Michael R. Keller
@kellernyc.bsky.social
Vancouver, BC | Data analytics, Boardgames, and Photography
If you're running a gift exchange this year, I built a tool that might improve everyone's gifts: bettersecretsanta.com
Better Secret Santa
Improve your Secret Santa gift exchanges by making it easier for everyone to select a gift.
bettersecretsanta.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If you're running a gift exchange this year, I built a tool that might improve everyone's gifts: bettersecretsanta.com
A friend from work vacationed in Japan and was kind enough to pick these up for me.
The book is so beautiful that I don't want to take it out of the plastic but I also very much want to read it.
This is my Sophie's Choice.
The book is so beautiful that I don't want to take it out of the plastic but I also very much want to read it.
This is my Sophie's Choice.
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A friend from work vacationed in Japan and was kind enough to pick these up for me.
The book is so beautiful that I don't want to take it out of the plastic but I also very much want to read it.
This is my Sophie's Choice.
The book is so beautiful that I don't want to take it out of the plastic but I also very much want to read it.
This is my Sophie's Choice.
This is shockingly bad icon design. Okay, the outlook icon looks like an envelope, fine.
The second icon makes me think of the letter E, so excel, except it’s the wrong color. Excel is green, so the third icon makes sense if you realized it’s trying to show individual cells…
The second icon makes me think of the letter E, so excel, except it’s the wrong color. Excel is green, so the third icon makes sense if you realized it’s trying to show individual cells…
October 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is shockingly bad icon design. Okay, the outlook icon looks like an envelope, fine.
The second icon makes me think of the letter E, so excel, except it’s the wrong color. Excel is green, so the third icon makes sense if you realized it’s trying to show individual cells…
The second icon makes me think of the letter E, so excel, except it’s the wrong color. Excel is green, so the third icon makes sense if you realized it’s trying to show individual cells…
My main serve is from the far left corner. Tonight, my opponents all caught me with wide right returns.
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
My main serve is from the far left corner. Tonight, my opponents all caught me with wide right returns.
Doubles match, opponent backspin serves. I return with as much backspin as I can. Barely makes it to the net, clipping the top. Ball hits table next to the net. It bounces up, reverses and backspin climbs over the net to my side.
I will never hit a shot that perfect again.
I will never hit a shot that perfect again.
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Doubles match, opponent backspin serves. I return with as much backspin as I can. Barely makes it to the net, clipping the top. Ball hits table next to the net. It bounces up, reverses and backspin climbs over the net to my side.
I will never hit a shot that perfect again.
I will never hit a shot that perfect again.
So, this is happening: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
Captains of Industry: 10th Anniversary Edition
Shape the economy through production, research, and market manipulation.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So, this is happening: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
Took a test to prove I speak English. I’m not a fan of how portions are designed. Some test memory, not comprehension. Another has you describing an image in far too short a timeframe. Again, that could be a test of cognitive analysis or time management, but I don’t see how it tests language skill.
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Took a test to prove I speak English. I’m not a fan of how portions are designed. Some test memory, not comprehension. Another has you describing an image in far too short a timeframe. Again, that could be a test of cognitive analysis or time management, but I don’t see how it tests language skill.
Note to self: NEVER drink coffee right before table tennis to improve your ability to track the ball. Your abdomen will collapse into a black hole two hours later.
August 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Note to self: NEVER drink coffee right before table tennis to improve your ability to track the ball. Your abdomen will collapse into a black hole two hours later.
The NYTimes can take their "don't you dare make life better for people" agenda and fuck right off. They are a leech on the left, drawing lifeblood and contributing nothing. Better to let it go bankrupt so an actual non-conservative news source can rise in its place. www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...
Mamdani poised to win New York mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes ahead of ranked-choice count | CNN Politics
New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani was on the brink of a stunning Democratic primary win Tuesday for New York City mayor, with his top challenger, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, conceding t...
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June 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The NYTimes can take their "don't you dare make life better for people" agenda and fuck right off. They are a leech on the left, drawing lifeblood and contributing nothing. Better to let it go bankrupt so an actual non-conservative news source can rise in its place. www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...
Haven't played table tennis in a couple of years, signed up for lessons at the local community center here. I thought that the hardest part would be finding my old form. After having me take a few shots, the instructor had me completely change how I swing. It felt like learning to write left-handed.
