Matt Phelps
@mattphelps.com
Former Linux IT at Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian; Chess player, organizer, referee (IA); Pilot; SF reader, etc.
Posts here are my own and do not reflect the views of any other organization, person, dog, aircraft, chess opening, etc.
Posts here are my own and do not reflect the views of any other organization, person, dog, aircraft, chess opening, etc.
PROMPT: What if John Scalzi was a young Colonel Sanders?
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
PROMPT: What if John Scalzi was a young Colonel Sanders?
Very damp January here...
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Very damp January here...
Below zero (F) coming to Massachusetts in the next few days. You've made the correct choice.
January 21, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Below zero (F) coming to Massachusetts in the next few days. You've made the correct choice.
Share a television show that raised you.
a man in a suit and hat is walking down a hallway carrying a briefcase
Alt: a man in a suit and hat is walking in a very silly manner down a hallway carrying a briefcase
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Share a television show that raised you.
Bad, bad, bad. Take a stand!
January 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Bad, bad, bad. Take a stand!
Rudy; sleepy and alert.
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Rudy; sleepy and alert.
I read the NASA blurb, but didn't see the subject of biosignatures discussed. Will this mission have the ability to definitively detect them, or do we just not know (yet).
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I read the NASA blurb, but didn't see the subject of biosignatures discussed. Will this mission have the ability to definitively detect them, or do we just not know (yet).
Pulled a hamstring getting up off the couch to get a beer.
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Pulled a hamstring getting up off the couch to get a beer.
(Excellent use of Monty Python stock footage)
December 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
(Excellent use of Monty Python stock footage)
I don't play bass, or any instrument for that matter, but I've almost pulled the trigger on one of these just for display. Maybe I should now, and soon.
December 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I don't play bass, or any instrument for that matter, but I've almost pulled the trigger on one of these just for display. Maybe I should now, and soon.
Anyone thinking of getting these, JUST DO IT, NOW!!
I loved these books.
I loved these books.
December 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Anyone thinking of getting these, JUST DO IT, NOW!!
I loved these books.
I loved these books.
Don't start. Seriously.
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Don't start. Seriously.
Revere was ahead of his time.
December 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Revere was ahead of his time.
Little known fact: Revere wore cargo shorts, an open flannel shirt with a Red Sox T-shirt underneath, Timberland work boots, and was drinking a Dunkin' large iced the whole ride.
December 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Little known fact: Revere wore cargo shorts, an open flannel shirt with a Red Sox T-shirt underneath, Timberland work boots, and was drinking a Dunkin' large iced the whole ride.
And the hospital and ambulance service were run by your town? Good times.
December 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
And the hospital and ambulance service were run by your town? Good times.