Team Christmas lunch then the Hijinx hotel to play mini golf and do the escape rooms.

Our team names were “Whatever” and “I don’t mind”, which is not reflective of the fun afternoon we had but typical of a team full of introverts.

Email from Virgin Australia about updated rules for batteries on flights as of 1 December.

No lithium batteries in checked luggage yet lots of people, myself included, put an AirTag in their bag these days.

Mozilla using lots of words to pretend to be here to save us from AI as justification for jamming even more AI into their products.

“And if you are, well, anyone, it’s probably apps and services that become more useful and delightful as they add AI”.

Useful? Maybe. Delightful? Absolutely not.

🍺 Mid-afternoon schooner at the local. Nine day fortnights are pretty good.

🥇 Office olympics for department end of year fun before most of us hit a peak period.

Downside to Cloudflare being down: it broke the site I was online shopping for things I’m not sure I really need.

Upside to Cloudflare being down: it broke the site I was online shopping for things I decided I don’t really need.

I’ve been doing my role for a long time and often get asked to give an opinion on proposals, how to do a task which hasn’t been done in a while or what a precedent might be.

Sometimes I wonder if I was to start making up answers to questions and emails how long it would be before someone realised?

Picked up quite a few items from local artisans at the Makers Markets this morning. Christmas presents sorted, two birthdays sorted, and a few things for myself.

I set a budget, which I went well over. My excuse is I like buying handmade items and supporting locals.

I really wish the local convenience store would replace their “OPEN 7 DASYS” sign. It makes my eye twitch every time I go by.

🎁 Heading off to the local Makers Markets to see if I can find some handmade Christmas presents.