Matt MacAdam
@mattjm.com
Identity engineer. Reader. Interested in way too many things.
Gross.
(email from Social Security Administration)
(email from Social Security Administration)
July 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Gross.
(email from Social Security Administration)
(email from Social Security Administration)
I heard JD Vance is lobbying the pope to change it to "cis-substantiation".
June 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I heard JD Vance is lobbying the pope to change it to "cis-substantiation".
There is a sign you used to see at repair shops :
Hourly rate: $20/hour
If you watch: $30/hour
If you help: $40/hour
If you tried to fix it yourself first: $100/hour
For 2025 I am suggesting to replace the last item:
If you asked and trusted AI and now you need me to fix your mess: $500/hour
Hourly rate: $20/hour
If you watch: $30/hour
If you help: $40/hour
If you tried to fix it yourself first: $100/hour
For 2025 I am suggesting to replace the last item:
If you asked and trusted AI and now you need me to fix your mess: $500/hour
June 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
There is a sign you used to see at repair shops :
Hourly rate: $20/hour
If you watch: $30/hour
If you help: $40/hour
If you tried to fix it yourself first: $100/hour
For 2025 I am suggesting to replace the last item:
If you asked and trusted AI and now you need me to fix your mess: $500/hour
Hourly rate: $20/hour
If you watch: $30/hour
If you help: $40/hour
If you tried to fix it yourself first: $100/hour
For 2025 I am suggesting to replace the last item:
If you asked and trusted AI and now you need me to fix your mess: $500/hour
RFC2616:
"Some HTTP/1.0 software has interpreted a Content-Type header without charset parameter incorrectly to mean "recipient should guess.""
😂
"Some HTTP/1.0 software has interpreted a Content-Type header without charset parameter incorrectly to mean "recipient should guess.""
😂
May 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
RFC2616:
"Some HTTP/1.0 software has interpreted a Content-Type header without charset parameter incorrectly to mean "recipient should guess.""
😂
"Some HTTP/1.0 software has interpreted a Content-Type header without charset parameter incorrectly to mean "recipient should guess.""
😂
I didn't get around to watching The Robe on Easter, but fun film trivia:
Jean Simmons, who played Diana in The Robe (1953), also played Admiral Satie in the Star Trek TNG episode The Drumhead (1991).
Jean Simmons, who played Diana in The Robe (1953), also played Admiral Satie in the Star Trek TNG episode The Drumhead (1991).
May 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I didn't get around to watching The Robe on Easter, but fun film trivia:
Jean Simmons, who played Diana in The Robe (1953), also played Admiral Satie in the Star Trek TNG episode The Drumhead (1991).
Jean Simmons, who played Diana in The Robe (1953), also played Admiral Satie in the Star Trek TNG episode The Drumhead (1991).
MATTEL INC v. MCA RECORDS INC (2002)
The infamous Barbie Girl/Mattel lawsuit.
"the parties are advised to chill" 😂
The infamous Barbie Girl/Mattel lawsuit.
"the parties are advised to chill" 😂
MATTEL INC v. MCA RECORDS INC (2002) | FindLaw
Case opinion for US 9th Circuit MATTEL INC v. MCA RECORDS INC. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.
caselaw.findlaw.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
MATTEL INC v. MCA RECORDS INC (2002)
The infamous Barbie Girl/Mattel lawsuit.
"the parties are advised to chill" 😂
The infamous Barbie Girl/Mattel lawsuit.
"the parties are advised to chill" 😂
Thanks to David Mitchell, the expression "I am taking off, you hold down the inflatable hover fort" is firmly embedded in my lexicon.
May 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thanks to David Mitchell, the expression "I am taking off, you hold down the inflatable hover fort" is firmly embedded in my lexicon.
supermax prison is far more secure and dehumanizing than Alcatraz--if you want a symbol of "law and order" we already have it.
May 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
supermax prison is far more secure and dehumanizing than Alcatraz--if you want a symbol of "law and order" we already have it.
I Feel Pretty - John Edwards
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April 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Reposted by Matt MacAdam
As the news report that US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth had a second signal chat in which he shared detailed military plans with his family
One wonders if he was inspired by Mission Gainsborough from this episode of Blackadder Goes Forth 👀
One wonders if he was inspired by Mission Gainsborough from this episode of Blackadder Goes Forth 👀
April 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
As the news report that US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth had a second signal chat in which he shared detailed military plans with his family
One wonders if he was inspired by Mission Gainsborough from this episode of Blackadder Goes Forth 👀
One wonders if he was inspired by Mission Gainsborough from this episode of Blackadder Goes Forth 👀
The animated Disney Robin Hod was my favorite movie when I was a kid. Turns out it was prophetic.
