Last update: 17/01/2025
About me
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. I've recently (late 2024) made a significant career shift into installation and upgrades of integrated home smart systems - audio, visual, security, heating/cooling, access etc.
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.
Quick-posts
2025-01-19 17:03
Some rain would be good thanks.
2025-01-19 11:39
Got the TV mounted.
2025-01-19 00:35
Re-usable butt-towels - hmmmm I can see a few things that can go wrong here.
2025-01-18 11:16
There's a certain type of people who do their groceries early on a Saturday or Sunday morning. It's quieter, the aisle traffic flow is slower, not bec…
2025-01-17 21:59
I've been tinkering with my quick-posts page so was excited to see Steve has plans too with his Short Posts. Look forward to seeing where he takes it.…
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Blog
💡 Odd jobs
2025-01-15 19:10
Light work today. Went solo to trouble shoot some issues with a smart TV, then to this job with a colleague to fix the satellite dish issues. T…
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Blog vs post vs page vs...
2025-01-14 21:51
I am churning in my head how to structure the content on my website.
At the moment I have blogs, quick-posts, lists, crop-logs and a number of other p…
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💡 Watering the garden
2025-01-14 21:40
Watering parts of the garden daily now the heat is pretty consistent, and without rain. Rain would be nice. The beans are starting to latch on …
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Tools
2025-01-13 19:28
I mention a tool or two I use each week in my weeknotes. Thought I'd collate them all into a single page, sorted chronologically. I don't use a few of…
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💡 Creativity lacking
2025-01-13 19:15
Creativity lacking. I think because I'm exhausted from the weekend. Early night tonight.
This is part of a self inflicted Januartuary Challeng…
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In the garden
In the Garden 2024-08-23
2024-08-23 21:26
Spring is around the corner here and I'm a little bit excited. Proud to say I've been eating carrots, beets and rocket from the garden all through winter. My staggered plantings before it got too cold seemed to work. I ran out of spuds, but I stil…
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