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If you are one of us, the ELITE that use @panic.com's macOS text & code editor Nova, download @eirvandelden.vandelden.family's sweet new implementation of my Solarized color scheme for it: nova://extension/?id=com.eirvandelden.SelenizedRails&name=Selenized%20%26%20Solarized

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Filling up tiny squeeze tubes with hand lotion and a sketchy looking syringe definitely the most "Breaking Bad for Little Old Ladies with Dry Hands" thing I've done.

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The two primary branches of the current government (monarchy & oligarchy) are fighting and that ain't bad

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Signed up to donate blood at the high school my wife teaches at and now I am on the same email list as the students. Kind of excited to get a pass to excuse me from classes. Going to start flashing it all over town. Attendant: that's $10 for parking Me: Think again my friend (flashes hall pass)

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If you haven’t read it, Blindsight is a book for our time. Published almost 20 years ago, it speaks to issues of intelligence, AI/LLMs, tech breaking social bonds, …and space vampires. We don’t have those yet but like I said this book has a good track record so I’d start reading up on them now.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Skipped a gasket change on my espresso machine group head (because I ran out) and by the time new gaskets arrived I'd totally cooked the old one (big Andromeda Strain vibes as I pulled out the crumbling rubber)

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I will be running a game of Invisible Sun, and we are having a Gleam raffle promotion to select who gets to play! It could be… you!

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" What if you lost your #AppleNotes " (access or data, same problem) is the thing that should prompt you to, right now, make a recurring reminder to backup your notes to a standard format. I use "Exporter" from the app store: apps.apple.com/us/app/expor...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

My current #MothershipRPG playtest involves a high tech hypo injector and one of the players in that group showed up with this prop tonight along with this cool 3D printed sign he made to remind me to remind the group to always take stress on failed rolls :)

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

web 1995: low quality design with absolutely baller content people just poured their heart into web 2025: every site looks so damn slick but it's just trash out there

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

I just shoved a clean extra tissue up my sweater cuff so it's only a matter of time before I complete my transformation into a matronly spinster solving murders in the british countryside.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

The old AVR/amp I use to power my gaming table in-wall surround sound has ancient Airplay v1 and no upgrade path so I finally got around to dropping shairport-sync onto a spare rPi for Airplay v2. Now almost no latency on the streaming & it's much more network stable, plus volume control is better.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Got split ssh key auth for login and sudo working and a) I let out a whoop b) should have set this up ages ago. So I can now ssh in to the remote system and initiate a sudo and auth both with a fingerprint or Apple Watch. Definitely feels futuristic :)

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The story of my character Nine make that Eight Finger

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Best workout gear I have is this magsafe thing that wraps onto any metal part of the workout station you're on. Super handy.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

I appreciate this PAM module having the most David Cronenberg default interaction prompt possible.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

this is accurate in that a lot of what i say is useful but at least 10% is pure bullshit

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Yet another confirmation that moving off Google for my personal email was one of the best decisions I've made. Just checked on my elderly father's Google Workspace to fix high volume scam mail. Turns out enhanced spam protection is only available for business users. Not, you know, senior citizens.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

if you aren't using figlet and lolcat to slap a sexy banner on your remote logins you have no business ssh-ing

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

The pile of clothes to donate/recycle is SO BIG in our garage right now that an entire section of garage shelving is like that part of the video game map where you can see the next level but can't reach it without getting the double jump upgrade.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Today's soundtrack/mood/fictional-scenario-I'm-disappearing-into-mentally: album.link/i/1442242672

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Finally setting the rest of the family up on @kagi.com search. I'm not vehemently anti-Google but I sure am vehemently pro-privacy and I'd rather pay for search with money than my private data. ( kagi.com ... not affiliated, just a satisfied user and they have a cute mascot on the logo ).

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

"I want to be the richest man on the planet!" monkey's paw curls

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

If you'd like to perform a cognitive denial of service attack against a computer nerd the level 1 attack is: "What is your file and folder management structure." The level 2 attack is "What is your SSH key naming strategy?" (target will spend at least an hour explaining then rethinking both those).

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Reorganized my networking gear into a rack mount case I had sitting around. Slapped a big noctua fan on the front of my NAS and the drive temps instantly dropped by 20% (dropped a noctua on top of my DIY @opnsense.org router as well).

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Please enjoy some of my vintage Emigre type specimen catalogs that I’ve held on to since the mid 90s.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

I've been running the same firmware since initial release and truly could have used a few hot fixes along the way

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

How many years have I been doing repairs like this... and still I occasionally forget to check that the boot is on the cable first. Today I did this twice 🤦

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Apple, all I want from your improved Siri is that when I roll over in bed and say "turn on the coffee maker" it turns on my coffee maker and does not start blasting the song "coffee maker"

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

My favourite part of the Electric Dreams exhibition at the Tate is Suzanne Treister's "Fictional Videogame Stills" that she made on an Amiga 1000 in the early 90s. We only have them now because she took photographs of her art on the screen back then - the original Amiga discs have corrupted!

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

Sinners unlocked! Catch it in the theater if you can, it's great on the big screen. Also yes there's a mid credit and post credits (very very end) scene.

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