Australia’s Best Health Insurers
TL;DR List of best health insurers in Australia based on publicly available statistics.
I recently decided to up my health insurance from the bare minimum required by
the government here in Australia. It proved quite difficult to find which insurer
is the best for my state. Now the “best” insurer is a loaded term. It depends
on your needs, your age and so on. But that’s the matter of coverage. I wanted
to know which insurer was the easiest to deal with and actually cared abou … ⌘ Read more
Gracefully Degrading Home Automation
Over the past two years, I have gradually increased my use of home
automation in our small city apartment. I started with an IKEA TRÅDFRI
light and a button, and today have over 40 devices doing useful things,
saving electricity and making our living more pleasant. I won’t lie: I
have done a lot of this just for fun and learnt quite a bit in the
process. But if it doesn’t eventually result in utility or aesthetics,
then I get rid of it. I can’t stand keeping frivolous s … ⌘ Read more
Understanding Color Management
I worked on a project where I dived deep into understanding how modern
color management works, including things like color spaces, ICC profiles
and more. As I learnt here and there, I decided to write this post, both
for my future self, and others who may struggle with some of the
concepts as well.
This post only aims to help you understand the basic concepts without
having to delve into dense literature and hard to grok technical
documents.
Color … ⌘ Read more
Understanding Color Management
I worked on a project where I dived deep into understanding how modern
color management works, including things like color spaces, ICC profiles
and more. As I learnt here and there, I decided to write this post, both
for my future self, and others who may struggle with some of the
concepts as well.
Color management deals with translating between representations of
colors across a variety of devices. Throughout this post, we’ll use
natural language as … ⌘ Read more
Annotate PDFs on Linux
This post is about a GUI tool called pdfrankestein that
fills a gap on mostly Linux machines where a powerful and easy to use
PDF annotator does not exist.
Adobe Acrobat® on Windows and Mac allow you to add text, drawings and
signatures to PDF documents. This is useful when filling forms or
marking notes to send back to someone. Such a tool with similar
capabilities and easy of use does not exist on Linux. The reason that’s
often cited is that PDF is a c … ⌘ Read more
Travel Tips
A bunch of disorganized tips and product recommendations for when
traveling abroad:
Defeat Street
Some of the sincerity slimed up on me
Cards wrote themselves and rifled me
Rigging the blast door to explore didn’t pan out this time
Rushed in, gobbled up and left me bottled up, that monstrous cub
To tell you the truth, I snort mousse
Rust seeps into cereals I produce
Rum may run rampantly down the drain, so let me think
I’ll leave a limb in the pipes to entice a drink ⌘ Read more
Powering Starlink on the go with Tesla Model 3
I’ve had my Tesla Model 3 for more than a year now. It has been an
absolute pleasure so far and I would not trade it for anything else at
any price including Tesla’s other offerings (yes, talking about S
Plaid). Model 3 just has the most beautiful exterior of any other car.
OK, let’s stop here because I can go on forever. But not without a photo
of Tin Can:
“Tin Can” is a r … ⌘ Read more
Installing Arch Linux on Raspberry Pi with WiFi pre-configured
TL;DR Super easy to use standalone offline\
Arch Linux installer for Raspberry Pi which also configures your
WiFi and other config on first boot.
Arch Linux and Raspberry Pi are made for each other. I run them together
every where in my home. However, I have found the [official\
installation instructions](https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/r … ⌘ Read more
For the better evolved ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/for-the-better-evolved/
fpx: easy USB‑C power for all your devices ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/fpx/
How to cut PDF pages into tiles ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/cut-pdf-to-tiles/
Pragmalist Electronics Kit ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/pragmalist_electronics_kit_part_1/
Detecting Health Conditions in Visual Content ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/detecting-health-conditions-in-visual-content/
USB PD Stand-alone Sink Controller (USB-C power module) ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/usb-pd-standalone-sink-controller/
splapr: Modular, Customizable and Affordable Split-flap Displays for Everyone ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/splapr/
WireGuard VPN on Android ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/wireguard-vpn-on-android/
An Incident Post-mortem ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/an-incident-post-mortem/
HTTP health check endpoint using socat ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/socat-health-check/
Non-permanent Actions ⌘ https://blog.oxplot.com/non-permanent-actions/