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Random coder. Some for fun. Some for $$. C#, Java, Rust, JavaScript, Smalltalk/Squeak, etc. - whatever looks interesting. Now exploring React.
Occasional fan ficcer.
And I have IDEAS! About things! (OMG! Another old guy with opinions. On the Internet! )
Occasional fan ficcer.
And I have IDEAS! About things! (OMG! Another old guy with opinions. On the Internet! )
Stamps! Forever!
Looks like the Forces of Evil / Anti-DEI haven't infiltrated the USPS yet. Phew!
Guess it's a a good thing that the USPS is an independent entity.
Except the Pres still appoints the Postmaster General... which is why things are being done to make mail-in voting harder.
Looks like the Forces of Evil / Anti-DEI haven't infiltrated the USPS yet. Phew!
Guess it's a a good thing that the USPS is an independent entity.
Except the Pres still appoints the Postmaster General... which is why things are being done to make mail-in voting harder.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Stamps! Forever!
Looks like the Forces of Evil / Anti-DEI haven't infiltrated the USPS yet. Phew!
Guess it's a a good thing that the USPS is an independent entity.
Except the Pres still appoints the Postmaster General... which is why things are being done to make mail-in voting harder.
Looks like the Forces of Evil / Anti-DEI haven't infiltrated the USPS yet. Phew!
Guess it's a a good thing that the USPS is an independent entity.
Except the Pres still appoints the Postmaster General... which is why things are being done to make mail-in voting harder.
A Reminder
Elections are run by and conducted by the states, not the Federal government.
US elections have never been cancelled even during the Civil War or any other war.
Trump can’t legally cancel elections. But he can try to affect them by making it difficult to vote.
#elections #trump
Elections are run by and conducted by the states, not the Federal government.
US elections have never been cancelled even during the Civil War or any other war.
Trump can’t legally cancel elections. But he can try to affect them by making it difficult to vote.
#elections #trump
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A Reminder
Elections are run by and conducted by the states, not the Federal government.
US elections have never been cancelled even during the Civil War or any other war.
Trump can’t legally cancel elections. But he can try to affect them by making it difficult to vote.
#elections #trump
Elections are run by and conducted by the states, not the Federal government.
US elections have never been cancelled even during the Civil War or any other war.
Trump can’t legally cancel elections. But he can try to affect them by making it difficult to vote.
#elections #trump
Careful with that axe Eugene!
Accidentally deleted the content of a crontab file (!!!) - not sure how - and didn’t notice until a few hours later when a few log files didn’t update like expected.
Fortunately I have backups of all important files on that server so it was a quick fix.
Accidentally deleted the content of a crontab file (!!!) - not sure how - and didn’t notice until a few hours later when a few log files didn’t update like expected.
Fortunately I have backups of all important files on that server so it was a quick fix.
January 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Careful with that axe Eugene!
Accidentally deleted the content of a crontab file (!!!) - not sure how - and didn’t notice until a few hours later when a few log files didn’t update like expected.
Fortunately I have backups of all important files on that server so it was a quick fix.
Accidentally deleted the content of a crontab file (!!!) - not sure how - and didn’t notice until a few hours later when a few log files didn’t update like expected.
Fortunately I have backups of all important files on that server so it was a quick fix.
New Year Price increases!
1st 2026 grocery shopping trip this morning. Many small things that had steady prices for the last 6 months? 10-20% increases.
Taking back all those EOY/X-Mass sale savings with a vengeance!
Did they think we wouldn't notice?
#groceries #prices #upupup
1st 2026 grocery shopping trip this morning. Many small things that had steady prices for the last 6 months? 10-20% increases.
Taking back all those EOY/X-Mass sale savings with a vengeance!
Did they think we wouldn't notice?
#groceries #prices #upupup
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
New Year Price increases!
1st 2026 grocery shopping trip this morning. Many small things that had steady prices for the last 6 months? 10-20% increases.
Taking back all those EOY/X-Mass sale savings with a vengeance!
Did they think we wouldn't notice?
#groceries #prices #upupup
1st 2026 grocery shopping trip this morning. Many small things that had steady prices for the last 6 months? 10-20% increases.
Taking back all those EOY/X-Mass sale savings with a vengeance!
Did they think we wouldn't notice?
#groceries #prices #upupup
So, apparently Double-O-ICE agents have an actual 'license to kill' unarmed/innocent observers.
All they have to do is shout "Domestic Terrorist!" and blast away. With no proof or accountability.
Dispicable!
To say nothing of all of the people in ICE detention who died in 2025. Nazis be jealous!
All they have to do is shout "Domestic Terrorist!" and blast away. With no proof or accountability.
Dispicable!
To say nothing of all of the people in ICE detention who died in 2025. Nazis be jealous!
January 8, 2026 at 3:04 AM
So, apparently Double-O-ICE agents have an actual 'license to kill' unarmed/innocent observers.
All they have to do is shout "Domestic Terrorist!" and blast away. With no proof or accountability.
Dispicable!
To say nothing of all of the people in ICE detention who died in 2025. Nazis be jealous!
All they have to do is shout "Domestic Terrorist!" and blast away. With no proof or accountability.
Dispicable!
To say nothing of all of the people in ICE detention who died in 2025. Nazis be jealous!
"Police Action"?
Isn't that how Vietnam started? Was that ever an official war?
Mr Permanent Immunity seems to get away with an awful lot of illegal things by calling them things they aren't.
#thepeacewar #trump
Isn't that how Vietnam started? Was that ever an official war?
Mr Permanent Immunity seems to get away with an awful lot of illegal things by calling them things they aren't.
#thepeacewar #trump
January 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
"Police Action"?
Isn't that how Vietnam started? Was that ever an official war?
Mr Permanent Immunity seems to get away with an awful lot of illegal things by calling them things they aren't.
#thepeacewar #trump
Isn't that how Vietnam started? Was that ever an official war?
Mr Permanent Immunity seems to get away with an awful lot of illegal things by calling them things they aren't.
#thepeacewar #trump
So, is FIFA going to revoke that "Peace Prize" they gave Trump now that he's show how unpack-like he really is?
Didn't think so.
#trump #fifa #venezuela
Didn't think so.
#trump #fifa #venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
So, is FIFA going to revoke that "Peace Prize" they gave Trump now that he's show how unpack-like he really is?
Didn't think so.
#trump #fifa #venezuela
Didn't think so.
#trump #fifa #venezuela
Ever just have one of those nights where you don’t want to go to sleep?
And I don’t mean insomnia.
You just don’t want to wake up and it be tomorrow?
And I don’t mean insomnia.
You just don’t want to wake up and it be tomorrow?
January 5, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Ever just have one of those nights where you don’t want to go to sleep?
And I don’t mean insomnia.
You just don’t want to wake up and it be tomorrow?
And I don’t mean insomnia.
You just don’t want to wake up and it be tomorrow?
WTF?
I can only assume that someone in the WH asked Grok what to do about regime change in Venezuela and Grok got confused about which president needed to be “arrested”
I can just imagine the chat prompts that resulted in last night’s actions.
#venezuela #whostheactualroguestate
#grok
I can only assume that someone in the WH asked Grok what to do about regime change in Venezuela and Grok got confused about which president needed to be “arrested”
I can just imagine the chat prompts that resulted in last night’s actions.
#venezuela #whostheactualroguestate
#grok
January 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
WTF?
I can only assume that someone in the WH asked Grok what to do about regime change in Venezuela and Grok got confused about which president needed to be “arrested”
I can just imagine the chat prompts that resulted in last night’s actions.
#venezuela #whostheactualroguestate
#grok
I can only assume that someone in the WH asked Grok what to do about regime change in Venezuela and Grok got confused about which president needed to be “arrested”
I can just imagine the chat prompts that resulted in last night’s actions.
#venezuela #whostheactualroguestate
#grok
FYI
Your Grok or ChatGPT session is like a firefly. It’s ephemeral. Its memory, aka its ’context’, is erased when you quit. And even while using it, it only remembers the last couple things you asked.
These chat ‘AI’ things are not alive and have no actual intelligence.
Your Grok or ChatGPT session is like a firefly. It’s ephemeral. Its memory, aka its ’context’, is erased when you quit. And even while using it, it only remembers the last couple things you asked.
