Georgie Cooke

UI engineer by trade; indie web blogger and hobbyist podcaster. I enjoy powerlifting, hiking, all sorts of music, and styling clothes.

Blog: https://hey.georgie.nu/
Podcast: https://toast-and-roast.simplecast.com/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/hey.georgie

Last Notes

2025-12-12 20:39:02 UTC

I’ll be at this event tomorrow on The Goods Line, sharing a stall with my friend—we’ll have secondhand clothes, shoes, books, accessories, and other miscellaneous stuff looking for a home! 🧳✨ https://www.suitcaserummage.com.au/market-dates/#sydney

2025-12-02 09:53:46 UTC

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Speaking of which… I’ve been writing some poetry and reading and posting on Instagram, but let me know if there’s a better place for that, short of poetry slams and open mic nights, that is—which are on the horizon ✍🏻💕

2025-12-02 09:53:46 UTC

Finally wrote a post about the powerlifting competition I did a couple of months back. I’m trying to get back into the groove of writing, so I just wrote it in a way that felt most natural. ✨ https://hey.georgie.nu/plcomp3/
#newblogpost #blogging #powerlifting

2025-10-24 11:10:40 UTC

My take on the prompt “bounce” for day 19 of #weirdweboctober has got to be one of my favourites in the past week. Be sure to click that Send button 😆 https://by.georgie.nu/weird/bounce/

2025-10-14 11:56:09 UTC

#weirdweboctober day 14: After getting stuck on the prompt “doubles” and thinking of nothing but tennis, I went to the outfits folder on my phone and found doubles of some clothes I own—but in different patterns and colours 🥲 https://by.georgie.nu/weird/doubles/

2025-10-13 23:10:32 UTC

For #weirdweboctober day 13, the prompt was “upside-down” and I reused a bit of the styling I did for my day 11 page to just turn some ordinary photos of me and my friends into some silly ones that rotate upside down. https://by.georgie.nu/weird/upsidedown/

2025-10-05 21:23:07 UTC

I must say, I think I’ve been going a little weirder this year for #weirdweboctober—last year was pretty things to look at, more UI-focused, and this time (even though we are only five days in) I’m focusing more on a bit of interaction, unexpected stuff, and less about trying to make a damn thing pretty.

2025-09-11 11:28:17 UTC

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I think the most I’d pay for a new vinyl I really want is ~$200, maybe closer to $300 for multiple discs ☹️ I did buy Weezer’s White Album secondhand for about $110 from the U.S., including shipping, but that felt like a justifiable amount

2025-09-04 06:08:36 UTC

Every now and then I remember that I love the Beach Boys (R.I.P. Brian Wilson 🤍)

2025-02-28 07:39:56 UTC

It’s been two years to the day since my #introduction so here’s a reintroduction.
I’m Georgie and I live somewhere in Sydney’s inner west—get to know me well enough, and you’ll probably guess right on the first try—and currently I’m all about self-improvement, self-care (not entirely the facials/spa/retail therapy kind, but some of it doesn’t hurt), and not bending over backwards working a 9–5.
I have 5 tattoos and 15 piercings (all in my ears). My favourite colour is blue. I have a very varied taste in music and will give anything a listen. I recently started building a “no-skip albums” playlist. I have quite a few indoor plants. An opinion: Pickles are good. A hot take: Pyjamas are a cult.
I am trying to do more art/craft and creative stuff, and am using kits that have all the instructions and supplies, but hoping to eventually expand to create things from scratch. I’m slowly moving my blog away from WordPress, which is a little project and a challenge I would have refused to do if you asked me several years back. And I am kinda planning on doing another powerlifting competition soon.
I post hot takes, some first world problems, miscellaneous observations, random stuff that might reveal a fun fact about me, and promote some of the writing and other stuff I do online. Come say hi ✨

2024-11-14 20:51:17 UTC

Not sure why someone would sound the bell on their bicycle then proceed to cycle past on the edge of the footpath I’m standing next to, and then get annoyed at me? I stepped towards the edge for you… why cycle on the side where you have like zero room? 🤦🏻‍♀️

2024-11-02 00:37:25 UTC

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2024-10-12 00:59:25 UTC

Made some blob angels for the theme of “blessed” because I wasn’t too sure how else to interpret the prompt 😇 https://by.georgie.nu/weird/blessed/ #weirdweboctober

2024-09-08 09:50:27 UTC

Can I get some opinions (ethical, professional, personal) on using AI for alt text for images? Coming from someone who doesn’t like and sometimes can’t trust automation, but also spends a lot of time doing this manually.
I’m open to it. But I’m old hat, and I’m weird and stuff. I’m not looking for convincing arguments. Just opinions.