"And he throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have his way"
The color of the puppet even matches. 😂
"And he throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have his way"
The color of the puppet even matches. 😂
Robin Hood: Phony King of England
YouTube video by Captain Cartoon
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April 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The animated Disney Robin Hod was my favorite movie when I was a kid. Turns out it was prophetic.
"And he throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have his way"
The color of the puppet even matches. 😂
"And he throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have his way"
The color of the puppet even matches. 😂
My Good Friday television episode: "Passing Through Gethsemane" from season 3 of Babylon 5. Beautiful and well done story.
April 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
My Good Friday television episode: "Passing Through Gethsemane" from season 3 of Babylon 5. Beautiful and well done story.
Googling "wide stance" today still returns former Idaho Senator Larry Craig's Wikipedia page as the first result.
#forgottenscandals
#forgottenscandals
April 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Googling "wide stance" today still returns former Idaho Senator Larry Craig's Wikipedia page as the first result.
#forgottenscandals
#forgottenscandals
Technical writers juggle readability, accessibility, alert fatigue, their intended audience, and their own capacity in every document.
Feedback is always welcome but...usually there is a reason something is or isn't done a certain way. The entire document can't be bold. 😂
Feedback is always welcome but...usually there is a reason something is or isn't done a certain way. The entire document can't be bold. 😂
March 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Technical writers juggle readability, accessibility, alert fatigue, their intended audience, and their own capacity in every document.
Feedback is always welcome but...usually there is a reason something is or isn't done a certain way. The entire document can't be bold. 😂
Feedback is always welcome but...usually there is a reason something is or isn't done a certain way. The entire document can't be bold. 😂
never gets old
St. Patrick's Bad Analogies
YouTube video by LutheranSatire
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March 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
never gets old
Reposted by Matt MacAdam
i'm stealing this from someone on twitter but the difference in body language here is due to the fact that both of these men are condemned to eternal damnation in the deepest circle of Hell but only Rubio realizes it
February 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
i'm stealing this from someone on twitter but the difference in body language here is due to the fact that both of these men are condemned to eternal damnation in the deepest circle of Hell but only Rubio realizes it
My wife proposes a celebrity couple portmanteau name for Trump and Musk:
Mumps
😂💉
Mumps
😂💉
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My wife proposes a celebrity couple portmanteau name for Trump and Musk:
Mumps
😂💉
Mumps
😂💉
My name is Olaf and I like warm rays of sunshine.
February 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My name is Olaf and I like warm rays of sunshine.
The Economist sure makes it a pain in the ass to cancel your subscription.
I will probably want to pick it up again later this year but the hassle in canceling will be my biggest barrier to signing up again.
I will probably want to pick it up again later this year but the hassle in canceling will be my biggest barrier to signing up again.
February 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Economist sure makes it a pain in the ass to cancel your subscription.
I will probably want to pick it up again later this year but the hassle in canceling will be my biggest barrier to signing up again.
I will probably want to pick it up again later this year but the hassle in canceling will be my biggest barrier to signing up again.
You ever have one of those hobbies where you can only work on it when you're feeling really good about yourself because you are going to make a lot of mistakes? That's me and machining.
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You ever have one of those hobbies where you can only work on it when you're feeling really good about yourself because you are going to make a lot of mistakes? That's me and machining.
Are they still called skinny jeans if they are regular size jeans and you just managed to fill them out? Asking for a friend 😅
January 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Are they still called skinny jeans if they are regular size jeans and you just managed to fill them out? Asking for a friend 😅
George MacDonald is an underrated author. I love his take on Christian Universalism in Lilith with this exchange between Lilith and Adam. I hope it still makes some sense out of context: (1/3)
January 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
George MacDonald is an underrated author. I love his take on Christian Universalism in Lilith with this exchange between Lilith and Adam. I hope it still makes some sense out of context: (1/3)
In today’s Bad Electrical Work…apparently this passes for bonding the copper plumbing to the electrical service.
It’s ok…it had electrical tape over it for extra clamping power. /s
It’s ok…it had electrical tape over it for extra clamping power. /s
January 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In today’s Bad Electrical Work…apparently this passes for bonding the copper plumbing to the electrical service.
It’s ok…it had electrical tape over it for extra clamping power. /s
It’s ok…it had electrical tape over it for extra clamping power. /s
I was re-reading The Fellowship of the Ring last year and thought the meter of the Sam’s song about the stone trolls seemed really familiar (“Troll sat alone on his seat of stone”).
Finally realized it is the folk song “The fox went out on a chilly night” (Roud 131).
Finally realized it is the folk song “The fox went out on a chilly night” (Roud 131).
January 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I was re-reading The Fellowship of the Ring last year and thought the meter of the Sam’s song about the stone trolls seemed really familiar (“Troll sat alone on his seat of stone”).
Finally realized it is the folk song “The fox went out on a chilly night” (Roud 131).
Finally realized it is the folk song “The fox went out on a chilly night” (Roud 131).