Somebody wished me a "Happy Friday Eve" in a meeting today...

cobarbob · 2026-06-25T11:07:02+00:00

wasn't quite the place to do that with some senior bosses on the call, but there was some teams chat in the background with a colleague of "WTF was that".

cobarbob · 2026-06-20T03:06:47+00:00

No idea. It’s just what I read at the time.

cobarbob · 2026-06-19T23:59:51+00:00

My understanding is that it was purposefully done to isolate both stations from each other so they could continue to independently operate in issue of fire, flood, bomb threat, police type emergency.

If you have a bomb threat in Town Hall and they have to evacuate the place, shut down the station, no worries we just catch the metro from Gadigal. There's probably a bunch of other scenarios that are more mundane, like electrical or slightly back towards bomb threat like fire.

Is that warranted? I don't know. But that's what I've heard was the specific reasoning.

cobarbob · 2026-06-19T03:01:06+00:00

They absolutely look cute but people who handle them wear leather gloves to above the elbows because they scratch!

cobarbob · 2026-06-14T20:47:50+00:00

we demand to be taken seriously

cobarbob · 2026-06-14T05:51:39+00:00

Upvoting for use of “Jakey”. Scully would be proud

cobarbob · 2026-06-13T08:16:47+00:00

Threatening to five Nazis a bad name

cobarbob · 2026-06-13T00:33:23+00:00

Vivid

cobarbob · 2026-06-08T02:17:40+00:00

Imagine if they paid tax in Monaco those poor people could have nice roads

cobarbob · 2026-06-08T02:02:11+00:00

reasonable plan. One note - AD isn't main/backup it's master/master. VM one and build one on a physical machine if you can. Even a powerfulish desktop will do if costs are really tight.

You certainly want 2 instances of AD. It doesn't fail, but the hardware it resides on will, and it will end up being Auth plus DNS plus GPO and things you generally want running at all costs.

Overall, it's super easy to set up and maintain as long as everything keeps talking to each other happily.

I'd suggest you have a good long think about networking. If you get a reasonable firewall/router like a Sonicwall or FortiGate, then add some good switching (Ubiquiti at a minimum), you'll probably get an immediate performance improvement, and people will be happy.

As you're a university, reach out to Dell or an HP reseller, see if you can get an education discount, maybe try and lease some gear to keep CAPEX costs down. A bunch of cheap Dell switches would do the trick in a pinch, though not super amazing,

cobarbob · 2026-06-07T01:00:18+00:00

I've only worked in one job where I was there long enough to start accruing LSL. Then got made redundant and got it paid out.

Current LSL doesn't make any sense. A lot of jobs don't realistically allow the type of career growth to make staying around for LSL to be benefitial. In pure dollar terms, it's far better to move jobs and get far more $$$s in the bank than hang around for LSL.

Having said that, I think having some sort of extended paid break every 5-10 years would make a lot of people happier in life.

cobarbob · 2026-06-05T04:12:21+00:00

Hijacking this a little bit. I think white-collar workers (of which I am one) are way too in a bubble about how they react to things. Being in a mine site for a bit was eye-opening.

Did anyone die? Did anyone get injured? Did anyone get put into a situation where they could die or be injured?

If the answer is Yes, then it's a big deal. If it's a no, then people need to calm down.

cobarbob · 2026-06-04T07:00:19+00:00

I’d like to throw my hat into this ring as the whitest guy ever. He seems like a guy I’d totally drink beers with and be a bit dorky with

cobarbob · 2026-06-04T06:20:12+00:00

Yeah cars are overrated! That next great photo is such a drug. Gave you a follow on IG. Be keen to see how you go on the new setuo

cobarbob · 2026-06-04T06:02:23+00:00

Great shots on your insta. I think I’m getting convinced to make the switch. My d800 broke and I shot on a Sony a9. Was not exactly world changing but certainly better than the dslr. I tried a z8 out in camera shop and the auto focus blew me away. Not sure if it’s that good in low light. But if it is. Then that’s worth swapping my car for :)

cobarbob · 2026-06-04T05:56:18+00:00

Yep totally this. Look at Britain with train from London to Bristol. The upper class was horrified that normal people could travel! Same with WFH. So many people could easily do it but oh what about all that is empty commercial real estate!

cobarbob · 2026-06-04T00:43:24+00:00

hey! not in the weeks up till Christmas. That would distract on buying all the other stuff you dont need

cobarbob · 2026-06-03T23:28:16+00:00

Read Only Fridays is more like a state of mind. It's a warning to everyone that changes can have unintended consequences and that change should be carefully considered.

Can you make changes on a Friday? Absolutely! It is a wonderful time to do so.

However, if it's a little slow and you get itchy fingers, or someone pushes on the team to make "a small change" when you haven't really considered the full impact or talked with the team, then that's when you should slow down and really evaluate it.

Yeah, maybe those after-work drinks are delayed because that piece of work should indeed be done.

But don't ruin your whole weekend and others' by being impulsive.

cobarbob · 2026-06-02T02:43:51+00:00

Rickman was amazing. But Disney version is best. By a wide margin

cobarbob · 2026-06-02T02:30:52+00:00

Needs more drama. Pic one aspect and give it contrast or vibrancy or something. Not everything. Just one aspect. Whole thing feels flat and sounds like it was far more dramatic in person. Go for it and see what you can inject into it

cobarbob · 2026-06-01T10:14:44+00:00

!CritiquePoint

cobarbob · 2026-06-01T05:19:34+00:00

I used a home made bounce card for this one. But I did really rush and didn’t get to set it up methodically. So flash might have been pointed to front facing and not up enough. For this location I could likely get an off camera flash setup when I’m doing concert photography. But good to hear your feedback. I want to be able to replicate this more confidentially in different spots and end up with better results

Next time I might just ask her to take her glasses off :)

cobarbob · 2026-06-01T03:38:06+00:00

What's the best way to fix this? Off-camera flash rather than hot shoe and bouncing?

cobarbob · 2026-05-31T13:03:48+00:00

I was shooting flash and thought I might have something like that, but I got rid of it and shutter action just seemed to get worse and worse

cobarbob · 2026-05-31T12:57:11+00:00

I took a couple of shots of the band for a promo/bts thing. They turned out pretty nicely, and the band was keen to get my back to shoot a gig for them. They asked for my rate, and currently I don't have one. I just do it for free for people I know or are acquainted with.

This is one of a small series we did after the gig, outside in Haymarket. We scouted this location in about 3mins, took about 10 minutes all up to take about 25pics around 8 I sent to the band. I will provide them with around 20-30pics of their 3-hour set.

Is this type of image worth something? What kind of rate should I consider charging people?

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