Preston von Gabbleduck / is on Nostr

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into #DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on #backup and #recovery). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic.

Also a huge #PowerPlate fan & user.
Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https://linktr.ee/backupbear

Data Protection Blog: https://nsrd.info/blog/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/backupbear
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Also fine with: They/them

Last Notes

2024-10-03 23:45:47

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I think you're both forgetting the joy of those little animated star trails that would follow your mouse cursor around. 😀

2024-08-31 09:20:05

This week I shall be visiting Canberra for the first time in 20+ years. Fly in Tuesday night, fly out Wednesday night. And a whole lot of #UX meetings inbetween.

2024-08-28 03:24:39

Sometimes you just have to remind people that there are situations where there are actually no Right answers, only a goal of a Least Wrong answer.

2024-07-01 05:39:55

It's truly amazing how many processes are built around "people always have someone nearby they can lean on to do something for them".
Them: "Can you arrange for someone to pick up the script for you?"
Me: "Like, yeah, I'm new to the city and don't know anyone."
Them: "No family?"
Me: "No."
Them: "What about someone from work?"
Me: "Technically my closest work colleague is in India."
Them: "Oh."
Hey, I'm a walking edge case.

2024-06-26 23:00:06

Every time someone praises Wikileaks and /him/ and starts their inane rant about "if you have nothing to fear you have nothing to hide" and therefore what Wikileaks was doing was good, I immediately go to this.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2016/08/23/wikileaks-outs-gay-people-in-saudi-arabia-in-reckless-mass-data-dump/

2024-06-04 04:51:51

One more meeting to go before I can call this day a wrap. Been pretty much non-stop since 3am, so final meeting ending at 4.30pm is going to be a relief.

2024-06-03 08:44:15

It seems like the #Solar inspector is coming by tomorrow ~14.00 for the inspection that allows us to turn it all on.
Which of course clashes another power outage with a run of afternoon meetings. Le'sigh. Yes, first world problems, but after two lots of power outages already I'm hoping tomorrow's will be the last.

2024-05-27 11:04:52

Solar installation takes place tomorrow. 14.96kW of panels, and 16kW of battery. It'll be great to see this complete.