Chris Nebel
Chris Nebel
@nebelch.bsky.social
Some people call me Mr. AppleScript.
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March 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Aviva (age 4¾) complains that she can’t sleep because her stuffies are keeping her awake asking her to do things. On the one hand, this is cute imaginative play. On the other, there are multiple horror movies that start this way, so… yeah.
February 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Does it bother anyone else that the image for U+1F354 HAMBURGER is a cheeseburger?
November 21, 2024 at 10:08 PM
@bsky.app Where can I report a bug in the iOS app?
November 20, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Teaching sand to think was a mistake. Teaching it to talk to other sand was an even bigger mistake.
November 20, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Overheard re. Sour Patch Kids Oreos: “Not as gross as you might think.”
June 6, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Leo (age 10½) is building the Lego Dune Ornithopter, and has dubbed the included Baron Harkonnen figure “Floaty McFloatface”.
March 31, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Not well known: a program running in a terminal window can move/resize/miniaturize its window by printing certain control sequences defined by xterm.

Even less well known: a program running in a terminal can move/etc. _other_ terminal windows by printing those sequences to the TTY for that window!
March 5, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Puppies!
February 4, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Puppy Watch, day 8.
February 4, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Puppy Watch, day 7.
February 2, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Puppy Watch, day 6.
February 1, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Aviva (age 3¾) says she’s having trouble getting out of bed this morning because her “brain feels soggy.”
January 30, 2024 at 2:17 AM