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January 9, 2023
08:01: Find someone pushing for “favorites/likes”, and you’ve likely found someone building an audience. Not someone looking for meaningful engagement.
January 8, 2023
14:53: One good thing about people who drive squat pickups…. You very likely know what kind of person you’re dealing with, if you have any interactions.
December 30, 2022
08:18: WildCat on Prime is hard to watch at times, but worth it.
15:20: My Ode grinder lives! Had to drill out a jammed burr and do some hammering to free the burr carrier. Sanded the auger, then installed a set of Ode gen 2 burrs on a new carrier. Got the burrs aligned and it’s back to producing nicely ground coffee. Fellow support was helpful and it’s great they have …
December 24, 2022
10:49: A Baltimore Oriole showed up on our feeder this morning. Seems to be kinda behind with it’s migration. Hopefully this cold doesn’t hurt it.
December 13, 2022
08:07: The ILM documentary on Disney+, brings a lot of feels.
December 11, 2022
07:28: ☕️ Ode to an Ode…. It’s is with great sadness that I report the death of my Fellow Ode coffee grinder. Not sure what happened. One day it was grinding great, the next, strange noises. Opened it up to see what may have happened and found one of the burrs had seized somehow. After various …
November 27, 2022
17:09: First tree lighting of the season for us.
November 10, 2022
17:16: This has been on repeat most of the week. Lava Canal is a standout. Seven Hour Sunset by Hello Meteor
November 9, 2022
07:29: Highlighting some great posts about the Fediverse. It’s just blogs Eternal September begins
November 2, 2022
19:02: 🎥 Just caught up with Andor episodes. It has a nice slow burn. Episodes where almost nothing happens, but the intensity keeps ramping. Great show and good StarWars.
October 19, 2022
11:08: Well this is a nice surprise blog.pocketcasts.com/2022/10/1…
October 12, 2022
06:12: Bike’s new rich text editing implementation is simple and innovative. As good as Markdown, without the noise… maybe.
October 10, 2022
18:51: This is a fantastic change. It brings Micro.blog closer to a first class Fediverse citizen. www.manton.org/2022/10/1… I think I’ll disable cross posting to my Mastodon account and follow/boost my blog posts from Mastodon instead.
October 5, 2022
13:59: Carolina Mantis
October 1, 2022
10:39: 🍃 Cutting up downed limbs and cleaning up the yard
September 30, 2022
16:36: 🌴 Surveying the yard for Ian damage.
September 29, 2022
06:00: ☕ Catching up with the interwebs
06:18: 🌀 Watching Ian make it’s way here.
September 27, 2022
06:04: ☕ Catching up with the interwebs
11:40: 💆♂ One day I'll be able to @maique and the universe will implode.
12:07: ❓ Status checking
September 26, 2022
10:59: Hybrid I was a latecomer discovering Hybrid, starting around 2014. We had spent a weekend in the mountains of Western North Carolina and were driving back home through some backroads. I was listening to “Morning Sci-fi”, perhaps for the first time. It was late in the afternoon and we came …
September 25, 2022
08:42: ❓ Hmm... statuses aren't posting.
08:44: 🎉 And now they are!
09:31: 🧪 Emoji on a single line.
13:26: 🎳 Headed out to go bowling with the kids.
19:07: Love this time of year when it gets dark earlier. I can go for evening walks as the sun goes down, with something deep, dark and electronic playing in my ears.
September 18, 2022
20:30: Dogstar 2006 2022
August 10, 2022
14:22: Was descaling my coffee maker today using vinegar. Leaned over the top of it and maced myself. Gotta remember not to do that again. 🤣 ☕
July 31, 2022
13:43: Finally made it to “The Expanse” in my reading queue. I am just about finished with the first book and coming from the show, which I was already a huge fan of, I’m surprised with how closely the show followed the book. I’ve heard things diverge more in the later seasons tho. 📺 📚🚀
July 25, 2022
15:20: Sleepy, but also RAWR!
