Hi, I'm Harrison. I currently work at me&u as a software engineer. I enjoy golfing, gaming, travel and playing with my dog Spud.

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Thursday, April 30, 2026

LIV Done#foxsports.com.au

Geez this happened quickly.

The publication reports through a PGA source that the Returning Member Program — which Brooks Koepka opted into at the start of the year at a hefty cost — is not expected to be re-offered to the other three players who were eligible, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith.

“The situation is different now,” the source told the publication.

Meanwhile, the path Patrick Reed is on — waiting one year from his last LIV Golf tournament to re-emerge on the PGA Tour — is no guarantee to be open to other players.

Furthermore, Golf Digest reports that the 11 players who joined an antitrust suit against the PGA Tour — this includes DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson — are expected to face a harsher route back to the Tour.

DeChambeau is said to have been disillusioned with LIV in 2026 amid $500m contract negotiations, and reportedly held talks about other options during the Masters.

Brooks Koepka made the right choice.

Late April Weather

I can't remember an April in Melbourne that was this hot. Spud has been spoilt.

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Wall Taken Out

In the last few weeks we've done the most major renovations we're ever embarked upon on our house. We had a whole wall taken out by my brother Jake who did an incredible job. Lots more to come yet as we still need to get the new plaster sanded, the new floorboard polished, paint, put new cornices on and get some electrical work done. It will all happen quite slowly.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

PGA Tour Schedule#golfchannel.com

This is big news and I'm very curious to see what the schedule changes look like.

Please give me an Australian PGA Tour event in January. It just works so well for American TV in terms of timezone.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

New Surfboards

Over the last few months me and Emma have been surfing a lot. We've loved driving down to Phillip Island and surfing at either YCW Beach or Smiths Beach.

We've also acquired 2 new boards.

The first board is an 8"0 Gnaraloo foam board which has a high volume (85L). This has been awesome for board for us to learn on as it floats like a boat. It also has really good paddle power.

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The second board is a 7"6 Critical Slide epoxy board which also has a good amount of volume (53L). I've surfed this board 3 times now and have really loved it. I can get lots of waves in the smaller beach breaks and feel like it's building my confidence.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Next Two Years Nintendo#youtube.com

Some good games in the pipeline. The remakes for Super Metroid and Ocarina of Time are exciting.

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Gather Round 26

Great to see the huge attendance but the quality of the footy this weekend was pretty poor. There really wasn't a super high quality game and lots of blowouts.

200 Australian Record#abc.net.au

This was an insane run. The kid is so good.

Collingwood Documentary#youtube.com

This is one of the best Collingwood documentaries I've ever seen. I think I had the VCR as a kid.

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Apple Top 50#theverge.com

This is fun list for Apple's 50 years.

Friday, April 10, 2026

Aria Of Sorrow

I've been playing a bunch of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow this week. It's an excellent entry in the Castlevania series.

I must admit it's a lot easier than Symphony of the Night so far. This might be to do with the fact that it's a Game Boy Advance game. I've only had 1 challenging boss fight so far but I am getting up to the more difficult sections. I'm about halfway through I think.

The pixel art is stunning and the music is great. Castlevania always has some very catchy tunes.

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

iPhone Data#sheets.works

Cool data visualization for the iPhone.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Aquatic Dog

He's becoming more aquatic. He loved a bit of a beach swim yesterday. Nice to have some final days of warmer weather before we head into winter.

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Monday, April 6, 2026

China Red

This was a real vibe. China Red is a quality experience.

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Sunday, April 5, 2026

86 Masters#youtube.com

I know I posted about the Masters last week but there's just something so special about these old broadcasts. It just looks like a perfect piece of visual art. There's no ads, the music is great, the commentary is great; it's really what I love about watching sports.

Crazy Jack Nicklaus won this but Greg Norman should have got it done. He choked so many times in his career.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Minish Cap Done

Really enjoyed this one. It's a hidden gem in the Zelda series.

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Hell Ride#youtube.com

I've met a few people that do this ride but god damn that looks quick. The way they take on the cars too is chaotic.

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Shifting From S3 To R2

As an experiment I decided to shift all my blog assets (mainly images) from S3 to R2.

It was a very smooth transition for the most part. I copied all the files across, and since harrisonmalone.com uses Cloudflare for DNS, I was able to use a custom subdomain (images.harrisonmalone.com) for all the assets in R2.

I then did a DB update to change all the image urls for my music and games page. This was very quick with some help from codex.

I also did a small rewrite of my update-blog script to ensure that the Date: added to the front matter for my posts is observed. I could then just do a simple find-and-replace to update all the image urls across my site.

Spuddys Week

Friday, March 27, 2026

End Of The Mac Pro#9to5mac.com

This is the end of an era. The Mac Pro has been such a weird product for a few years now. Good to see that the slate has been wiped clean.