It’s that JSR
@jsr.com
Generic Gen-X Nerd.
I do post here, but it's very much a subset of my posts to Mastodon, as I have zero confidence in VC-backed corporate social media.
Various links at https://jsr.com
mastodon: [email protected]
I do post here, but it's very much a subset of my posts to Mastodon, as I have zero confidence in VC-backed corporate social media.
Various links at https://jsr.com
mastodon: [email protected]
I think the only Tom Stoppard work I am actually familiar with is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, but I must say that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an ABSOLUTE BANGER.
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I think the only Tom Stoppard work I am actually familiar with is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, but I must say that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an ABSOLUTE BANGER.
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
[Warning: Nerdy World of Warcraft stuff]
Right. I feel like that's Legion: Remix put to bed. Relaxing a bit until they release Midnight next year.
Right. I feel like that's Legion: Remix put to bed. Relaxing a bit until they release Midnight next year.
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
[Warning: Nerdy World of Warcraft stuff]
Right. I feel like that's Legion: Remix put to bed. Relaxing a bit until they release Midnight next year.
Right. I feel like that's Legion: Remix put to bed. Relaxing a bit until they release Midnight next year.
I gave away my Quest headset when I deleted my Facebook account (because Nazis) but I miss VR stuff, so I am quite pleased by the prospect of the recently announced cheap Valve headset. I hope it's reasonably priced.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I gave away my Quest headset when I deleted my Facebook account (because Nazis) but I miss VR stuff, so I am quite pleased by the prospect of the recently announced cheap Valve headset. I hope it's reasonably priced.
I put a lowball bid on an Eames Lounge Chair with a broken swivel base, with a view to putting it in my project car as the drivers seat. I was outbid, sadly. Probably for the best, not sure what @annettle.bsky.social would have said.
Never doubt my commitment to the bit.
Never doubt my commitment to the bit.
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I put a lowball bid on an Eames Lounge Chair with a broken swivel base, with a view to putting it in my project car as the drivers seat. I was outbid, sadly. Probably for the best, not sure what @annettle.bsky.social would have said.
Never doubt my commitment to the bit.
Never doubt my commitment to the bit.
If there's an equivalent to bad for you but more-ish junk food for a certain kind of avid reader[1], it's endless LitRPG books with titles like The Arcane Rogue Reborn - Book 3 - Rune Sigil Ascension. (A sequel to The Arcane Rogue Reborn - Rune Sigil Progression)
[1] Me, for example
[1] Me, for example
November 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
If there's an equivalent to bad for you but more-ish junk food for a certain kind of avid reader[1], it's endless LitRPG books with titles like The Arcane Rogue Reborn - Book 3 - Rune Sigil Ascension. (A sequel to The Arcane Rogue Reborn - Rune Sigil Progression)
[1] Me, for example
[1] Me, for example
The NCIS character Ziva is canonically an Israeli soldier, which these days reduces the appeal of her spinoff show into the negative.
"Tonight on NCIS: Tony and Ziva! Uh-oh! Tony's dry cleaner has lost his favourite shirt! Meanwhile Ziva gut-shoots a 5yo because they were '...probably Hamas'."
"Tonight on NCIS: Tony and Ziva! Uh-oh! Tony's dry cleaner has lost his favourite shirt! Meanwhile Ziva gut-shoots a 5yo because they were '...probably Hamas'."
October 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The NCIS character Ziva is canonically an Israeli soldier, which these days reduces the appeal of her spinoff show into the negative.
"Tonight on NCIS: Tony and Ziva! Uh-oh! Tony's dry cleaner has lost his favourite shirt! Meanwhile Ziva gut-shoots a 5yo because they were '...probably Hamas'."
"Tonight on NCIS: Tony and Ziva! Uh-oh! Tony's dry cleaner has lost his favourite shirt! Meanwhile Ziva gut-shoots a 5yo because they were '...probably Hamas'."
Is it churlish to point out that whatever broke in your work/life flow today, due to Amazon breaking us-east-1, is also a solid subset of what the US government could take from you (or simply monitor for badthink) due to (just as an example) that government being run by nazis?
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Is it churlish to point out that whatever broke in your work/life flow today, due to Amazon breaking us-east-1, is also a solid subset of what the US government could take from you (or simply monitor for badthink) due to (just as an example) that government being run by nazis?
My first car was a late 60’s Mini, and every so often I get nostalgic enough to look at buying another one. But. I walked past one parked on our street recently and … damn, they are small. I don’t think I could fit in a classic mini any more. In fact, it’s possible that I could wear one as a hat.
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
My first car was a late 60’s Mini, and every so often I get nostalgic enough to look at buying another one. But. I walked past one parked on our street recently and … damn, they are small. I don’t think I could fit in a classic mini any more. In fact, it’s possible that I could wear one as a hat.
I’ve been feeling quite a lot less crap recently, and so over the last couple of days I’ve had the spoons to do a bunch of work on various computers around the house, and I don’t know if they are _fixed_ but they are definitely _different_.
October 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I’ve been feeling quite a lot less crap recently, and so over the last couple of days I’ve had the spoons to do a bunch of work on various computers around the house, and I don’t know if they are _fixed_ but they are definitely _different_.
I can't find my multimeter, despite invoking the ancient magics to locate it, by which I mean wandering around the house muttering "Multimeter, multimeter, multimeter..."
October 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I can't find my multimeter, despite invoking the ancient magics to locate it, by which I mean wandering around the house muttering "Multimeter, multimeter, multimeter..."
