pavedwalden
@pavedwalden.bsky.social
[deep breaths]
ok... ok, yeah. I think this oxygen mask is on pretty good.
How you doing over there?
ok... ok, yeah. I think this oxygen mask is on pretty good.
How you doing over there?
In this sci-fi book Neal Stephenson has twice described the rotating habitats on this space ship as passing by "at about the speed of a second hand on a clock" which is such a funny description because it FEELS like you understand even though the characters are on the perimeter of the structure.
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In this sci-fi book Neal Stephenson has twice described the rotating habitats on this space ship as passing by "at about the speed of a second hand on a clock" which is such a funny description because it FEELS like you understand even though the characters are on the perimeter of the structure.
It's unsafe to use my radiators because boxes of stuff I've packed for the move are pushed up against them. But it's cold in my apartment so I turn on the oven. Now the appliance I use as a clock says 400
I'm hungry what time is it?
400
There's no sun, what time is it?
400
It is always 400 here now
I'm hungry what time is it?
400
There's no sun, what time is it?
400
It is always 400 here now
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It's unsafe to use my radiators because boxes of stuff I've packed for the move are pushed up against them. But it's cold in my apartment so I turn on the oven. Now the appliance I use as a clock says 400
I'm hungry what time is it?
400
There's no sun, what time is it?
400
It is always 400 here now
I'm hungry what time is it?
400
There's no sun, what time is it?
400
It is always 400 here now
Sometimes the pharmacy texts to say they auto-filled my prescription. Other times they send me a reminder that I need to log in and trigger a refill. This is the second time I've failed to read carefully before driving to the pharmacy.
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sometimes the pharmacy texts to say they auto-filled my prescription. Other times they send me a reminder that I need to log in and trigger a refill. This is the second time I've failed to read carefully before driving to the pharmacy.
This 2019 article I found in a stack of newspapers is cracking me up because it's like "Marijuana legalization was a billionaire conspiracy led by George Soros [positive affect]"
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This 2019 article I found in a stack of newspapers is cracking me up because it's like "Marijuana legalization was a billionaire conspiracy led by George Soros [positive affect]"
Reposted by pavedwalden
In samsara, wheel reinvents you
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
In samsara, wheel reinvents you
I only get pho at this place down the street when I'm feeling sick and I wonder if my waiter thinks of me as that wretched guy who always has a runny nose and looks like shit
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I only get pho at this place down the street when I'm feeling sick and I wonder if my waiter thinks of me as that wretched guy who always has a runny nose and looks like shit
The Peripheral will be remembered as Gibson's most prescient novel.
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Peripheral will be remembered as Gibson's most prescient novel.
Top 10 things I enjoy about living in the future:
10. Literacy
9. Internet was fun at first
8. Recording media so I can be nostalgic for the past
7. Get places by flying through the sky
6. Have a car I drive other places
5. 💊 that fixes problem
4. 💊 for fun
3. 👓
2. Always have food
1. Hot Shower
10. Literacy
9. Internet was fun at first
8. Recording media so I can be nostalgic for the past
7. Get places by flying through the sky
6. Have a car I drive other places
5. 💊 that fixes problem
4. 💊 for fun
3. 👓
2. Always have food
1. Hot Shower
for all the bitchin and moanin about the future not arriving fast enough I sure am glad to live far enough into it that I have all the clean hot water I want just coming out of the wall and I don’t have to give even a single thought to where it came from, how it got clean, or where it goes after
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Top 10 things I enjoy about living in the future:
10. Literacy
9. Internet was fun at first
8. Recording media so I can be nostalgic for the past
7. Get places by flying through the sky
6. Have a car I drive other places
5. 💊 that fixes problem
4. 💊 for fun
3. 👓
2. Always have food
1. Hot Shower
10. Literacy
9. Internet was fun at first
8. Recording media so I can be nostalgic for the past
7. Get places by flying through the sky
6. Have a car I drive other places
5. 💊 that fixes problem
4. 💊 for fun
3. 👓
2. Always have food
1. Hot Shower
I'm moving furniture around and discovered this discrete charging block, still plugged in. I started charging things at my desk instead of leaving them on top of the bookshelf and then forgot I'd ever done this.
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'm moving furniture around and discovered this discrete charging block, still plugged in. I started charging things at my desk instead of leaving them on top of the bookshelf and then forgot I'd ever done this.
You can't outrun nominative determinism
no lie this was a real guys name at the cemetery
📷: Canon EOS Rebel X
🎞️: Rollei RPX 400
🧪: Rodinal 1+25
📷: Canon EOS Rebel X
🎞️: Rollei RPX 400
🧪: Rodinal 1+25
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You can't outrun nominative determinism
Reposted by pavedwalden
(guy demolishing chesterton’s fence) check it out, i’m cutting the gordion knot
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
(guy demolishing chesterton’s fence) check it out, i’m cutting the gordion knot
My review of the Lomography Konstruktor as a DIY kit is, idk "two stars" ig? C+?
It's one of those products that's 90% of the way to greatness but has enough little problems I can't really endorse it.
If there weren't youtube videos of the assembly I would have been unsure how to proceed sometimes.
It's one of those products that's 90% of the way to greatness but has enough little problems I can't really endorse it.
If there weren't youtube videos of the assembly I would have been unsure how to proceed sometimes.
October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My review of the Lomography Konstruktor as a DIY kit is, idk "two stars" ig? C+?