May 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Haven't played table tennis in a couple of years, signed up for lessons at the local community center here. I thought that the hardest part would be finding my old form. After having me take a few shots, the instructor had me completely change how I swing. It felt like learning to write left-handed.
Pixelation is not secure www.youtube.com/watch?v=acKY...
This is one of those things I always believed were theoretically true but practically infeasible. However, people are now posting tools to actually just do it on a normal desktop computer.
This is one of those things I always believed were theoretically true but practically infeasible. However, people are now posting tools to actually just do it on a normal desktop computer.
It's easier than ever to de-censor videos
YouTube video by Level 2 Jeff
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April 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Pixelation is not secure www.youtube.com/watch?v=acKY...
This is one of those things I always believed were theoretically true but practically infeasible. However, people are now posting tools to actually just do it on a normal desktop computer.
This is one of those things I always believed were theoretically true but practically infeasible. However, people are now posting tools to actually just do it on a normal desktop computer.
Definitely the worst part of everything happening is that it's making me want to apologize to George Lucas for spending decades thinking that the political storyline of Episode 1 was infantile, absurd, and lacking in any sort of relevance in the post-Cold War age.
April 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Definitely the worst part of everything happening is that it's making me want to apologize to George Lucas for spending decades thinking that the political storyline of Episode 1 was infantile, absurd, and lacking in any sort of relevance in the post-Cold War age.
About my earlier post: I haven’t played any board games since leaving Austin two years ago. I haven’t played with strangers since BGGcon 2019. And I certainly haven’t taught people how to play Captains in that time.
March 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
About my earlier post: I haven’t played any board games since leaving Austin two years ago. I haven’t played with strangers since BGGcon 2019. And I certainly haven’t taught people how to play Captains in that time.
Time to see if I remember how to do this!
March 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Time to see if I remember how to do this!
Blinds should roll up from the bottom of the window, so you can let sunlight in while maintaining privacy.
Patent Patent TM TM
Patent Patent TM TM
March 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Blinds should roll up from the bottom of the window, so you can let sunlight in while maintaining privacy.
Patent Patent TM TM
Patent Patent TM TM
It's been 8 years since I last walked through the snow. I'd forgotten what a sensory experience it is. The bracing cold. The slow crunch underfoot. The pervasive quiet. The tingles of snow dust gently falling from a branch onto your face after that small, fat bird alights from a branch... magical.
February 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It's been 8 years since I last walked through the snow. I'd forgotten what a sensory experience it is. The bracing cold. The slow crunch underfoot. The pervasive quiet. The tingles of snow dust gently falling from a branch onto your face after that small, fat bird alights from a branch... magical.
Anyone who tries to justify Lake Michigan and Lake Huron being separate lakes but doesn't also argue that Georgian Bay should be one of the Great Lakes is intellectually bankrupt.
January 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Anyone who tries to justify Lake Michigan and Lake Huron being separate lakes but doesn't also argue that Georgian Bay should be one of the Great Lakes is intellectually bankrupt.
So how was my first year (9.5 months) in Vancouver?
I doubled my 2023 daily activity. I fell short of my goals, mainly because I slacked off in the summer. I guess I'm the opposite of most people: cold weather makes me want to go outside, warm weather to stay in.
I doubled my 2023 daily activity. I fell short of my goals, mainly because I slacked off in the summer. I guess I'm the opposite of most people: cold weather makes me want to go outside, warm weather to stay in.
January 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
So how was my first year (9.5 months) in Vancouver?
I doubled my 2023 daily activity. I fell short of my goals, mainly because I slacked off in the summer. I guess I'm the opposite of most people: cold weather makes me want to go outside, warm weather to stay in.
I doubled my 2023 daily activity. I fell short of my goals, mainly because I slacked off in the summer. I guess I'm the opposite of most people: cold weather makes me want to go outside, warm weather to stay in.
Boardgame industry people: can anyone recommend an artist who can match this style?
December 28, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Boardgame industry people: can anyone recommend an artist who can match this style?
Are you running a Secret Santa this year? I made a tool which assigns Santas in a way that makes it easier for people to think of a gift to buy.
bettersecretsanta.com
bettersecretsanta.com
Better Secret Santa
Improve your Secret Santa gift exchanges by making it easier for everyone to select a gift.
bettersecretsanta.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Are you running a Secret Santa this year? I made a tool which assigns Santas in a way that makes it easier for people to think of a gift to buy.
bettersecretsanta.com
bettersecretsanta.com