Jim Tuck
@not.jimtuck.net
Sometimes leaving the top down, even in a sketchy area, is the better choice. Would-be thieves can see there's nothing to steal, versus only finding that out after they've cut a hole in your expensive top.
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Sometimes leaving the top down, even in a sketchy area, is the better choice. Would-be thieves can see there's nothing to steal, versus only finding that out after they've cut a hole in your expensive top.
If you think that's bad, there's a water treatment plant in Baltimore that had an estimated 105 million spiders in it back in 2009.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) An Immense Concentration of Orb-Weaving Spiders With Communal Webbing in a Man-Made Structural Habitat (Arachnida: Araneae: Tetragnathidae, Araneidae)
PDF | On Jul 1, 2010, Albert Greene and others published An Immense Concentration of Orb-Weaving Spiders With Communal Webbing in a Man-Made Structural Habitat (Arachnida: Araneae: Tetragnathidae, Ara...
www.researchgate.net
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
If you think that's bad, there's a water treatment plant in Baltimore that had an estimated 105 million spiders in it back in 2009.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
The cause was that the sensors were 'smart'. They'd decide that a small amount of motion, say from the swiveling fans near the far wall of the plant, wasn't a person and turn themselves off.
And then, minutes later, one would 'retrain', turn on, and the lights would cascade off one another.
And then, minutes later, one would 'retrain', turn on, and the lights would cascade off one another.
September 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The cause was that the sensors were 'smart'. They'd decide that a small amount of motion, say from the swiveling fans near the far wall of the plant, wasn't a person and turn themselves off.
And then, minutes later, one would 'retrain', turn on, and the lights would cascade off one another.
And then, minutes later, one would 'retrain', turn on, and the lights would cascade off one another.
I've seen that in a manufacturing plant. They put in motion sensors and the night security guards were complaining the lights were coming on like people were walking the aisles, which tripped the camera alerts, which meant they had to go check.
September 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I've seen that in a manufacturing plant. They put in motion sensors and the night security guards were complaining the lights were coming on like people were walking the aisles, which tripped the camera alerts, which meant they had to go check.
Tom Clancy's Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt
August 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Tom Clancy's Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt
I used to think the same thing about Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop when I was a kid.
August 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I used to think the same thing about Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop when I was a kid.
Come now, Tay. You work in IT. You gotta admit that the goats are pretty appealing.
August 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Come now, Tay. You work in IT. You gotta admit that the goats are pretty appealing.
Well, Walkers are Lays. They're just the 'made in Britain' Lays.
August 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Well, Walkers are Lays. They're just the 'made in Britain' Lays.
Walker's Madras Masala perhaps?
August 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Walker's Madras Masala perhaps?
So Google has accidentally invented Genuine People Personalities? Are they going to rename their AI division Sirius Cybernetics?
August 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
So Google has accidentally invented Genuine People Personalities? Are they going to rename their AI division Sirius Cybernetics?
All three think that.
The Andorians think they can harden humanity up and inspire our conquering spirit and the Tellarites think they can make us better in an argument.
The Andorians think they can harden humanity up and inspire our conquering spirit and the Tellarites think they can make us better in an argument.
August 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
All three think that.
The Andorians think they can harden humanity up and inspire our conquering spirit and the Tellarites think they can make us better in an argument.
The Andorians think they can harden humanity up and inspire our conquering spirit and the Tellarites think they can make us better in an argument.
Ah. Less like a character lit by the moon, more like an entire color scheme that makes everything lit brightly by the moon.
The gels you ordered should work for that.
The gels you ordered should work for that.
July 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Ah. Less like a character lit by the moon, more like an entire color scheme that makes everything lit brightly by the moon.
The gels you ordered should work for that.
The gels you ordered should work for that.
It would just be the 'moonlit' spots.. And you can fog over with a second coat of sprayed matte finish to hide them.
July 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
It would just be the 'moonlit' spots.. And you can fog over with a second coat of sprayed matte finish to hide them.
Why not UV reactive clear? They're glossy in ambient light, moonlit once you whip out a black light.
July 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Why not UV reactive clear? They're glossy in ambient light, moonlit once you whip out a black light.
Hope you weren't being paid in cash.
My buddy said the worst part of it, worse even than reorganizing the van after they realized they weren't finding anything and decided to go ham on breaking stuff and making a mess, was getting back the $3K he had in his glovebox from a cash job.
