Michael Gale's Blog

I found this half-finished piece of writing nested deep in a pile of folders from of an old hard-drive (which happens to be in front of me on my desk with "DEAD" written on it in sharpie).

Keen readers may remember I placed Private Music in the number 6 spot of my top 10 albums of 2025 list.

Or; how I fixed the internet ℹ️ info: TL;DR: I made a Firefox extension.

South Park, S10E08 - Make Love, Not Warcraft ℹ️ note: "Oh great, another guide written to the exclusive benefit of Michael".

Doing it wrong dot txt ℹ️ note: Yeah, yeah, I'm slow-switching away from Proton.

This image was taken from www.plex.tv without permission.

Daily use for 2 years.

Is this anything?

Showcase of skate diary wrapped page Some stuff that isn't web stuff but is probably more exciting to be honest I just got back from a super brief weekend trip to Sydney to see the Just For Laughs alternative comedy show at The Sydney Opera House...

Notice me, Senpai.

I'm currently on work leave for a week, so I've had some time to tidy some things up around here.

Create more than you consume1 It's okay to let people be wrong2 Caffeinate as a reward for a completed task3 Never use the "last one" of anything4 When you don't know what else to do; organise5 Put things away, not down6 A place for everything, and everyt…

Nope.

Nevermind the buzzcocks Functions for chores If you think of your your dishes, your laundry or cleaning your room - as functions.

Photo by Nolan Issac on Unsplash I don’t know who previously owned my sleeping bag.

Darktable is a FOSS Lightroom alternative.

Unrelated photo of Mow-mow because reasons What is slow-switching?

Feeling helpless?

Strike-thru book complete I have ten billion unpublished drafts I could finish up and publish by setting their yaml frontmatter to draft: false, yet here I am spinning up a new post with my happy little script.

Drupal South Melbourne, at ACMI museum in Federation Square.

Illustration credit: Erzhan Torokulov for JS in Plain English ℹ️ info: Heya!

The gangs all 'ere Here's a basic network map of my home lab.

Part of my entry for the KTSO 24 MBT (Mini Brush Triumph) Painting Competition.

I considered leaving this one with no explanation.

Make a list of your personal values and ethics Change your bank to an ethical bank Change your telco to a really, really cheap one Change your phone number when you do Change your internet provider Cancel your insurance Change your energy/gas provider Sea…

The saga continues 💡 hint: This post is the second in a series.

Glamour boy!

Notes are small format posts, snippets of information or stuff I've found useful.

kinto.sh - as in - mac-kintosh?

Listen to the band lynx if you like math-rock.

Every Alterations LP by Whalebones 535 days ago I released my debut solo album under the stage name Whalebones.

RFC is open Me and my buddies have been collaborating over Discord on some new I Am The Agent music.

The fun will never, ever end.

Image buckets are expensive And I don't want to pay for them. ⚠️ warning: This is an experimental idea and there will be some gotchas, highlighted below.

Much informative, great job!

Cartwheeling my way through 2024.

Mig's mug.

See you next year, Mariah <3 This article may contain: Christmas spoilers Boxing Day spoilers New Year spoilers Spoilers for the year 2023 If you haven't already seen the year 2023 by now, well, you've been warned.

I literally just used it lol Here's me finally addressing a problem I've always had with blogging in Markdown.

Tux with an apple Considerations This article will mainly be from the perspective of a Mac user, who wishes to be a little more comfortable with the idea of being platform agnostic.

If you see something, say something :) I joined Mastodon proper in April of this year.

Productivity++ ℹ️ info: 👋 Hey!

A cheeky little snake run session R&R + R* This month I took some much needed time off work.

A fancy chia seed, or something ⚠️ warning: ⚠️ Hello, I just want to say up-front that this is not a tutorial or guide, as much as my own personal musings.

This is the best thing I've ever done Elk is an alternative front-end for Mastodon.

It just feels nice to type again.

Gorilla holding a firework The worst challenge, ever Over the last few months I've climbed aboard the letterboxd hypetrain.

It's been ages!

Pre-preamble: I wrote about going back to school to study mathematics in Back to school: how much will I suck before census?

I will preface this story, by stating what I didn’t know before: I live daily with the main symptoms of high functioning depression (Dysthymia), also known as persistent depressive disorder.