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Bo kho - Vietnamese Beef Stew

Bo kho - Vietnamese Beef Stew

Bo kho - Vietnamese Beef Stew

Bo kho - Vietnamese Beef Stew

Haven't made Bo Kho in a while. It makes a great lunch on overcast autumn days!

Here's a decent recipe:

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Degoogling Part 1.2 - Self Hosted Email Hosting your own email is complex and requires overcoming many undocumented configuration issues. However, I now have a reliable, self-contained Docker image that provides total control over local ema...

Finally, part 1.2 in my series about migrating away from Google Workspaces. Self-hosted email.

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#degoogle #email #dovecot #imap #spamassassin #sieve #snappymail

Degoogling Part 1.1: GMail (Remote Email) This is the second part of a series focused on migrating from Google Workspaces. For Part 0, go here. I'm going to break this part up into several posts, as there are a few pieces to the email puzzle...

Part 1.1 in my series about migrating away from Google Workspaces

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#degoogle

This weekend was a deep dive into learning the intricacies of hosting local email.

✅ IMAP server (dovecot)
✅ IMAP mirroring (fetchmail)
✅ SPAM control (spamassassin)
✅ Virus control (clamav)
✅ Filtering (sieve)
✅ Webmail (snappymail)

Might take a few weeks to write a blog post about it.

It took a bit of hair pulling, but I finally managed to get a dovecot imap server in a docker container set up, able to be logged into using Thunderbird, and correctly reading a Maildir that I converted from a Google Takeout mbox. Now I need to secure it ...

#degoogle

De-Googling Part 0: Fundamentals Google Workspaces is increasingly costly. This series details my migration journey. Part 0 - Fundamentals - covers essential hardware and software requirements, plus setup for remote access, backup, a...

First post of n in my series about migrating away from Google Workspaces.

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#degoogle #selfhosted

bee gathering nectar from a pink flower

‪Bee Gathering Nectar

Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, Australia

I made this using my Tamron 180 3.5 1:1 EF and Canon MR-14EX. The combo works well on the GFX 50R, but hand-held focus can be a pain.

#gfx50r #macrophotography #naturephotography #photographersunited #insectphotography

My first attempt at ice cream went better than expected. Followed a French-style recipe ( www.fifteenspatulas.com/homemade-van... ) - egg custard and whipped cream. The only deviation I made was adding 2 mashed Cavendish bananas. It came out very rich, so one scoop is enough for dessert.

Cradle Peak from Black Bluff Lookout after some snowfall. I shot this using my GFX 50R mounted with a K-mount Tokina RMC II 70-210 4 (www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/...).

Middlesex Region, Tasmania, Australia

#landscapephotography #telephotolandscape #gfx50r #vintagelens

Yeah I know the feeling. Working as a software developer is definitely not my desired career.

Would have been a tough gig back then.

I'll have to give tofu making a try some day!

I've probably been spoiled with store-bought soy milk being my first experience. The cost effectiveness is hard to argue with - $3-4 for a 1 kilo bag producing maybe 15-20 litres.

Soy Milk Success When Jen visited Vietnam last year she brought back an absolute beast of an appliance. The Bluestone BLB-6035 is a cooking blender, that can be used for general blending, making smoothies, but most im...

I finally got soy milk right.

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#soyboy #mylk #cooking

This is one of the first photos I made using my Fujifilm GFX 50R when I acquired it a few years ago. I had no native glass, just an m42 adapter, so this was shot with an Asahi Pentax Super Takumar 50 1.4.

Fern, Mount Tamborine, Queensland, Australia.

#naturephotography #photography #gfx50r

Watched the 1984 version of The Bounty today. Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson and pre-whack-job Mel Gibson. Bit of a mixed bag - Vangelis soundtrack on a historical drama was a bit ... interesting ... but worked once I was settled in. Enjoyed it overall. #80smovies #strayaday

I stay for Marketplace but the vibe is just circling the drain.

I liked all the characters aside from the protagonist and antagonist 😂

Don't want to drop too many spoilers but there are ... patterns ... emerging. The fast travel that isn't entirely explainable by dragons, for example 😂

I actually kind of dig some of the "dumber" less popular fantasy series such as WoT though. Kind of bummed that Shadow & Bone was cancelled.

It started feeling a bit hollowed out and rushed. Plus, not a big fan of that cliffhanger at the end!

Looking forward to seeing more. I took a photo of Saturn once using my GFX 50R with an old Pentax 300mm lens and stacked 1.5x and 2x extenders, which gave me about "900mm". it was hell to position and focus the thing! And I only ended up with a tiny blurry bit of fuzz. Could see the rings though!

Macro photo of a mosquito under a leaf.

Mosquito, Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, Australia.

This mosquito was hiding under a leaf. I don't actually remember how I spotted it, but this photo is upside down.

#photography #macrophotography #gfx50r #naturephotography #brisbane

If you see this post, repost with a bridge from your gallery.

Story Bridge, Brisbane, Australia, November 2015

#photography #storm #lightning

Bridal Veil Falls, Blue Mountains, Australia.

Bridal Veil Falls, Blackheath NSW (Blue Mountains)

#bluemountains #travelphotography #gfx50r

Yep, when you hear that mining is huge, remember they mean the profits are huge...

The Hospitality industry pays more wages to Australians than does mining.

sunset over brisbane at highgate hill park

Sunset over Brisbane from Highgate Hill, a couple of years ago.

I've seen some complaints about it being slow, but I didn't feel that vibe at all. I felt like more happened in this season than S1 by far.

TV Shows I have been watching recently, with highly subjective ratings:

Finished:
Silo S2: 9/10
The Day of the Jackal S1: 9/10
Dark Matter S1: 8/10
Dune: Prophecy S1: 6/10
House of the Dragon S2: 6/10

DNF:
Bad Monkey S1: 6/10
The Old Man S2: 4/10
The Tracker: 7/10

#tv #arr

Truth. Check the forecast for Friday😱

Embedding a Bluesky Feed in Ghost I embedded my Bluesky profile's feed into my Ghost blog. However, I had some help.

I embedded my Bluesky profile's feed into my Ghost blog. However, I had some help from @vincentwill.com.

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