June 12, 2022
06:14: I was hoping “Strange New Worlds” wouldn’t have Pike “pulling a Kirk”, but S1E6, proved that wrong. At least it was a toned down version. Sad that this season is half over and miss the days of 20+ episode seasons. 🖖 📺
June 4, 2022
17:30: Hopefully the pushback on Apple including promos, commercials and interviews in Music playlists, will get them to reverse that decision.
May 20, 2022
07:01: Sad to read that Vangelis passed away. His music definitely influenced my interest in synths and music in general. 🎶
May 16, 2022
20:38: The last Android device I purchased was a Nexus 6p. It was the last of the Nexus line and marked a shift for how Google does devices. It was also the beginning of my “degoogling”. Anyhow, the 6p wasn’t a very good device and most of them started boot looping, mine had not yet …
May 6, 2022
16:14: First episode of “Strange New Worlds” nailed it. The title sequence, theme music, plot, characters… all of it. This is good Star Trek. 🎥🖖
April 27, 2022
16:53: Excited to discover that we have both, Downy and Red-bellied woodpecker nests in our backyard.
April 23, 2022
10:25: Been a while since I hung out at the “Second State Coffee” downtown location. ☕️
April 22, 2022
06:19: Nice to see solid official apps available now. Glad he explained why he choose to omit the local and federated timelines. blog.joinmastodon.org/2022/04/o…
April 4, 2022
13:29: Our Flame Azelea starting to bloom.
April 3, 2022
15:15: Recapturing your youth does not mean getting wasted all the time, it means having a regular bowel movement and sleeping like a normal person. Solid wisdom from Merlin Mann
March 27, 2022
14:28: Our recent addition is very snuggly.
March 24, 2022
20:09: With the brew folks heading to web3 I guess it’s time to look at nix again.
March 2, 2022
15:34: Epic Games is buying Bandcamp. This is terrible news. www.theverge.com/2022/3/2/…
February 12, 2022
07:47: Probably time to mark Firefox as “done” and move on, blog.mozilla.org/en/mozill…
February 10, 2022
08:14: Had to enable my first “mute” on micro.blog today. Nothing egregious, but no time for that nonsense.
February 5, 2022
14:33: Grabbed the five year Write.as deal and had to do something with the ten blogs it gives you. Decided to dedicate one to our cats, meow.camp .
January 17, 2022
11:57: Wasn’t that impressed with spatial audio when Apple introduced it, but I recently revisited it with some newly released music. Blown away at how good it sounds now, both with AirPod’s and a surround system. Not sure if music is being correctly mixed for the format now, or Apple has …
December 9, 2021
21:11: Was out on my morning run this week when this little one walked out to ask for help. He has some eye issues and very underweight, but seems to be improving. Oliver, our dog, loves him but not sure what to do with him.
November 2, 2021
13:10: Have been with Fastmail since 2004. Their service is and has been fantastic, but this will be my last month with the service. I have moved my email domain over to iCloud+ and it’s worked out to be… OK. The biggest missing feature for me with iCloud+ is robust server side rules. It has …
October 3, 2021
04:56: Picking up some plants yesterday and found this little one.
September 11, 2021
15:43: Josie enjoying the new cat cave
August 29, 2021
13:35: I may have purchased a new domain to try out iCloud email with custom domains.
13:44: Anyone tried Mela? A delight to use and has me considering a switch from my current recipe/grocery app. Also not the first time I’ve wished we had a file format/standard for recipes, that these types of apps could use for import/export. Somehow a single developer can build beautiful and …
August 15, 2021
13:28: Two Crows on the fence playing with something. Thought it was a butterfly but it was this Luna moth.
August 10, 2021
13:37: For almost as long as I’ve been in computing I’ve used Emacs. At first almost stock with a few customization, then shifting into Prelude, pulling Magit and org-mode into daily usage. Over time, work duties forced me into more and more Vim usage, due to frequent remote editing. I ended up …
May 14, 2021
18:10: Picked up Sagan’s “Broca’s Brain” in a little library the other day. It’s been years since I last read it and had forgotten how good it was and what a gift Sagan was.
