Jay Elmore
@jelmore.crystalwind.org
He/him. Comics, games, computers, sci fi—but not in THAT way.
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When I was a kid I was riding my bike and I hit a rut in the road and fell off, scraping my elbows and knee up. I didn't see the rut and steer around it because I was READING A BOOK while riding my bike.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
When I was a kid I was riding my bike and I hit a rut in the road and fell off, scraping my elbows and knee up. I didn't see the rut and steer around it because I was READING A BOOK while riding my bike.
My favorite variant of that is "...but at what cost?"
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 AM
My favorite variant of that is "...but at what cost?"
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A reminder that the Paprika app rules.
It streamlines and catalogs recipes from the internet. You can rate ones you love, create shopping lists, scale portions, and more.
I've been using it for 5+ years and love having the digital equivalent of my granny's recipe box in my pocket at all times.
It streamlines and catalogs recipes from the internet. You can rate ones you love, create shopping lists, scale portions, and more.
I've been using it for 5+ years and love having the digital equivalent of my granny's recipe box in my pocket at all times.
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A reminder that the Paprika app rules.
It streamlines and catalogs recipes from the internet. You can rate ones you love, create shopping lists, scale portions, and more.
I've been using it for 5+ years and love having the digital equivalent of my granny's recipe box in my pocket at all times.
It streamlines and catalogs recipes from the internet. You can rate ones you love, create shopping lists, scale portions, and more.
I've been using it for 5+ years and love having the digital equivalent of my granny's recipe box in my pocket at all times.
Without saying Lord of the Rings, name a fantasy film.
November 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Without saying Lord of the Rings, name a fantasy film.
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
And now to answer the age-old question of "How honest should I be in the feedback survey that's tied to my work email address?"
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And now to answer the age-old question of "How honest should I be in the feedback survey that's tied to my work email address?"
I love the red banner in the corner that says "Behind Pace", very useful for healthy discussion. We've been behind pace almost the entire time.
October 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I love the red banner in the corner that says "Behind Pace", very useful for healthy discussion. We've been behind pace almost the entire time.
And now we're (all) moving tiles to place descriptions under product and service names on a virtual board. This is the worst party game ever.
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
And now we're (all) moving tiles to place descriptions under product and service names on a virtual board. This is the worst party game ever.
This is a two-hour meeting and it took almost half an hour to get people into the breakout rooms, find volunteers for the various roles, and reveal what the presentation is actually about.
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is a two-hour meeting and it took almost half an hour to get people into the breakout rooms, find volunteers for the various roles, and reveal what the presentation is actually about.
Ooh, the virtual meeting room has a timer too! We're getting warnings that we're falling behind. This is totally chill and not stressful at all.
October 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Ooh, the virtual meeting room has a timer too! We're getting warnings that we're falling behind. This is totally chill and not stressful at all.
It doesn't help that the first slide looked something like this:
October 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It doesn't help that the first slide looked something like this:
I'm in a virtual company meeting with audience participation: instead of the presenter reading their slides, they're having people in the breakout room read the slides out loud instead. This is going as well as you can imagine.
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'm in a virtual company meeting with audience participation: instead of the presenter reading their slides, they're having people in the breakout room read the slides out loud instead. This is going as well as you can imagine.
Deploying direct to production
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Deploying direct to production
I've never seen The Sixth Sense or The Crying Game. I learned about the twists before I saw the movies, and that killed my enthusiasm for seeing them.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I've never seen The Sixth Sense or The Crying Game. I learned about the twists before I saw the movies, and that killed my enthusiasm for seeing them.
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Having a pet curl up and fall asleep on you
2. Going to the store to buy something and it's on sale
3. Seeing a dragonfly or hummingbird
4. Swedish Fish (the candy)
5. Falling in love with a song for a few days
1. Having a pet curl up and fall asleep on you
2. Going to the store to buy something and it's on sale
3. Seeing a dragonfly or hummingbird
4. Swedish Fish (the candy)
5. Falling in love with a song for a few days
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats
1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats
September 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Having a pet curl up and fall asleep on you
2. Going to the store to buy something and it's on sale
3. Seeing a dragonfly or hummingbird
4. Swedish Fish (the candy)
5. Falling in love with a song for a few days
1. Having a pet curl up and fall asleep on you
2. Going to the store to buy something and it's on sale
3. Seeing a dragonfly or hummingbird
4. Swedish Fish (the candy)
5. Falling in love with a song for a few days
Tom Clancy’s The Monster At The End Of This Book
Ruin a book by adding “Tom Clancy’s” to the title
“Tom Clancy’s Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual”
“Tom Clancy’s Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual”
Ruin a book by adding “Tom Clancy’s” to the title
“Tom Clancy’s Juggs”
“Tom Clancy’s Juggs”
August 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tom Clancy’s The Monster At The End Of This Book
I love that sequence so much! Such a great example of showing instead of telling.
August 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I love that sequence so much! Such a great example of showing instead of telling.
The 13th Warrior.
a man in a black robe is holding a sword and says i cannot lift this
Alt: Herger the Viking throws Ahmed a large sword. Ahmed complains “I cannot lift this!” to which Herger quips “Grow stronger”.
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August 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The 13th Warrior.
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i wanna try something. quote this post if you’re a man who hates the manosphere
August 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
i wanna try something. quote this post if you’re a man who hates the manosphere
I just backed Atomic Robo and the Peril of Prometheus + Dr Dino's Cookbook on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/tes...
Atomic Robo and the Peril of Prometheus + Dr Dino's Cookbook
Robo has to solve a murder while adrift on the high seas as a new Helsingard imperils millions of lives in Los Angeles!
www.kickstarter.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I just backed Atomic Robo and the Peril of Prometheus + Dr Dino's Cookbook on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/tes...
There was an attempt to restart the Wildstorm titles as their own thing, called "The Wild Storm". That's what I was thinking of.
July 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
There was an attempt to restart the Wildstorm titles as their own thing, called "The Wild Storm". That's what I was thinking of.
It's funny to point out that progression relies on a Stormwatch/Aliens crossover one-shot. Kinda like reminding people that Rom, Spaceknight is how we got Forge and a huge piece of X-Men lore...
July 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It's funny to point out that progression relies on a Stormwatch/Aliens crossover one-shot. Kinda like reminding people that Rom, Spaceknight is how we got Forge and a huge piece of X-Men lore...
Right, but if she is going to be the first/only Engineer then she should have created them herself. There have been alternate versions of Angela-as-Engineer where she invented them.
July 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Right, but if she is going to be the first/only Engineer then she should have created them herself. There have been alternate versions of Angela-as-Engineer where she invented them.
(What I want is a big-screen adaptation of one of Warren Ellis' Authority arcs but that probably shouldn't happen, for several reasons)
July 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
(What I want is a big-screen adaptation of one of Warren Ellis' Authority arcs but that probably shouldn't happen, for several reasons)
I was not thrilled with the idea that she did not come up with the nanotech herself. (She's "The Engineer" after all!)
It'll be interesting to see what they do with her and whether she gets tweaked in The Authority
It'll be interesting to see what they do with her and whether she gets tweaked in The Authority
July 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I was not thrilled with the idea that she did not come up with the nanotech herself. (She's "The Engineer" after all!)
It'll be interesting to see what they do with her and whether she gets tweaked in The Authority
It'll be interesting to see what they do with her and whether she gets tweaked in The Authority