@aj @ernestoDuracelli And to add to this you can read many editions of the street directory online, which is incredibly interesting and useful for research: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sands-mcdougall-directories

https://travellemming.com/perspectives/ftc-letter-google-censors-indie-publishers-with-ai/

@vk3kri Thanks for the follow up! Maybe that franchisee has broken with head office but wants to retain the name?

Continuing to post retro shops that still exist among us.

This one is the Mitcham North Newsagency and Local Post Office (LPO) on Mitcham Road. Love the old fonts and signs.

#Australia #Suburbia #Melbourne #LocalHistoryForAll

#EndOf10 "The Open Source alternative to forced obsolescence"

https://opensource.org/blog/end-of-10-the-open-source-alternative-to-forced-obsolescence

> Open Source isn’t just about code. It’s about community, sustainability, and autonomy. The “End of 10” campaign is a chance to show the world how powerful those values can be.

> We invite everyone—users, developers, educators, and advocates—to be part of this movement. Because the end of Windows 10 isn’t the end of the road. It’s a new beginning.

@osi

#Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Microsoft #FOSS

@25kV I’m sorry but nothing is cuter than the SBB class 922 tinyshunter.

Spotted recently in Blackburn - this fantastically old school fish and chip shop on Canterbury Road

#Melbourne #Australia #AustralianFood #shop #suburbia

@BenLeverAU You can still find the working timetables for V/Line with the right Google search terms I think

@mms ArcGIS

What is the piece of software you use but hate with a passion of a million burning suns? Just one, the worst. Can be a sass of course.

Or boost. Whatever you prefer :-)

I’ve now posted on my blog about the Community Information Network from a couple of weeks ago.

https://blog.tribesmanjohn.au/2025/05/remembering-the-community-information-network/

Thank you again for everyone who reached out to me for tips, information and even just boosting the post.

I am hoping to post again soon, this time detailing my Internet journey since first going online. Might be another memory trip for some people for some of the ISPs that no longer exist :)

#blog #oldinternet #australia #tasmania #1990s #internet

This is how monopoly looks… Remember, not a single book author, artist, or FLOSS developer has ever been paid. They just used all of your data to train AI and are now making billions in profits while you struggle to buy eggs. This is why monopoly is so bad. #ai #microsoft #openai

Sydney and Melbourne are similar sizes. But at most Sydney stations, at most times of the week, they have more trains more often. The result is a more convenient service that gets far more people on board.

@danielbowen the wayfinding at Southern Cross continues to be abysmal. So many issues like these inconsistent displays or others like this still not fixed many years after they first happened: https://aus.social/@philip/111837211834653246

Surprised to see displays on the same platform at SoCross displaying in different styles/typefaces. Presumably being transitioned.
The new style shows less information, but bolder.
(On the bright side they seem to have fixed the dodgy/faded displays around the concourse.) #Melbourne #PublicTransport

I was asked by a 20 year younger friend how my internet was back then. I needed a moment but then I told her the story of an IRC channel and how we made the day for a young girl who happened to be on our IRC channel. Because this is what my internet was like back then and I wish sometimes it still was like this. Let me tell the story:

I was 25, the channel members were like 20 to 30 years old. Somehow this young girl found her way to us. She was 14 when she joined the channel. >>

Oh no who could possibly have known? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/judge-on-metas-ai-training-i-just-dont-understand-how-that-can-be-fair-use/

The democracy sausage is going global! Apparently a number of Australian embassies, consulates and high commissions are hosting sausage sizzles today too.

This is just embarrassing.

Is this really the best information signage we can put up during a major planned disruption? I think we can do much better.

#MelbourneTrains #ShowMeASign #PublicTransport #transit

Tomorrow night I will be back on ABC Radio Melbourne again with David Astle.

Tune in from 8pm to the 'Victorian Evenings' programme on Wednesday 30 April to hear us talk all things Melbourne and Victorian history.

You can listen by tuning your radio to 774 AM or online at the ABC Radio website here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/live/melbourne

You can call or text in during the programme so stay tuned!

#Melbourne #Radio #History