zkbro

Last update: 17/01/2025

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. 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

2025-01-27 21:14

New site today. Another pretty average view. The house itself is amazing. Reminds me of a bunker you'd find in a James Bond movie.

2025-01-24 21:51

Going light-themed this week. Really enjoying catppuccin latte theme for helix and zellij. edit: gif showing the themes and how I blog.

2025-01-24 18:19

When I installed this distro I somehow called the hostname the same as the user: zkbro@zkbro. Looks stupid, and I cringe every time I see it, almost e…

2025-01-22 21:24

Views from site today. Looking over Lake Whakatipu.

2025-01-19 19:53

Are you following me on RSS, and do you have your own RSS or website? Please let me know. Would love to connect! Shoot me an email: zkbro@proton.me. T…

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Areas of interest

2025-01-26 16:29

I've been clearing out my subscribed podcasts list because I've noticed I'm no longer listening to certain categories, and I don't want to have to thi… More...

🗓️ Weeknote 2025-W04

2025-01-26 12:02

Some random front-of-mind pieces from my week. Started filling this out during the week as it is becoming a bit of a beast. I tend to include some sec… More...

Routeburn

2025-01-25 19:42

Distance: 34.72 kilometers Elevation: 1562 meters Moving Time: 4:50:39 Elapsed Time: 4:57:35 Ran the Routeburn track today to relocate a car f… More...

🗓️ Weeknote 2025-W03

2025-01-19 22:41

Some random front-of-mind pieces from my week. Currently: ⛅️ 🌡️+15°C 🌬️←7km/h 🩸 Health - Hip didn't feel great early in the week. I think I overdid it w… More...

💡 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… More...

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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… More...

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Site-log

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