https://www.rubenerd.au/2020-02-29/
Rubenerd: 2020–02–29
It’s time for another Rubenerd Poinless Milestone!
rubenerd
https://www.rubenerd.au/asking-for-feedback-before-a-resolution/
Rubenerd: Asking for feedback before a resolution
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
asking for feedbackrubenerdresolution
https://www.rubenerd.au/bookmark-cleanout-december-2018/
Rubenerd: Bookmark cleanout, December 2018
I should do these more often. Drivers, hardware, weeb stuff.
rubenerdbookmarkdecember
https://www.rubenerd.au/cyclists-accidents/
Rubenerd: Cyclists don’t cause most accidents!
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdcyclistscauseaccidents
https://www.rubenerd.au/day-404-of-2022/
Rubenerd: Day 404 of 2022
Safely out of reach, from faxes and the telephone... ♫
rubenerdday
https://www.rubenerd.au/sciartseptember-fluid/
Rubenerd: #SciArtSeptember: Fluid
The first in the SciArtSeptember series where I look at that famous quote from Bruce Lee.
rubenerdfluid
https://www.rubenerd.au/you-must-have-only-done-it-for-the-money/
Rubenerd: You must have only done it for the money
Another thought-terminating cliché.
must havedone itfor therubenerdmoney
https://www.rubenerd.au/south-park-got-big-box-retail-mostly-wrong/
Rubenerd: South Park got big-box retail mostly wrong
A video from NotJustBikes led me to think about all the ways South Park missed the mark here.
big box retailsouth parkrubenerdgotmostly
https://www.rubenerd.au/steve-jobs/
Rubenerd: Steve Jobs
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdstevejobs
https://www.rubenerd.au/nnenna-okore-on-art-and-our-place-in-the-universe/
Rubenerd: Nnenna Okore on art, and our place in the universe
“The natural environment is a very fragile part of our existence”
on artour placein therubenerd
https://www.rubenerd.au/introverts-and-accomodation/
Rubenerd: Introverts and accommodation
Unfortunately, the burden is always on introverts to empathise, understand, and accommodate.
rubenerdintrovertsaccommodation
https://www.rubenerd.au/applying-georginas-framework-to-anxiety/
Rubenerd: Applying Georgina’s framework to anxiety
Identifying things, why they're happening, action items, and results.
rubenerdapplyingframeworkanxiety
https://www.rubenerd.au/leaving-dbs/
Rubenerd: Moving on from DBS and POSB in Singapore
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
moving onrubenerddbsposbsingapore
https://www.rubenerd.au/vmware-dinner-movies/
Rubenerd: VMware Fusion dinners and movies
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
vmware fusionrubenerddinnersmovies
https://www.rubenerd.au/dick-cheney-canada/
Rubenerd: Canada scares poor little Dick Cheney
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
little dickrubenerdcanadascarespoor
https://www.rubenerd.au/new-metal-cladding-on-buildings/
Rubenerd: New metal cladding on buildings
Watching their BANG year long BANG progress replacing BANG panels, presumably BANG for fire safety?
new metalrubenerdcladdingbuildings
https://www.rubenerd.au/dave-winer-on-micropayments/
Rubenerd: Dave Winer on “micropayments”
Implications for online journalism, and how it belies a lack of appreciation for smaller prices.
dave winerrubenerd
https://www.rubenerd.au/pandemic-related-knock-on-effects/
Rubenerd: Already seeing pandemic-related knock-on effects
Physical and mental health are related, and the about-face in our current situation.
rubenerdalreadyseeingpandemicrelated
https://www.rubenerd.au/eschewing-gesundheit-the-word-just/
Rubenerd: Eschewing (gesundheit) the word just
I think it's dismissive, and places a burden on people.
the wordrubenerdgesundheit
https://www.rubenerd.au/p1751/
Rubenerd: At least Australian banks are weathering crisis just fine
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
at leastaustralian banksrubenerdweatheringcrisis
https://www.rubenerd.au/b-words-that-are-a-letter-off-another/
Rubenerd: B-words that are a letter off another
It’s brash to run bash(1).
a letterrubenerdwordsanother
https://www.rubenerd.au/why-bother-with-fake-meat/
Rubenerd: Why bother with fake meat?
why botherrubenerdfakemeat
https://www.rubenerd.au/cat-followed-us/
Rubenerd: A cat followed us home in the night
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
a catin therubenerdfollowedus
https://www.rubenerd.au/tell-us-something-good/
Rubenerd: Tell us something good
A list inspired from a recent MetaFilter thread.
