Daniel Martin
@fizbin.bsky.social
One of many, many people with this particular "real name".
You might know me from... IDK. College? Did we work together once? Prodigy's old math forum? debian-devel? A certain social MUSH? xoogler slack? "Making Light" comments? (he/him)
You might know me from... IDK. College? Did we work together once? Prodigy's old math forum? debian-devel? A certain social MUSH? xoogler slack? "Making Light" comments? (he/him)
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Daniel Martin
@fizbin.bsky.social
· May 22
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I made a web thing a bit ago that I find useful maybe once a month or so on average, and it's been a while since I promoted it.
It's for when you have a long enough zoom meeting that everyone needs a break; it puts up a sign to remind everyone when you're resuming.
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#dev
It's for when you have a long enough zoom meeting that everyone needs a break; it puts up a sign to remind everyone when you're resuming.
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#dev
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is all about #HeadShots (any bird's 'Close Up Capture')
I'm going with this Muscovy Duck.
#birds
I'm going with this Muscovy Duck.
#birds
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is all about #HeadShots (any bird's 'Close Up Capture')
I'm going with this Muscovy Duck.
#birds
I'm going with this Muscovy Duck.
#birds
More often than not, how I present the Merlin app with new birds to identify.
In other news, added "White-throated Sparrow" to the life list.
In other news, added "White-throated Sparrow" to the life list.
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
More often than not, how I present the Merlin app with new birds to identify.
In other news, added "White-throated Sparrow" to the life list.
In other news, added "White-throated Sparrow" to the life list.
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today as set by @alan678.bsky.social is #OnTheEdge, any bird at the edge of a body of water.
This massive Muscovy Duck drake did this flex after stepping out of the lake behind him onto the shore. I don't know if it was for balance or if it was a courtship display.
This massive Muscovy Duck drake did this flex after stepping out of the lake behind him onto the shore. I don't know if it was for balance or if it was a courtship display.
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today as set by @alan678.bsky.social is #OnTheEdge, any bird at the edge of a body of water.
This massive Muscovy Duck drake did this flex after stepping out of the lake behind him onto the shore. I don't know if it was for balance or if it was a courtship display.
This massive Muscovy Duck drake did this flex after stepping out of the lake behind him onto the shore. I don't know if it was for balance or if it was a courtship display.
I should have remembered to #birds this for the bird feed.
(American) Robins are pretty enough birds, and they often pose nicely in bright sunlight, but every time I get a shot of one that's looking at the camera they always look pissed, or at the very least deeply disappointed.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I should have remembered to #birds this for the bird feed.
(American) Robins are pretty enough birds, and they often pose nicely in bright sunlight, but every time I get a shot of one that's looking at the camera they always look pissed, or at the very least deeply disappointed.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
(American) Robins are pretty enough birds, and they often pose nicely in bright sunlight, but every time I get a shot of one that's looking at the camera they always look pissed, or at the very least deeply disappointed.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #HangingAround ('Birds at Unusual Angles') with an alternative of #Sparrows
Now, an unusual angle from a nuthatch or woodpecker is basically their whole deal, so instead I'm going to reuse this sparrow picture.
#birds
Now, an unusual angle from a nuthatch or woodpecker is basically their whole deal, so instead I'm going to reuse this sparrow picture.
#birds
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #HangingAround ('Birds at Unusual Angles') with an alternative of #Sparrows
Now, an unusual angle from a nuthatch or woodpecker is basically their whole deal, so instead I'm going to reuse this sparrow picture.
#birds
Now, an unusual angle from a nuthatch or woodpecker is basically their whole deal, so instead I'm going to reuse this sparrow picture.
#birds
The theme for #BirdOfTheDay by @alan678.bsky.social is #warblers, so here's another shot of the yellow warbler I saw in Aruba.
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The theme for #BirdOfTheDay by @alan678.bsky.social is #warblers, so here's another shot of the yellow warbler I saw in Aruba.
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
New #bird for the life list today!
I finally saw a Northern Flicker, and caught it on camera.
