Ben Booth

@benbooth.dev

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Aussie | dad of 3 | software eng (mostly frontend) Unduplicitous, unmalicious, unconniving, unnasty

A photo of the Morpeko ex Special Illustration Rare 177/084 card from Pokémon TCG Pitch Black in my hand
A photo of a bag of rice, the labels say: DAAWAT Super Basmati Rice Fluffy Long Grains
A screenshot of a cancel subscription offer from HBO Max. It starts with the header "We'd love for you to stick around..." The offer compares my current plan of Premium for $17.99/month for 12 months, with a special "One-time Offer" of Premium for $17.99 for 3 months, then $21.99/month.
A TV seconds before the kickoff of the Women's Euro 2025 final between England and Spain
A possum laying upside down inside the inner barrel of a garage roller door
A screenshot from Advent of Code 2024 showing the current countdown to day 5 It reads 5 04:22:34
A pair of bright green socks with Yooka and Laylee faces being worn on a pair of feet.
Me wearing a white hoodie and a cap leaning on a second hand VW Multivan. A large sign on the building behind reads "Perfect Image".
A photo of the completed LEGO Tree House set on a table
An illustration by @poorlydrawnarsenal.bsky.social. It shows Arsenal's Saka standing by the corner flag in front of the crowd. The background & crowd are all in red shades, and shows a lot of details & faces in the crowd.
A large selection of indoor bouldering walls, of varying difficulty
A screenshot of 2 lines of JavaScript code: const ONE_MILLION = 1_000_000; const YO = 0b_01011001_01001111;
A white card with a Bluesky logo in the top left. It says: Celebrating 10M users 🎉 #123,144 Blue text is stamped across the number which reads: First 10% Certified Bluesky Elder
A screenshot of a ChatGPT transcript: You What is a four-letter name of an animal, that when the letters are reversed becomes the name of a plant? ChatGPT The answer is "dear" (animal) and "read" (plant) when the letters are reversed.
A photo of the Mac OS "Reset Password" dialog. The "New password" and "Verify password" inputs have been completed. A popup to the right shows a number of "Password requirements", each item has a green circle to indicate that the requirement had been met by the entered password. Another popup to the left says "Your password does not meet the requirements of the server."
A notification from The Guardian that reads: Michael Gambon, star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, dies aged 82
A photo of a white dishwasher in a kitchen. The dishwasher is running a cleaning cycle and has a pink post-it note stuck to the front that has "WORK IN PROGRESS" handwritten on it.
A photo of a fortune cookie message paper, it reads: 🙂 Be rich, you'll make friends with others. 🙂
LEGO Technic Test Car (8865) complete from a front/side angle. The front steering & suspension assembly is in focus.
A photo of the Backstreet Boys in all pink outfits
A screenshot from Breath of the Wild. It shows Link with all clothing items removed looking at the moon. The moon and sky are red from a "blood moon" event.
The front of The Matilda's Nike jersey. The Australia badge and Nike logos are visible
A screenshot of a 2FA SMS message from myGov, with the security code "696420" Full text: myGov Security: Your security code is 696420. If this was not you, contact the myGov help desk on 132 307. Do not reply by SMS. Message reference: SV001
The Vince McMahon meme format. Status Update -> Interested Tweet -> Excited Skeet -> Very excited Xeet -> Losing his mind
Partially constructed LEGO Technic set 8865 "Test Car" from 1988. The instruction booklet is open at step 18, and 144 pieces have been gathered for this step.
A sidebar with a tree view listing of files and folders in a project repo hosted on github.com
A well-presented man investigating the LEGO Eldorado Fortress (10320) set on a table with a designer lamp