tell us somethingrubenerdgood
https://www.rubenerd.au/eighth-of-the-eighth-2023/
Rubenerd: Eighth of the eighth, 2023
Here are eight disparate thoughts for the day.
of therubenerdeighth
https://www.rubenerd.au/but-even-in-their-dressing/
Rubenerd: But even in their dressing
No, dressing a certain way doesn't give abusers an excuse
rubenerdevendressing
https://www.rubenerd.au/goodbye-gorby/
Rubenerd: Goodbye, Gorby
“Gorbachev died in a symbolic way when his life's work, freedom, was effectively destroyed by Putin”
rubenerdgoodbye
https://www.rubenerd.au/a-short-sharp-storm/
Rubenerd: A short, sharp storm
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdshortsharpstorm
https://www.rubenerd.au/singapore-landscaping-transport-and-such/
Rubenerd: Singapore, landscaping, transport and such
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdsingaporelandscapingtransport
https://www.rubenerd.au/people-returning-to-office/
Rubenerd: People returning to offices
Bosses who worry about flexibility will lose their staff.
rubenerdpeoplereturningoffices
https://www.rubenerd.au/rapture-is-nigh/
Rubenerd: Rapture is nigh! Give to @i2yh and @Rubenerd!
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdrapturenighgive
https://www.rubenerd.au/p1453/
Rubenerd: Lesson 2 in grilled cheese sandwich observation
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
grilled cheese sandwichrubenerdlessonobservation
https://www.rubenerd.au/year/2004/
Rubenerd: 2004
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerd
https://www.rubenerd.au/american-youths-coffee/
Rubenerd: Young adult Americans drinking more coffee?
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
young adultrubenerdamericansdrinkingcoffee
https://www.rubenerd.au/the-american-world/
Rubenerd: The American World
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
the americanrubenerdworld
https://www.rubenerd.au/banning-suvs/
Rubenerd: Cracking down on SUVs
France has the guts to crack down on SUV drivers
rubenerdcrackingsuvs
https://www.rubenerd.au/pareidolia/
Rubenerd: Pareidolia and pattern matching
Pareidolia is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus
rubenerdpareidoliapatternmatching
https://www.rubenerd.au/new-years-resolution-for-2024/
Rubenerd: New years resolution for 2024
Stop greasing the squeaky wheel.
new years resolutionrubenerd
https://www.rubenerd.au/having-a-move-named-after-you-the-godwin/
Rubenerd: Having a move named after you: The Godwin!
Georgia Godwin has made history with a move named after her.
a moveafter yourubenerdnamedgodwin
https://www.rubenerd.au/denial-by-potentiality/
Rubenerd: Denial by Potentiality
A move where you take some criticism or the description of a problem and argue with potential solutions as if they existed.
rubenerddenialpotentiality
https://www.rubenerd.au/conflicting-messaging-around-valentines-day/
Rubenerd: Conflicting messaging around Valentine’s Day
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdmessagingaroundday
https://www.rubenerd.au/antranig-on-blogging-regularly/
Rubenerd: Antranig on blogging regularly
His discussion about needing to write more, and his challenges with writing thoughts in English.
on bloggingrubenerdregularly
https://www.rubenerd.au/macho-dignity-email-spam/
Rubenerd: Macho dignity email spam
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdmachodignityemailspam
https://www.rubenerd.au/earths-oldest-known-crater-found-in-rural-australia/
Rubenerd: Earth’s oldest known crater found in rural Australia
I got a kick out of their description of the old crater; these are people who love their jobs.
rubenerdoldestknowncraterfound
https://www.rubenerd.au/things-you-shouldnt-make-out-of-glass/
Rubenerd: Things you shouldn’t make out of glass
make outrubenerdthingsglass
https://www.rubenerd.au/duplicated-words-across-a-soft-newline/
Rubenerd: Duplicated words across a soft newline
Our eyes are trained to detect patterns, so duplicated words are harder to spot.
rubenerdduplicatedwordsacrosssoft
https://www.rubenerd.au/fifty-percent-of-australians-live-in-the-red-areas/
Rubenerd: Fifty percent of Australians live in the red areas
Wow a visualisation makes all the difference!
in the redrubenerdfiftypercentaustralians
https://www.rubenerd.au/dealing-with-depression/
Rubenerd: Dealing with depression (fun!)
Talk with people. Get outside.
dealing with depressionrubenerdfun
https://www.rubenerd.au/back-to-school-specials/
Rubenerd: Back to school specials!!1!one!
