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Floriade 2007

September 24, 2007 • canberra, dslr, floriade

Tulip Originally uploaded by gavin.jackson A group of us went shooting at Floriade on Saturday. Beautiful Canberra Spring weather.

Sparrow Hill Trail Map

September 5, 2007 • mountain bike riding, sport

Found this picture hidden on the corc (Canberra Offroad Cyclists) web site. In addition to this, I also came across the approved plans for the Mount Stromlo Tracks ( pdf here ). Here are some more int...

Squash - The Game (Trapt)

September 5, 2007 • palmer, power, sport

Interesting clips from pro level squash games. Palmer vs Power. Note that David Palmer is the Squash World Champion 2006 - and an Aussie! http://www.davidpalmer.com

Joining a new Gym

September 5, 2007

Jo and I are joining a new gym in Narrabundah - it's located just next to the Golf Driving range down Hindmarsh drive. Prices are pretty reasonable, they off all of the Les Mills fitness classes, have...

Lunar Eclipse Mosaic

September 1, 2007 • dslr, photography, photoshop

Lunar Eclipse Mosaic Originally uploaded by gavin.jackson A Mosaic created from the photos that Jo took of the lunar eclipse on 28 August 2007. A friend of mine Gene, posted the following description...

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mlc-ai/web-llm: High-performance In-browser LLM Inference Engine
Web-LLM is a high-performance in-browser LLM inference engine. Running models locally in the browser removes the need to send prompts to a server and opens up offline or privacy-sensitive use cases.
Reverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex
This article introduces ImHex by reverse engineering FEZ's save file format. ImHex has become one of the best hex editors I have found recently, and the pattern matching features are particularly useful for decomposing binary files.
'Just use a VPS bro' (OpenClaw version)
This video really encapsulates my life as a Linux admin at this point in time.
A Walkable ASCII Cyberpunk City in One HTML File
I think I'm going to buy this! A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city rendered in a single HTML file.
General Resolution: LLM usage in Debian
This was a really progressive resolution, you can't please everyone - the smartest people I know lean into this technology. I think this will ultimately accelerate Debian and FOSS in general.
OpenClaw 2.0, Accidentally
Bob might be getting an upgrade ...
binvis.io: Visual analysis of binary files in the browser
binvis.io is a browser-based tool for visualizing binary files. It maps bytes to colors using space-filling curves and entropy visualization, making it easier to spot structure, compressed sections, and encrypted regions without uploading data to a server.
Tailscale/tailcat: Like netcat, but over Tailscale's data plane
Tailcat is a netcat-style utility that runs over Tailscale's encrypted data plane without needing Tailscale's control plane. It is useful for point-to-point connectivity in environments where the full Tailscale coordination server is not practical.
Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the open-source AI model hub, for $12.9 billion. The acquisition would extend Nvidia's influence from silicon into the platform layer and give it a stronger position in cloud services.
Z.ai Open-Sources 'Ox Alpha' Model as GLM-5.3-Flash
Z.ai is releasing its Ox Alpha reasoning model under an open-source license as GLM-5.3-Flash. The move puts another high-performance open-weight model into circulation as the release cadence from Chinese labs and their partners continues to accelerate.