Bob P
@wbobp.bsky.social
Technical writer, multi-modal nerd, perpetual freshman, dad, husband, friend, disciple. Harmless, by-and-large, and often silly.
Just watching the happy clouds drift by.
Just watching the happy clouds drift by.
I have found a star map design I like even more than my giant planisphere! Naturally it's been out of print for 30 years. Project: edit to make printable; change the constellation lines to H.A. Rey's; add navigation star numbers. That will keep me off the streets for a while.
#stargazer #quixotic
#stargazer #quixotic
December 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I have found a star map design I like even more than my giant planisphere! Naturally it's been out of print for 30 years. Project: edit to make printable; change the constellation lines to H.A. Rey's; add navigation star numbers. That will keep me off the streets for a while.
#stargazer #quixotic
#stargazer #quixotic
This was a hoot. And the two miscalculations were pure clumsiness on my part: pushing the wrong button and using the wrong row number.
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 9th 2025 (Medium), in 04:28
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 9th 2025 (Medium), in 04:28
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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December 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This was a hoot. And the two miscalculations were pure clumsiness on my part: pushing the wrong button and using the wrong row number.
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 9th 2025 (Medium), in 04:28
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 9th 2025 (Medium), in 04:28
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"a movie you've seen six or more times"?
I've been around awhile, and that means probably a couple hundred eligible movies. Not picking just one.
I've been around awhile, and that means probably a couple hundred eligible movies. Not picking just one.
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"a movie you've seen six or more times"?
I've been around awhile, and that means probably a couple hundred eligible movies. Not picking just one.
I've been around awhile, and that means probably a couple hundred eligible movies. Not picking just one.
Getting better.
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 3rd 2025 (Tricky), in less than 10 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 3rd 2025 (Tricky), in less than 10 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Getting better.
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 3rd 2025 (Tricky), in less than 10 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 3rd 2025 (Tricky), in less than 10 minutes
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I have been reviewing my (ulp) 45 years of exposure to hobby games, especially tabletop roleplaying. Did I really love so many games and play so few?
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I have been reviewing my (ulp) 45 years of exposure to hobby games, especially tabletop roleplaying. Did I really love so many games and play so few?
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 19th 2025 (Medium), in less than 12 minutes
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I was shaky about 1-1/2 of my selections, but hey! They worked.
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I was shaky about 1-1/2 of my selections, but hey! They worked.
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 19th 2025 (Medium), in less than 12 minutes
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I was shaky about 1-1/2 of my selections, but hey! They worked.
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I was shaky about 1-1/2 of my selections, but hey! They worked.
NBC News latest promos: "Meet at the facts. Proceed from there."
Fox News ancient promos: "We report. You decide."
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Do they really not see it?
Fox News ancient promos: "We report. You decide."
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Do they really not see it?
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
NBC News latest promos: "Meet at the facts. Proceed from there."
Fox News ancient promos: "We report. You decide."
(smh)
Do they really not see it?
Fox News ancient promos: "We report. You decide."
(smh)
Do they really not see it?
My life has been so much calmer since I realized that bologna is just giant hot dogs sliced vewwy thin.
#LunchmeatLife #OscarWho
#LunchmeatLife #OscarWho
October 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
My life has been so much calmer since I realized that bologna is just giant hot dogs sliced vewwy thin.
#LunchmeatLife #OscarWho
#LunchmeatLife #OscarWho
Next year, I'm going back to a flip phone and doing my personal computing on a Raspberry Pi. Maybe two.
October 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Next year, I'm going back to a flip phone and doing my personal computing on a Raspberry Pi. Maybe two.
Whew! Finally finished the code for my little workout helper. Just a webpage that prompts me through the parts at the right times. I still have to give it a little CSS TLC so I can read it from across the room.
October 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Whew! Finally finished the code for my little workout helper. Just a webpage that prompts me through the parts at the right times. I still have to give it a little CSS TLC so I can read it from across the room.
One of my favorite writers. I've pitched in. Join us ...
So, looking for something unusual to be part of today? Try this! "Send Diane Duane to the Reichenbach Falls to outline a cyber/steampunk Sherlock Holmes novel": www.tumblr.com/dduane/79531...
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September 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
One of my favorite writers. I've pitched in. Join us ...
Overheard (in my imagination...):
"But why _three_ hearts? Most life forms get along fine with one."
"And Time Lords?"
"Oh, well, we're always overcompensating, aren't we?"
"But why _three_ hearts? Most life forms get along fine with one."
"And Time Lords?"
"Oh, well, we're always overcompensating, aren't we?"
September 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Overheard (in my imagination...):
"But why _three_ hearts? Most life forms get along fine with one."
"And Time Lords?"
"Oh, well, we're always overcompensating, aren't we?"