These chat ‘AI’ things are not alive and have no actual intelligence.
January 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
FYI
Your Grok or ChatGPT session is like a firefly. It’s ephemeral. Its memory, aka its ’context’, is erased when you quit. And even while using it, it only remembers the last couple things you asked.
These chat ‘AI’ things are not alive and have no actual intelligence.
Your Grok or ChatGPT session is like a firefly. It’s ephemeral. Its memory, aka its ’context’, is erased when you quit. And even while using it, it only remembers the last couple things you asked.
These chat ‘AI’ things are not alive and have no actual intelligence.
A list of things entering the public domain in 2026!
Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...
web.law.duke.edu
December 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A list of things entering the public domain in 2026!
When’s a ”Federal” holiday not a Federal holiday?
When it’s created by Executive Order and only applies to a part of the government and not all of the country.
Like today.
Have to wonder what Mr Too Many Federal Holidays gets out of it.
What’s the grift potential?
When it’s created by Executive Order and only applies to a part of the government and not all of the country.
Like today.
Have to wonder what Mr Too Many Federal Holidays gets out of it.
What’s the grift potential?
December 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
When’s a ”Federal” holiday not a Federal holiday?
When it’s created by Executive Order and only applies to a part of the government and not all of the country.
Like today.
Have to wonder what Mr Too Many Federal Holidays gets out of it.
What’s the grift potential?
When it’s created by Executive Order and only applies to a part of the government and not all of the country.
Like today.
Have to wonder what Mr Too Many Federal Holidays gets out of it.
What’s the grift potential?
Someone in Arkansas won last night’s $1.8 billion Christmas Eve PowerBall lottery.
That’s a heck of a Christmas present! Congrats to them!
Sour grapes edition: Why is it always someone else in some other state who wins that? I buy tickets too! I’d like to win at least once!
That’s a heck of a Christmas present! Congrats to them!
Sour grapes edition: Why is it always someone else in some other state who wins that? I buy tickets too! I’d like to win at least once!
December 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Someone in Arkansas won last night’s $1.8 billion Christmas Eve PowerBall lottery.
That’s a heck of a Christmas present! Congrats to them!
Sour grapes edition: Why is it always someone else in some other state who wins that? I buy tickets too! I’d like to win at least once!
That’s a heck of a Christmas present! Congrats to them!
Sour grapes edition: Why is it always someone else in some other state who wins that? I buy tickets too! I’d like to win at least once!
Oh look! Looks like someone in the Trump FBI skipped a training day! They failed "How to redact"
December 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Oh look! Looks like someone in the Trump FBI skipped a training day! They failed "How to redact"
The Trumptanic!
Trump says he's going to help design it, because the Navy makes ugly ships. Is this going to be like the Trump-Epstein ballroom?
Huge! Lots of gold leaf and pictures of Trump?
That's going to be a monster to keep clean. Unless it never sails out of its home port.
#trumptanic
Trump says he's going to help design it, because the Navy makes ugly ships. Is this going to be like the Trump-Epstein ballroom?
Huge! Lots of gold leaf and pictures of Trump?
That's going to be a monster to keep clean. Unless it never sails out of its home port.
#trumptanic
December 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The Trumptanic!
Trump says he's going to help design it, because the Navy makes ugly ships. Is this going to be like the Trump-Epstein ballroom?
Huge! Lots of gold leaf and pictures of Trump?
That's going to be a monster to keep clean. Unless it never sails out of its home port.
#trumptanic
Trump says he's going to help design it, because the Navy makes ugly ships. Is this going to be like the Trump-Epstein ballroom?
Huge! Lots of gold leaf and pictures of Trump?
That's going to be a monster to keep clean. Unless it never sails out of its home port.
#trumptanic
The Trumptanic?
Trump has decided to name a new Navy ship after himself. You can't get more banana republic than that.
It's not normal to name a warship after a living person. It's been a while but I'm sure there's a Navy superstition about that. No one is going to want to serve on that ship.
Trump has decided to name a new Navy ship after himself. You can't get more banana republic than that.
It's not normal to name a warship after a living person. It's been a while but I'm sure there's a Navy superstition about that. No one is going to want to serve on that ship.
