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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · 14h

Ouch.

Tomorrow though.

James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · 16h

And a gem of a man. Here he is with my nephew earlier this summer, at the children’s hospital in Milwaukee. Kiddo had successful heart surgery two days later and Frelick homered that night.

Sal Frelick posing with a young boy with a tee and a large ball at the children’s hospital in Milwaukee.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 16h

Frelick is just a son of a bitch. A ballplayer's ballplayer.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · 16h

That was the most bonkers double play I’ve ever seen. #brewers

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · 3d

Ouch that hurts.

Holding onto hope for another bit of Bob Uecker magic for my Brewers tonight.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this song should be a cover staple in Wisconsin. It’s such an anthem for being talented and overlooked.

James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · 3d

Hey @sarahkendzior.bsky.social this is absolutely random, but… being reminded last night of your book title, and sort of knowing some of your musical taste, and being personally obsessed w this song recently- have you ever heard Flyover Land by the late Marques Bovre? youtu.be/X-9LjhXSx7I?...

Flyover Land

YouTube video by Marques Bovre and the Evil Twins - Topic

youtu.be

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · 16d

Follow me for more very niche and mid posts like this at a rate of 4-5 per year

James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · 16d

Portland Oregon and Sloe Gin Fizz;
Trump don’t know what Antifa is
Uh huh

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · 29d

There are police officers on site at Kristen Du Mez’s conference keynote tonight in Madison. I have to imagine that’s not standard but reflects the heightened political atmosphere in the country right now.

James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Sep 10

I just threw out the remains of a fancy squeeze tube of harissa that I’ve been using on rare occasions for… several years. As I directed it towards the trash can, I noticed it says “after opening: keeps three weeks in the refrigerator”.

😳

James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 24

I discovered her this year, through her cover of REM’s Sweetness Follows. It’s been like discovering a new old friend.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 20

Same with paper magazines… I’ve done hard copy add-ons for Atlantic and Wired in the last few years, thinking “neat, a real paper magazine to look at!” And then I just… don’t.

What the hell happened to reading? I need to try harder I guess.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Isthmus in Madison (where I first discovered your comic) has been revived as a paper monthly for a while now.

But I have to confess that I seem to have completely lost my ability to open and read paper periodicals. I’ve grabbed copies and they just sit. Side effect of web brain rot I guess.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 17

Bob Uecker is alive and magic is afoot. #brewers

James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 17

For a real example of a movie using modern versions of that trick, Sinners w/ Michael B Jordan is amazing.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 17

I was obsessed with that show on Nick at Nite reruns as a teen.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sorry, I kind of lost the thread on this. We switched to a new data display that includes a last updated time and better reflects that the stats are periodically refreshed on the page.

Thanks for the input. I enjoy following you on here.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 16

I’m begrudgingly finally watching Gladiator II, and it’s pretty impressive how they did the Patty Duke trick to get Ed Sheeran to play both of the twin emperors.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 14

Tomato tomato

James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 9

New Kendrick merch just dropped

A baby sleep item at target called “Swaddle Up”.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 8

Just realized that maybe you didn’t see all of my rambling messages since I threaded them onto my first one. Anyway, this is all feeling less urgent and important to me than it was yesterday. Still would be curious if you have an opinion though.

James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 7

So I’m left wondering if that’s because Google has gone to shit, or because I was really over valuing this concept all along (or best practices have shifted).

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 7

I figured this was Nielsen Norman 101 stuff that would be easy to find citations to back up my argument. But my search results did not bear that out much at all.

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James Rotering @jamesrotering.bsky.social · Aug 7

Anyway… I feel like deep in my bones I have knowledge of a long-standing ux best practice that you should always make it visually clear (and via other means for the non-sighted) that a value has changed. I’m thinking back to the “yellow fade” technique of like 20 years ago as an example.

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