"But why _three_ hearts? Most life forms get along fine with one."
"And Time Lords?"
"Oh, well, we're always overcompensating, aren't we?"
Having retired (my game hobby) to a life of solo RPGing, I can also retire the vast majority of my game dice. Here are the eighteen that are staying in my bag, sufficient for any of the games I'm playing.
September 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Having retired (my game hobby) to a life of solo RPGing, I can also retire the vast majority of my game dice. Here are the eighteen that are staying in my bag, sufficient for any of the games I'm playing.
Inside you are two wolves. That's greedy. You didn't save one for me?
August 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Inside you are two wolves. That's greedy. You didn't save one for me?
Shipyard Report: I am daftly entertaining the idea of a 1:350 Enterprise, on the grounds that the model is so much larger than any mistake I could make.
August 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Shipyard Report: I am daftly entertaining the idea of a 1:350 Enterprise, on the grounds that the model is so much larger than any mistake I could make.
I would love to do without a "smart" phone. But most US carriers don't abide "dumb" phones with slightly smart features like Wi-Fi Calling. And since I live in a carrier dead spot...
My only alternative, then, is to keep my "smart" phone as dumb as I possibly can. Fewest, simplest apps.
My only alternative, then, is to keep my "smart" phone as dumb as I possibly can. Fewest, simplest apps.
August 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I would love to do without a "smart" phone. But most US carriers don't abide "dumb" phones with slightly smart features like Wi-Fi Calling. And since I live in a carrier dead spot...
My only alternative, then, is to keep my "smart" phone as dumb as I possibly can. Fewest, simplest apps.
My only alternative, then, is to keep my "smart" phone as dumb as I possibly can. Fewest, simplest apps.
An encyclopedia set I was given when I was 7 years old. Or maybe the unabridged dictionary I was given when I was 6.
Martin Amis' 'Money' when I was 11
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
August 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
An encyclopedia set I was given when I was 7 years old. Or maybe the unabridged dictionary I was given when I was 6.
Shipyard Report: Romulan assembled. Needs a couple touches of paint. No new assemblies until I get these two into their decals.
After that, K-series space station. Pretty clear parts getting mostly painted over. Window decals sourced from the rejected 1701-A kit. Love a common scale!
After that, K-series space station. Pretty clear parts getting mostly painted over. Window decals sourced from the rejected 1701-A kit. Love a common scale!
August 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Shipyard Report: Romulan assembled. Needs a couple touches of paint. No new assemblies until I get these two into their decals.
After that, K-series space station. Pretty clear parts getting mostly painted over. Window decals sourced from the rejected 1701-A kit. Love a common scale!
After that, K-series space station. Pretty clear parts getting mostly painted over. Window decals sourced from the rejected 1701-A kit. Love a common scale!
Shipyard Report: DISCO S2 Enterprise now in proper sub-assemblies. I have maybe 12 decals to put on.
Next up: Back to my book stack analogy. This book sounded cool, but right now as I look at it, no. I'm not reading that. So I need to find this NCC-1701-A kit a new home.
Actual next? TOS Romulan.
Next up: Back to my book stack analogy. This book sounded cool, but right now as I look at it, no. I'm not reading that. So I need to find this NCC-1701-A kit a new home.
Actual next? TOS Romulan.
August 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Shipyard Report: DISCO S2 Enterprise now in proper sub-assemblies. I have maybe 12 decals to put on.
Next up: Back to my book stack analogy. This book sounded cool, but right now as I look at it, no. I'm not reading that. So I need to find this NCC-1701-A kit a new home.
Actual next? TOS Romulan.
Next up: Back to my book stack analogy. This book sounded cool, but right now as I look at it, no. I'm not reading that. So I need to find this NCC-1701-A kit a new home.
Actual next? TOS Romulan.
Other people have stacks of books to read. I've given myself a stack of plastic model kits to assemble. I've always wanted a collection of Star Trek models in the same scale, so here I am, with these 1:1000 models that don't take up a lot of room but are still big enough to show nice detail.
August 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Other people have stacks of books to read. I've given myself a stack of plastic model kits to assemble. I've always wanted a collection of Star Trek models in the same scale, so here I am, with these 1:1000 models that don't take up a lot of room but are still big enough to show nice detail.
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I was today years old when I realized the hook line on the new Superman movie poster is ... really, really old! Very cool.
July 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I was today years old when I realized the hook line on the new Superman movie poster is ... really, really old! Very cool.
I miss little C110 cameras.
July 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I miss little C110 cameras.
TIL: "Yankee-style" screwdrivers are much better at putting screws in than getting screws out.
July 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
TIL: "Yankee-style" screwdrivers are much better at putting screws in than getting screws out.