May 10, 2021
17:09: Echoes When I was a kid, one of my favorite escapes from the small southern town I lived in was, “Echoes” on public radio. This show introduced me to so many artists and genres of music I probably would have otherwise never heard. The show has been going for 30+ years and still airs daily. …
April 9, 2021
20:05: Ventured out for the first time in a very long time.
April 2, 2021
10:02: A House Finch pair made a nest outside my office window and now they have babies they are caring for. Love watching them feeding and hearing the chirps every so often.
March 31, 2021
12:33: I really need to get out more while the flowers are still at peak.
March 18, 2021
06:49: Maybe I should consider Overcast again. Use Chartable or Podsights to measure your traffic? Overcast will no longer appear in your data: Marco Arment, the developer, has decided to skip those redirects entirely, after they have, he claims, become increasingly affected by ad-blocking DNS servers. …
March 7, 2021
07:22: Seems like micro.blog is still having some trouble today? Is there an official status page anywhere?
February 1, 2021
13:09: It’s been a long time since an app has “surprised and delighted” as much as the 5.0 release of CARROT Weather. So good.
December 12, 2020
21:24: Foggy morning
November 27, 2020
15:48: The Mandalorian S02E05 is excellent! Honestly, that single episode is better than most of the sequel trilogy.
October 22, 2020
19:39: Dogwood berries
October 17, 2020
13:26: Planned to cut the grass today. Probably one of the last cuts of the year. But… lots of wind that’s blowing most of the remaining leaves off the trees. Good excuse to put the cut off another day, when the mowing will pickup more leaves.
October 14, 2020
19:09: A nice “Day in the Life” bonus, seeing how many folks are on the fedverse(or at least cross-post) .
October 13, 2020
16:10: Lunch break walk. #adayinthelife Taken in Downtown Summerville South Carolina at 12:58 (UTC-4) 24-hour photo challenge
October 3, 2020
20:31: Nice sunset in the Blue Ridge
October 1, 2020
15:16: Hot Guts
September 26, 2020
13:15: Decorations
September 23, 2020
06:29: Pumpkin thief
September 22, 2020
19:27: Mood
September 5, 2020
16:11: Tiny fellow decided to look all tough and scary.
August 30, 2020
13:56: Most of the gang
August 21, 2020
20:52: Every now and then a Bandcamp recommendation goes somewhere unexpected and wonderful. This is one of them. The Birdwatchers Guide to Atrocity
August 9, 2020
19:24: Pancakes
August 2, 2020
10:41: Tiny tree frog on our morning walk.
July 12, 2020
09:38: Not sure of the plant, but I love it’s flowers. They grow down from the main branches on tiny sticks, then bloom on the end.
09:42: Blue bird nest
July 11, 2020
10:04: Today is the first day of “stay the heck indoors” season.
July 10, 2020
08:54: Love some lush and sappy synthwave, Monsters 🎵
July 6, 2020
17:08: Flowers from before
June 27, 2020
11:58: Yard work done! Time for a beer and some tunes.
12:57: Apparently air quality is down here today due to dust from the Saharan desert. You can see the haze from the dust in the air and beautiful sunsets.
June 21, 2020
10:34: Morning walks I love walks in the morning, before it’s too hot. Headphones on with some chill music, not too loud so you can still hear the birds. Occasionally you can smell someone cooking a breakfast from the street. Makes you wonder about the people preparing the food.
June 17, 2020
10:13: Drafts 21 brings custom dialogs with HTML/CSS/JS. This is amazing .
May 22, 2020
21:53: Stumbled across, the Browncoats Mixtape and now I really need a Firefly rewatch. It’s been a while.
May 10, 2020
15:25: “Gross Easter Beer”. It’s an IPA brewed with dragon fruit , passion fruit, lemons and… marshmallow PEEPS. By Westbrook Brewing. I was a bit apprehensive to try this one. It’s definitely not gross.
May 8, 2020
19:56: My battery is getting low and it’s getting dark — Opportunity Rover 💬
May 7, 2020
20:59: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff. – The Doctor 💬
May 6, 2020
09:50: Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the …
16:30: My workday is done when I close the lid on my work MBP. It’s extremely satisfying to close that lid.
