a podcast published, did some radio spots, and got some client work done. Not bad.