My buddy said the worst part of it, worse even than reorganizing the van after they realized they weren't finding anything and decided to go ham on breaking stuff and making a mess, was getting back the $3K he had in his glovebox from a cash job.
July 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Hope you weren't being paid in cash.
My buddy said the worst part of it, worse even than reorganizing the van after they realized they weren't finding anything and decided to go ham on breaking stuff and making a mess, was getting back the $3K he had in his glovebox from a cash job.
My buddy said the worst part of it, worse even than reorganizing the van after they realized they weren't finding anything and decided to go ham on breaking stuff and making a mess, was getting back the $3K he had in his glovebox from a cash job.
I knew a plumber like that. One of his friends smoked pot, recommended him to his dealer, and on and on until he got pulled over by the local drug task force because they were *sure* he was using his plumbing van to move weed.
July 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I knew a plumber like that. One of his friends smoked pot, recommended him to his dealer, and on and on until he got pulled over by the local drug task force because they were *sure* he was using his plumbing van to move weed.
Also very good with cucumber.
July 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Also very good with cucumber.
My father tried it once on a small bathroom. It took him two entire days and he ended up removing it because it looked so bad.
June 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
My father tried it once on a small bathroom. It took him two entire days and he ended up removing it because it looked so bad.
I used to buy my plugs and ignition bits from a super-car dealer. The number of times the guy ahead of me was dropping five figures for scheduled maintenance without a care was mind boggling.
And there I was with my $24 cap and rotor set.
And there I was with my $24 cap and rotor set.
June 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I used to buy my plugs and ignition bits from a super-car dealer. The number of times the guy ahead of me was dropping five figures for scheduled maintenance without a care was mind boggling.
And there I was with my $24 cap and rotor set.
And there I was with my $24 cap and rotor set.
It'll be fine, I'm sure. Either he rehabs excellently and goes back to the grind, or he doesn't and gets placed into another job that pays more and he can hike on his own time.
June 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It'll be fine, I'm sure. Either he rehabs excellently and goes back to the grind, or he doesn't and gets placed into another job that pays more and he can hike on his own time.
A friend used to test old mine sites in state parks for a living. He hiked 400 miles a year.
Lost it on the two steps out of one of the regional offices, and now he's stuck on a desk.
Lost it on the two steps out of one of the regional offices, and now he's stuck on a desk.
June 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A friend used to test old mine sites in state parks for a living. He hiked 400 miles a year.
Lost it on the two steps out of one of the regional offices, and now he's stuck on a desk.
Lost it on the two steps out of one of the regional offices, and now he's stuck on a desk.
Weirdest bit? I'm sure Burchett considers himself a fine southern gentleman (or pretends to be one) and the modern drinking straw was invented for the express purpose of that most southern and antebellum of drinks, the Mint Julep.
Before that men drank them with rye straws and fouled the whiskey.
Before that men drank them with rye straws and fouled the whiskey.
May 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Weirdest bit? I'm sure Burchett considers himself a fine southern gentleman (or pretends to be one) and the modern drinking straw was invented for the express purpose of that most southern and antebellum of drinks, the Mint Julep.
Before that men drank them with rye straws and fouled the whiskey.
Before that men drank them with rye straws and fouled the whiskey.
Probably 40% of the restaurants in the US do business with Sysco, the rest use US Foods or Gordon.
May 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Probably 40% of the restaurants in the US do business with Sysco, the rest use US Foods or Gordon.
Even in the late nineties/early naughties it was common for folks to carry two totally separate laptops. One for work, one that only had presentation files or meeting documents on it.
May 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Even in the late nineties/early naughties it was common for folks to carry two totally separate laptops. One for work, one that only had presentation files or meeting documents on it.
That's not new. I saw it in finance and sales back in the 90s.
For the company I worked for it was more of a confidence check. Calling out the interviewer nicely on their mistake was worth a lot.
For the company I worked for it was more of a confidence check. Calling out the interviewer nicely on their mistake was worth a lot.
May 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
That's not new. I saw it in finance and sales back in the 90s.
For the company I worked for it was more of a confidence check. Calling out the interviewer nicely on their mistake was worth a lot.
For the company I worked for it was more of a confidence check. Calling out the interviewer nicely on their mistake was worth a lot.