It's one of those products that's 90% of the way to greatness but has enough little problems I can't really endorse it.
If there weren't youtube videos of the assembly I would have been unsure how to proceed sometimes.
It's one of those products that's 90% of the way to greatness but has enough little problems I can't really endorse it.
If there weren't youtube videos of the assembly I would have been unsure how to proceed sometimes.
Reposted by pavedwalden
my job is to fill the presidents plane with diarrhea on the runway. i dont agree with it but we all participate in capitalism
October 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
my job is to fill the presidents plane with diarrhea on the runway. i dont agree with it but we all participate in capitalism
"Not everything has to 'rock', okay"
@gaywad.lol defending Steely Dan
@gaywad.lol defending Steely Dan
October 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Not everything has to 'rock', okay"
@gaywad.lol defending Steely Dan
@gaywad.lol defending Steely Dan
There are several free light meter apps with good reviews but I threw a few bucks at this developer just because I'm so charmed to see an app with skeuomorphic design in 2025
October 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
There are several free light meter apps with good reviews but I threw a few bucks at this developer just because I'm so charmed to see an app with skeuomorphic design in 2025
Last night I watched techconnectify.bsky.social's video about old photographic processes and this morning YT showed me a guy who built a portable wet plate lab and takes photos with the old collodion process.
youtu.be/OIMUOqh5h74?...
youtu.be/OIMUOqh5h74?...
An incredible photographic process invented in the 1800s!! #photography
YouTube video by Ian Ruhter Photography
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Last night I watched techconnectify.bsky.social's video about old photographic processes and this morning YT showed me a guy who built a portable wet plate lab and takes photos with the old collodion process.
youtu.be/OIMUOqh5h74?...
youtu.be/OIMUOqh5h74?...
This is true, I'd recommend the book to anyone.
I think a lot of people see the title and expect Seeing Like A State to be right/libertarian but it's actually about high modernism destroying indigenous ways of knowing.
I think a lot of people see the title and expect Seeing Like A State to be right/libertarian but it's actually about high modernism destroying indigenous ways of knowing.
i enjoyed reading this, although I usually prefer the word “interpretable” vs “legible” when I talk about this stuff.
also seeing like a state is a book literally everyone should read
www.seangoedecke.com/seeing-like-...
also seeing like a state is a book literally everyone should read
www.seangoedecke.com/seeing-like-...
Seeing like a software company
The big idea of James C. Scott’s Seeing Like A State can be expressed in three points: Modern organizations exert control by maximising “legibility”: by…
www.seangoedecke.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is true, I'd recommend the book to anyone.
I think a lot of people see the title and expect Seeing Like A State to be right/libertarian but it's actually about high modernism destroying indigenous ways of knowing.
I think a lot of people see the title and expect Seeing Like A State to be right/libertarian but it's actually about high modernism destroying indigenous ways of knowing.
I hate when parking apps only offer a flat "overnight rate". Nobody is parking overnight in your lot between a restaurant and another restaurant. If you want to fuck me $15 for an hour of parking just say so.
October 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I hate when parking apps only offer a flat "overnight rate". Nobody is parking overnight in your lot between a restaurant and another restaurant. If you want to fuck me $15 for an hour of parking just say so.
This weekend I played in a tournament where they had the Elton John collector's edition. It was the nicest and most flamboyant pinball machine I've ever seen. A laser projector between the two screens on top made patterns on the ceiling, which reflected on the glass of other games and confused me.
Elton John Pinball by Jersey Jack Pinball
YouTube video by Jersey Jack Pinball
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This weekend I played in a tournament where they had the Elton John collector's edition. It was the nicest and most flamboyant pinball machine I've ever seen. A laser projector between the two screens on top made patterns on the ceiling, which reflected on the glass of other games and confused me.
Sometimes when an old reply starts getting new likes it's a hint about a larger conversation happening on the site. Since my reply to this comic is getting pinged I gather someone made a new hole? And it feels like the old hole?
I want to try it out where is the new hole?
I want to try it out where is the new hole?
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sometimes when an old reply starts getting new likes it's a hint about a larger conversation happening on the site. Since my reply to this comic is getting pinged I gather someone made a new hole? And it feels like the old hole?
I want to try it out where is the new hole?
I want to try it out where is the new hole?
I'm trying to watch The Master but I find the cult people to be unbearably cringy AND I'm embarrassed for Joaquin Phoenix's character when he doesn't fit in with them.
September 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I'm trying to watch The Master but I find the cult people to be unbearably cringy AND I'm embarrassed for Joaquin Phoenix's character when he doesn't fit in with them.
When I can't remember how to spell something I switch to dictation mode and let the computer spell it for me. But every time I say "ludicrous" it types out "Ludacris" and idk why the rapper is iOS's first guess.
September 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
When I can't remember how to spell something I switch to dictation mode and let the computer spell it for me. But every time I say "ludicrous" it types out "Ludacris" and idk why the rapper is iOS's first guess.
Got my first roll of film back from @gaywad.lol labs
September 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Got my first roll of film back from @gaywad.lol labs
![[passing cars meme]
TOP TEXT: guy who told the barista his name is "Charlie K"
BOTTOM TEXT: me picking up a coffee for "Tyler R"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uynpich2hsqmryyhr3moz5re/bafkreia6bhhgnfa3sqpgtied65en7iqfngudy3mzc35mpvmkjgvp45rxea@jpeg)