Another epic session of Pinball. Reached a new high score and leveled up my Halfling Rogue Anya to 5th Level. Found a Studded Leather of Dexterity armor set to add to my +1 Rapier. Just need 2 more magic items.

Working on Ubuntu release upgrades in the home lab. 26.04 updated on 2 out of 4 systems so far today. Wisdom suggests I should be waiting for the point releases to get published, but I do not foresee another opportunity in my schedule to coordinate a graceful transition.

I found it and I am SO HAPPY!! #D&D #TheTyrantsEye #pinball #NorthBendWa

It’s been awhile since my Gen-X mind has been this blown. Found today in my convenience store shelves while setting up for a Grand Opening Hard Launch of our new product and fuel branding! #monchhichi #sinclair #GenX #MtSiMarket #NorthBendWa

Going through @hankgreen.bsky.social 's Artemis II Timeline site. I was struck by this image in particular . . .

@hankgreen.bsky.social went and did us all a favor 📷🌔📆 artemistimeline.com

A moment of Joy: I _love_ having transparency enabled in my terminal, so that I can still be watching YouTube while doing random things like installing software packages or editing configs. It may be a bit much for some, but it's as close to what I've felt computing should be like for a long time.

What it’s like hanging out with me

Technically, I can now add FreeBSD to the list of OSs that I have worked with, but barely. My new Firewall appliance came with no OS installed. But the Firewall suite I wanted to try out is built on top of FreeBSD.

This ones just for my D&D peeps: Greyhawk has always been my default Campaign Setting. The last couple years has been me like a kid outside a candy store looking in, as I hear rumblings of new Greyhawk content rolling out at Conventions I don't attend. marketplace.dndbeyond.com/category/M9C...

Ending a long couple days of transitioning Fuel Product Brands at my store with a quiet install of a new firewall and network config for the home lab.

Amazing! Just amazing!

NGL, I'm going to miss having a Live Stream of Spacefaring nature to have on. The next few hours are all that's left of Artemis II and once Integrity splashes down its gonna be another year before we get more Real Space Adventure :-(

Thank you, @hankgreen.bsky.social , for this presentation. It is far better than just looking at downloads of the static images. With the additional explanations and some presentation effects it really boosts the emotional impact of the mission and its events! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaXR...

People STILL not believing we have been to the Moon and back, now because AI imagery is a thing. I just can't.

Listening to chatter between the returning Integrity Crew and the ISS Crew. Emotions.

Yo, right now . . . Wow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rwf...

A really good watch! Filled in some blanks for me from my youth. www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

Even though I was alive for Apollo 17, I would not have been old enough to comprehended any kind of live footage from the command module, even if it were available. That makes this all the more amazing, only 53+ years later . . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rwf...

@bobworldbuilder.bsky.social My comments on this video the existence of regarding the Avrae Discord bot are suspiciously non-existent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj3b...

Holy carp, what a deal! For all your X-Files meets MacGyver on Wheels, Olympic Forest Drive vibin', grab this now!

Holy Carp, when did Season 2 drop? I loved the 1st Season!! www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

Two things: re: Project Hail Mary, while on par with other Andy Weir stories, I could probably have waited for VOD. It’s interesting and adequately emotional, but is only going to win technical awards.

Decided to go see Project: Hail Mary later today and noticed in the seat selection portion of my app that my preferred seat is already sold out on all the IMAX showings. So I decided I'm going to try ScreenX for the 1st time. Not usually my MO to try out an experience on a 1st time viewing.

Pshh. Obviously missing an Oscillation Overthruster and a Flux Capacitor 😏 Rookie mistake www.instagram.com/reel/DV6XpVQ...

TIL: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 1 is available on Amazon Prime. Previously an AppleTV exclusive (of which Season 2 currently is), if you enjoy the Monsterverse Godzilla/Kong Movies, this show is essential viewing. www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

ICYMI: I should not have had to scroll so many times to NOT see this headline shared anywhere in my feed www.ign.com/articles/nat...

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

It’s been a lot right now and I needed a laugh. Then this came across my feed and cracked me up. #Dune

Before I forget, Happy Twin Peaks Day from where it all went down.

A song for Bluesky

I once sold a folding pocket knife to Nikki Sixx (of Mötley Crüe fame) when I worked at the (now long removed) Excalibur Cutlery shop on the Transit floor of the Westlake Mall in Downtown Seattle.

I don't know how much a flex this is, but I do remember seeing 'Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone' (1983) in 3D as a first run in theaters. Nothing remarkable about the plot or even the 3D. But this post has made me think I should rewatch just to recapture what I've lost.

I was going to give ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ a pass since ‘House of the Dragon’ didn’t really pull me in and let’s be honest the end of Game of Thrones was more of a commitment than anything else. But a trusted source named @marcbernardin.bsky.social gave it a positive wave in the same…

Probably my hottest take in the Pop Music category; Don McLean's "American Pie" and all the covers of it could go unplayed for the rest of Time and I could finally stop getting Will Byers-type "goosies" from how bad it is. The song will always give me the ick.

Forgot to post my favorite Feb 2 gif

TFW months of record-keeping and research you've done because you could not find a wiki or other source that already contained the same data is suddenly deemed redundant because you did not use the same wording of header terminology and supporting links were also similarly titled differently.

@casaos.bsky.social Discovered CasaOS by accident this morning and it has been a revelation! Up to now I've exclusively used Webmin to manage my Home Server via GUI and done all my installs and config via SSH. I like that CasaOS is handling the docker in the bg while providing a pleasent UI.

Looking forward to the relaunch of Fable, but I'm happy to watch all of the XBox Developer Direct with Jason Plays www.youtube.com/watch?v=WczK...

Masters of The Universe (Amazon/MGM 2026) trailer just hours away . . .

For the record, Demogorgon Crunch is actually REALLY good!

I wish I could make this up. In following the rabbit hole that is the "Conformity Gate" business online, I tried to google a link to "stanger things netflix". Of course, Google autocorrected for me, but I noticed an illustrated 20-sided die at the bottom of the result.

Holy Jeebus, Duffer Bros, what did I do to you? Why did you have to make it so personal? #Last30ofTheFinale #StrangerThings

For 2026: I want to learn to grok treating servers as cattle not pets. But still on bare metal because VMs continue to seem too unreal.

TFW your usually rock solid Internet Gateway recovered from a power surge, but silently zombies its LAN Port connection, causing all other Wifi Network traffic to behave normally, but completely tank your LAN.

All the shows I've been following are ending. Pluribus Season One Finale - Watched. The War Between The Land and The Sea - Watched. All that's left for 2025 is the last half of Stranger Things Season 5

My Wrapstodon 2025 mastodon.social/@xenzirril/w...

My Steam Replay 2025 s.team/y25/dhmrvhh?...

Another Flood Watch declared by NWS for the area on Monday. Another system coming in tomorrow night before the Flood stages can recede fully. forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.ph...