Unexpected consequence however. My wife has had to start wearing headphones on days when we're sharing the home office....

DrLachie @drlachie.bsky.social · 5d ago

Oh I should have done this years ago. Even my kids love it - although that's probably the 15 different backlighting modes (the first thing I did was turn it off, the first thing they did was demand I show them how to turn it back on).

Had a sleep study done recently and just got the results back. There's nothing wrong with me. I just snore, and I guess any fatigue I have is just the natural result of living in the modern world.

My preferred coffee roaster has a chatbot on its site so I decided to ask it about grind size of a blend I bought. It didn't know the answer but an hour or so later I got an email from a human answering me. I feel bad, I was only asking becuase I don't care about wasting a robot's time!

We've had a house full of teenagers for our eldest's birthday for the majority of Saturday afternoon. We've never earned a martini harder.

Oh I should have done this years ago. Even my kids love it - although that's probably the 15 different backlighting modes (the first thing I did was turn it off, the first thing they did was demand I show them how to turn it back on).

DrLachie @drlachie.bsky.social · 6d ago

Considering buying a mechanical keyboard. I feel like they're the computer peripheral equivalent of fountain pens so right up my alley....

Considering buying a mechanical keyboard. I feel like they're the computer peripheral equivalent of fountain pens so right up my alley....

I bought a new - coffee specific - thermos. I'm much happier now.

DrLachie @drlachie.bsky.social · 2w ago

Made myself a pour-over coffee this morning to take to work. Put it in the thermos my son often uses for his school lunches. Now I'm a fan of interesting coffee but I don't think the "notes of butter chicken" was entierly the intention of the roaster.

Made myself a pour-over coffee this morning to take to work. Put it in the thermos my son often uses for his school lunches. Now I'm a fan of interesting coffee but I don't think the "notes of butter chicken" was entierly the intention of the roaster.

Ok so this is ongoing huh? I can't help but think we should have seen some greyscale raw data by now....

Nature [Unofficial]@nature.com.web.brid.gy · 2w ago

Heading back to the real world today, and back at work tomorrow. I apologise in advance to anyone who needs my full attention, my brain will be here for a day or two more.

Gotta watch out for crocs up here.

Sure I could ask AI to indentify this bird, but my kids have decided it's called the "cheese face bird" and who am I to disagree?

It's a little damp and cooler than previous years, but still - it's a great place to wake up.

The AI bros would like us to believe that much of what we spend our time on is busywork/drudgery/tedium and we would be so much better off if that could be delegated. >>

Week 1 of going (back) to the driving range: "Oh I vaguely remember this" Week 2: "Oh it's starting to come back" Week 3: "Hey, I'm getting pretty good" Week 4: "Which end of golf stick for holding and which end for hitting?"

Why is it always on the days where I have so much stuff to do that the network goes down? This will make next week significantly more stressful than I would like before I go on holiday.

Had a sleep study done. I think it's a serious fulfilling prophecy. "Wow, you sleep terribly*" *When you're connected to the wall by a hundred wires connected to your face.

Had a seminar from a scientific recruiter yesterday. Really interesting to see how the world outside academia functions and the ways in and out of it. I'm not sure I'm down with posting daily on linkedIn though.

I like that my local driving range has ball tracking, I particularly enjoy the "ego boost" button (or "convert" as they call it which translates to "yes you hit 170, but if you were using quality golf balls it would have flown over 200!" still all over the shop though)

American football at the MCG @theageaustralia.bsky.social

I've decided to start posting here again. But I will try and keep it light in response to *gestures vaguely at everything* Was cool to have the NFL in Melbourne. I wish I could have gone (if the Seahawks ever make it down here I will sell a kidney to go)

Reading a paper that involves a 2048-dimensional latent space. How do you even start to think about these? It's actually quite simple, just think about an N dimensional space, and set N to 2048.

Proud to present the publication of napari-lattice – our solution to the immense computational requirements of Lattice Light Sheet and Oblique Plane Microscopy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Before I get into the thread, the important part is on github: github.com/BioimageAnal... (1/n)

napari‐lattice: A user‐friendly image processing tool for lattice light‐sheet microscopy data

Lattice light-sheet microscopy (LLSM) enables researchers to capture high-speed 3D videos of living cells with high definition and minimal damage. However, this technology generates terabytes of data....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Bought a new grinder and it changed my morning workflow. I wish there was a way to make coffee after having coffee.

And if video isn't your thing, he's also given us a great blog-post writeup which is now live on our website! ausbias.org/blog/2026/07...

In a talk out of left field for us, this Month's AusBIAS meeting was @pradeepr.bsky.social taking us back to Ancient Rome to investigate whether image anlaysis can help read scrolls that haven't been read for nearly two thousand years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPtS...

AusBIAS July 2026 - Pradeep Rajasekhar

YouTube video by AusBIAS

youtube.com

Where do I get that shirt #bluey #legoMasters

I can't believe I haven't even made a move and @niallgeoghegan.bsky.social is already a piece and a half up! I think he's in cahoots with my pets. The cat knocks them down and the dog finishes them off.

And I think today, Wordle has jumped the shark.

Can't believe someone has beaten me to register drlachie.com