A reminder as a kid that the evils of school were about to start!
back to schoolrubenerdspecialsone
https://www.rubenerd.au/p3846/
Rubenerd: Dangerous war relics in the US and Singapore
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
in the uswar relicsrubenerddangeroussingapore
https://www.rubenerd.au/daniel-pennac-on-school-ruining-books/
Rubenerd: Daniel Pennac on learning for fun
“Making students learn techniques and write essays, while proscribing treading for pleasure.”
daniel pennacon learningrubenerdfun
https://www.rubenerd.au/high-vis-economics/
Rubenerd: High-vis economics
Or standing in front of construction sites.
high visrubenerdeconomics
https://www.rubenerd.au/fortuitous-circumstances/
Rubenerd: Fortuitous circumstances
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdcircumstances
https://www.rubenerd.au/geoffs-lego-tube-map-with-working-trains/
Rubenerd: Geoff’s LEGO Tube map, with working trains
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
tube maprubenerdlegoworkingtrains
https://www.rubenerd.au/das-futenbaum/
Rubenerd: Das FütenBaum
A new term my colleague is trying to get going
rubenerddas
https://www.rubenerd.au/the-day-sydney-trains-melted/
Rubenerd: The day Sydney Trains melted
A signal failure turned a half hour commute into two and a half hour commute. Fun!
the daysydney trainsrubenerdmelted
https://www.rubenerd.au/prussian-blue/
Rubenerd: Prussian blue
Today I learned where the name came from, and the fact it's also a medicine. That's really cool.
rubenerdblue
https://www.rubenerd.au/coffee-review-moccona-french-style/
Rubenerd: Coffee review: Moccona French Style
The lightest roasted instant I’ve ever tried, and it was surprisingly palatable.
coffee reviewrubenerdfrenchstyle
https://www.rubenerd.au/mas-trade-friction-and-uncertainty/
Rubenerd: MAS: trade friction and uncertainty
Mr Orange making the world great again.
rubenerdmastradefrictionuncertainty
https://www.rubenerd.au/a-letter-to-jim-kloss-a-year-on/
Rubenerd: A letter to Jim Kloss, a year on
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
a letterrubenerdjimklossyear
https://www.rubenerd.au/worse-it-gets-better-it-sells/
Rubenerd: Worse It Gets, Better It Sells
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
it gets betterrubenerdworsesells
https://www.rubenerd.au/tag/quotes/
Rubenerd: Quotes
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdquotes
https://www.rubenerd.au/monnie-conroy/
Rubenerd: Following Monnie instructions re: Conroy
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdfollowinginstructionsconroy
https://www.rubenerd.au/p2718/
Rubenerd: Important philosophical post on Barack Obama
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdimportantphilosophicalpostbarack
https://www.rubenerd.au/japan-douglas-adams/
Rubenerd: Japan and Douglas Adams
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdjapandouglasadams
https://www.rubenerd.au/segway-cops/
Rubenerd: Segway Cops!
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdsegwaycops
https://www.rubenerd.au/monotony-grows-wings-on-time/
Rubenerd: Monotony grows wings on time
The imagery Paul Daley painted about lockdowns was chef’s kiss.
rubenerdmonotonygrowswingstime
https://www.rubenerd.au/3cc-highschool/
Rubenerd: Third culture kids and high school ramble
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
third culture kidshigh schoolrubenerdramble
https://www.rubenerd.au/samuel-johnson-quotation/
Rubenerd: Samuel Johnson Quotation
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
samuel johnsonrubenerdquotation
https://www.rubenerd.au/prayers-condescending/
Rubenerd: Religious offence is a one-way street!
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
is aone wayrubenerdreligiousoffence
https://www.rubenerd.au/aint-no-scheduled-posts/
Rubenerd: Ain’t no scheduled posts
This was the first month where I didn't have scheduled posts lined up.
rubenerdscheduledposts
https://www.rubenerd.au/american-friends-please-vote/
Rubenerd: American friends: please vote
american friendsrubenerdpleasevote
https://www.rubenerd.au/winter-coffee-shops-compared-to-home/
Rubenerd: Winter coffee shops compared to home
Who knew that temperature perception depends on context?
coffee shopscompared torubenerdwinter
https://www.rubenerd.au/wheelie-bins-and-repeated-effort/
Rubenerd: Suburban wheelie bins and repeated effort
An apartment block I lived in had its rubbish taken out not with a skip or two, but ROWS of tiny residential bins. Why!?
wheelie binsrubenerdsuburbanrepeatedeffort
https://www.rubenerd.au/10000-blog-posts/
Rubenerd: 10,000 blog posts
I didn’t know what to write, so I had an espresso and wrote whatever this was. Y-yay!
rubenerdblogposts
https://www.rubenerd.au/jeff-geerline-on-burnout/
Rubenerd: Jeff Geerling on burnout
“the best case end up a woodworker or farmer.”
jeff geerlingrubenerdburnout
https://www.rubenerd.au/the-gorgeous-streamline-hotel/
Rubenerd: The gorgeous Streamline Hotel
The colors, the Art Deco font, the rounded shapes, aaaa!
rubenerdgorgeousstreamlinehotel
https://www.rubenerd.au/its-official-labor-wins-in-south-australia/
Rubenerd: It’s Official: Labor Wins in South Australia!