I don't care that the photos are at an angle that doesn't show off the colors or that I had to goose the exposure in edits to see what it really was. I finally saw one!
I finally saw a Northern Flicker, and caught it on camera.
I don't care that the photos are at an angle that doesn't show off the colors or that I had to goose the exposure in edits to see what it really was. I finally saw one!
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
New #bird for the life list today!
I finally saw a Northern Flicker, and caught it on camera.
I don't care that the photos are at an angle that doesn't show off the colors or that I had to goose the exposure in edits to see what it really was. I finally saw one!
I finally saw a Northern Flicker, and caught it on camera.
I don't care that the photos are at an angle that doesn't show off the colors or that I had to goose the exposure in edits to see what it really was. I finally saw one!
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Mr&Mrs I'm going to take advantage of the fact that @robcrank68.bsky.social defined the theme as "any male & female of the same kind" to show this mixed-gender cluster of house sparrows while not making any statements about what arrangements the birds may have.
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Mr&Mrs I'm going to take advantage of the fact that @robcrank68.bsky.social defined the theme as "any male & female of the same kind" to show this mixed-gender cluster of house sparrows while not making any statements about what arrangements the birds may have.
Timing is everything. 🪶
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Timing is everything. 🪶
People who know me from elsewhere might know that I do this, but for those who don't here's a little video of me practicing on our church's Ellacombe apparatus: eight ropes that run through pulleys to swing hammers to strike bells about twenty feet below where I'm standing.
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
People who know me from elsewhere might know that I do this, but for those who don't here's a little video of me practicing on our church's Ellacombe apparatus: eight ropes that run through pulleys to swing hammers to strike bells about twenty feet below where I'm standing.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #birdonawire (birds on a wire or line).
So here's exactly that: a European Starling on a wire for BlueSky.
So here's exactly that: a European Starling on a wire for BlueSky.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #birdonawire (birds on a wire or line).
So here's exactly that: a European Starling on a wire for BlueSky.
So here's exactly that: a European Starling on a wire for BlueSky.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #GroundedGulls; that's "any Gull not in flight".
Reaching back over a year for this photo, but here are two gulls I saw in Stonehaven, Scotland.
#birds #photography #Gulls
Reaching back over a year for this photo, but here are two gulls I saw in Stonehaven, Scotland.
#birds #photography #Gulls
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #GroundedGulls; that's "any Gull not in flight".
Reaching back over a year for this photo, but here are two gulls I saw in Stonehaven, Scotland.
#birds #photography #Gulls
Reaching back over a year for this photo, but here are two gulls I saw in Stonehaven, Scotland.
#birds #photography #Gulls
Imagine you were a white house reporter on your last day before retirement so had freedom to ask anything. What would you ask Press Secretary Leavitt?
I'll go first: "When was the last time that Stephen Miller was exposed to direct sunlight? Has anyone on WH staff seen his reflection in a mirror?"
I'll go first: "When was the last time that Stephen Miller was exposed to direct sunlight? Has anyone on WH staff seen his reflection in a mirror?"
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Imagine you were a white house reporter on your last day before retirement so had freedom to ask anything. What would you ask Press Secretary Leavitt?
I'll go first: "When was the last time that Stephen Miller was exposed to direct sunlight? Has anyone on WH staff seen his reflection in a mirror?"
I'll go first: "When was the last time that Stephen Miller was exposed to direct sunlight? Has anyone on WH staff seen his reflection in a mirror?"
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, per @alan678.bsky.social, is #Thrushes. The only thrush species I see regularly is the American Robin, so here's one from a bit over a week ago.
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, per @alan678.bsky.social, is #Thrushes. The only thrush species I see regularly is the American Robin, so here's one from a bit over a week ago.
UTC is an abbreviation for "Coordinated Universal Time", or as it's known in French "Temps Universel Coordonné".
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
UTC is an abbreviation for "Coordinated Universal Time", or as it's known in French "Temps Universel Coordonné".
For today's #BirdOfTheDay, @robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen "Birds looking a bit on the #Round side".
