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Big Monks

Post author:mikal
Post published:February 3, 2015
Post category:Diary

I'm going to be honest here and say I got this one pretty wrong. Looking at Google Earth, Big Monks is about 1.7 km from the access road (which I got right), what I failed to notice is that it is super steep and that much of the walk is off the trail. So... A walk I thought would take 30 or 45 minutes took 2 hours. I didn't die though, so that's good. Fantastic views at the top, and found a couple of geocaches. There is obviously a lot of walking potential in Rob Roy Nature Park. [kml: 20150202]

Cooleman and Arawang Trigs

Post author:mikal
Post published:February 1, 2015
Post category:Diary

Doug and I went out to walk Doug's dog at short notice yesterday evening, and managed to sneak in two trigs while we were at it. A nice walk, although it took longer than I expected it to, with our average speed only being about 3.5 kilometers an hour. I wonder how much of that was the two peaks to climb, versus the puppy in tow. Along the way we found this super cool telegraph line, which appears to still have an active Telstra service on it. I wonder if we'll one day see fiber strung on these telegraph poles? [kml: 20150131]

First jog, and a walk to Los Altos

Post author:mikal
Post published:January 27, 2015
Post category:Diary

Today was a busy day, not only did I foolishly go for a jog 5 minutes after sunrise... [kml: 20150125-1] ...but then I went for a walk with James in the afternoon as well. [kml: 20150125-2] Let's just say my fitbit is very impressed with me.

A walk in the San Mateo historic red woods

Post author:mikal
Post published:January 26, 2015
Post category:Diary

James, Tony and I went for a little post long haul flight walk this afternoon in some red woods. Very nice. [kml: 20150124-2]

Harcourt and Rogers Trigs

Post author:mikal
Post published:January 23, 2015
Post category:Diary

I needed to visit someone in deepest darkest North Canberra yesterday, and there was an hour to kill between that meeting and the local Linux User's Group meeting. It seemed silly to have driven all that way and to not see a couple of trigs, so I visited these two. Both these trigs were easy to get to and urban. Frankly a little boring. Harcourt trig is in what I will call a cow paddock -- it doesn't have a lot of trees happening and feels a bit like left over land. Access to the nature reserve wasn't very obvious to me from the suburban streets, but the KML file below might help others to work it out. It wasn't too bad once I'd navigated the maze of streets and weird paved areas. [kml: 20150122-1] Rogers was similar, except access was more obvious because it is in an older suburb. This is a nicer reserve than Harcourt's, with a nice peak and some walking opportunities around the base of the hill. I think I'll probably end up coming back to this one as my wife is nostalgic about growing up backing on to…

Another lunch time walk

Post author:mikal
Post published:January 21, 2015
Post category:Diary

My arm still hurts, so no gym again. Instead, another lunch time walk although this one was shorter. The skies were dramatic, but no rain unfortunately. I found GC1DEFB during this walk. This walk appears in Walking Canberra by Graeme Barrow although I found it separately. The description in the book is accurate and helpful if you happen to own a copy. [kml: 20150120]

Lunchtime geocaching

Post author:mikal
Post published:January 20, 2015
Post category:Diary

Woke up this morning with a sore left arm, which ruled out going to the gym. Instead, I decided to go for a geocaching walk at lunch time. I found these caches: GC235FM; GC56N78; GC5B9WT; GC5F6G3; and GC5F0PE. A nice walk. This walk appears in Walking Canberra by Graeme Barrow although I found it separately. The description in the book is accurate and helpful if you happen to own a copy. [kml: 20150119]

Darts Cabinet

Post author:mikal
Post published:January 19, 2015
Post category:Australian Woodsmith Cabinet making

My most recent project is a cabinet for a darts board. This is based on a project in Australian Woodsmith. I tweaked the design along the way though because I wanted something more modern and some of the rigidity elements didn't seem to be required for strength. Here's how it turned out: Which I think is a pretty good outcome to be honest. The cabinet is solid Silky Oak, with a Jarrah veneer for the door panels. The handles are hand turned from Silky Oak to match the cabinet. I already posted a YouTube video of me finishing one of the doors, but I'll include it here for those who haven't already seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jguNlqiRTxw One final pic of the finished product: A big shout out to Terry and Russell who advised on various aspects of this project.

Taylor Trig

Post author:mikal
Post published:January 19, 2015
Post category:Diary

At the top of Mount Taylor lies the first trig point defeated by a group walk I've been on. Steve * 3, Erin, Michael *2, Andrew, Cadell, Maddie, Mel, Neill and Jenny all made it to the top of this one, so I'm super proud of us as a group. A nice walk and Mount Taylor clearly has potential for other walks as well, so I am sure I'll return here again. [kml: 20150118]

Another Nova spec update

Post author:mikal
Post published:January 17, 2015
Post category:OpenStack

I started chasing down the list of spec freeze exceptions that had been requested, and that resulted in the list of specs for Kilo being updated. That updated list is below, but I'll do a separate post with the exception requests highlighted soon as well. API Add more detailed network information to the metadata server: review 85673 (approved). Add separated policy rule for each v2.1 api: review 127863 (requested a spec exception). Add user limits to the limits API (as well as project limits): review 127094. Allow all printable characters in resource names: review 126696 (approved). Consolidate all console access APIs into one: review 141065 (approved). Expose the lock status of an instance as a queryable item: review 127139 (abandoned); review 85928 (approved). Extend api to allow specifying vnic_type: review 138808 (requested a spec exception). Implement instance tagging: review 127281 (fast tracked, approved). Implement the v2.1 API: review 126452 (fast tracked, approved). Improve the return codes for the instance lock APIs: review 135506. Microversion support: review 127127 (approved). Move policy validation to just the API layer: review 127160 (approved). Nova Server Count API Extension: review 134279 (fast tracked). Provide a policy statement on the goals of our API policies: review…