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May 17, 2026A long, long time ago I had an idea for a silly joke. Exactly when it hard to pin down, but the seeds were planted in the mid 1990s, in a file called bands.txt. This was a collaborative list of random phrases uttered by people we knew, that had been taken out of context on … [Read more …] [...]
February 15, 2025For those who’re just joining us, I’ve dusted off a two-decade-old project idea and have actually started working on it. There’s a working prototype which I’m not going to link in this post, because this text will likely be around long after it’s been and gone, either shelved for another 20 years or thrown online in some kind of working form. [...]

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That's more realistic. Looks like the USB radio has failed, as I swapped roles around and now I'm not getting any ADS-B data.

This is technically "good" because I don't need to climb a ladder to resolve this. I was worried that the antenna itself might have issues.

AIS traffic map showing a ship at anchor in the bay near Melbourne.

Somehow I suspect this AIS (marine traffic) message being detected at my house in Melbourne is not indicative of correct behaviour of someone's equipment somewhere.

Map showing the location of a helicopter off the coast of South Korea and its identification number.

This is pretty much the recipe that I think @NarrelleMHarris shared a while back.

theconsciousplantkitchen.com/3

I like that 2/3 of the ingredients are shelf stable, so whenever you have some bananas that hit that sweet soft point you're good to go. The coconut condensed milk tastes amazing and adds something really special.

I wing the proportions a bit, using about 1:1 weight of flour to the condensed milk (today's can was 320g) and about 3-4 bananas depending on their size.

Today I drizzled golden syrup over the top while baking. Worked really well. Bit of cinnamon in the mix is also nice!

3-Ingredient Banana Bread (Egg-Free, Dairy-Free)

This 3-Ingredient Banana Bread is an easy, egg-free, dairy-free banana…

https://www.theconsciousplantkitchen.com/3-ingredient-banana-bread/