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LonM's Blog

LonM starts rambling and doesn't know when to stop

Author: lonm

The Machine Readable CV

2024-09-202024-09-13 — Posted inTechnology — 3 min read

In applying for a job, I’ve come to realise something is missing in online job applications. A machine readable CV format.

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Star Trek isn’t Political Enough

2024-09-192024-09-11 — Posted inMovies & TV — 2 min read

Star Trek isn’t ‘Too Political’, it’s ‘Not Political Enough’. Deep Star Trek is Trek at its best.

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Recording our Personal Histories

2024-09-182024-09-17 — Posted inLiterature — 3 min read

The work of De Berg a century ago in Australia leaves me reflecting on how we record our stories in the here and now

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MS Apps are Garbage for the Command Line

2024-09-172024-09-10 — Posted inSoftware — 3 min read

If you need command line use from a windows store app, don’t even bother trying, just download the regular app.

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Master vs Main – Building Better Branches

2024-09-162024-09-10 — Posted inTechnology — 5 min read

Master vs Main, is the way some companies have tried to change the default git branch name suitable? And is there a better choice?

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Left and Right are Pointless for Politics

2024-09-132024-09-09 — Posted inPolitics — 4 min read

The one-dimensional Left and Right spectrum has become pointless. What could alternative discourse look like?

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Winter Fuel Payments are Economically Necessary

2024-09-122024-09-11 — Posted inPolitics — 2 min read

The UK government has made a mistake by cutting winter fuel allowances for pensioners.

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User Agents for the Social Web

2024-09-112024-09-08 — Posted inBrowser — 4 min read

Musings on how user agents could interact with the social web as the technology develops going forwards

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Seagull – New Bird Slurs

2024-09-102024-09-08 — Posted inLiterature — 1 min read

A seagull is a bird, often seen as a nuisance to coastal communities. Given its maligned role, its name seems apt for reuse – A scammer or harasser

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MP3Tag Review – Great Music Metadata Manager

2024-09-092024-09-08 — Posted inSoftware — 3 min read

I’ve been using MP3Tag for many years and I’ve realised I never wrote up a review, which I really need to do, because it is an excellent piece of software.

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Lots of Data isn’t always Useful

2024-09-032024-09-02 — Posted inTechnology — 2 min read

My phone’s battery optimisation algorithms show how sometimes data isn’t always useful and reliable as part of decision making.

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