A.J. Petix
@ajpetix.com
Tech lover, Michigan outdoorsman, gamer, car enthusiast, and riichi mahjong addict.
Currently: Missing the beauty of the Cinque Terre in Italy.
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Currently: Missing the beauty of the Cinque Terre in Italy.
From Warren Buffet's final letter. Don't let the way this is written fool you: transparency causing CEO wage increases is a failure of capitalism.
Governments can cap wage gaps between the top and bottom employees of an organization to level the playing field. This is a solvable problem.
Governments can cap wage gaps between the top and bottom employees of an organization to level the playing field. This is a solvable problem.
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
From Warren Buffet's final letter. Don't let the way this is written fool you: transparency causing CEO wage increases is a failure of capitalism.
Governments can cap wage gaps between the top and bottom employees of an organization to level the playing field. This is a solvable problem.
Governments can cap wage gaps between the top and bottom employees of an organization to level the playing field. This is a solvable problem.
Immich runs on a Raspberry Pi 5, but it definitely puts a strain on things when you're running your initial backup! 😅
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Immich runs on a Raspberry Pi 5, but it definitely puts a strain on things when you're running your initial backup! 😅
Looking through my photo library and remembered I took this screenshot. Based @itsonlybrad.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Looking through my photo library and remembered I took this screenshot. Based @itsonlybrad.bsky.social
I knew I was gonna encounter easily stripped bolts on this car, but I was *really* hoping I wouldn’t encounter them when replacing this ABS wheel speed sensor… and so far I’ve got 2, maybe 3 and one of them was the bolt holding the sensor in the steering knuckle. 😭 Damn you, Midwest rust!
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I knew I was gonna encounter easily stripped bolts on this car, but I was *really* hoping I wouldn’t encounter them when replacing this ABS wheel speed sensor… and so far I’ve got 2, maybe 3 and one of them was the bolt holding the sensor in the steering knuckle. 😭 Damn you, Midwest rust!
Now there's something I haven't seen in my work mailbox in a loooooong time...
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Now there's something I haven't seen in my work mailbox in a loooooong time...
I think next year I'll do the vampire teeth on my Miata. Back in 2022 it was lots of fun covering the whole car in a bedsheet and doing the classic ghost costume.
Happy Halloween, everyone!
Happy Halloween, everyone!
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I think next year I'll do the vampire teeth on my Miata. Back in 2022 it was lots of fun covering the whole car in a bedsheet and doing the classic ghost costume.
Happy Halloween, everyone!
Happy Halloween, everyone!
- Buy a treadmill
- Never use it
- Start preparing to sell said treadmill at a significant loss
- It's recalled with no remedy
- Discover it's illegal to sell a recalled item
Well... I guess we're holding onto it until we decide to finally take back the space it takes up in our basement...
- Never use it
- Start preparing to sell said treadmill at a significant loss
- It's recalled with no remedy
- Discover it's illegal to sell a recalled item
Well... I guess we're holding onto it until we decide to finally take back the space it takes up in our basement...
October 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
- Buy a treadmill
- Never use it
- Start preparing to sell said treadmill at a significant loss
- It's recalled with no remedy
- Discover it's illegal to sell a recalled item
Well... I guess we're holding onto it until we decide to finally take back the space it takes up in our basement...
- Never use it
- Start preparing to sell said treadmill at a significant loss
- It's recalled with no remedy
- Discover it's illegal to sell a recalled item
Well... I guess we're holding onto it until we decide to finally take back the space it takes up in our basement...
I think I'm going to be stuck in Expert 1 Purgatory forever now.
At least for a moment in my life I was able to taste the jade room in Mahjong Soul. 🥲
At least for a moment in my life I was able to taste the jade room in Mahjong Soul. 🥲
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I think I'm going to be stuck in Expert 1 Purgatory forever now.
At least for a moment in my life I was able to taste the jade room in Mahjong Soul. 🥲
At least for a moment in my life I was able to taste the jade room in Mahjong Soul. 🥲
Mild panic is settling in after realizing that the ABS issues on my Miata may be more expensive than previously suspected depending on which corner(s) need to have wheel speed sensors replaced.
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Mild panic is settling in after realizing that the ABS issues on my Miata may be more expensive than previously suspected depending on which corner(s) need to have wheel speed sensors replaced.
