Robert F.P. Ludwick
@robert.ludwick.us
By day I am a seasoned software engineering leader. I am also a father & husband, video game enthusiast, general nerd, & technologist. Eater of 🍕, 🍣, & 🍜; terrible player of ⚽️🏒 sports.
https://ludwick.us
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Headphones for your second grader’s iPad are really a gift for the parents.
December 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Headphones for your second grader’s iPad are really a gift for the parents.
We played “Life’s a Happy Song” on my kiddo’s smart speaker. A couple songs later it, on shuffling “similar” music, played “Two Beavers Are Better Than One”
I’m sorry WHAT
I’m sorry WHAT
December 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
We played “Life’s a Happy Song” on my kiddo’s smart speaker. A couple songs later it, on shuffling “similar” music, played “Two Beavers Are Better Than One”
I’m sorry WHAT
I’m sorry WHAT
Absolutely not. Because AI is *not* my dead relative. I will treasure the time I had with them, but AI - which stands for *artificial* intelligence - is not my family member.
It will never be me, either, if I have my druthers.
It will never be me, either, if I have my druthers.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Absolutely not. Because AI is *not* my dead relative. I will treasure the time I had with them, but AI - which stands for *artificial* intelligence - is not my family member.
It will never be me, either, if I have my druthers.
It will never be me, either, if I have my druthers.
As rainy as it always is in Portland, I sure have been lucky in getting clear stretches on Wednesday evenings to take the wee one on stroller walks while her older sister does gymnastics.
December 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
As rainy as it always is in Portland, I sure have been lucky in getting clear stretches on Wednesday evenings to take the wee one on stroller walks while her older sister does gymnastics.
My insurance won’t cover my getting this vaccine, despite the fact that I have Ramsay Hunt syndrome from getting it once already.
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
My insurance won’t cover my getting this vaccine, despite the fact that I have Ramsay Hunt syndrome from getting it once already.
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my kid got sick and then so did I: a parenting story
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
my kid got sick and then so did I: a parenting story
Please tell me your favorite Christmas album, and why it is "John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together" music.apple.com/us/album/a-c...
A Christmas Together by John Denver & The Muppets on Apple Music
Album · 1979 · 13 Songs
music.apple.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Please tell me your favorite Christmas album, and why it is "John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together" music.apple.com/us/album/a-c...
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“I would name that dog ‘Extra Sauce’”
-7yo watching the Bloodhound on the dog show
-7yo watching the Bloodhound on the dog show
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“I would name that dog ‘Extra Sauce’”
-7yo watching the Bloodhound on the dog show
-7yo watching the Bloodhound on the dog show
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
It’s clearly a conspiracy aimed at my favorite holiday.
Or, y’know, the fact that kids are germ superfactories.
Or, y’know, the fact that kids are germ superfactories.
Last year I had pertussis and pneumonia on Thanksgiving while nursing and infant. So this year I’m…sick again.
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It’s clearly a conspiracy aimed at my favorite holiday.
Or, y’know, the fact that kids are germ superfactories.
Or, y’know, the fact that kids are germ superfactories.
My childhood best friend and I were competitive with each other. He didn’t yet have Internet access and I did. So I decided to make a website, because he couldn’t one-up that.
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My childhood best friend and I were competitive with each other. He didn’t yet have Internet access and I did. So I decided to make a website, because he couldn’t one-up that.
I'm a mess this morning. First I found Nutella on my forehead, much like Roy in IT Crowd (it was really Nutella; an artifact of my eldest's morning breakfast). Then I drank too much coffee at once and briefly looked like a meme.
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm a mess this morning. First I found Nutella on my forehead, much like Roy in IT Crowd (it was really Nutella; an artifact of my eldest's morning breakfast). Then I drank too much coffee at once and briefly looked like a meme.
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That’s quite a row.
Did he col you out on it?
Did he col you out on it?
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
That’s quite a row.
Did he col you out on it?
Did he col you out on it?
Coworker: How good are you with Excel?
Me: I do not excel with it.
…
Some time later, we switch to Google Sheets
…
Me: I’m actually pretty sheet at Excel
Me: I do not excel with it.
…
Some time later, we switch to Google Sheets
…
Me: I’m actually pretty sheet at Excel
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Coworker: How good are you with Excel?
Me: I do not excel with it.
…
Some time later, we switch to Google Sheets
…
Me: I’m actually pretty sheet at Excel
Me: I do not excel with it.
…
Some time later, we switch to Google Sheets
…
Me: I’m actually pretty sheet at Excel
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
💀
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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The perfect New England holiday item doesn't exi–
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The perfect New England holiday item doesn't exi–
One of my coworkers named their son Wesley, but has no idea of @wilwheaton.net’s character from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
I feel for that kid later in life.
I feel for that kid later in life.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One of my coworkers named their son Wesley, but has no idea of @wilwheaton.net’s character from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
I feel for that kid later in life.
I feel for that kid later in life.
Apropos of nothing, here are my top three Doritos flavors in order of when I first tried them.
- Tapatio
- Flaming Hot Cool Ranch
- Flaming Hot Limon
I tried the Flaming Hot Limon a couple of days ago and boy is it tasty. Also, apparently I'm trending spicier as I age.
- Tapatio
- Flaming Hot Cool Ranch
- Flaming Hot Limon
I tried the Flaming Hot Limon a couple of days ago and boy is it tasty. Also, apparently I'm trending spicier as I age.
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Apropos of nothing, here are my top three Doritos flavors in order of when I first tried them.
- Tapatio
- Flaming Hot Cool Ranch
- Flaming Hot Limon
I tried the Flaming Hot Limon a couple of days ago and boy is it tasty. Also, apparently I'm trending spicier as I age.
- Tapatio
- Flaming Hot Cool Ranch
- Flaming Hot Limon
I tried the Flaming Hot Limon a couple of days ago and boy is it tasty. Also, apparently I'm trending spicier as I age.
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Now I understand 67. This morning the clock said 6 and my body knew it was 7.
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Now I understand 67. This morning the clock said 6 and my body knew it was 7.
Oldest kiddo's Halloween trick-or-treating plans upended at the last minute with a request to go with a friend in said friend's neighborhood. Friend's parents cool with us not walking with, so I took the opportunity to make my Friday hockey game I planned to miss. We beat the league leaders!
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Oldest kiddo's Halloween trick-or-treating plans upended at the last minute with a request to go with a friend in said friend's neighborhood. Friend's parents cool with us not walking with, so I took the opportunity to make my Friday hockey game I planned to miss. We beat the league leaders!
I don’t do gummies, but I’m pretty sure that taking three would have a drastically different result than the one given.
Also, and I’m not sure this is a flex, I can have a drink of alcohol and not miss a beat at all.
Also, and I’m not sure this is a flex, I can have a drink of alcohol and not miss a beat at all.
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I don’t do gummies, but I’m pretty sure that taking three would have a drastically different result than the one given.
Also, and I’m not sure this is a flex, I can have a drink of alcohol and not miss a beat at all.
Also, and I’m not sure this is a flex, I can have a drink of alcohol and not miss a beat at all.