Malcolm Herbert

@mjcherbert.bsky.social

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a little bit of this ... a little bit of that ...

a frame from the video "Get Smart" by the Melbourne Ska Orchestra showing a long, flourescent-lit corridor extending into the distance where there is a turn to the right. The floor is bare concrete, the walls are lined in beige metal panels but two sets of panels close to the camera are picked out in a burnt orange colour. The passage is a pedestrian access tunnel running between St Vincent’s Hospital and the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital and runs under Victoria Pde
an old (very old) clip-art+dialogue webcomic from 2006, PartiallyClips A: and they're all like, "we're the Altaxians, we just discovered galactic communications, blah blah blah. Now give us stuff." B: lol. A: and I'm like, "I am not gonna forward these anus-breathers to the high council." B: lmfto. so what did you say? A: I sent them plans for an omniphasic bomb and told them it was a hyperdrive. Haven't heard from them since B: OMG pwned lol. U R 2 cool dood A: yeah, I got no patience with noob races. Plus I'm trying to get fired. This job sucks. C: wait ... is it on? Greetings from all mankind!
a complex ffmpeg command-line showing how the three-in-one video was produced from Geoff's original source material
screen grab from the AEC website showing voting preference detail for Kooyong, allegedly sorted low-to-high by "ordinary votes", however this is wrongly implemented
still image from the RailcamUK camera at Blue Anchor, showing a pretty brilliant sunset over the station and beach
black-on-green text on an apparent CRT monitor. The text looks similar to an IRC chat-log with lines of Perl-like pseudocode ... I can't really describe it better than that, sorry ... there is overlaid yellow subtitle text "It was never proven"
video still of green-on-black text on a CRT which reads "#!/usr/site/bin/perl -upload/link/disconnect" which ... makes absolutely no sense
Malcolm Herbert @mherbert@chinwag.org ... if you play against mum, you'd better bring your best ... a close-in shot of a table top with a completed scrabble board, two empty tile racks and a small Heartland Hotels notepad showing the running score between two players M and A - the final score is 272 to 271in favour of M Mar 25, 2025, 06:15 PM · 0boosts · 0favorites Home Notifications Explore Live feeds Private mentions Bookmarks Favorites Lists Preferences Alt text a close-in shot of a table top with a completed scrabble board, two empty tile racks and a small Heartland Hotels notepad showing the running score between two players M and A - the final score is 272 to 271in favour of M
a frame from the video "Get Smart" by the Melbourne Ska Orchestra showing a long, flourescent-lit corridor extending into the distance where there is a turn to the right. The floor is bare concrete, the walls are lined in beige metal panels but two sets of panels close to the camera are picked out in a burnt orange colour. The passage is likely a pedestrian access tunnel in a public building, probably a railway station or similar, but the location is unknown.
still of an animated map from windy.com showing an intense westerly front approaching Melbourne with many icons indicatinging lightning strikes