I think I know why the open box Roomba was returned. It had a really annoyingly squeaky wheel. But nothing that triflow couldn’t resolve. Burrs will take the easy fix.

Thanks to the folks who wished me well. I’m on the mend after taking the day off. Not quite 100%, but at least I can think straight now.

Haven’t been this sick in a long time. Going to need to take time off tomorrow to recover. Send nurse tigs pls.

Seems legit

Burrs just upgraded Roombas to a hybrid vacuum/mop. Best Buy outlet open box in Dallas. :D

Wrapping up some shopping in Dallas, filling the M2 up with some Sunoco 94 (Car appreciates it in the heat) and heading back home in a couple of hours. Car is loaded with stuff. It’s nice having a fairly practical 2 door as a runabout.

[US Pol, Disney video, Dutch comedian] Too good to not share. Go to 0:24. https://youtu.be/7vRX-BQAjeE?si=04hhPCiIx6S7IAbf

[Car stuff] Finished getting my wheels powder coated in Prismatic’s Champagne Gold. It’s a satin silver with just a hint of gold in it. For my silver car they looks white unless it’s beside a white car, I have gold wheels that look silver unless it’s beside a car […] [Original post on tiggi.es]

[Cars/EVs, potential USPol] Uber driver yesterday picked me up in a Polestar 3. I asked her how she liked it - She said it's going to be her last EV, at least for a while, and she'll be looking at a hybrid moving forward. She lives in an apartment with limited chargers, and the ones they have […]

I’m so glad I don’t need to people more today.

[USPol, Disney] I feel terrible for my friends who are employed at Disney (and are anything but millionaires) who are going to get caught in the crossfire of Iger bending a knee to the idiot in chief, and folks who are rightfully protesting that action by canceling their Disney vacations and […]

Brief Tiggi.es downtime as I did a Kernel update on the Proxmox cluster...

Food Delivery: Home Address: Let's include 5 sets of plasticware. Hotel Address: Let's not include anything. Maybe they'll get creatifve and make a scoop out of the delivery box.

A moo on a moon almost moooning me. From my hotel window.

I am Dallas (Richardson) Burrs.

[Nostalgia, Burrs as a cub, NYC] Sometimes I think back to '89 when I was staying with my aunt in Rockland County, NY, as I did every other summer or so while growing up, for at least a couple weeks. My aunt gave me a subway pass and a $20 (equivalent to I guess $50 today). We both took the […]

[Nostalgia, Burrs as a cub, NYC] Sometimes I think back to '89 when I was staying with my aunt in Rockland County, NY, as I did every other summer or so while growing up, for at least a couple weeks. My aunt gave me a subway pass and a $20 (equivalent to I guess $50 today). We both took the […]

[Apnea/CPAPs/Crappy Sleep Studies] I had a long discussion with my Primary Provider about how common obstructive apnea (and complex apnea, though less so) is in the general populace. And how shitty sleep studies and insurance companies are. One of the reasons I'm able to get these RedMed 10 […]

Burrs will be driving up to Dallas after an appt. in the afternoon, working remotely from Richardson on Thursday/Friday, and enjoying an evening up there with some good noms before heading back Saturday, likely in time for game night. That is all.

And post and poll lengths fixed on Tiggi.es. Whee

Need to fix post lengths..hold on.

Tiggi.es has been upgraded to Mastodon 4.4.4 - Please see changelog here, if interested - https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.4

I can't wait until MacOS 27 when we see the final evolution of Liquid Glass - Aqua. I hear it will be quite lickable.

Remembering the time someone modified Peter Cetera's Wikipedia page to make "Et" his middle name.

I wish to know the joy of getting a 512k RAM upgrade that allows me to play games that I once couldn’t, again.

[Work commentary, the Last Place] At the last place I worked, I found out that all developers there just were put on a PIP (Performance improvement plan) They have dropped salaries ~25% vs what folks are making now, and if a PIP isn’t met, they can terminate for performance reasons without […]

Set up a Wifi 7 mesh network with wired backhaul for @OsitoBurr and delivered the modified YeenPAP to yeen. Got lunch. Got some tiny pies, now sprawlburrs.