May 5, 2020
13:06: I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very …
May 4, 2020
14:18: I have seen things you people wouldn’t believe. HTML tags nested 14 layers deep off the shoulder of a signature. I watched DOM beams glitter in the dark near the font of Verdana. All these containers will be lost in time, like tears from the CPU. Time to cry. — DHH 💬
April 14, 2020
16:28: Folks under lockdown sure love to get out and come watch some newly hatched Mallard ducks. The boredom is real.
16:30: This song slaps 😅 music.apple.com/us/album/…
16:44: Hi 👋
April 3, 2020
08:06: Even the geese are social distancing.
21:58: Pond visitor
March 28, 2020
12:21: How to revisit a beloved Sci-fi franchise, Picard. How not to, Star Wars sequel trilogy.
March 24, 2020
06:50: Josie
March 19, 2020
13:56: Have been reading a bunch of posts about how the current forced work from home will help push companies into supporting more of it. Some of that may happen, but I think what we will see a lot more of is, folks getting a taste of what it’s like and seeking out more distributed work.
March 15, 2020
16:00: Pollen Nose
March 6, 2020
17:04: As someone looking around for a new bookmarking service, Memex looks interesting.
March 1, 2020
15:50: Another view of this thing I posted a while back. Seems appropriate for vision.
February 29, 2020
08:57: Leap
February 28, 2020
06:55: Below
February 27, 2020
19:58: Coffee together
February 26, 2020
07:24: A favorite escape, the mountains of WNC.
February 25, 2020
07:24: Hurdle I’ve got nothing for this one, have a doughnut.
February 24, 2020
21:47: Double tired.
February 23, 2020
20:33: Station My dads 40+ year old shortwave radio. When I was a kid, I loved to play with it and listen to the strange sounds and foreign voices it would pick up.
February 22, 2020
15:42: Spectacle This coffee shop mural has a lot going on.
February 21, 2020
16:05: Marks on the wall, tracking the growth progress of our youngest.
February 20, 2020
18:17: Dragon Scales
February 19, 2020
06:55: Space
February 18, 2020
10:36: These turtles are way more aggressive for food than you’d expect. Rather hard to oppose them.
February 17, 2020
07:45: I guess a giant glass of ice tea may count as cool.
February 16, 2020
08:16: Rest
February 15, 2020
07:27: Balance
February 14, 2020
07:44: Warmth
February 13, 2020
09:42: Rise Some early morning ducks.
February 12, 2020
08:20: Attachment
February 11, 2020
06:58: Plain
February 10, 2020
08:47: Sign Bit of a repost, but a new photo of this old stop sign embedded in the road.
February 9, 2020
09:33: Lull
February 8, 2020
16:10: Contrast
February 7, 2020
07:38: Above
February 6, 2020
06:54: Plant
February 5, 2020
08:01: Hide
14:09: An angle on subscription pricing I haven’t heard mentioned, is the loss of family sharing. Having to pay $4/m is one thing, but if the app is something you’ve been sharing, double or triple that is a very hard sell.
February 4, 2020
07:43: Spot
February 3, 2020
06:46: Reflect. A bit of explanation on this one. It is a reflection of the sun, off of a pond, through a window and finally landing on a wall inside a house.
February 2, 2020
14:40: Without Sight
February 1, 2020
18:19: Not Open
January 27, 2020
19:29: Just discovered Prime video no longer has Doctor Who. Really bummed.
January 24, 2020
05:41: Early flight
January 20, 2020
13:09: Going places
22:10: Don’t blink
January 19, 2020
18:11: Well that was a nice one.
January 10, 2020
10:05: Busy morning on the feeders.
17:42: A huge part of my teenage years was Rush and I idolized Neil. One of the best drummers to ever live. Rest in peace, Neil Peart.
21:04: “On my ship, the Rocinante; wheeling through the galaxy”. How did I not know this Rush lyric reference from The Expanse?
January 1, 2020
12:53: It’s cool that ProtonMail added encrypted calendaring. Would be nice if we had this(and mail), except with standard protocol based access, instead of only with Proton’s clients.
