zkbro

Last update: 11th May 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

2025-07-05 20:29

Saturday nights are a bit different these days. Not complaining.

2025-07-04 22:49

It's an odd feeling, but the most satisfying self-hosted tool I did last week was the calendar. There's nothing extravagant about it, but I think it's…

2025-07-03 18:58

After searching around for a decent TUI Obsidian alternative, I found I already had it at my fingertips with Helix and Marksman. All I needed to do wa…

2025-07-03 06:54

Got Friday off tomorrow. First day of annual leave since Christmas. I'm using it to visit the doctors for some arm circulation issues, and the dentist…

2025-07-01 20:20

Chipping away at all the small fixes to my newly installed tools is satisfying: FreshRSS automatic feed updates - not on by default apparently. Using…

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What's in my pocket Friday - 2025-07-11

2025-07-11 17:21

It was also Pieday Friday, because I said so. I opted for ol' faithful - Pepper Steak. More...

Creating a public tools site

2025-07-10 19:27

Earlier this week I started working on tools.zkbro.com, a database and website to track a bunch of things I deem worth tracking. Right on queue, Steve… More...

🗓️ Weeknote 2025-W27

2025-07-06 17:20

Activity Stats 🏃 Run [3] 2:42:59 - 26.0km - 896m 💪 Strength [2] 0:39:40 🤸 Pilates [1] 0:22:39 🧘 Yoga [1] 0:21:41 🏁 Total: 7 activities - 4:07:01 - 26… More...

Activity Log 🏃 2025-07-05

2025-07-05 20:04

Distance: 7.7 km Elevation: 518 m Moving Time: 1:08:13 Elapsed Time: 1:08:13 Hoorah, feeling like I've passed a milestone with my shyte knee. … More...

What's in my pocket Friday 2025-07-03

2025-07-03 19:45

Starting a new thing. During the week, things come and go every hour in this pocket. This is the end-of-week snapshot, just before I save my washing m… More...

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