I love Dr. Mario's music. Here it is (this is before my son and I restored the monitor). I'll show what the restored monitor looks like in my reply I owned this (awesome) game for 20+ years and didn't know it had attract music. My son read the manual, flipped a DIP switch, and here it is

In SABR news: CAPE COD BASEBALL LEAGUE: From College Stars to Big League Futures will be available soon. @markmorow.com and I interviewed the amazing Paul Logan (Cotuit Kettleers board member and treasurer) for the chapter we wrote I attended many Kettleers games as a kid, so this was a real treat

On the plane back to the states. Finally wrapping up my trip visiting four continents in five weeks I'll be home for two weeks and then I head to San Diego Here's the last photo I took in Amsterdam

This chonky chipping sparrow is enjoying elevenses in my backyard feeder on Peaks Island

Hello, Amsterdam! I'm on my fourth continent in under five weeks (which is nuts, even for me): Home -> Singapore -> Port Douglas -> Sydney -> Hawaii -> home (4 days) -> Halifax (for AtlSecCon) -> St. Andrews (1 night stopover while driving back to Maine) -> home (2.5 days) -> Amsterdam

Spring has sprung on Peaks Island: the first Chipping Sparrow this year showed up at my bird feeder today

was once New Amsterdam.

Brought our Australian stockpile back home and shared with everybody Violet Crumbles are everyone's favorite Tim Tams took a strong second place

It’s great to be back at the Atlantic Security Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia! My talk is at 2:00 PM #atlseccon atlseccon2026.sched.com/event/28IjY/...

I grew up in Boston (Southie and Dorchester). My stepfather was a massive baseball fan, and so was I We idolized Hank Aaron Here's one of Schultz' Hank Aaron themed strips. It appears in The Complete Peanuts 1973-194, page 95. Screenshot from the PDF I just downloaded from Fantagraphics 2/X

Fantagraphics has a fantastic deal on the collected works of Charles Schultz' Peanuts for $25. I could not smash the buy button fast enough I will never forget Schultz' Hank Aaron narrative from August 1973 1/X #Cardsky @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.humblebundle.com/books/collec...

Loved this NPR story by Julia Gunther and Nick Schönfeld I've often wondered what life was like on Tristan da Cunha (formerly known as Saint Helena)

Anthropic also stole and trained their LLM using my CISSP books, so I submitted my claim last week. I will get a pittance from the unethical thieves that stole them Last year Syngress asked me update the CISSP Study Guide (to v5): I said no. Because some asshole will steal that too 1/2

Enjoyed a 45 hour Sunday due to the magic of the international date line We took off from Sydney at 10:19 PM Sunday and landed in Honolulu at 11:07 AM... Sunday. A 9+ hour flight. Time travel is hard Bet hey, we're in Hawaii, so I can't complain

We grabbed dinner tonight at The Rocks in Sydney and mother nature put on a show The skies turned black just before we headed out and I wondered if we should cancel our dinner plans I'm glad we didn't

We took the ferry from Sydney's Circular Quay to Watsons Bay for lunch today

With Frank Thomas in the news for suing the White Sox, give his SABR bio a read. sabr.org/bioproj/pers.... @ericconrad.com and I went as deep as we could and even went over the word count a little. The break up was bad and the animosity continues to this day clearly.

Hello, Sydney! This view of the Opera House never gets old We're taking a ferry from Circular Quay tomorrow, will post closer photos then

Finally managed to see a Cassowary at the Port Douglas Wildlife Habitat They have a reputation as "the world’s deadliest bird" (which is overstated). Two confirmed deaths over 100 years, to my knowledge They are a sight to behold. Meet Cass, who is chilling out www.wildlifehabitat.com.au 1/X

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Cyclone Narelle's path moved a bit further north, and we're no longer under a cyclone warning in Port Douglas. We're getting bands of monsoon rain here (with sunlight in between). Surf's crazy. We're heading to Surfy's for happy hour to watch the ocean mayhem

On vacation in Port Douglas Australia with my wife after working in Singapore Cyclone Narelle (predicted to reach category 5) is hitting north of here tomorrow night My first cyclone (been though plenty of hurricanes), and first cat 5 anything The best part of travel: experiencing new things 1/X

We left Singapore yesterday You'll never guess where we are now

NYT Spelling Bee players rejoice: I saw BAOBAB trees in real life at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay. #nytbee www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/learn-wit...