Another CPAP turned into a BiPap. This time for a local Yeen.

[Work SaaS gabbage] SaaS Provider, after 6 hours: You didn't pay us, so we cut you off the day payment was due. Us: We apologize for that - It looks like a PO processing error on your end, however we'd like to move back to monthly rather than annual. Please move us back and we'll pay today […]

I love being woken up at 6:30am because one of our critical SaaS providers decided to not provide their SaaS. *I do not love being woken up at 6:30am because one of our critical SaaS providers decided not to provide their SaaS.

Just shot the Harvest Moon tonight. Nikon Z7ii/180-600mm with TC-1.4x at 600 (x1.4 = 840mm)

Just had hot pot with @hypoidbear But man, this week really took it out of Burrs. A lot of changes at work, and ain’t nobody like change.

[Car Stuff] Just had My 100k Mile "Burr Scheduled Service" done on the car with @hypoidbear doing the fluids, including transmission/diffs/transfer case/brake fluid (He's replacing a flex disc tomorrow) and spark plugs, and having a local BMW tech do the oil filter housing (plastic->metal) […]

Just a reminder that the 2025/26 Covid vaccine is now available in the US. As far as "preconditions" are concerned, being "fluffy" is sufficient, and I didn't get any pushback at my local Walgreens. Please do get the vaccine, if not for yourself, for the elderly, immunocompromised, and in […]

Pixel.Tiggi.es has just been updated to PixelFed 12.6. Release Notes are here: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases We're keeping account registration open until midnight tonight. If you'd like a PixelFed account on Tiggi.es, your time is running out. :)

Pixel.Tiggi.es is accepting a few more accounts before I lock it back down. If anyone's interested in a decent photo host for their art/photography, sign ups will be open for another day or so. Please poke me here if you do decide to sign up, since I don't get notifications for whatever reason.

Moved Pixel.Tiggi.es over from gd to Imagemagick - Looks to handle HDR images better and provide overall better quality. GD was causing some uploading issues. Pixel Tiggi.es should work normally now.

Hot honey sriracha chicken and eggs with pimiento cheese butter milk biscuits for Labor Day noms.

@FriekiFox Welcome to Tiggi.es!

At least once in everyone’s life… They should experience the joy of being driven 30 miles to a Toys ‘R’ Us in early 1990, finding and taking taking one of the last 2 remaining Super Mario Bros 3 tickets, the anticipation of waiting before having the brand new game handed over by the person […]

[Weird dream.] Had an interesting dream where I was introduced to someone I was told I would get along with wonderfully. That person then casually explained the way I was required to behave around them due to their religious and personal beliefs. I asked them if we were going to be in a […]

[Daah-Ahh Football Commentary (High school)] If a freshman in high school got sent to the ER for playing a video game, and needed 6 weeks of recovery, you'd have a long and hard talk and likely not let them play that video game anymore. But with football, we call them a good sport, tell them […]

The front yard Mollie’s Delicious apple tree is super producing right now.

Govenor Walz is being called out here

Looks like I may be Colombia Burrs again in November.

[Work/AI Stuff] Successfully gave a brief presentation on how we're using AI responsibly, rather than shoving into every facet of what we do. It's a balancing act to be sure, but I think I've struck the right balance of "please the board" and "don't shove this down our throats." But man, is […]

Getting to the point where I really need some vacation time. A lot of demands being placed on me at work and in private life and not enough down time with folks asking if there's anything I need. One or two tigs providing massages might help.

When you have the entire Internet at your disposal to find the answer to a simple question... Logically, the best course of action is to message someone at midnight and ask them to handhold you and type an answer for you.

Making stuffed portobello mushrooms with gorgonzola, a butter merlot sauce and red pepper, thyme, oregano, salt, and some onion and garlic in the stuffing along with whole wheat breadcrumbs. Topped with tillamook mozzarella.