Excited for the day when this randomly connects to someone. I’m check every day.

Coming up to our 150th caravan site over 200+ nights living in the caravan… Over 32,000km travelled… We just made it back to QLD after spending majority of this time outside our beloved home state… What a ride…. A few more months in the van now but less moving around and no more big drives until December at least. God I love Bitcoin.

Not bad….not bad at all

I love AI. Honestly, I do. I use it every day—I’m even using it right now to help me write this post. It’s replaced my search engine, plans our travels, helps untangle thoughts, spot patterns between seemingly unrelated things, and yes—I’ve even benefited from a little vibe-coding (don’t judge me). But there’s one thing about AI that absolutely drives me nuts: its overconfidence. It’s cringe, in the same way a guy I used to work with—let’s call him Joel—was cringe. Joel was undeniably smart. He knew just enough about almost everything to sound convincing, which often gave people the (false) impression he was an expert. He was your classic Reddit warrior: hyper-argumentative, knew enough to be dangerous, but rarely had the depth to back it up. I’m admittedly a bit anally autistic—read: obsessive about accuracy—and on a handful of topics, I’d consider myself genuinely knowledgeable. So it became a sport: catching Joel confidently spouting half-truths on subjects he clearly didn’t fully grasp. He wasn’t dumb—just way too sure of himself. Not knowing something isn’t the problem. Pretending you do? That’s the problem. There’s real humility—and value—in saying, “I’m not sure, but I think it could be this.” That’s how real conversations, discoveries, and learning happen. But don’t cosplay as an expert unless you are one. And that, my friends, is my beef with AI. It’s Joel. It’s smart. It’s useful. But it’s also way too confident, even when it should really shut up. I’ve caught it out more times than I care to count, speaking with the swagger of certainty when it really should’ve said, “Look, I might be off here…” Tread with caution. AI might be useful, but like Joel at the Friday arvo smoko table, be prepared to call out: “Mate, no. Just no. You’re wrong. Stop being a douche”. Your AI will thank you for it, (legit it usually does).

Gotta respect the hustle

Righto… Now I’m Bloody Cold

We just audioread The Martian while crossing the nullabor. I made the realisation that as someone with engineering training, I’m going to have to fill some serious gaps in my chemistry-game before I can go to Mars. Solid book. Great part of the world to audioread it.

I have not posted on our adventures for quite a while. Sorry. Stony point / Mornington Phillip Island Torquay Great Ocean Road Warrnambool Mount Gambier Robe Victor Harbor Brighton/Glenelg (Adelaide) Then a big big drive from Adelaide to Esperance (WA) with overnight stops Whyalla, Ceduna, Border Village, Fraser Range Station. Now in Esperance and holy WOW. This place is one of the most beautifully spectacular places I have ever been to. We had wifey’s mum fly into Adelaide for a week which was nice for everyone feeling a bit home sick. Boys dropped their school work again for a couple of weeks and we caught them up in a couple of decent sessions. Both still going well with it all. Photo drops coming soon. For now… Esperance.