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Ralph Hosking

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Melbourne-based after 10 years in Luxembourg & then Perth. Software Engineer, follows tech, sci-fi, breaking news & random humour. https://ralphhosking.com/

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Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'm enjoying 'Alita: Battle Angel' again. I guess I've still got a thing for 300-year-old, petite, girly cyborgs. #Alita #AlitaBattleAngel #cyborg #BattleAngelAlita #AlitaMovie #AlitaSequel #scifi #sciencefiction #AlitaArmy

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · 2d

A nice day for weekend walkies in Melbourne. #melbourne #walk #weekend #saturday #city #cityscape #centralbusinessdistrict #sun #sunshine #weather

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, it's raining in Melbourne.

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · 10d

Replacing battery in an Apple AirTag it was easier to get the old battery out of the AirTag than it was to get the new CR2032 out of the packaging.

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · 24d

Going through some old photos I came across these two.

#beer #bofferding #luxembourg #luxembourgcity #luxembourgville #luxembourg🇱🇺 #luxembourgcity🇱🇺 #villedeluxembourg #bloggers_lu #luxembourglife #luxlife #luxemburgo #luxembourgish #letzebuerg #lëtzebuerg

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Oct 4

Welcome to summer time, we'll give you one hour less sleep. And to make things interesting we'll throw in a building evacuation at 0610.

#daylightsavings #summertime #evacuation #sleep

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Sep 25

Don't feel so blue, Melbourne. It's the AFL Grand Final public holiday.

#melbourne #blue #afl #aflgrandfinal #sky #clouds #weather #friday

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Sep 21

St Francis bells across the road just sounded. I'm now wondering if Notre Dame Luxembourg did that all the time, it was the same distance away.
#church #bells #churchbells #stfrancis #notredame #luxembourg

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Sep 11

Purchasing earphones for iPhone I was asked if I want wired. Feeling accurately profiled.

#iphone #earpods #earphones #headphones #audio #profiled

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Sep 7

"I'm not exactly quaking in my stylish yet affordable boots, but there's definitely something unnatural going on here. And that doesn't usually lead to hugs and puppies." - Buffy. Once More With Feeling. #buffy #buffythevampireslayer #tuesday #oncemorewithfeeling #musicals #tv

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Aug 19

Having great fun working through the HP-41CX Owner's Manual examples, many things I remember, some things I've not used since university. #calculator #hp41cx

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Aug 17

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Aug 16

Is it bad that Hewlett Packard calculators were in dreams last night, specifically my HP-41CX and HP-48GX?

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Aug 13

Today I can't find a tumbler, it just doesn't exist anymore. I wonder if it is off with the pizza cutter/wheel that evaporated 3 years ago?

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Jul 31

Wrote an example application demonstrating how to communicate with TIM4biz APIs in Visual Basic. Haven't touched VB in decades.
#programming #visualbasic #api

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · May 28

Cooking beef and chicken Thai Green curry at 0645 is ok, right?

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · May 11

Good morning, Melbourne. Hope you have a nice week.

#melbourne #monday #balloon #balloons #hotairballoon #hotairballoons #triplem #capitalairlines #cityscape

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Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · May 6

Does talking about dreaming about Luxembourg in a dream count as dreaming about Luxembourg?

#dream #dreams #dreaming #luxembourg #luxemburg #expat #ExpatLife #exexpat

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · May 3

"The future... the past. Old friends long gone." - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Apr 28

40 years ago today I started work at Myer Computer and Business Centre. After company acquisitions I ended up in Luxembourg.

#myer #mycorp #bsmicrocomp #microcomp #bistradingsystems #bisbankingsystems #actinternational #midaskapitiinternational #drone #dr-one

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Apr 25

At Garden State Hotel for the start of the Collingwood and Essendon AFL ANZAC day game. During the 'Last Post' and minute's silence the busy pub came to a near standstill. Respect! #anzacday #anzac #gardenstatehotel #silence #respect

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Apr 21

Dreamed about OS/2 application errors; application worked first time, fatal error on subsequent starts. I've not used OS/2 in decades.

#programming #software #softwaredevelopment #os2

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Feb 26

That's all for today. See you tomorrow, Melbourne.

#melbourne #sunset #goldendoodle #cityscapes #cityscape #building #buildings #skyline

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Feb 1

It's not a good idea to anthropomorphize computers. They don't like it.

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Feb 1

Officially the word is 'cartographer' but I prefer 'mapematician'.

#cartographer #cartography #map #maps #mathematician #mapematician

Ralph Hosking @ralphhosking.bsky.social · Jan 22

That's a first for me - my mouse locked up and I had to switch it off and on again. #computer #computers #hardware #mouse