Our last night in Singapore. It did not disappoint I was here for work for two weeks and my wife joined me a few days ago Here's my view of the Disney Marina Bay fireworks/drone show from the CÉ LA VI Singapore rooftop bar (Marina Bay Sands) tonight Details in the alt text 1/X

I'm in Singapore, and I distinctly "remember" a 1990s story about an American teenager sentenced to punishment by caning for spitting out chewing gum A British coworker "remembered" the same thing It's totally untrue. Does anyone else "remember" that? Weird en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_...

Made a new friend in Singapore today This is one of the four Explorers of Sentosa on Palawan Beach in Singapore, by Danish artist Thomas Dambo. Details in the alt text 1/X

Article and much better photos here: www.straitstimes.com/life/merlion...

OK, that was bonkers. That is a 400-foot tall LED image carried by hundreds of of drones, with fireworks going off above it

This view from dinner in Singapore is not bad

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This tufted titmouse doesn't mind the blizzard at all

My wife got a Bird Buddy for Christmas, and I have to admit: this thing is pretty cool Here's a tufted titmouse trying to eat a sunflower seed that is bigger than its beak

Coming up for air after fleeing London last night to get home before snowmaggedon shut down Logan Airport I visited MOCO in while I was in London Nico and Andy Warhol dressed as Batman and Robin: right in my veins www.mocomuseum.com/london/

My original flight from London to Boston was scheduled to land at 2:00PM today. That got cancelled due to snowmaggedon, but I managed to snag a late flight out of Heathrow last night. It's good to be home. Up to two feet of snow is forecasted Now that I'm home: bring it on!

Post old memes to confuse the younger people.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate I'm spending the Holidays with my family in Alberta, Canada I can't think of a better place to be right now

Someone has just restored "Daicon 3" from a rare 8mm copy. It's the best version to date. >> archive.org/details/zgfp...

Gifted article about The Compleat Beatles (1982): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/m... The Beatles were not directly involved, so it has an unusually honest viewpoint (compared with Beatles-approved documentaries) @archive.org has it, and it's great: archive.org/details/the-...

Here's our favorite Thomas Dambo troll of the Rhode Island trip Mrs. Skipper, near the East Bay Bike Path at Kettle Point, Providence www.eastbayri.com/stories/east...

Our Thomas Dambo Troll hunt continues, Rhode Island edition We're attending Friendsgiving with friends from Mass, so we headed to Providence yesterday We found four in RI today, and plan to visit our fifth (in Providence) tomorrow Meet Iver Mudslider www.northkingstownri.gov/1149/Troll-I...

Happy Amazing News Day opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...

If you see this, post a bird

Northern lights over Peaks Island, Maine Amazing

Achievement unlocked

Visited Malin’s Fountain today, another of Thomas Dambo's Trolls peasepark.org/pease-park-t...

You know it's Halloween in Austin when Moe's Tavern opens for business Plus two other random photos I took while wandering Austin today austin.eater.com/2023/10/16/2...

I booked tickets for Wilco's Solid Sound at MOCA in North Adams, MA. Billy Bragg and Wilco (and hopefully Natalie Merchant, fingers crossed) singing songs from Mermaid Avenue I've spent a ton of time in western MA, but I haven't been to North Adams in ages. I can't wait solidsoundfestival.com

Back in Austin for the week and my Donkey Kong high score still stands at the Texas Toy Museum (I know you were all worried about that) I didn't have time to beat it today, but I will later this week austintoymuseum.org

20 years ago today, the White Sox completed their World Series sweep of the Astros. This game recap, and many more memories from this season are in the SABR book released earlier this year sabr.org/latest/sabr-....