"Go right on through, Mr. Freeman. Look's like you're in the barrel today." "Ah, hello Gordon Freeman, it's good to see you." "Gordon, get away from the beam!" "Could you all lay off a bit? I'm just trying to buy milk."

win/3

Leeroy Jenkins, the ancestor of GitHub Actions

I woke up to sunshine today, and was quite confused. Average yearly rainfall here is 5.57 inches. On Christmas Eve day we got over 6 inches in about 8 hours. Since then it's been a persistent daily wetness. 2025's totals were just over 18 inches. That is the third calendar year in a row with […]

It’s still #caturday #cats

Prints 4 copies of something with a tight tollerance. 3 hours later, it's too large. Reduces size to 95%. Prints 4 copies because it's sure to be fine this time around. 3 hours later, it's too large. Reduces size to 92%. Prints 4 copies because it's sure to be fine this time around. 3 hours […]

At the top of my phone's Reminders list is "Tia 2p 9". I have no idea what this is, but I keep it around because I like a mystery. I'll frequently use this list for things like hardware store shopping. I'll go to the Lowe's web site, see something is in stock and it's in aisle 27, bay 19, so […]

Replaced the sonicare toothbrush head today. Awww yeah, that hits the spot.

Happy birthday to everyone in infosec!

This is your yearly reminder that US Robotics still exists, and is still manufacturing new dialup modems.

We live in the worst timeline, where 67 took off for some reason, but "It's Morbin' Time!" faded into obscurity.

Oh, the Powerball lottery jackpot is down to a measly $33 now. Not even worth playing for that amount. (I'm just saying this so fewer people play this round and all the odds go to me.)

This morning I went to the hardware store and picked up some lumber for two “I want to have the supplies available if I get the itch sometime in the next year” projects. One itchy afternoon later: I’m pleased with how the stairs turned out, considering I had no plan […] [Original post on m29.us]

If you drive a vehicle and don't have a dashcam, install a dashcam. They're pretty cheap. Prioritize resolution and bitrate over frame rate: mine does multiple combinations but tops out at 4K 24fps at a decent bitrate (can't remember the specifics). So you have a dashcam? Good, now get a cheap […]

I was recreating a relatively simple shape for a 3D print by measuring it with digital calipers: diameter A, thickness B, 3 holes each of diameter C centered in an equilateral triangle, spaced D from each other. Everything came out as expected except the holes were […] [Original post on m29.us]

[uspol] 20 years ago https://theonion.com/cia-realizes-its-been-using-black-highlighters-all-thes-1819568147/

Browsing reviews for this 3M Super 77 clone on Home Depot, and I feel a special kinship with this anonymous fellow label maker addict.

Drop the rankin/bass

[transphobia] *Checks news* Ah. So, in that light, just to clear things up, while I haven't mentioned it publicly until now, I have not been at Epic Games since early November. It was a mutual separation, etc. But I just wanted to say I have no association with anything shitty they're in the […]

Just a reminder that if you don't take the Choco Tacos out of the freezer TODAY, they won't be thawed in time for Christmas.

Virtual shower thought: Is the persistent SMART data on hard drives stored on the platters themselves, or in flash storage on the drive controller?

Hey, my dishwasher rinse aid needs to be refilled. If you're seeing this, it means the LG-to-HomeAssistant-to-Mastodon link is still working, but I've likely forgotten this automation pipeline exists.

I don’t post pictures of myself often, but this literal accidental selfie is too good to not post. It says “I am about to do Science”.

I now own: - Four 6" bar clamps - Two 12" bar clamps - One 24" bar clamp Anyone want to go 50% ownership on a 48" bar clamp?

Rev-An-Elf-On-A-Shelf

Sigh. I need to call the IRS, but just got the most IRS message ever. It started with: > We're sorry, but due to extremely high call volume, I was expecting something like "hold times may be higher than normal". But no: > We're sorry, but due to extremely high call volume, we are unable to […]

Oh god, they added Liquid Ass to the LEVEL APP. The horizon indicator isn’t even visible if you’re too close to level, and is distorted everywhere else.

So how are everyone's NFT investments doing?

I'm craving Taco Bell nacho cheese, but not enough to go to Taco Bell.

If you are a script writer, if a character is meant to be cut off mid-sentence, be sure to add filler words beyond the point they're meant to be cut off. One of my pet peeves is hearing an exchange and, due to the timing of the actors being slightly off, I can practically see the dash in the […]

I should clean my garage workbench.

Your package is out for vengeance.

Hey.

RE: https://fox.nexus/@treats/115696599566338149 Fun fact: I'm allergic to garlic. (All alliums, technically. Onions are the big one, but my garlic intolerance has been getting worse over the years.)

Thinking about getting a customer service job with the SKIL tools company, so I can spend all day telling people they have a SKIL issue.

Is there a better RSS-to-fedi service than rss-parrot.net? Its reliability has never been good, often batching up deliveries weeks after a post is made.

People are getting desperate at Costco this weekend.

When I worked at McDonalds in the 90s, our store had a tradition of referring to the breakfast sandwiches behind the scenes according to how they were printed in the POS computer. Partly because it was fun, partly because the "official" wording of the sandwiches by corporate was long (and not […]

Non-cow tools

I'm on a mission to make it socially acceptable to answer the phone with "Yo!" with the same energy as Theo in Die Hard. https://youtu.be/yNvx1GjUa0k?t=126

Your occasional reminder that Signal's "Note to Self" feature is always there as a convenient interchange for getting information (URL, text dump, etc) between your phone and laptop, when other interchange formats are being stupid, which is directly proportional to how badly you need the […]

MCP, you say? You're absolutely right — that was actually end of line 📜 ! Want me ✨ to help you with your disc 🥏 skills so you can defeat 🔫 the users 👯 ?

Okay, who fired up the supervillain death laser yesterday afternoon? it really screwed up my daily stats.

Here's a quick script I have on my workstation. It's useful for blindly working with API tokens and whatnot, so you're not putting secrets in your .bash_history, and not exposing them accidentally when sharing your screen to coworkers. `my-token` will list all tokens. `my-token github-user-pat` […]

All the Arbys in town closed down a month or so ago. I guess Jon Stewart won.

For some reason, there is nothing more stressful for me than needing to wait 6 hours to apply the next brush coat.

RE: https://m29.us/@jucika/115651058213102342 *checks calendar* Jucika is apparently Australian.

Captain Toad: FedEx Package Tracker

I've got an idea for a kitchen gadget which doesn't exist, but should. Someone get on it! The fastest way to defrost something is to place it in a ziploc, submerge it in water, and keep the water circulating. This doesn't need to be much, just a drip is enough for convection to do most of the […]