Karl
@signalcorps.bsky.social
Veteran Signaller. Trainer. AI whisperer. Music junkie. Writer. EV fanatic. Canadian.
https://karlplesz.substack.com/
https://karlplesz.substack.com/
Things you shouldn't say in an elevator. I had so much fun writing this one: karlplesz.substack.com/p/things-you...
Things you shouldn't say in an elevator
“Show of hands—who’s wearing thongs?”
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January 25, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Things you shouldn't say in an elevator. I had so much fun writing this one: karlplesz.substack.com/p/things-you...
Did you know that on some printers, it's possible to hack the 'Ready' text on the display? The fun we could have... karlplesz.substack.com/p/no-print-f...
No print for you
And other printer messages
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January 25, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Did you know that on some printers, it's possible to hack the 'Ready' text on the display? The fun we could have... karlplesz.substack.com/p/no-print-f...
Another good long best of 2014 from my old blog: karlplesz.substack.com/p/things-ive...
Things I've learned 2014
The best of from my White Noise blog
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January 25, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Another good long best of 2014 from my old blog: karlplesz.substack.com/p/things-ive...
We got to thinking about grocery items we have today that didn't exist in the 1970s while I was growing up: karlplesz.substack.com/p/how-did-we...
How did we get by?
Without all these things
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January 25, 2026 at 1:44 AM
We got to thinking about grocery items we have today that didn't exist in the 1970s while I was growing up: karlplesz.substack.com/p/how-did-we...
I wrote a letter to my 16 year old self: karlplesz.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
A letter to my 16 year old self
Hey Karl,
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January 24, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I wrote a letter to my 16 year old self: karlplesz.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
I wrote this confessional about coffee as much to inform as to disgust. A coffee snob I am not, although my taste in instant has matured since I started: karlplesz.substack.com/p/im-going-i...
I'm going instant
Oh yes, I can hear the coffee snobs already.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I wrote this confessional about coffee as much to inform as to disgust. A coffee snob I am not, although my taste in instant has matured since I started: karlplesz.substack.com/p/im-going-i...
When oil comoanies decide to raise the price of gas, the press will sometimes ask "Why now?" I believe they have a ready list of excuses and here's a sampling: karlplesz.substack.com/p/list-of-ex...
List of excuses for high gas prices
The price of crude oil has gone up.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:20 PM
When oil comoanies decide to raise the price of gas, the press will sometimes ask "Why now?" I believe they have a ready list of excuses and here's a sampling: karlplesz.substack.com/p/list-of-ex...
Best of my blog from 2013. Settle in. It's lengthy: karlplesz.substack.com/p/things-ive...
Things I've learned 2013
From my White Noise blog
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January 23, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Best of my blog from 2013. Settle in. It's lengthy: karlplesz.substack.com/p/things-ive...
Sometimes you get great winter advice from the least expected sources: karlplesz.substack.com/p/this-is-ca...
This is Canada after all
A public service announcement
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January 23, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Sometimes you get great winter advice from the least expected sources: karlplesz.substack.com/p/this-is-ca...
Dear Canadians: If you want to know who to ignore and remove from your feeds, just look for Canadians that posted online that Prime Minister Carney's speech wasn't good, or was an embarrassment.
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Dear Canadians: If you want to know who to ignore and remove from your feeds, just look for Canadians that posted online that Prime Minister Carney's speech wasn't good, or was an embarrassment.
This is my dog ___, it's short for ___ karlplesz.substack.com/p/its-short-...
It's short for...
This is my dog _______.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This is my dog ___, it's short for ___ karlplesz.substack.com/p/its-short-...
One time a coworker challenged me to write haikus for some of the courses I teach. Challenge accepted: karlplesz.substack.com/p/training-h...
Training haiku
A colleague at work challenged me to write haiku poetry to help showcase some of the courses I teach at work.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM
One time a coworker challenged me to write haikus for some of the courses I teach. Challenge accepted: karlplesz.substack.com/p/training-h...
I think it would be nice if we brought visiting hours back. Have a set day or days and time period every week when you’ll be home and mildly unoccupied, when friends and neighbours can just stop by unannounced for tea. Oh, hang on a second. My wife just said “NO freaking way.” Never mind.
January 23, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I think it would be nice if we brought visiting hours back. Have a set day or days and time period every week when you’ll be home and mildly unoccupied, when friends and neighbours can just stop by unannounced for tea. Oh, hang on a second. My wife just said “NO freaking way.” Never mind.
Food truck names. Some are real. Some are not: karlplesz.substack.com/p/food-truck...
Food truck names
Real and imagined
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January 23, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Food truck names. Some are real. Some are not: karlplesz.substack.com/p/food-truck...
Sure it's as stereotypical as all get out, but this meme made me join in: karlplesz.substack.com/p/describe-w...
Describe white people in 4 words
I found a random meme online where a guy asked his Instagram followers to describe white people using only 4 words.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Sure it's as stereotypical as all get out, but this meme made me join in: karlplesz.substack.com/p/describe-w...
I'm not a big fan of where copyright has taken us. In this article I try to explain why: karlplesz.substack.com/p/why-i-beli...
Why I believe copyright has gone too far
All new content is influenced by other content
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January 23, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I'm not a big fan of where copyright has taken us. In this article I try to explain why: karlplesz.substack.com/p/why-i-beli...
Before I had BlueSky, I had (still have) a substack. Before that I had a blog. I wrote upwards of a few hundred thousand posts. Some got amalgamated, like this one from 2012: karlplesz.substack.com/p/things-ive...
Things I've learned 2012
Taken from my blog White Noise
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January 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Before I had BlueSky, I had (still have) a substack. Before that I had a blog. I wrote upwards of a few hundred thousand posts. Some got amalgamated, like this one from 2012: karlplesz.substack.com/p/things-ive...
Readers, think of me as your personal AI consultant. I'll gladly explain and answer questions about basic AI use, tips on using AI better, but not including anything programming related. Try a chat and if the thread develops into something amazing, we might even move it to post / reply territory.
January 22, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Readers, think of me as your personal AI consultant. I'll gladly explain and answer questions about basic AI use, tips on using AI better, but not including anything programming related. Try a chat and if the thread develops into something amazing, we might even move it to post / reply territory.
Quebec residents (current or former) know of a place called the casse-croute. It's my happy place: karlplesz.substack.com/p/casse-crou...
Casse-croûte!
In Quebec, there exists a type of food establishment known in French as a casse-croûte.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Quebec residents (current or former) know of a place called the casse-croute. It's my happy place: karlplesz.substack.com/p/casse-crou...
One of the most fun creative things to do is explain a movie plot badly: karlplesz.substack.com/p/explainafi...
#explainafilmplotbadly
I'm not supposed to talk about it (Fight Club)
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January 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
One of the most fun creative things to do is explain a movie plot badly: karlplesz.substack.com/p/explainafi...
Some folks don't know how to craft a good classified ad. Some people could teach a master class. Here's a master class example: karlplesz.substack.com/p/rock-star-...
Rock star kijiji ad
This was the ad word for word:
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January 22, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Some folks don't know how to craft a good classified ad. Some people could teach a master class. Here's a master class example: karlplesz.substack.com/p/rock-star-...
Once you get to know me, you'll discover that I'm a music junkie. I used to DJ in my spare time. Here's a substack contained a selection of some song lyrics that I love: karlplesz.substack.com/p/lyrics-i-l...
Lyrics I love Vol 1 (a collection)
Desperado
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January 22, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Once you get to know me, you'll discover that I'm a music junkie. I used to DJ in my spare time. Here's a substack contained a selection of some song lyrics that I love: karlplesz.substack.com/p/lyrics-i-l...
Band names that should exist: Sucking Chest Wound: Molson Twins; The Five Hole (hockey fans will know why); Backyard Hobbyist; Full Roaming Vapour; Moon Base Alpha; Drink Drank Drunk; Two-Hour Parking; That's No Gouda; Misery Loves Chachi; Gourmet Mac n Cheese; Primate Change; The Phisher Kings
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Band names that should exist: Sucking Chest Wound: Molson Twins; The Five Hole (hockey fans will know why); Backyard Hobbyist; Full Roaming Vapour; Moon Base Alpha; Drink Drank Drunk; Two-Hour Parking; That's No Gouda; Misery Loves Chachi; Gourmet Mac n Cheese; Primate Change; The Phisher Kings
There exist people who don't understand the risk behind attachments in emails or other messages. I can help rectify that: karlplesz.substack.com/p/attachment...
Attachment harassment
I regularly talk to people about opening unexpected attachments.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
There exist people who don't understand the risk behind attachments in emails or other messages. I can help rectify that: karlplesz.substack.com/p/attachment...
Things I believe are true. Every time you say 'no', you're closing the door on an entire universe of possibilities. Everyone you know is a connection to get you closer to what you want. The universe has an uncanny habit of giving you precisely what you expect. Praise everyone...
January 21, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Things I believe are true. Every time you say 'no', you're closing the door on an entire universe of possibilities. Everyone you know is a connection to get you closer to what you want. The universe has an uncanny habit of giving you precisely what you expect. Praise everyone...