I've chosen this Carolina Wren, since it's also #Wrensday.
I've chosen this Carolina Wren, since it's also #Wrensday.
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay, @robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen "Birds looking a bit on the #Round side".
I've chosen this Carolina Wren, since it's also #Wrensday.
I've chosen this Carolina Wren, since it's also #Wrensday.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social is #mottled (birds marked with spots of a different colour), with an alt of #blurry (birds blurred in motion), and so I thought of this Hairy Woodpecker that I only managed two shots of back in June.
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social is #mottled (birds marked with spots of a different colour), with an alt of #blurry (birds blurred in motion), and so I thought of this Hairy Woodpecker that I only managed two shots of back in June.
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #StareDown (any bird looking at you) I have this Ruddy Turnstone from Aruba who has (as evidenced by the missing foot) Seen Things in their life and is not impressed with my camera in their face.
#birds #photography #microfourthirds
#birds #photography #microfourthirds
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #StareDown (any bird looking at you) I have this Ruddy Turnstone from Aruba who has (as evidenced by the missing foot) Seen Things in their life and is not impressed with my camera in their face.
#birds #photography #microfourthirds
#birds #photography #microfourthirds
Twenty years ago, I used to be able to chart the course of my industry by what the "technology" section of the local Barnes&Noble section was selling.
The correlation got less strong during the 2010s, but this is by far the bleakest I've ever seen that section look. (More in alt text)
The correlation got less strong during the 2010s, but this is by far the bleakest I've ever seen that section look. (More in alt text)
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Twenty years ago, I used to be able to chart the course of my industry by what the "technology" section of the local Barnes&Noble section was selling.
The correlation got less strong during the 2010s, but this is by far the bleakest I've ever seen that section look. (More in alt text)
The correlation got less strong during the 2010s, but this is by far the bleakest I've ever seen that section look. (More in alt text)
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #shadesofgrey, so "any bird with grey in their colours", or rather "gray in their colors" for us Americans.
My first thought was of the mockingbird I frequently run across locally, but I thought I'd change it up and use this Caribbean Mockingbird from Aruba.
My first thought was of the mockingbird I frequently run across locally, but I thought I'd change it up and use this Caribbean Mockingbird from Aruba.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #shadesofgrey, so "any bird with grey in their colours", or rather "gray in their colors" for us Americans.
My first thought was of the mockingbird I frequently run across locally, but I thought I'd change it up and use this Caribbean Mockingbird from Aruba.
My first thought was of the mockingbird I frequently run across locally, but I thought I'd change it up and use this Caribbean Mockingbird from Aruba.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is "CootsAndMoorhens", which I don't have any pictures for, with the alternative of #Ducklings, which I do.
Here are some from May who were assembling as mom got the last straggler out of the water.
#birds
Here are some from May who were assembling as mom got the last straggler out of the water.
#birds
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is "CootsAndMoorhens", which I don't have any pictures for, with the alternative of #Ducklings, which I do.
Here are some from May who were assembling as mom got the last straggler out of the water.
#birds
Here are some from May who were assembling as mom got the last straggler out of the water.
#birds
Last night I captured three images of a local streetlight as it was red, yellow, and green, all perfectly lined up by virtue of having my camera sit on something and using its feature that lets my phone control it remotely to click the shutter.
The question is: now what do I do with these images?
The question is: now what do I do with these images?
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Last night I captured three images of a local streetlight as it was red, yellow, and green, all perfectly lined up by virtue of having my camera sit on something and using its feature that lets my phone control it remotely to click the shutter.
The question is: now what do I do with these images?
The question is: now what do I do with these images?
Good morning. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today from @alan678.bsky.social is swans and the alternative is #posts (birds perched on any type of post). As I have no swan pictures, here's a local mockingbird that I encountered fairly often last spring on a post.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Good morning. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today from @alan678.bsky.social is swans and the alternative is #posts (birds perched on any type of post). As I have no swan pictures, here's a local mockingbird that I encountered fairly often last spring on a post.