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdofficiallaborwinssouth
https://www.rubenerd.au/sandwich-questionnaire/
Rubenerd: Sandwich questionnaire
Sandwiches are great, and also tasty.
rubenerdsandwichquestionnaire
https://www.rubenerd.au/claras-and-my-minecraft-server-anniversary/
Rubenerd: Clara’s and my Minecraft server anniversary
Having a virtual cake in the park :').
minecraft serverrubenerdanniversary
https://www.rubenerd.au/life-stress-whatnot/
Rubenerd: It’s a post about life and whatnot
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
a postabout liferubenerdwhatnot
https://www.rubenerd.au/gaddafi/
Rubenerd: Am I the only one not giddy and waving a flag over this?
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
https://www.rubenerd.au/hey-im-back/
Rubenerd: Hey, I’m back! I want to go to Jersey
I was knocked out something fierce.
i want to gorubenerdheybackjersey
https://www.rubenerd.au/the-privelege-of-working-from-coffee-shops/
Rubenerd: The privelege of working from coffee shops
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdworkingcoffeeshops
https://www.rubenerd.au/common-sense-queens-birthday/
Rubenerd: A common sense Queen’s Birthday
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
common senserubenerdbirthday
https://www.rubenerd.au/delta-md-80s/
Rubenerd: Pressurised Delta MD-80 aeroplane things
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerddeltamdaeroplanethings
https://www.rubenerd.au/april-fools-buzzkill/
Rubenerd: The April Fools Day Buzzkill
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
april fools dayrubenerdbuzzkill
https://www.rubenerd.au/new-rupee-symbol-for-the-rupee/
Rubenerd: New Rupee symbol for the Rupee
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
new rupee symbolrubenerd
https://www.rubenerd.au/yuletide-2012/
Rubenerd: ❄ Yuletide 2012
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
rubenerdyuletide
https://www.rubenerd.au/tony-benn-on-refugees/
Rubenerd: Tony Benn on refugees
It's how we'd be treated if they could get away with it.
tony bennrubenerdrefugees
https://www.rubenerd.au/clarke-and-dawe-australias-energy-market/
Rubenerd: Clarke and Dawe, Australia’s energy market
Choice of what? The watts were exactly the same Brian.
rubenerdclarkeenergymarket
https://www.rubenerd.au/trans-day-of-visibility-2026/
Rubenerd: Trans Day of Visibility 2026 🏳️⚧️
To all my beautiful trans friends: I see you, and I’m proud.
trans day of visibilityrubenerd
https://www.rubenerd.au/this-is-hard-but-talking-about-feedback/
Rubenerd: This is hard, but talking about feedback
I wish I could deal with this, but I can’t, so I'm pausing feedback for now.
this is hardtalking aboutrubenerdfeedback
https://www.rubenerd.au/another-smoky-sydney-morning/
Rubenerd: Another smoky Sydney morning
Today makes Tuesday look like a breeze. Which is what it needed.
rubenerdanothersmokysydneymorning
https://www.rubenerd.au/p1875/
Rubenerd: 3/700ths of a Wall Street bailout will feed every child
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
wall street bailout
https://www.rubenerd.au/a-selection-of-old-things-i-remember/
Rubenerd: A selection of old things I remember
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
a selectionold thingsrubenerdremember
https://www.rubenerd.au/goodbye-jim/
Rubenerd: Goodbye Jim Kloss ♡ 1956–2023
He was a mentor, a friend, and a member of the family. I’ll miss him dearly. ♡
rubenerdgoodbyejimkloss
https://www.rubenerd.au/is-earths-clear-sky-unusual/
Rubenerd: Is Earth's clear sky unusual?
A great Stack Exchange question and answer
clear skyrubenerdearthunusual
https://www.rubenerd.au/hot-enough-for-you-sydney/
Rubenerd: Hot enough for you, Sydney?
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
for yourubenerdhotenoughsydney
https://www.rubenerd.au/singapore-coffee-cny/
Rubenerd: Singapore Coffee shops on Chinese New Year
By Ruben Schade in Eora/Sydney, Australia.
coffee shopschinese newrubenerdsingaporeyear