Friendship ended with cast iron pan. Stainless steel pan is my best friend now.
October 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Friendship ended with cast iron pan. Stainless steel pan is my best friend now.
n THIS day and age, I am seldom personally shocked by shitty tech stories. But as it turns out, it's still possible.
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NIRS fire destroys government's cloud storage system, no backups available
A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) Daejeon headquarters destroyed the government’s G-Drive cloud storage system, erasing work files saved individually by some 750,000 civil se...
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October 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
n THIS day and age, I am seldom personally shocked by shitty tech stories. But as it turns out, it's still possible.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-10...
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-10...
I have received more than one unpleasant medical diagnosis this week, and I do not like it.
October 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I have received more than one unpleasant medical diagnosis this week, and I do not like it.
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The entire week @jsr.com and the kid were away I was worried that Naboo was being distant and withdrawn bc he never joined me in bed and didn’t want to hang out much, but since they got home last night he has been glued to JSR like a surgically attached koala. Guess we know who’s the favourite 😳
September 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The entire week @jsr.com and the kid were away I was worried that Naboo was being distant and withdrawn bc he never joined me in bed and didn’t want to hang out much, but since they got home last night he has been glued to JSR like a surgically attached koala. Guess we know who’s the favourite 😳
The feeling of getting home to your own bed after some time away is a very positive feeling. AAA+++ GOOD FEELING WOULD FEEL AGAIN
September 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The feeling of getting home to your own bed after some time away is a very positive feeling. AAA+++ GOOD FEELING WOULD FEEL AGAIN
The South Canterbury town Geraldine (pop 3000) doesn’t have much nightlife. We did see a yellow (and later red) traffic bar for the main road on the maps app during the day. We drove through it and the affected road segment contained, to a first order approximation by my Auckland eyes, zero cars.
September 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The South Canterbury town Geraldine (pop 3000) doesn’t have much nightlife. We did see a yellow (and later red) traffic bar for the main road on the maps app during the day. We drove through it and the affected road segment contained, to a first order approximation by my Auckland eyes, zero cars.
I feel like going to a 70s-style roller skating rink where they play 80s and 90s goth and industrial music while I skate around a circle for a few hours would fix me.
September 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I feel like going to a 70s-style roller skating rink where they play 80s and 90s goth and industrial music while I skate around a circle for a few hours would fix me.
I feel like constructing additional pylons would fix me.
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I feel like constructing additional pylons would fix me.
I just watched the pilot for Knights Of Guinivere from Glitch Productions. Immediate thoughts:
(1) it is AMAZING. I am all in, just based on this pilot.
(2) Dana Terrace did NOT I repeat DID NOT have a fun time dealing with Disney when making The Owl House.
(1) it is AMAZING. I am all in, just based on this pilot.
(2) Dana Terrace did NOT I repeat DID NOT have a fun time dealing with Disney when making The Owl House.
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I just watched the pilot for Knights Of Guinivere from Glitch Productions. Immediate thoughts:
(1) it is AMAZING. I am all in, just based on this pilot.
(2) Dana Terrace did NOT I repeat DID NOT have a fun time dealing with Disney when making The Owl House.
(1) it is AMAZING. I am all in, just based on this pilot.
(2) Dana Terrace did NOT I repeat DID NOT have a fun time dealing with Disney when making The Owl House.
The athletic running guys at my high school wore shorts which were called (if memory serves) "Sub Fours" and they were like Stubbies shorts, except they were also slit up the sides "for increased movement." In retrospect, they were the sluttiest little twink shorts you could possibly imagine.
For most of the 70s and 80s everyone's dad was wearing Stubbies, absolutely everywhere!
Even this meme forgot us so I wanna hear you most gen x complaint?
September 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The athletic running guys at my high school wore shorts which were called (if memory serves) "Sub Fours" and they were like Stubbies shorts, except they were also slit up the sides "for increased movement." In retrospect, they were the sluttiest little twink shorts you could possibly imagine.
Some of you have never wandered around while singing a sea shanty to youself on the subject of stealing an F16, and it shows.
September 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Some of you have never wandered around while singing a sea shanty to youself on the subject of stealing an F16, and it shows.
I woke up and I felt weird and my heart rate is real high and it's not going down. That's probably fine, right?
September 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I woke up and I felt weird and my heart rate is real high and it's not going down. That's probably fine, right?
Me: Alright Brain, it's 3.00am and I am awake and by myself. Time to make your usual choice for how the next few hours are going to go. Sadness, or Manic Energy, which is it?
My Brain: [Looking at the horizon] What difference does it make? What difference does ANYTHING make?
Me: Sadness it is!
My Brain: [Looking at the horizon] What difference does it make? What difference does ANYTHING make?
Me: Sadness it is!
September 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Me: Alright Brain, it's 3.00am and I am awake and by myself. Time to make your usual choice for how the next few hours are going to go. Sadness, or Manic Energy, which is it?
My Brain: [Looking at the horizon] What difference does it make? What difference does ANYTHING make?
Me: Sadness it is!
My Brain: [Looking at the horizon] What difference does it make? What difference does ANYTHING make?
Me: Sadness it is!
What's this?! A new Nine Inch Nails album! Sadly, it seems to be conceptually associated with an upcoming Jared Leto movie, but I will try not to hold that against it.
September 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
What's this?! A new Nine Inch Nails album! Sadly, it seems to be conceptually associated with an upcoming Jared Leto movie, but I will try not to hold that against it.
