Bit of a longshot, but does anyone have the ability to invite me to lobste.rs? I have no imminent plans to post anything but I’ve been lurking long enough that I should probably be upvoting stuff.

New (old) blog post: https://www.machaj.info/posts/literal-bug.html

@munificent there are some wonderful fiber arts you should see: https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/1rjq3nh/im_a_fiber_artist_heres_my_grilled_cheese_art/

She has her emotional support ball ready to go #dogs #dogsofmastodon

I know things are terrible, but at least we still have The Onion. https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-demonstrates-how-to-remove-tapeworm-by-scooting-ass-across-carpet/

My kid’s school library is really ahead of its time with this book.

I appreciate that the carbon monoxide detector in our bedroom let us know that it reached its end of life and wouldn’t be effective anymore. I just wish it hadn’t waited until 3 AM to chirp every few seconds.

Terminal is one star shy of 100,000 on GitHub!!! github.com/microsoft/te... Let’s breach the 100k for one of my favorite tools.

@catsalad you might appreciate this one. (Copied from Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/1n71y78/lol_my_cat_is_behind_my_mosaic_decor_piece/)

Today is one of those days. Did you get everything done?

Ok this one is pretty funny (Courtesy of https://www.joeydevilla.com/2025/08/24/sunday-picdump-for-sunday-august-24/)

Such a cute pupper. She looks so peaceful today. #dogs #dogsofmastodon

Remember my goat that we named Cybertruck because of his various safety issues? He's been doing great, until earlier when he went offroading (in the barn) and high-centered himself and had to be rescued, again living up to his name. All hail Cybertruck!

I’m not sure if I’ve ever attended a real protest before but tomorrow that will change. I just finished making my sign.

I like to call this Dawson’s first law of computing: O(n^2) is the sweet spot of badly scaling algorithms: fast enough to make it into production, but slow enough to make things fall down once it gets there.

BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It's still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and […]

Sleeping Beauty would have been a much shorter story if she had a golden retriever. A “true love” kiss would have taken about 30 seconds once her face is low enough to reach.

It’s a screw-in-car-tire kind of Saturday 😞

Cartoonist Ann Telnaes leaves WaPo after someone above her killed a cartoon - the first that's happened in 16 years, she says. The cartoon shows a bunch of oligarchs kneeling before and handing sacks of money to #Trump #News #media […]

Earlier today I finished switching over my wife’s business’s website from Wordpress to @eleventy. The site has always had static content so a full WP install has been overkill. The editor was the real appeal for her. Now that WP is falling apart it is definitely worth it to switch over to […]

@ivory I’ve been using the free trial for a while now and it definitely made Mastodon feel more fresh and interesting. The visualization of my timeline is simply more appealing. I’m happy to say I finally hit the subscribe button.

Important reminder, if you own a domain name and don't use it for sending email. There is nothing to stop scammers from sending email claiming to be coming from your domain. And the older it gets, the more valuable it is for spoofing. It could eventually damage your domain's reputation and […]

Thank you @jerry for approving my usage of your relay so quickly. It already seems more lively on here.

Finally published a little writeup that I wrote a long time ago but never posted online. This is for a very specific problem but it will help if you ever have that problem. https://www.machaj.info/posts/powershell-dump.html

I’ve had a Synology NAS for a few years now that has worked pretty well for our basic needs. It was “fully up to date” on DSM6 with an “optional” update to DSM7 available. What I didn’t realize is that it is only “optional” if you want security updates. It apparently hadn’t installed any […]

Is there a German word for when you tell your kids to let you do something so they don't mess it up... and then you utterly fucking botch it. I totally did that recently opening some cereal. My wife was asking which animal dug into it like a raccoon and I raised my hand.

For all the Americans out there, it is more important than ever to vote this year. I am happy to confirm that my ballot has been received and counted. (I really like the all vote by mail system in Washington state)

Washington state can really be so beautiful