Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

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Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into #DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on #backup and #recovery). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic.

Also a huge #PowerPlate fan & user.
Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https://linktr.ee/backupbear

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Data Protection Blog:

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · 2d ago

If there was any lesson we failed to learn from cartoons growing up, it came from Scooby Doo, where they tried to warn us that the villain is always a rich old white guy who wants to illegally and unethically acquire more money than he needs.

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · Feb 28, 2026

Oh wow. Dan Simmons has died at 77. The Hyperion Cantos was something I first read about 25 years ago – and have enjoyed subsequent re-reads.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/02/hyperion-author-dan-simmons-dies-from-stroke-at-77/

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · Feb 27, 2026

Watched the first episode of New Scrubs last night - it was so very good … no spoilers, but I “ loved that it seemingly effortlessly captured the same feeling of a nuanced combo joy+seriousness that so defined it in its first run.

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · Feb 27, 2026

Hot tip: A party that cannot face its own facts cannot be trusted to treat factually with the nation. #auspol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/27/liberal-party-executive-agrees-to-permanently-bury-review-into-catastrophic-2025-election-defeat

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · Feb 26, 2026

Voyager 1 is less than 10 light-minutes off being 1 light-day away from Earth. How very cool.

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/where-are-voyager-1-and-voyager-2-now/

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · Feb 25, 2026

Me to husband: "At last, 'Costello Music' arrived!"
Husband: "Errr. I don't want to listen to Peter Costello singing."

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · Feb 24, 2026

Myers-Briggs/Jung personality tests are astrology for business people.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · Feb 24, 2026

Them: "You're wrong. I've been working in this industry for 15 years."

Me: "This is my 30th year and I've written 5 books on the subject."

-> If you're going to lean into longevity to win an argument, you better make sure you've got the most...

(It's not to say I'm using my longevity to claim correctness.)

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · Feb 23, 2026

Me: “‘Not looking forward to 4am to midday non-stop for the next 3 days.”
Also me: “Ah yeah I just did 3am - 6pm.”

Tired bear is tired.

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · Feb 15, 2026

Increasingly seeing politicians citing the wank-term "social cohesion" as justification for banning things.

Honey, if your way of achieving "social cohesion" is to make public discussion and protest about something uncomfortable illegal, you're not fucking creating cohesion, you're creating fascism.

Something being uncomfortable to talk about isn't solved by ordering everyone to bury their heads in the sand.

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@troberts@theblower.au

@backupbear@aus.social I kinda appreciated that guy for his brazen honesty. Also, the banks need to all the regulatory blowtorches applied until those obscene profits disappear.

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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Preston von Gabbleduck

@backupbear@aus.social

Enterprise tech worker focused on ethical advancement of the industry. Heavily into # DataProtection – of the storage/availability kind (particular emphasis on # backup and # recovery ). Blog and publish books on it, just for ongoing nerdery on the topic. Also a huge # PowerPlate fan & user. Posts are my own, unassociated with any employer. Links at https:// linktr.ee/backupbear

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@backupbear@aus.social · Nov 18, 2025

@troberts@theblower.au With an attitude like that, he'd fit right in as a member of Trump's cabinet.

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