zkbro

Last update: 23/02/2025

About me

me hanging by a trig station

Zak's the name. I like the outdoors - running's my jam - trails and hills are my fav. I can keep a trot all day, more if I'm on a mish. I like to garden too, grow my own food, save a few bob. I do a bit of mountain biking, skiing and paragliding when time, money and nerves permit.

I grew up in Australia, but now reside in the Queenstown Lakes District in New Zealand. Traded the beaches for the mountains. I'm much more at home here. Recently became a NZ citizen and passport holder.

My career has predominantly been in geographic information systems (GIS), surveying, and asset management. In late 2024 I made a significant career shift into installation and upgrades of integrated home smart systems - audio, visual, security, heating/cooling, access etc. It's a new field for me, and I'm enjoying the journey.

I like computery things too - data vis, web building, coding, systematic trading, PKM, linux, de-googling, FOSS, permacomputing. I'm not great at any of them, but they're interesting and I enjoy learning about them.

About the site

I'm fairly new to this web building thing. This is a bit of a testing ground while I learn the ropes. At the moment I am using the zola static site generator and the neocities CLI utility to publish to Neocities. I am simultaneously learning about Linux and the command line on my old laptop, so most of this is built from there.

I don't write many deep things. It's more of a log than anything. And a place to tinker. It's varied, which I guess is a good reflection of who I am. It's nice to have a place to let rip anything I want. I don't expect everything to resonate with any one reader. That's ok. Maybe there's one or two things. I'm always keen to hear from folk via email. Reach out if you want a yarn.

Quick-posts

2025-04-01 20:22

Obligatory new device screenshot. This thing is tiny.

2025-03-31 18:21

Update on my gemini setup - Turns out my public IP changes regularly so I needed to change my DNS A-record to an A + Dynamic DNS record otherwise the …

2025-03-23 16:02

Going blue, because.

2025-03-23 10:16

It is a gloriously drizzly day.

2025-03-20 19:46

Here in the terminal again... well, in the helix text-editor, in the gnome-terminal terminal emulator, where I like to write my blog. Observations... …

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🗓️ Weeknote 2025-W13

2025-04-01 20:48

Some random front-of-mind pieces from my week. 🏃 Ran 15.9km / 309m - Another small week. Good news is that I just get an uncomfortable pressure in my … More...

Self-hosting a Gemini capsule

2025-03-30 20:55

TLDR: How I created and serve my Gemini capsule I've been enjoying reading content in lagrange lately. Lagrange is a client for the Gemini and Gopher … More...

🗓️ Weaknote 2025-W12

2025-03-23 17:59

Calling this a weak note because I'm not using my template which prompts me to fill out a fair bit which I don't particularly feel the energy for. F… More...

🔗 Link Stash | 23 March 2025

2025-03-23 17:50

Fresh dump of interesting and/or useful web links I've found recently. Full link stash here. Bookmarks 228. Dimensions.com A nifty little site with… More...

Hotline Miami: Carpenter BrutALITY

2025-03-16 22:17

I'm not a gamer. The last PC game I bought was Spec Ops II in 2001, 24 years ago. I think it was too difficult or something, and I kind of just stopp… More...

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