Charles Olson
charlesolson.bsky.social
Charles Olson
@charlesolson.bsky.social
Parent, software engineer, woodworker, hiker, skier, aspiring guitarist, great big nerd about things like transit, infrastructure, geography etc. You know, that guy.
I did the same thing with Sketchup when I was reorganizing my very small and overcrowded wood shop. Fortunately most large tools and machinery are available for download. It also came in handy when I was planning the dust-collection ductwork.
December 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Finder is an awesomely fun read. As is the entire tetralogy (is too a word) that it is part of.
December 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Are you thinking of a different place? The Burren has quite good food and I believe always has.
December 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. There is of course the obvious corollary, "don't let crazy stick its dick in you".
December 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
There's a saying among my cohort of friends who went to Harvard (which I did not): "If someone asks where you went to college, just say 'Fuck you', you'll offend fewer people that way"
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I can state from personal experience that they are not.
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I've thought for a while that an amendment to eliminate preemptive pardons, and make offenses by people who were Federal officers at the time unpardonable, retroactive to 1/1/25 or so (might have to include Hunter's pardon too) would be a good idea and might even pass ¾ of the states .
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Small correction: Jacoby actually wrote for the _Globe_. And as someone said, he was like a broken calendar, he was right once a year.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I recently saw a video of electric vehicle crash tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The one with the Cybertruck was very satisfying, not least because unlike most of the others it scattered debris and body panels all over the place. I forget how it scored, though.
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I see. Lemme 'splain to you sometime my similarly-derived opinion of Paul McCartney.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Fair. FWIW she mostly sings backup.
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I recently found this cover of "Comfortably Numb" by her and Ani DiFranco. It's completely heartbreaking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqQF...
Comfortably Numb - Dar Williams & Ani DiFranco
YouTube video by CoverLounge
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Rule 34 rears its ugly head again.
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The key to understanding vi is to understand that it was originally developed in the 1970s, when people did a lot of drugs.
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
(and I only just noticed that "Fluffernutter") sounds like a euphemism for something very obscene.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I'm not sure whether that's more of an abomination against beer or against Fluffernutters.
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Which polling place?
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Hello darkness my old friend
Soon you'll arrive at 4pm
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM