Serial hobbyist; chasing delight through curiosity. Force of nature. All rules are made up; if they're not helping, we can change them. All systems are made of people. WHS, Olin, CMU, and beyond; opinions mine.
My aptitude tests as a kid came back "Analyst" which seemed like a made-up job at the time, but damn if I don't love a good spreadsheet.
Profile pic: closeup of the back of my head. Brown hair tied in a knot and secured with a wooden pin with an owl carving on it.
More good news for the shortest day
In July Helsinki marked an entire year without a single traffic death. The Finnish capital, which has a population of 690,000, achieved the feat through lower speed limits, improved street design and investing in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30km/h (18-19mph) and roads have been narrowed with trees.
I bought a dog from a blacksmith last weekend. As soon as I released him in my living room he made a bolt for the door.
It's finished. Pattern is 'Elizabeth' by MJKinman. Design layout is mine. Approx 70"x70". #quilting (edited to add hashtag -oops).
TIL why Sun Microsystems (Bill Joy and all) bought an office suite company in 1999. 🤨
"In August 1999, Star Division was acquired by Sun Microsystems[81][82] for US$59.5 million (equivalent to US$112 million in 2024), reportedly because the acquisition was less expensive than licensing Microsoft Office for Sun's 42,000 employees.[83][84]"
😄
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice#History
And that's how eventually LibreOffice became available for many. 😇
"This is the Great Transatlantic Divide. Almost none of my UK-attested versions involved an egg-laying Robin and essentially all of the North American ones did."
https://loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/jingle-bells/
It's always "School doesn't prepare us for Life well enough, we should be learning to do taxes instead of interpreting poetry" and never "Adult Life should be more poetry and less absurd and complicated tax rules"
@inherentlee I saved it in my phone notes:
___
It gets worn out!
But it gets fixed again!
Never gonna get thrown out!
(Fixing the worn out things
Fixing the worn out things)
I mend a handmade sock,
I mend a storebought sock,
I mend a knitted coat,
I mend a woven coat.
I mend something that reminds me of my grandpa
I mend something that reminds me of my best friend
(Oh, worn out sock, worn out sock, worn out sock)
They say John Mastodon got bitten by a snake once.
After three agonizing days...
...the snake converted to Linux.
@SocialGaff the Millvale tool library has both if you want to try em; works with your library card:
But also, those may be the same picture? So maybe some models just do both.
my favorite part of every Christmas special is when Santa and all the reindeer lift off from a roof and immediately head for the distant horizon instead of the house next door
Reviewing Classic Christmas Stories As A Klingon:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. A Ferenghi businessman is haunted by three spirits who attempt to remind him of his honor. The Ferenghi should have simply slain the demons who attacked him. 3/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Glory to Tiny Tim!
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. Two pathetic humans attempt a mating ceremony in which they sell their most prized possessions in order to purchase gifts for each other. Incomprehensible. Why does the female not simply bite the male to show her affection. 1/5 Christmas Bat'leths.
The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman. A child's toy comes to life and defeats the evil Rat King in glorious hand-to-hand combat. Then the toy's honor is memorialized in dance and song. A true warrior's tale! 5/5 Christmas Bat'leths.
A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles M. Shulz. A young warrior struggles with internal demons of self-doubt and depression. While selecting a Christmas tree, he symbolically chooses one which reflects how he views himself - a weak tree, unable to support even a single ornament. He lashes out at those he considers his closest friends, attempting to remind them of their honor, and eventually gives up, believing his efforts were ultimately meaningless. But he is mistaken. His words were spoken with the heart of a true Klingon warrior, and his friends wrap the tree in their most prized possessions, giving it the strength to stand on its own, holding the weight of ornaments many times its own weight over. They gather around and sing songs of bravery and courage, and remind the young Klingon that he too will be welcomed into Sto-vo-Kor. Because sometimes the greatest battle a warrior will ever fight is the one inside his own mind and heart. 6/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Glory to the House of Brown.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss. A cautionary tale. A Klingon from a lowly house is shunned by his peers and forced to live without honor on the outskirts of town. Instead of seeking honor and glory on his own like a true Klingon, he instead sneaks around under cover of darkness and steals the town's presents with the help of his faithful targ. As punishment, Kah'less removes his warrior spirit and he is doomed to stay in the small town facing his dishonor every day. If he had the heart of a warrior, he would have done battle against Whoville and claimed the glory of Christmas for his own. 4/5 Christmas Bat'leths.
The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton. The King of Halloween Town assigns three children to kidnap the demon Sandy Claws because he is a coward who refuses to fight his own battles. They too fail, because none of them possess the heart of a warrior. 0/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Tim Burton has no honor.
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer by Robert L. May. A young warrior is shunned by his peers due to a physical deformity. He leaves his family and house to seek his own glory. He returns after defeating a dentist, a filthy gold-loving Ferenghi prospector, and an abominable snowman. Recognizing his fearless warrior spirit, he is given the place of honor at the front of Santa's sleigh. 5/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Glory upon the House of Rudolph!
The companies whose whole job is understanding the Real Cost Of The Finding Out Part do not want to play this game at all.
@hwll mine were easier than usual and I think you’re right, I’d left them in there an extra ten minutes
If you like:
- potatoes
- picking off flaking nail polish
You may also enjoy:
- chestnuts, roasting them yourself
That is all
“With the permission of Adobe Systems Inc., the Computer History Museum is pleased to make available, for non-commercial use, the source code to the 1990 version 1.0.1 of Photoshop.”
https://computerhistory.org/blog/adobe-photoshop-source-code/
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise. Meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
while i'm waiting for my code to build, i like to listen to greatest hits records, promotional sampler CDs, themed collections of singles by various artists... you know, compilation albums.
