We live on Billy-Goat Hill which is the name I also gave to the server running data.tregeagle.com. In previous incarnations it was a media server pluigged into the telly; a web development staging server and a few weeks ago a weather station. The Weather Station did not work. First the stupid little barometric...

I booked a couple of weeks off work for September a while ago. The original plans evaporated leaving me with two delightfully free weeks. Of course I am going to take my bicycle and ride The Mawson Trail , a popular ride which is relatively local to me which I have wanted to ride for yonks. My bike is long overdue...

As an impoverished cycling courier in London during the late 80s I read a biographical account by a young man who journeyed around the world on his bicycle. Like all my favourite books I gave it away at some point and have regretted it ever since. I cannot remember the name of the book or the author. The author was...

I keep meaning to put these scripts somewhere I can find them and then I don't. So here, I am putting it here - and tagging the crap out of it. Stupid brain. This script is basically how I automate finding and updating my external/WAN IP address. Easy. I tidied up and expanded my previously apothegmatic code using...

Walking up the steep footbath from Lowertown toward Osborne Parc the air was rich with the smell of spring hedgerows. Meadowsweet and Cow parsnips brushed against me as I spotted new bluebells peeking out of the undergrowth. We had recently moved from our ancient farmhouse above Porkellis Moors to this suburban...

A snap of my RPI 3B v1.2 circa 2015 I made an impulse buy at JayCar when I was in Mildura a few weeks ago. I was looking for a dongle to open my garage door (they did not have one) so I picked up this barometric pressure sensor instead. I thought maybe I could plug it into one of the old Raspberry Pi's (RPI) I had...

I have a knotted leather-gumby in my belly. Things ain't been right since the weekend. To put it bluntly , I need a good shit. It's the Juice that gets you loose I resorted to some advice I received whilst working in Aged Care as a student nurse. Pear Juice, specifically the cheap stuff in a tin. One of the lovely...

Creek Bed I walked the dog out by the south railway tracks again today. I found a dried up old creek bed and followed it for a few k's. The Pinnacles featured heavily as the only horizon elements. Here they are behind a tree. The Pinnacles hiding behind tree The sheer lack of features left me resorting to...

I pinched H's old gaming monitor and mounted it on the wall in my shed. An ideal nerd sanctuary I thought. I've plugged one of my old Raspberry Pi's into it. I plan to run some ethernet and connect a pressure sensor to it to make some kind of barometric device . Raspberry Pi 3 Of course the shed is quite cold in the...

Yard Fire Winter has arrived in the Barrier Ranges. The smell of dirty woodsmoke permeates the night air. Firewood is selling for $250 a ute-load in Broken Hill. An expensive option for many in town. With so many ruinous empty sheds and houses it is likely the smell of the smoke hints at a community resorting to the...

Last Sunday night we awoke to the sounds of sirens and the smell of acrid smoke. Pulling on ugg boots and going outside we were greeted by our neighbours house in flames. We ran across the road as the firetrucks pulled up. Firies began pulling on PPE and setting up hoses while the IC went looking for the electrical...

Winnie, just happy and muddy after a walk today We were up early today. H started his shift at MacDonalds at 6. After calling Ma for a chat I took Winnie out toward the Pinnnacles. We ambled around exploring the dry creek beds and scrub. There were a few sheep and roos around. I kept Winnie close so as not to bother...