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David Fry

@davidfry.com

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Corvallis, Oregon -- gardening, brewing, chickens, dogs, composting. Making cool technology work just a little bit better today than it did yesterday. Just settling in here. Owner @tanuki.team. Always uses alt text. #a11y

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 11h

i’m running for president in 2028, this is my platform:

- no more spam texts and calls
- smaller cars with weaker headlights
- imprison every person in ice and the trump administration on a remote island for a thousand years

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 1d

The pinnacle of epistemic nihilism is having questions about the world and asking "grok is this true?"

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 1d

It's a lot easier to celebrate if the only history you remember is "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue."

David Fry @davidfry.com · 1d

A lot of times at the pickleball courts in the park, we share the courts with younger players who bring their bluetooth speakers and play music. This last week though, was a guy with a huge block rocker speaker. We got a couple of 80s tracks and then it went to all Christmas music.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Famous kiss photograph of a young man after WW2 concluded, wearing a navy uniform, kissing a young woman who is bent over backwards.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 3d

Also a good choice if the category is "Lots of Hats".

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 3d

It's such a sad world we live in that national treasures like Dolly Parton will need to use their sunset years debunking social media hoaxes and AI fueled bullshit.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 3d

Those have some strong The Starless Sea vibes to them.

David Fry @davidfry.com · 3d

Jimmy Buffet wrote a novel at one point that focused a bit on how cool Fresnel lenses are. The coolest lighthouse I have seen is at Makapuʻu, but I've never been inside a lighthouse.

David Fry @davidfry.com · 4d

My good girl Daisy sure does love to lounge in her yellow chair.

A tan part-terrier mixed-breed dog laying on her side in a yellow chair, looking at the camera.

David Fry @davidfry.com · 4d

We were on a call with a client and their vendor and when parts of the system didn't work, the vendor told them "It's software, shit happens." 🤣

David Fry @davidfry.com · 4d

I think more countries should insist that their leaders dress like they're in the marching band, just to keep them humble.

David Fry @davidfry.com · 4d

Six months from now when you hear that hotel got hacked, you'll be glad you held out.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 4d

This move is an indication that this administration has no interest in ending the shutdown, possibly for a very long time. This, coupled with the House being in recess to avoid voting on releasing the Epstein files, does not bode well for a return to "normal".
www.npr.org/2025/10/07/g...

White House floats no back pay for some furloughed federal workers despite 2019 law

A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers.

www.npr.org

David Fry @davidfry.com · 5d

I don't update my personal web site very often, but it is now 26 years old. davidfry.com

About David Fry - David Fry

David Fry is a technology entrepreneur and founder of Tanuki Interactive, a mid-Willamette Valley web design firm located in Corvallis, Oregon and serving clients nationwide.

davidfry.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6d

Oregon AG Rayfield: The first thing that might’ve told you the federal government wasn’t doing so hot was when they started off some of their arguments by talking about Truth Social as their source of facts.

Actually got a comment from the judge: “Is this really how you’re going to move forward?”

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 6d

When I went to close up the chickens tonight, a bit later than usual, there was a huge barred owl that flew off when I approached. It was a perfect full moon spooky October night.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 8d

Money is fungible so it's just a convenient fiction to say 100% of subscribers money is going to athletes if 50% of the overall funds end up with Blueprint.

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 8d

Update on our lawsuit to stop the federalization of the National Guard: this morning (Friday) at 10am, we’ll go before a judge and lay out the facts of the case on our motion to pause the president’s actions.

We’ll continue to share updates as we have them. #orpol #portland #nationalguard

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 9d

I wondered about the quilts.

David Fry @davidfry.com · 9d

I mean if we're after efficiency:
console.log("Total: 9");

David Fry @davidfry.com · 9d

You are correct about it only counting to 9, so then after the loop it would put "Total: 9" in the console log. The real question is why, and why obfuscate it?

David Fry @davidfry.com · 9d

OK #techsky, help me out on this mystery. Client's website pulls in an obfuscated JavaScript file. When I de-obfuscate, it has the following code:

let total = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
total += i;
}
console.log("Total: " + total);

Any idea why we're counting to 10?

David Fry @davidfry.com · 9d

USPS Informed Delivery tells me I have a letter on the way from my county courthouse identifying me as Juror #384. #civicduty

David Fry @davidfry.com · 9d

My friends Joe and Eileen Bailey, Joe is an insurance adjuster, and not a born Nazi. But he is frustrated, really unhappy about inflation, high taxes, and trans people in locker rooms. A strong decisive leader is appealing. Nazis make Eileen mad, but she's not going to leave Joe.