Simon Zerafa

simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

Old school IT Technician and Cyber Janitor. Interests in InfoSEC, History, Physics and SciFi.Anti-fascist. Wacky Improvisation and Drive by Philosophy Specialist.The header image is a panaroma photograph of the view from the summit of Eryri on a clear sunny day. That's rare enough to be noteworthy 🙂My avatar is a high resolution scan of a 120 film negative version of my portrait. You're not missing anything of artistic merit.

Posts

Post #4494572
Pixel 9a through a Solar filter at 8x magnification It will be good enough to capture the Solar Eclipse progress tomorrow , with some additional adjustments 🙂 #Eclipse2026 #Wales #UK
Post #4483966
@Wen@mastodon.scot Well the Daleks are supporting him so he might win 😉🤷‍♂️
Post #4479939
RE: https://zpravobot.news/@Rainmaker1973/117068183981856951 The Penguin was valued 😉👍
Post #4467875
I've found the perfect t-shirt for @jerry@infosec.exchange 😆 https://techmerch.io/products/deploying-on-friday-because-chaos-builds-character
Post #4463039
More hill fires in South Wales? 🫤 https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:2026-08-09,2026-08-09;l:fires_all,protected_areas,protected_areas_regional,topo;@-3.21,51.76,10.82z #Wales #Fire
Post #4446788
@thealexchen@social.thepixelspulse.com uBlock Origin Lite is V3 compatible and will therefore work with Chromium based browsers. Alternative browsers also exist.
Post #4413716
Rosa wishes you all a present Wiskers Wednesday 😸 #WiskersWednesday
Post #4380702
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org We we only use gas for hot water so the shower basically. Everything else is electric including the car 😉🤷‍♂️
Post #4380487
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Meters are generally accessable to technicians here, for emergencies. All consumption readings are done electronically 🙂🤷‍♂️
Post #4380405
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Check ID ... 🙂👍
Post #4380205
@halfpress@mastodon.halfpress.com Cool! Just making sure you don't loose anything important 🙂👍
Post #4379470
@halfpress@mastodon.halfpress.com I can imagine that hard drive will work for long. Perhaps back it up and replace with with a solid state alternative? 🙂🤷‍♂️
Post #4349252
If you've not aa yet discovered Switch Angel, the music creator using Strudel with live annotated performances to make all sorts of electronic music, then you are now 😌🖖 @switch-angel@youtube.com #Music #Electronic #EDM #Trance #Strudel
Post #4346804
OH: "AI is a bubble. Everybody knows it’s a bubble. The market is running on magical thinking. AGI is a fever dream. LLMs shouldn’t even really be considered AI." #AI #LLM
Post #4326351
The Great Emu War (Australia -1932) Spoiler: The Emus weren't valued but they still won 😉 https://youtu.be/Qv5qQu0yMaU #Australia #Emu #History
Post #4279550
The Puffin is valued! 🙂👍
Post #4276689
The blue footed booby is valued 🙂
Post #4235305
Oh! a new version of Shelly on CachyOS. I wonder what this will do? 😉
Post #4189614
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@simonzerafa/117002016554513477 I wonder if @janbeta@chaos.social can confirm which might work best? This is for the anxiety causes by running out of time to enter your 2FA TOTP code 😉
Post #4184865
This seems like a brilliant way to sabotage solar power generation in the US, while looking for extortion payments to "fix" the problem https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/07/28/fcc-bans-foreign-produced-solar-inverters-grid-lockout-begins-today/ 😟🤦‍♂️ #USA #SolarPunk #SolarPower #FCC #SolarInverters
Post #4158746
RE: https://ohai.social/@redsad/116994639581317852 The myth of neutrality 🙄🤦‍♂️
Post #4136800
RE: https://mastodon.social/@lectronz/116991588449323099 This looks like one of @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social amazing creations 🙂
Post #4134832
RE: https://mastodon.chrispelli.fun/@hnbot/116991497030114384 DDR5 RAM Modules are the new portable store of wealth. At least until the bubble bursts.
Post #4130847
Looks like the next heatwave is on its way for the UK. Heatwave Dagda will be with us this week 🙂🤷‍♂️ #UK #Weather #Heatwave
Post #4113750
@the_etrain@beige.party Andy the Aubergine 😉
Post #4086213
Unix Time1785000000 will happen on Saturday 25th July 2026 at 17:20:00 UTC #UnixTime #1785000000
Post #4057309
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk Wow. I wonder if that message will be taken on board 🤷‍♂️
Post #4009801
If you happen to be looking for DDR5 RAM Modules today (2 x 16GBytes 6000 M/T) then the lowest price in the UK so far is from Silicon Power directly from their site for £ 348.87 with coupon code: https://siliconpoweruk.com/products/silicon-power-zenith-gaming-ddr5-6000mhz-pc5-48000-32gb16gbx2-dual-pack-1-35v-desktop-unbuffered-dimm-black Prices for RAM are still going up and don't look likely to fall any time soon 🙁 #RAMpocalypse #PCBuilding #PCAssembly #DDR5
Post #4009609
Tubular Bells 2026 from the BBC Proms 🤘 https://youtu.be/JEquvyaBCLI [ 7' 54"] #TubularBells #MikeOldfield #Proms2026
Post #4007798
@randahl@mastodon.social At least 1300 per day. Plus it's exactly what they have been doing to Ukraine. Two wrongs don't make a right but I can't say I feel especially sorry for the Russian Government or their military at the moment.