Put together a little wireless 120V system to demo my nightlight at craft shows.

Smitten with the mainframe badges at the Computer History Museum when I went to #VCFWest this year, I had to make my own sticker replicas. Now I’m the only person in this coffee shop working on a UNIVAC.

I got to fly in the Horizon Air throwback-jersey E175 yesterday, with a sunset to match the livery.

Couldn’t make it to the march today because I had a booth at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, but still got a protest sign in on my table.

Ported some classic programs to the Switch to help model the NES-cart-shaped game holder I made. Catch my booth at Portland Retro Gaming Expo in two weeks for this and other finely crafted retro-gaming goodies.

I know the meme is like 10+ years old but I had the idea the other night while listening and had to make this in honor of my favorite Hold Steady song. #theholdsteady #constructivesummer

Infrastructure weekend! Freezing weather had me shutting off the water to an outdoor hose bibb, only for the valve to start leaking. I replaced it with a fancy new quarter-turn valve. Can I get some points for the laser-engraved sign, too? Other people in this house need to know how it all works.

Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft takes the clearest picture of Venus ever made

Some things SHOULD NOT be returnable. 🤮 (found at the local Amazon bins store)

Emergency go-bag tip: keep an assortment of USB adapters in it. The motel you end up in might have chargers built into the bedside lamp, but you only grabbed your USB-C cable and they last updated in 2010. Or how about the micro-USB charging for your headlamp? #emergencyprep #gobag

Turns out I’m in the top 25% of wildfire risk in the state, so if you all could not set the forest on fire, that’d be cool. Oregon peeps, check your own wildfire risk here: oregon-explorer.apps.geocortex.com/webviewer/?a...

There’s a Dash 8 tanker? I thought someone was Photoshopping the first time I saw this. Are there any planes that *haven’t* been converted yet? www.planespotters.net/photo/167636...

Time to find myself a new system. I’ve heard good things about the 386 processor.

“I don’t know what happened,dad. I was just sitting here and the tennis ball exploded.” #corgi

Silly me still writing “2024” in my SQL queries.

Playing two truths and a lie, one of my go-tos is always “Peter from Peter, Paul, and Mary hit me over the head with his guitar.” Truth, with details to follow [1/3]

And here it is all cleaned up, the bezel dents carefully hammered out, and a new “glass” face laser-cut from acrylic. #mcm #restoration

Cleaning up/restoring this MCM clock (GE Telechron 7H257) salvaged from dusty storage at my parents’ house. It’s working but filthy, has a couple of dents on the bezel, and needs new glass. Sold for around $30 in the late 50s, which would be over $300 now.

Hygiene product dispenser giving the side-eye to everyone who doesn’t wash their hands.

The 160 mile wingspan of the A220. First class arrives 40 minutes before the rest of us.

My first programming experiences were with games like this that you had to type in to play. Changing ranges and variables to see what would happen, customizing text, etc. #retrogaming

This business’s name only has two words and they didn’t get either one right.

I haven’t changed my phone’s wallpaper in twelve years, but this Titan II engine bell pic I took just got me to update it. I love the textures, the geometry, the technology, and the history.

That DOT “explosives” placard is doing a LOT of heavy lifting, considering it’s a 9 megaton warhead on the trailer. On display at the Titan Missile Museum outside of Tucson, AZ.

Playing like I’m Ansel Adams on this Tucson visit. Wouldn’t want to live here, but it’s a nice break from the winter grey of Portland.

Damn, Tucson, that was a nice sunset.

If this isn’t peace and contentment, I don’t know what is.

Because it’s the season, let’s go back to the full-size gingerbread Apple ][ I made a few years ago. #retrocomputing #gingerbread

I ended up with a fun flying saucer last night at the holiday gift exchange for the local Maker Meetup I help organize. Walnut, maple, *and* LEDs? Sign me up.

Someone smart should take advantage of this NJ drone nonsense to do a re-release of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension theatre run :)

I had something like $500 in credit here from winning an Inventables contest back in the day, but hoarded it for 10 years like health potions in a video game (“better not spend this now, I’ll need it to make something *really* cool later”) until it went “poof” in their bankruptcy.

I need a kitchen apron without pockets. What are you all putting in your apron pockets, because mine only collect flour and crumbs.

Surplus Gizmos is a local treasure. I still sting from the loss of Wacky Willy’s surplus store however many years ago that was.

In the spirit of the “thank my driver” tip on Amazon, I’d like to request a “give my driver a wedgie” for the one who bailed on the home delivery I needed today because “the business was closed.”

Today was a good day because I learned about a tool I didn’t even know existed: a pneumatic excavator! Alas, I didn’t get to do the excavating, only the watching and asking annoying questions.

“Wonderful Christmastime” is not just the worst Christmas song, it’s the worst song ever, period.

Anyone want to build an Apple IIe cluster?

Reading a real printed-on-paper book instead of my Kindle for the first time in forever and how did we even do this? It’s so big and awkward! And you’re telling me I need to put something between the pages so I can start again in the same spot?

Happy birthday to this little sausage-shaped angel!

Can’t wait to hang it up.

My Spotify Wrapped top 5, text edition: 1. The National 2. The Hold Steady 3. Craig Finn 4. Frightened Rabbit 5. Japandroids

I’ve never bought a sticker faster than I did this one.

I need an HDMI switch. I do some research to find the best one, look it up on Amazon, and it says I bought it five years ago. I have no memory of this, nor any idea where it is.

Mac 128k, the original. First time it’s been turned on in maybe 30 years? Apparently the internal floppy isn’t reading.

Can you guess from this pic what computer I’ll be working on next?

I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal on this airplane. 18/18 x5 on seatback Angry Birds.

Awww, this little plane acting like it’s a big plane.

in my crow era. yelling. helping my friends and taking no shit from anyone who would harm them. eating garbage. collecting shiny things that bring me joy. pooping on fascists

Lies! They’re all just 737s!

I just did a thing! CQ CQ!