Another wedding as the couple with the best matching outfits, plus I got to see rays and skates and hang out with my high school friend group (and @itsonlybrad.bsky.social )!
October 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Another wedding as the couple with the best matching outfits, plus I got to see rays and skates and hang out with my high school friend group (and @itsonlybrad.bsky.social )!
“What’s Expedition 33 about?”
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“What’s Expedition 33 about?”
Well that 20-mile endurance hike was rough, but I did it!
October 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Well that 20-mile endurance hike was rough, but I did it!
Ready for a 20 mile hike tomorrow.
October 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ready for a 20 mile hike tomorrow.
All three of these sound interesting enough that I wanna try all three. The problem is that Blake's is an apple orchard and everyone & their brother is going to Blake's for cider & donuts for the next 2 months.
October 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
All three of these sound interesting enough that I wanna try all three. The problem is that Blake's is an apple orchard and everyone & their brother is going to Blake's for cider & donuts for the next 2 months.
The curse of winning the first hand, even if it's Kazoe Yakuman, is too powerful.
I was in the dealer seat for that tsumo'd yakuman and still somehow recovered. A nice change from the last 5 games where I lost.
I was in the dealer seat for that tsumo'd yakuman and still somehow recovered. A nice change from the last 5 games where I lost.
September 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The curse of winning the first hand, even if it's Kazoe Yakuman, is too powerful.
I was in the dealer seat for that tsumo'd yakuman and still somehow recovered. A nice change from the last 5 games where I lost.
I was in the dealer seat for that tsumo'd yakuman and still somehow recovered. A nice change from the last 5 games where I lost.
You ever just look at somewhere on a map and wonder "I wonder what a place was like in its prime?"
Yeah, I looked up the Belle Isle Zoo today and HOLY SHIT by today's standards this is so incredibly unethical. What a wild time to have been a kid at a zoo, though.
Yeah, I looked up the Belle Isle Zoo today and HOLY SHIT by today's standards this is so incredibly unethical. What a wild time to have been a kid at a zoo, though.
September 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
You ever just look at somewhere on a map and wonder "I wonder what a place was like in its prime?"
Yeah, I looked up the Belle Isle Zoo today and HOLY SHIT by today's standards this is so incredibly unethical. What a wild time to have been a kid at a zoo, though.
Yeah, I looked up the Belle Isle Zoo today and HOLY SHIT by today's standards this is so incredibly unethical. What a wild time to have been a kid at a zoo, though.
Four losses in a row. Sometimes I hate this game.
September 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Four losses in a row. Sometimes I hate this game.
Sometimes it's just that easy to get Detroit style pizza for dinner, folks.
September 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Sometimes it's just that easy to get Detroit style pizza for dinner, folks.
If you’ve never experienced Chroma by Cartel front-to-back live, you’re missing out on something magical.
September 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
If you’ve never experienced Chroma by Cartel front-to-back live, you’re missing out on something magical.
Been watching my parents’ dog for the last week now and while we’ve had our issues with Geno, I can’t help but love how dang cute he is when he’s just laying down being a total couch potato.
September 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Been watching my parents’ dog for the last week now and while we’ve had our issues with Geno, I can’t help but love how dang cute he is when he’s just laying down being a total couch potato.
A good one from Tumblr.
September 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A good one from Tumblr.
Unbelievable addition to the Carrot Weather app as part of the iOS 26 update released today.
September 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Unbelievable addition to the Carrot Weather app as part of the iOS 26 update released today.
Logitech needs to do better with their repairability. The MX Master 3 is one of the best selling mice of all time and you cannot repair the mouse button switches without either soldering or fully replacing the entire main board of the mouse. Very disappointing.
September 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Logitech needs to do better with their repairability. The MX Master 3 is one of the best selling mice of all time and you cannot repair the mouse button switches without either soldering or fully replacing the entire main board of the mouse. Very disappointing.
It’s weird watching my 401k behavior since I started contributing it almost exactly 3 years ago. Look at the erratic growth after the crash in April of this year! 😳 Not sure if it’s the AI bubble or something else, but it sure is interesting to witness.
September 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It’s weird watching my 401k behavior since I started contributing it almost exactly 3 years ago. Look at the erratic growth after the crash in April of this year! 😳 Not sure if it’s the AI bubble or something else, but it sure is interesting to witness.