December 28, 2019
12:31: Love this in-depth post about Flickr. Lots of good reasons to stay with Flickr. ferdychristant.com/the-rise-…
December 20, 2019
08:23: Just finished S4 of The Expanse. It’s been a while since I watched the older episodes, but I think this is one of the best. Solid plots and little filler. Can’t wait for S5.
December 19, 2019
22:06: A Jedi is supposed to build their own lightsaber, right?
November 2, 2019
13:07: Stop on top
13:11: There will be hops 3.
October 6, 2019
15:15: A rare moment when these fosters are still enough for a picture.
15:31: The story isn’t amazing, but the scenery is. Hinterland
September 22, 2019
16:58: Pollen
September 21, 2019
11:14: It’s just “fake fall”, but a beautiful day for a morning ride to the local coffee shop.
September 14, 2019
15:22: 🦋onarch
September 11, 2019
19:11: I was just wondering when GoGo Penguin was going to release something new. Time-Lapse City 🎵🎵🎧
September 4, 2019
15:15: Couple of hummers fueling up during the storm today. It’s really hard to capture them well, which these photos don’t really do.
20:46: Another beautiful sunset, thanks to Dorian.
September 3, 2019
20:34: Calm sunset before Dorian hits tomorrow.
September 2, 2019
15:54: Spent the day doing final prep for Dorian. So much for the holiday.
August 19, 2019
16:05: I know they are more efficient, but I do not like the new LED street lights going in everywhere. Too harsh and bright. Give me the dim warm glow of older sodium lights.
16:27: One of our foster kittens enjoying Oliver’s tail
August 2, 2019
13:12: Hope the new Death Cab album turns out as good as the trailer track 🎵
August 1, 2019
09:58: Dinner out with the wife yesterday to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. Kid in the picture isn’t ours, but really wanted their picture taken.
July 31, 2019
08:40: Feels like a Snarky kind of day. 🎵
July 28, 2019
20:45: For this time of year, some amazingly clear skies tonight. Decided to drag out the telescope and managed some nice views of Jupiter.
July 26, 2019
14:59: Love the new photos page! Seems like a great time to re-import most of my Instagram photos.
16:58: Unexpected mushrooms on our afternoon walk. 📷
July 15, 2019
09:42: This week’s ABGT is rather nice… 🎵 ABGT 339
December 9, 2017
09:00: Beer nerds
10:10: Actual beer nerd in the wild
November 26, 2017
16:07: Happy gotcha day!
November 11, 2017
13:01: May have over done it this time.
November 2, 2017
16:37: Amazing sunset. This picture does not do it justice.
October 30, 2017
16:14: Neighbors probably think we’re burning the place down.
May 25, 2017
May 24, 2017
07:53: That’s a bunch of doughnuts
May 23, 2017
12:03: More ramen for lunch please.
May 22, 2017
06:17: A full day of coffee and conference.
12:22: Lunch.
15:03: Plates of bacon dipped in chocolate 😳
May 11, 2017
03:48: Mornings…….
April 29, 2017
09:41: Too bad about Columbus tho.
April 25, 2017
15:38: Nice downtown field. Same gnats.
April 21, 2017
15:38: This was amazing
April 19, 2017
14:54: Motey and this rug.
14:55: I kinda love this Verde salad.
April 13, 2017
April 11, 2017
April 1, 2017
06:14: #caturday
March 25, 2017
11:24: Softies, Geechie Grits, Tomato Pie, Green Beans and sweet Cornbread.
March 11, 2017
12:34: Unexpectedly nice
February 18, 2017
11:12: Band and Doctor Who? Yup, I was a huge nerd.
January 27, 2017
16:31: Taking one for the team. Pretty sure they hired the Burger King, King.
December 25, 2016
14:37: Tired kitty.
December 10, 2016
09:27: BA Blackbeerd and BBQ. All….the B’s.
November 26, 2016
November 6, 2016
November 5, 2016
13:21: Full set 2016
October 29, 2016
September 30, 2016
16:06: Apparently I didn’t wear enough camo.
