How does this make you feel?

In addition to Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and the woman caressing the tube (Virginia Hey)... and... where have I seen those polyfusion cabinets before? Hans Zimmer posing as synthesizer wallpaper. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-...

What do I look for in an armrest? Well, first of all, they have to be exceptionally hard and unyielding. Also, COLD – just sucks the heat right out of your body.

NYC Jan 1 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=z77J...

I'm beginning to understand how I can be a frustrating person to be around.

The vilification of artists bears a resemblance to the vilification of educators. If some amoral rich guy is trying to get you to believe musicians and teachers are the problem, maybe you should question their motives.

Two yoga bolsters and a granular effect pedal. (ok, and a microphone)

Lobster Heist When a burned-out seafood broker and a crew of misfits discover a flaw in the trucking logistics system, they plan a daring digital-paperwork heist to steal a fortune in lobster, only to find themselves hunted by the FBI, rival criminals, and a shadowy supply-chain boss. Theaters 2027

It is sleeting, so, in true masshole fashion, I took the recycling out wearing flip flops. Guys. Don't do this. You don't want to die this way. On your back. In the sleet. In your PJs. Flip flops in the bushes.

So much crazy stuff happened this year that I totally forgot we shot Katy Perry into space.

The Big Chill was the movie that made me aware (at 13) that gen x would live forever forgotten in the shadow of boomers. It is deeply poetic that this article starts with the Big Chill and then proceeds directly to the midlife crisis of millennials. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/28/o...

Life is rough for those who value the utility of a smartwatch, but also need to signal their wealth. www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

I hope the porch pirate enjoys the replacement ignition I needed to fix my oven for Christmas eve.

Pat Benetar didn't dance though a post apocalyptic wasteland for this.

Brian Blessed in Flash Gordon and Sean Connery in Zardoz should be available as playable characters in every game.

The name's Assachusetts. M, Assachusetts.

Is 'They Live' a Black Friday movie?

CBS, you’ve seen a turkey, right?

Life hack: don't pick up your leaves. Just blow them into the bike lane.

When I was an undergrad I discovered I could sleep in class if I just put on some sunglasses. I tried this as teacher and it doesn't work as well.

My wife's interest in anything free vs. my intolerance for standing in a queue.

Today's near-death encounter was a vehicle ignoring the NO RIGHT TURN signal phase.

Bak kut teh spell-checked to "Naruto" 👍

Remember when 45% of the total volume of a laptop was reserved for an optical drive?

Flexible shoulders can really help with BJJ. For example, when shaving your back.

I think 50% of bjj is just... washing things.

If I earned a nickel every time Spotify did something shitty, I’d finally be making real streaming money.

Bike lanes in cities improve quality of life for everyone www.vox.com/future-perfe...

LOL to anyone who believes any signal will slow down drivers executing a right-hand turn in MA. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

I asked AI why my electric bill was going up, and apparently there are a lot of factors. It could be seasonal changes to vampire loads in my house. Anything, really. Difficult to pin down to any specific thing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Over a decade teaching and I finally have a student from Iowa.

This is one reason why AI is a bubble: all this money is flowing around in a circle. It is a mirage.

I don't understand why AI people keep insisting, "if we can't steal your work, our industry will die" as if this were a compelling argument. It reveals the very rotten core of your soul if you don't understand how foolish this makes you look.

Did you know you can make steel cut oats in your rice cooker using porridge mode? Did you also know you can substitute water for apple cider?

Boards of Canada's Olsen performed on a PDP-1. Holy shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubk...

Sir, we've identified the problem. You're trying to sleep standing up.

Not to nitpick, but I'm pretty sure that's not how cats wear headphones.

My students, who are required to laugh at my jokes, think I am very funny.

This is a Tascam 688 8-track. I did not own one of these, but I lived with someone who did. I used it every chance I could. It sounded terrible. I loved it.

This is a Fostex X-15 4-track. I did not own one of these, but I lived with someone who did. I used it every chance I could. It sounded terrible. I loved it.

Am I a bad person because I fully expected this Lego set to be fully playable?

I need a pizza rack I can snap onto my rear wheel rack.

The two places I commute to the most (school&gym) have some portion of the route on a cycle track (I'm not sure brattle qualifies, but there are concrete barriers) and at this time of the year in boston, the commute is really relaxing.

Whoever stood up and insisted the TR-1000 have a headphone jack on the front left with a dedicated hardware volume control. 🫡

If you are even _remotely_ considering spending more than $2000 on a drum machine, we probably already know each other and are friends.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm not eating a cookie.

Some guys haven't been involuntary choked unconscious by a 115-pound blue belt and it shows.

I was not built to be a 24/7 anxiety machine. I was built to tend to a flock of sheep, daydream and play a flute to the trees.

Today's headlines: the only safe pain medication to use during pregnancy causes autism. Tomorrow's headlines: Why don't more women want to have children?

Intellijel: The Quadrax does literally everything! Me: Can I modulate the rise segment? Intellijel: You can do that. Me: It's easy, right? Intellijel: I said you could do that.