I’m this many years old

new phone set up, and I haven't configured the work stuff yet, and tempted to just...not configure the work stuff

me, holding a sewing needle in my hand, wondering where the SIM card slot is on a new phone: "well, I guess this dinosaur learned something new about technology today (eSIM)"

🎶 do you remember 🎶

making an appview where the one rule is "please don't discuss bluesky community guidelines"

my post and like counts by month. besides that 7-month hiatus, I've been pretty busy here.

Twitter for me was comics, satire, gifs, high energy, career, tech, shitposting, threadzilla, dinosaur everything. Bluesky for me is more relaxed, occasional comics and photos, atproto tinkering, miscellaneous random stuff. Both fun in different ways. Prefer Bluesky now.

for the next 24 hours Paul is known as did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd everyone please just memorize that string

So what’s the verdict? I am an ✨🍂AUTUMN🍁✨

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

there is a tooltip frozen in the middle of my computer screen and it says "Close" and it's all I can focus on right now like please go away tooltip maybe CLOSE YOURSELF

feels like there are a million things happening right now at work, but in a good way

What kind of roll? Not that it matters, I would fuck this up and lick the plate.

I don't know when spider season is but it definitely feels like now-ish

It me

me: "I'll set a reminder on my phone so that I don't forget to do that task" also me: *forgets to set reminder*

I'm in 5 different chats for basically the same high priority task

I like "App Server". Or maybe "Index", as the mental model of web search resonates with me. I drew a picture.

Do you ever just think about how cool Earth is? There’s no filter on these!

S2E9 of Andor is a great episode. But I kinda wish Andor was nominated for more awards - out of all of the movies and shows and books it’s my favorite Star Wars content.

he is so good and this show is so good - really happy to see this

See you again soon, Seattle

FWIW, I left a bit of curious history here explaining why Mastodon ended up adopting ActivityPub back in the day. It's some interesting history I think!

Lions vs. Bears can they both lose is that possible let’s check the rule book

sipping coffee while hearing the faint sound of KPop Demon Hunters bounce around the house

probably chorus. attended all four years. so much fun. otherwise, I enjoyed math and physics.

is it AppViews or AppsView

Seattle is pretty rad

Fun fact: When I worked at The Seattle Times, the publisher mandated that we buy our own subscription. We had to show proof of purchase to the editor's admin. Instead of subscribing, I looked the admin in the eye and said "You know how much I make." She mercifully checked me off without receipt.

return to office

Me at 4:58 pm: Okay, I've put out all the fires. Now to get to the work I actually needed to do today. 👀

I’m a 9/11 survivor. I worked in 1 WTC, 104th floor. I was 5 blocks away (Chambers St.) when the first plane hit. I’m lucky to be alive. Most of the folks I worked with weren’t as lucky. Life is a gift. Make the most of it while you have the opportunity.

WTC - 2003

someone brought a freshly-baked, still-warm sourdough bread to our house in other news, I just ate a lot of sourdough bread

Ok back to dogs wanting to chase rotund squirrels in Seattle

lost a battle with a ticket virtual queue today (missed out on Tame Impala tickets...)

me: "today I'm going to work on A, B, and C" urgent email at 9 AM: "lol no you're not"

fixed a fireplace with a paper clip and I feel like MacGyver

RTO is to productivity & innovation what taking our shoes off at TSA checkpoints was to security. Mostly performative.

Tag yourself. I AM THE DINOSAUR.

First saved post

return to office

wearing pajama pants today in protest

Today Microsoft confirmed rumors that its Redmond headquarters is implementing a five days a week return to work somewhere else policy for all employees.

Long Beach, NY | 2002

update your tangled knots

Regarding Bluesky bookmarks - I suspect any documentation related to backing up or migrating accounts will need to be updated to include these. (Backups usually include [repo + prefs + blobs], and I think now bookmarks will be added to that list.)

I am a "clear all of my notifications" type of a person, so when an app has a bug where it won't update the notification count, that'll bug me all day