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A metaphor for 2025: Integrity, fairness, leadership—and even the Constitution—painted over at the FBI Academy in Quantico.

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Some completely uninformed thoughts on DeepSeek (and for the techies who follow me, please let me know what I have gotten wrong): 🧵1/7

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

River flows into ocean = good. Pipes lets you get ‘free’ fresh water for drinking and growing crops. Ocean flows into river = BAD. Pipes gives you undrinkable saltwater that, as a bonus, kills your crops forever (see: town of Shechem, Book of Judges 9:45). 🧵 1/3

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

Apparently, I am no longer good at multitasking. I am in the drive thru at Chick-fil-A while also programming my GPS to take us to Disneyland. Them: “Welcome to Chick-fil-A. Can I get a name for the order?” Me: “Mickey and Friends Parking Structure … wait, no …”

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Res publica amissa.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Trump to ByteDance: “Ignore that I’m not yet President and just pretend that pesky little law doesn’t exist. I’ve got your back, fam.” ByteDance: “LEEEROOOY JEEENKIIIINS!” Apple & Google: crickets Lawyers anticipating massive shareholder lawsuits against Amazon and Oracle: “Cha-CHING!”

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The recent SoCal windstorm left Pasadena with a year’s worth of green waste debris—branches, bushes, and leaves—in just two days. Citywide cleanup is expected to take 6-8 weeks. More details: www.cityofpasadena.net/city-manager...

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Check out these hyper-detailed satellite images of the destruction caused by last week’s fires in Los Angeles: Palisades Fire: wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps... Eaton Fire: wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps... Zoom in to street level and drag the map to see different neighborhoods. 1/4

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After two nights in Buena Park, we’re back home in Pasadena. The Eaton Fire is still active, having burned 13,690 acres (21 square miles) with 0% containment. The fire is currently making an uphill run toward Mt. Wilson, but thankfully, no losses have been reported there. 1/4

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Remember the 2018 Hawaii false missile alert? LA just experienced a false alert of its own. An 'Evacuation Warning' emergency alert was mistakenly sent to all residents of LA County followed shortly by another alert telling everyone to disregard the previous alert. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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BREAKING: The Pacific Palisades fire is now the most destructive in Los Angeles city history, with an estimated 1,000 structures destroyed. Follow AP's live coverage. apnews.com/live/live-up...

submitted 54 days ago • 32 comments

An update from Pasadena: We are safe. Out of an abundance of caution, Christine, Jospeh, and I evacuated to a hotel in Buena Park last night. The stories of a “life threatening windstorm” in Los Angeles are accurate. 1/3

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Them: “AI is going to take your job.” AI: “0.375 is _less_ than 0.3125.” Screenshot: Google AI Overview, 2 January 2025

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

This didn’t get much attention last year, but it feels particularly relevant given today’s tragic events in New Orleans: www.pasadenastarnews.com/2024/01/01/d...

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Happy New Year’s Eve to everyone! 🎉 To those who faced challenges in 2024, may 2025 bring you brighter days and better opportunities. 🌟 To those who thrived in 2024, here’s to an even more amazing 2025! 🚀 #Happy2025 #NewYear #FreshStart

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

I'm 6'6". Every conversation ever: Them: "Wow, you're tall." [Me (internal voice): "Ohmygod, what!? Why did no one tell me this sooner?"] Me: "Thank you." Them: "How tall are you?" [Me (internal voice): "5'10". The stripes make me look taller."] Me: "6'6"." ...

submitted 66 days ago • 2 comments

To the sysadmins who had to work today to make sure that everything remained both up and available and to the people who volunteered to work today so that others could spend time with their families: THANK YOU and Merry Christmas!

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Christine and Joseph surprised me with an awesome early Christmas present. This doesn’t look like much, but the German engineered and Czech built Wera Tool-Check PLUS is easily one of the better compact toolkits in the world. Thank you Christine and Joseph!

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

Due to an unforeseen recipe-following oversight, today's "Patrick and his son make gingerbread cookies" activity has been cancelled. In its place is a new activity: "Patrick and his son make gingerbread cake."

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

While the east coast panics, it is another quiet night in the skies over the city of angels.

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This is perhaps the clearest video yet of the so-called "drones" plaguing the east coast. You cannot tell me that these are terrestrial objects.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Roll Tide.

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As we gather around the Thanksgiving table, let’s set aside our differences and instead come together over the one thing that truly unites us: our shared hope that Dallas loses. Happy Thanksgiving!

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I’ve reached that stage in my tech support life where I don’t fix my own issues anymore—I find someone else to do it for me. Of course, I still walk them through exactly what to do, step by step … because old habits die hard. 😉

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The U.S. Department of Education has officially released the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms—10 days ahead of schedule! Students and families can now get a jump-start on securing financial aid. Start your application today: studentaid.gov/announcement...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

So, the launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has been … well … remember this weekend's Paul vs. Tyson fight?

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment