while i know that the intensity of my irritation at ios 26 is a sign that my life is otherwise pretty good, golly i'd like to punch a bunch of ux designers in their collective metaphorical nutsacks.

I asked Claude to help me build a small application that monitors the barometric pressure. It takes a zip or geo coords and a threshold. When the pressure drops below 29.7 inMg, I need to take migraine-evasive actions. Code here: github.com/boboTjones/P...

Tomorrow (5/5) is the halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice.

So many opinions. Here’s mine: the internet would not have survived without an index. The limitations of the way that index worked for 2ish decades were always a known deal. Now there’s more data and more ways to collect more data, we need better tools. Some of this controversy is extraneous.

When you like the swag but not the logo...

Five months of not having to pretend I'm okay with things I am not okay with (like being set up to fail) is doing wonders for my mental health.

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Theater class in high school taught me how to make myself relax and that’s probably the most important lesson I ever learned.

If only there was some way we could stop electing representation that siphons off everyone's future to get personally rich. This has been a problem for a long time. Maybe there is no solution.

right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer

8 months of math academy… finally getting to derivatives. glad i started with fundamentals 1, because it turns out my texas public school math education was even worse than i thought. but also i’ve pretty impatient to graduate.

At least clowns are paid to be fools. Look at you doing it for free.

I heard there was a secret cord You plug it in and you meet the Lord But you never care for OSHA do ya

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActiveX #doom

Diversity is an epistemic necessity. Anyone who squawks against DEI is default trying to control the narrative. Now why would someone want to do that?

"The FAA has temporarily stopped traffic at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) because of a strong chemical smell at the Potomac TRACON that is impacting some air traffic controllers."

Following up… the systems experience I’ve worked hard for should have some meaning. The technology that the services we use is built on top of has not matured into something unrecognizable from its ancestors. It’s astounding how many ignorant people have told me I’m an antique.

I remember the internet before the WWW.

I can't stop giggling at the expression on Hillary's face. I feel like, if I were Hillary, this is the -exact- face I would make. Probably every day for the rest of my life.

the human that invented hot beverages is the GOAT of GOATs.

you know i don't want to shame a homogeneity kink but those mfers have boundary problems

Wow. The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.

It is hella refreshing to be able to post whatever I want on social media, again. It's not like I ever have anything to say that's controversial or worth making a fuss over. Some people have way too much free time and it manifests as asinine drama.

alias pbclear='pbcopy < /dev/null'

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

A person who demands loyalty seeks to arrogate your identity.

UIs just keep getting worse and worse... to the point where I no longer want to update anything.

Tonight is the last ChiSec of 2025. We'll be at Kaiser Tiger (1415 W Randolph) at 18:30. Hope to see you all there!

LAST CHISEC OF 2025!!! Thursday, 20 Nov. @ 18:30 Kaiser Tiger (1415 W Randolph St)

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Today didn't go exactly as I'd planned but it's turned out to be a good day nonetheless.

Famed Russian spy hunter Christo Grozev claimed on this podcast four months ago that North Korea hacked the Democratic National Committee in 2016 and passed the info to Russia, which in exchange divulged access to Bangladesh Bank. 🤔 #infosec Passage at 13m 31s: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dimh...

Not everyone has the privilege of advocating for themselves. If you have spare political capital, consider redistributing your wealth.

I know it's a ways out but the next ChiSec is 20 Nov at Kaiser Tiger (1415 W Randolph St). Last one of 2025 and we'll resume in January. Hope to see all y'all's adorabobble faces. <3

Maybe in my next life I will learn to keep my !@$@#! mouth shut. Seems to late for this one.

We have a small dog who likes to run in between our feet when we're in the kitchen, hoping to benefit from the fruits of our labor. Lately, I have been pondering her earning potential as a middle manager.

welp, i just got the best birthday present of my life.

work is where you go to solve a problem and you find another problem that you have to solve first and then you find another problem you have to solve before that one and you keep pushing those problems onto your stack and oops turns out your stack is a ring buffer.

This is one of the things I do with my work frustration. (Ignore the cabling, it's a WIP)

I want you to have health care. I want you to have an education. Because when I have those things, I feel safer. I want you to feel safe, too. So this is what I vote for.

Missed Kickstarter idea: masks with snack pockets.

The actual work I do is how I refresh from dealing with the political bullshit that keeps me from doing the actual work I am supposed to do.

Dear Random Stranger Who Turned My Favorite Coat In To Lost&Found At SJC: you are a diety amongst mortals. May the rest of your life be peaceful and prosperous and full of the approbation that you fully deserve.

Sigh. Late in making today's post because job. ChiSec is TONIGHT. We will be at Kaiser Tiger (1415 W Randolph St, Chicago). I should be there some time around 18:30. If you beat me there, grab a table or get bar service. Otherwise look for a very exhausted, wizened bobo.

ChiSec is THIS THURSDAY. 23 October at Kaiser Tiger (1415 W Randolph St). 18:30 +/- some organic number of minutes.