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The Trumptanic?
Trump has decided to name a new Navy ship after himself. You can't get more banana republic than that.
It's not normal to name a warship after a living person. It's been a while but I'm sure there's a Navy superstition about that. No one is going to want to serve on that ship.
Trump has decided to name a new Navy ship after himself. You can't get more banana republic than that.
It's not normal to name a warship after a living person. It's been a while but I'm sure there's a Navy superstition about that. No one is going to want to serve on that ship.
So. Bytedance (aka China) finally came to an agreement about TikTok.
The Forces of Darkness (aka Oracle and GOP-centric billionaires) now "own" the US TikTok data, but China still owns the algorithm. The part used to promote propaganda. Not sure that's the win the Forces of Darkness think it is.
The Forces of Darkness (aka Oracle and GOP-centric billionaires) now "own" the US TikTok data, but China still owns the algorithm. The part used to promote propaganda. Not sure that's the win the Forces of Darkness think it is.
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
So. Bytedance (aka China) finally came to an agreement about TikTok.
The Forces of Darkness (aka Oracle and GOP-centric billionaires) now "own" the US TikTok data, but China still owns the algorithm. The part used to promote propaganda. Not sure that's the win the Forces of Darkness think it is.
The Forces of Darkness (aka Oracle and GOP-centric billionaires) now "own" the US TikTok data, but China still owns the algorithm. The part used to promote propaganda. Not sure that's the win the Forces of Darkness think it is.
Kennedy Center “rename” was not unanimous, contrary to media reports.
One of the Kennedy Center Board members said they were not allowed to voice their objections to the change. And voted no.
That’s not unanimous. Except in MAGAland I guess.
It’s beside the point that the change was illegal.
One of the Kennedy Center Board members said they were not allowed to voice their objections to the change. And voted no.
That’s not unanimous. Except in MAGAland I guess.
It’s beside the point that the change was illegal.
December 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Kennedy Center “rename” was not unanimous, contrary to media reports.
One of the Kennedy Center Board members said they were not allowed to voice their objections to the change. And voted no.
That’s not unanimous. Except in MAGAland I guess.
It’s beside the point that the change was illegal.
One of the Kennedy Center Board members said they were not allowed to voice their objections to the change. And voted no.
That’s not unanimous. Except in MAGAland I guess.
It’s beside the point that the change was illegal.
Melanie, the Movie
Why? Just, why?
A bribe from Amazon? From Jeff Bezos?
A bribe from Trump to keep her from divorcing him?
A FU to all the starving poor?
#melania #movie #peekgrift
Why? Just, why?
A bribe from Amazon? From Jeff Bezos?
A bribe from Trump to keep her from divorcing him?
A FU to all the starving poor?
#melania #movie #peekgrift
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Melanie, the Movie
Why? Just, why?
A bribe from Amazon? From Jeff Bezos?
A bribe from Trump to keep her from divorcing him?
A FU to all the starving poor?
#melania #movie #peekgrift
Why? Just, why?
A bribe from Amazon? From Jeff Bezos?
A bribe from Trump to keep her from divorcing him?
A FU to all the starving poor?
#melania #movie #peekgrift
Monument Valley III is now on iPadOS (and other platforms). Finally! Yay!
I & II are some of my favorite puzzle games (I think that's the category they fit in)
It was a NetFlix exclusive for a while but now the rest of us can play it! And it looks good, so far.
I & II are some of my favorite puzzle games (I think that's the category they fit in)
It was a NetFlix exclusive for a while but now the rest of us can play it! And it looks good, so far.
Monument Valley 3
When an apprentice, Noor, discovers the world's light is fading, they must rise to find a new source of power before the light of the world fades forever.
ustwogames.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Monument Valley III is now on iPadOS (and other platforms). Finally! Yay!
I & II are some of my favorite puzzle games (I think that's the category they fit in)
It was a NetFlix exclusive for a while but now the rest of us can play it! And it looks good, so far.
I & II are some of my favorite puzzle games (I think that's the category they fit in)
It was a NetFlix exclusive for a while but now the rest of us can play it! And it looks good, so far.