I'm old enough that I remember reading alt.59.79.99 looking for Taco Bell menu hacks.

My contribution to today's festivities. #makeaterriblecomicday #makeaterriblecomicday2026

My eight-year old came up with this bit. I'm so proud of him.

"Masters of the Universe" (2026) was far better than it had to be with some clever choices and a cast that was clearly having fun chewing on the dialogue. As a kid that watched way too much of the cartoon growing up, it had just enough fan-service, while being enjoyable to my 13- and 8-year-olds.

Climate change is real here in #atx showyourstripes.info/c/northameri...

That talk about @vcfsw.bsky.social was mine. Love the lightning talk nights, so many topics!

Seeing and hearing the city explode with excitement last night was joyful. I was rooting for the Spurs, but I'm happy with how the series turned out; the Knicks were a team with determination and control and they capitalized on the Spurs inattention and sloppiness to make great comebacks.

NYC Resistor's annual Interactive Show was great, so many fun projects including an AI camera that roasted the participants, a radio that broadcast random sound clips on the local Wifi network, and a game involving working with another player to save salmon from bears while holding a wooden beam.

That is some dedication to the graffiti arts and sciences.

What a weekend to visit NYC: World Cup fever, NBA finals fever, Brooklyn Pride parade, Puerto Rico Day, and the NYC Resistor Interactive Party. Wow!

Starting today off with a visit to the Intrepid museum.

Dear @asym.bsky.social, I found where all the pastamancers are hanging out in Tribeca.

About to enjoy an amazing meal at my favorite restaurant in NYC, Dirt Candy.

Tired: C++ type erasure by having APIs return shared_ptr Wired: C++ type erasure by returning unique_ptr with a custom deleter that routes destruction through new "deleteFoo" functions in the vtable of the host API. So many templates.

Ah yes, it's that every six-months cycle of tweaking some part of my Resistor Time watchface design so I can keep my Google Play developer account active. This time, I made the terrible gray layout less bright, updating the version to 1.3.1. I really do need to port the WearOS layout to Pebble now.

If you've been wondering where OpenAI and Anthropic have been getting their wares, I think this picture clears things up a bit.

I was at @vcfsw.bsky.social on Saturday until mid-afternoon. The presentation on the FPGA re-creation of the Apple Lisa was a highlight, but also enjoyed learning about the relaunch of Compute's Gazette and the 12-year history of the Tandy Coco magazine The Rainbow.

So far at @vcfsw.bsky.social I've seen amazing vector display computers, seen a presentation on Soviet core memory, found a rare Atari 8-bit cart for my collection, learned about BASIC piracy in the 1970s, and taken a picture of hardware a friend worked on in the early 90s.

If you want a smart movie for kids and adults, go see "The Sheep Detectives". Just got back and me and my 4 and 8-year olds loved it. The review that called it a mix of "Knives Out" and "Babe" was quite apt. There's a scary scene set in the neighboring meadow about a hour in, so be prepared.

I've started assembling key chains for the @[email protected] Interactive Show. If you're in the NYC area, make plans to come out and see all the cool exhibits on June 13th. www.nycresistor.com/2026/05/15/j...

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live They Might Be Giants Asylum Street Spankers Tegan and Sara The New Pornographers The Blow Sleater-Kinney King Missile Soul Coughing Metric Los Campensinos

New zine name just dropped

Our Solidarity Economy panel is tomorrow - if you are at all interested in solidarity economics in Austin, you don't want to miss this. Date and time: Wednesday, May 20th 6 - 8pm CDT Location: Online (RSVP for link) RSVP: linktr.ee/atxcooperatives or acba.coop/events

Just submitted my testimony too!

Today is a good day to vote. #voteEarly #texas! Vote in solidarity with voters in Oregon and Georgia.

Third time visiting the awesome Ahn Em on Anderson Lane. A fresh take on Vietnamese with awesome vegan stuff, including smokey grilled tofu on the bun and bahn mi. Check it out! #vegOut #atx

Joined @subvert.fm yesterday as a new co-op member, already finding some really cool artists. www.subvert.fm/@unwiredben

Last night's #atx Technology Commission meeting had us here a presentation from UT researchers studying how large data center projects get approval in Texas and where they make best use of available resources. austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/387814

Saw this license plate this morning... So close, just off by 100.

Want a quick history lesson of what the far-right has been planning here in #texas since the Civil War? Check out @lonestarleft.com's new post open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...

BREAKING NEWS A local man was arrested this afternoon after storming into a supermarket and screaming at the fruit section for 20 minutes straight. Detectives are still investigating, but say his motive was not a pear rant. #dadjoke

Star Wars (Andor) Empire (Tartakovsky Clone Wars) (Rebels) ROTJ (Mando S1) The Last Jedi Rogue One (Bad Batch) (Clone Wars) ROTS (SW: Visions) Force Awakens (Mando S2) Solo (Acolyte) Phantom Menace AOTC (Ahsoka) (Obi Wan) (Mando S3) (Holiday Special) (Resistance) (Ewoks) (Book of Boba) TROS

Sunday at #MidwestGamingClassic was a little slower paced, and I got to spent quality time in the computer museum. Here's an ADM3A terminal hooked up to a computer playing the original Rogue.

Recap of Saturday at #MidwestGamingClassic: big crowd, three floors, so many 2600 commons and uncommons, but the one game I saw I needed was $110 and still got bought!

I run a list that is hand curated and just for this sort of thing bsky.app/profile/did:...

My employer just got the rights to the Banana Ball Championship, a 5-game series featuring @thesavbananas.bsky.social; this is going to be some fun baseball!

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Hey hey! My Kickstarter for a new short film called DADA DICK is only $285 from being funded. Woohoo! It would be awesome to reach the goal this weekend. Go to the link to see the first 30 seconds. Cool rewards and whatnot! www.kickstarter.com/projects/147...

From the makers of Chia Head and Chia Pet...

Anyone ever go to a stand up show where the comedian expected all the audience members to guess the answer to their joke before telling the punchline first? Asking for my 4- and 8-year-olds.

I mean it was right there www.theverge.com/report/90181...

Just a rainbow unicorn and bald eagle having a civic discourse at Austin's #NoKings protest this afternoon.

My middle kid made this crown with slash today at the #nokings protest in Austin. It ended up in the middle of a big display of attendee art.

Hearing @bcantrill.bsky.social on latest Oxide and Friends reminded me of the back of this swag hoodie we got a few years ago.

Took the family to the Magic Time Machine in San Antonio for dinner. It's kinda insane. We were served by Spider-Gwen, had a picture taken by Bill Nye, and was regularly insulted by a fully costumed Deadpool, all while sitting in a booth themed with dinosaurs.

I expect they'll pivot to the story that he just trying to get us to $250 a barrel in time for the United States Semiquincentennial in July. #stopthewar

Turns out that "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die" was just the kinda sci-fi-horror-time-travel-bad-AI-comedy I needed today. Go see it with a crowd, it's really fun.

Once again, I'd like to remind people that this is what Josh Barro is raging about: 14-year-old kids playing sports with their friends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf9M...

Austin ISD has a mix of different parent communication systems, which means I get a text asking me to check my email which then links to a Google Doc. Can't we just provide the important information in the email or text?

If you live in any state controlled by the GOP, be sure to check the status of your voter registration. This is particularly important in Georgia.