September 4, 2016
04:19: Three extra dogs in this house for a week. Motey is not amused.
August 30, 2016
15:06: Play ball!!! 💤
August 28, 2016
13:37: Going for 2001 meets The Shining, or something. This hotel is interesting….
August 27, 2016
08:49: The Redcoats are going?
08:51: The best downtown alley
August 25, 2016
15:15: Here we go again. At least no gnats right now. I guess the heat fried them all.
July 20, 2016
June 8, 2016
14:17: Blueberry picking with the family.
14:43: Berry basket
June 4, 2016
08:10: Sup?
May 14, 2016
10:20: Yum. Pinecones.
May 8, 2016
13:18: Mothers and babies
April 16, 2016
15:03: Man softies are good.
April 9, 2016
07:50: First game of the year
07:53: Alton Brown Live.
April 3, 2016
09:26: Sunday dog walk.
March 27, 2016
05:47: Eggzzzz
08:33: Documenting the tie.
March 19, 2016
15:06: Plum blossoms.
March 13, 2016
16:25: Obligatory sunset.
March 12, 2016
07:25: Avoiding the gnats. “Soccer” practice.
March 9, 2016
15:32: Football practice. Also known as, feeding the gnats.
March 5, 2016
January 12, 2016
16:00: Wasn’t too bad until it started to rain.
16:03: This place is amazing. The largest brewery/brewpub I’ve ever visited.
December 4, 2015
15:51: Pick a beer…. any beer.
16:10: Home brew.
16:12: Tonight’s tasting list.
November 29, 2015
14:19: Christmas tree hunting
November 21, 2015
13:22: Old school
November 16, 2015
10:27: Nicely redone.
November 11, 2015
16:07: Something to admire while sitting in traffic
November 10, 2015
09:20: Emanuel
November 8, 2015
11:22: Skating…sorta.
September 19, 2015
10:44: Flowertown’s Funky Firkin Fest
August 25, 2015
15:27: Wienermobile
July 14, 2015
05:05: One of the many reason I love Asheville. #wickedweed
June 18, 2015
07:27: Portland office is the best office. Too bad about that TV.
12:07: Portlandia
17:04: Deschutes
June 16, 2015
17:27: Don’t usually post food pics, but man.
June 10, 2015
June 4, 2015
18:31: Farewell Reston office
May 24, 2015
10:26: Still a bit cool for a pool day.
May 22, 2015
17:11: Rather nice evening out tonight.
May 2, 2015
April 19, 2015
13:00: Too bad about that bag.
April 18, 2015
10:06: So, this happened. Hopefully not as bad as the bacon doughnut.
April 16, 2015
17:09: Dueling updates.
April 12, 2015
14:26: 3rd snake and 1st poisonous of the season.
April 4, 2015
07:19: Egzzz
13:28: Maybe get a smartphone.
April 1, 2015
04:27: Motey
08:17: Big nuts…..and bolts.
March 17, 2015
03:58: Good morning
14:28: Yummy burn’t pizza.
March 15, 2015
09:10: I am bored.
December 20, 2014
11:07: Material Design
December 18, 2014
06:04: Redhat 7.0
16:07: It’s a hokey hokey Christmas
October 20, 2012
14:18: A couple of stickers.
14:20: Gator parts.
14:21: Baby squirrel.
14:23: Io moth caterpillar.
July 5, 2012
June 28, 2012
June 9, 2012
14:45: Huba huba
June 2, 2012
09:25: Only the top shelf, Costco for this party.
May 18, 2012
14:48: Coast Dave Brown
May 7, 2012
04:05: Sleepy kitty.
May 2, 2012
14:40: Only computer mag. worth reading in B&N now.
April 25, 2012
12:54: Going to finish the race before it starts.
April 22, 2012
11:03: Lost eggs
April 21, 2012
April 20, 2012
April 14, 2012
09:29: The flavor is in the meat.
09:45: Strawberry picking.
09:57: Bucket is full.
April 8, 2012
10:21: Not dig’n it.