I finished a small cross stitch today. Design by Max Pigeon from his book Cross-Stitch in the Forest. Love the texture of the sky and the absence of floss to make the trees.

Well this is a first for me on Steam Deck. I get it when trying to launch Let's Build a Zoo. 🤔

My next #CrossStitch project is some spooky Thai iced tea. 👻 Pattern by ThreadingOurJourney.

I do wonder how I'm supposed to enter a new URL in Safari in iOS 26 when I can't tap the right part due to it being so small. 😭

I'm about 40% through stitching a design by Aliton Embroidery. I've had to adjust some floss colors to suit the light brown aida cloth I'm using; I may end up frogging that pink text and using a darker pink.

I got my cross stitch pattern book from the Witchy Stitcher today! 🖤 I think I'll do a bookmark pattern from it first.

I'm working on another glitchy cross stitch. Pattern by ArtByRomShop.

I finished Homer backing into the bushes! Pattern by Borealis Stitch. #CrossStitch

I'm working on a #CrossStitch of Homer backing into a bush. Pattern by Borealis Stitch.

Needed a name tag, and it finally let me do a cross stitch I didn't have to iron afterward! Used plant patterns from the Stardew Valley cross stitch book. Font pattern by Happy Sloth Cross Stitch I believe.

I started this #CrossStitch designed by Night Spirit Studio back in June 2024, worked on it off and on for the last year, and just finished today. It was really fun stitching all the rooms! I still hate backstitching though.

Finished a small #CrossStitch as a palate cleanser between bigger projects. Designer is Cross Stitch Mini.

I do not know why the 'Eject' and 'Erase' options for drives in macOS are adjacent to each other, but it makes me nervous every time I right-click my drive. 😥

Just saw a thread in the work Slack where OP asked 'what the fuck is vibe coding' and there are 83 replies.

I'm currently working on Island Town by Stitching Land. I love the colors. #CrossStitch

The test alert was successful, @cnn.com person. 😄 lite.cnn.com/2025/02/25/u...

My Witchy Stitcher nostalgic tarot cross stitch is coming along. 😄 I love the Lisa Frank vibe.

TIL I still have a LiveJournal account. Turns out it's now old enough to drink. 💀

I am so incredibly tickled that The Sims 1 and 2 were re-released. Been really enjoying the first game on my Steam Deck. Fussed with the control scheme and it feels really comfortable now, the Deck is great for control customization.

I think AT&T's mobile app needs some variable interpolation help around internet outages.

2,903 stitches later, and I've finished stitching this pattern by Una Buena Pieza! I love the density of this pattern, how many different kinds of plants and animals are in it. #CrossStitch

Had a question about my order at a restaurant, managed to tell the employee “thanks for the hassle” in my awkwardness. 🫠

Another couple of #CrossStitch finishes. Patterns designed by Cross Stitch with Art and The Stitch Patterns, respectively.

I'm so excited, my Bisley cabinet arrived today and I was able to get all my embroidery floss organized in it. Much nicer than the multiple bins I was using before. I got the custom foam bobbin holders from MisfitIsle on Etsy. #CrossStitch

If Great Grains made an "Oops All Dates" cereal, I'd buy it.

Another example of how backstitching can finish a piece. Pattern by Stitchrovia. This one was quick and pretty relaxing to stitch. #CrossStitch

I didn't realize it when I first got the game, but Zelda Echoes of Wisdom lets me play out my usual ARPG necromancer minion build.

I started this Witchy Stitcher pattern in January 2024, stitched it on and off for a year before finishing around Christmas, and now I've just framed it. The fiddler's cloth warped a bit at the bottom, curving the border, but I still love how it came out. #CrossStitch

Backstitching can make so much difference in #CrossStitch. Finished this miniature Matisse painting piece that really benefits from it. Pattern by TheStitchPatterns on Etsy.

A few recent #CrossStitch finishes of mine. Patterns by StemStitch, CraftyQueerDesigns, and Aliton Embroidery, respectively.

I cannot dismiss this Manage Badge thing in iOS Mail, it will not go away, and while I swear I was able to click "Learn more" before and it did something, now tapping it does nothing. 😭 It's also not very accessible as it cuts off text without letting me scroll to read the rest of the title.

I've made enough puns in the work Slack to get this honorary title. 😄 Ty @mattr.dev, cc @tenderlove.dev

Progress pic of one of my #CrossStitch pieces while I wait for materials to come in to finish another. Pattern by The Retro Stitcher on Etsy. Gonna be glitchy when it's done.

I ran out of DMC 898 with only a few letters to go in my current project. Have to wait for a 123 Stitch order to arrive now! #CrossStitch

I finished my Animal Crossing house #CrossStitch, pattern by Aliton Embroidery. My cross stitch wall is filling out!

My dog Marie "helps" fold laundry.

I recently finished this cross stitch of tea and possums by MamaWitchCrossStitch on Etsy. Now to iron and frame it!

Is this a good place to report Bluesky bugs? With my text size setting, when a feed's description is long enough, I can't scroll down to the actual posts. Would be nice if the description were part of the scrollable area.

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

Got a letter from some company with 'health' in the name. Speculated it was either new insurance cards or notice of a data breach, that either would be equally likely. It was the unfavorable one. 🫠

bird sounds

The Discover feed needs more resources, stat!

Trying to play Veilguard on my Steam Deck and I've got an endless wave of updates tonight. First an Nvidia driver update on my PC that I'm streaming from, then a Steam Deck update, now once I've got Dragon Age running it's got to recompile its shaders again. 🙃

Going slowly mad with this repetitive Kornacki Cam music 🤪

Continuing my old Twitter trend of sharing the Halloween version of my GitHub contribution graph for the year. 🎃 A very spooky number of contributions today, too!

What on earth is "Message (Wallpaper)" on macOS and why is it using 15GB of memory??

Thanks to @syntax.fm for having me on recently to talk about code review! youtu.be/Az1ELhRw4sk?...

I wrote about reviewing code: github.blog/developer-sk...

What's the plural of Chex? Chexes? Chexi? Chexen?

Love when I go to play games on my PC only to discover Windows 10 installed an update in the night that fucked up the boot loader such that I gotta override things in the BIOS so Windows can load again.