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If bookstores were like fireworks stands we'd have not only Half-price Books, but also Buy One Get X Free Books, where X is any somewhat plausible number.
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
If bookstores were like fireworks stands we'd have not only Half-price Books, but also Buy One Get X Free Books, where X is any somewhat plausible number.
Saw another account post their favorite photos taken in 2025, so here are 4 of my favorite photos I took this year.
January 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Saw another account post their favorite photos taken in 2025, so here are 4 of my favorite photos I took this year.
Playing Guess Who with my kid, but only asking non-appearance based questions.
"Is your character a cat-person more than a dog-person?"
"Does your character speak French?"
"Is your character a cat-person more than a dog-person?"
"Does your character speak French?"
December 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Playing Guess Who with my kid, but only asking non-appearance based questions.
"Is your character a cat-person more than a dog-person?"
"Does your character speak French?"
"Is your character a cat-person more than a dog-person?"
"Does your character speak French?"
The menu says omelettes come with your choice of "pancakes OR hashbrowns & toast". You order with pancakes. Do you expect toast?
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The menu says omelettes come with your choice of "pancakes OR hashbrowns & toast". You order with pancakes. Do you expect toast?
My kid is making me play Blox Fruits with him. I haven't played FPS games since Quake 3 in the early 2000s. Somehow games have gotten both worse looking and have worse controls now?
December 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My kid is making me play Blox Fruits with him. I haven't played FPS games since Quake 3 in the early 2000s. Somehow games have gotten both worse looking and have worse controls now?
Why does every product package now use glue with more structural integrity than the cardboard it's gluing together?
December 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Why does every product package now use glue with more structural integrity than the cardboard it's gluing together?
I am inordinately proud of the ramen I just made with miso ginger broth, shiitake mushrooms, broccoli, and gochujang fried tofu.
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I am inordinately proud of the ramen I just made with miso ginger broth, shiitake mushrooms, broccoli, and gochujang fried tofu.
"BlackBerry Moonshine" sounds like a My Little Pony, but was actually in my Ole Smoky 12 days of moonshine advent calendar.
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"BlackBerry Moonshine" sounds like a My Little Pony, but was actually in my Ole Smoky 12 days of moonshine advent calendar.
waiting outside the pharmacy for it to open to get my wife's sinus infection meds like it's Mervyn's Black Friday 1992.
"Open, Open, Open..."
"Open, Open, Open..."
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
waiting outside the pharmacy for it to open to get my wife's sinus infection meds like it's Mervyn's Black Friday 1992.
"Open, Open, Open..."
"Open, Open, Open..."
My 7 year old kid uses "bro" like a private in the army uses "sir".
"Bro, yes, bro!"
"Bro, yes, bro!"
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My 7 year old kid uses "bro" like a private in the army uses "sir".
"Bro, yes, bro!"
"Bro, yes, bro!"
Constant talking/noise is disrespectful because it's a constant interruption forcing me to decode the message which inevitably turns out to be even less meaningful than "Drink your Ovaltine!"
It's a Denial of Service attack on my ability to think.
It's a Denial of Service attack on my ability to think.
December 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Constant talking/noise is disrespectful because it's a constant interruption forcing me to decode the message which inevitably turns out to be even less meaningful than "Drink your Ovaltine!"
It's a Denial of Service attack on my ability to think.
It's a Denial of Service attack on my ability to think.
At some point in the process of adding build flavors to my Flutter app, the IOS configuration conveniently deleted the sign-in-with-apple and applinks entitlements, utterly breaking that functionality on IOS. Good job everyone!
December 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
At some point in the process of adding build flavors to my Flutter app, the IOS configuration conveniently deleted the sign-in-with-apple and applinks entitlements, utterly breaking that functionality on IOS. Good job everyone!
The fact that cat paws work on touchscreens is just delightful
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The fact that cat paws work on touchscreens is just delightful
At Thanksgiving, wanted to know how old one of the kids was. I tried to figure out how to right-click her to get a context menu.
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
At Thanksgiving, wanted to know how old one of the kids was. I tried to figure out how to right-click her to get a context menu.
I was playing with nano banana. I uploaded a picture of myself and asked it to make me look 10 years younger.
I really don't think that responding with a picture of Paul Giamatti was appropriate.
I really don't think that responding with a picture of Paul Giamatti was appropriate.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I was playing with nano banana. I uploaded a picture of myself and asked it to make me look 10 years younger.
I really don't think that responding with a picture of Paul Giamatti was appropriate.
I really don't think that responding with a picture of Paul Giamatti was appropriate.
My Pixel warns me that my alarm volume is low and provides a helpful "fix" button that I won't use. I've never slept through it yet. Who are you to judge my alarm volume, Google?
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
My Pixel warns me that my alarm volume is low and provides a helpful "fix" button that I won't use. I've never slept through it yet. Who are you to judge my alarm volume, Google?
Grass? I never touch the stuff
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Grass? I never touch the stuff
Found a live spider in the microwave
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Found a live spider in the microwave
Trying out Google's new Antigravity AI-first code environment.
I ask Gemini how to add Dart support.
The model thinks for a long time, then fails due to server overload? it's not clear.
I manually install Dart/Flutter/Github support and set up my existing project...
I ask Gemini how to add Dart support.
The model thinks for a long time, then fails due to server overload? it's not clear.
I manually install Dart/Flutter/Github support and set up my existing project...
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trying out Google's new Antigravity AI-first code environment.
I ask Gemini how to add Dart support.
The model thinks for a long time, then fails due to server overload? it's not clear.
I manually install Dart/Flutter/Github support and set up my existing project...
I ask Gemini how to add Dart support.
The model thinks for a long time, then fails due to server overload? it's not clear.
I manually install Dart/Flutter/Github support and set up my existing project...
My LinkedIn says I'm Open to Work, but I'm also open to better ideas if anyone has some.
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
My LinkedIn says I'm Open to Work, but I'm also open to better ideas if anyone has some.
Every now and then, Gmail likes to let obvious spam through, just to remind me of the valuable services it provides.
"Nice clean inbox you got here. Be a shame if something were to happen to it"
"Nice clean inbox you got here. Be a shame if something were to happen to it"
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Every now and then, Gmail likes to let obvious spam through, just to remind me of the valuable services it provides.
"Nice clean inbox you got here. Be a shame if something were to happen to it"
"Nice clean inbox you got here. Be a shame if something were to happen to it"
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
Looking through job listings: COBRA, the Decepticons, Meta, Gargamel, Foot clan, Amazon, Skeletor, Anduril, Flock, Axon...
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Looking through job listings: COBRA, the Decepticons, Meta, Gargamel, Foot clan, Amazon, Skeletor, Anduril, Flock, Axon...
In compliance with accessibility standards, all devices with LED status lights are required to also have status speakers that emit a tone (when light is solid), chirp (when light flashes), or tune (when device is made by Samsung).
October 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
In compliance with accessibility standards, all devices with LED status lights are required to also have status speakers that emit a tone (when light is solid), chirp (when light flashes), or tune (when device is made by Samsung).
I don't really want a phone. I want a handheld computer with internet access wherever I am. Maybe a hotspot and some linux device? What's out there?
October 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I don't really want a phone. I want a handheld computer with internet access wherever I am. Maybe a hotspot and some linux device? What's out there?