I need to take a break. I just read “static void” as “satiric void.”
Asides
So tired of alleged USB cables that use proprietary connectors. It’s like…you were so close…
So tired of alleged USB cables that use proprietary connectors.
It’s like…you were so close. You used a standard USB charger. With a standard USB connector…at one end.
But I still need your special cable with it’s special connector to actually be able to charge this damn thing.
I will never understand the mentality where you MUST “win” every single conflict even if …
I will never understand the mentality where you MUST “win” every single conflict even if it means losing what you actually wanted out of it.
How the heck does a balloon survive a fondue fork but break against a popcorn …
How the heck does a balloon survive a fondue fork but break against a popcorn ceiling?
Related question: how the heck did we end up with a fondue fork in the first place?
It has to have been a gift but I can’t remember who it was from or what for or when or anything.
Well, I guess that counts as rain…
Well, I guess that counts as rain.
A few minutes of rolling thunder and just enough water to move the dust around a bit.
Oh, there we go.
Don’t know how long it’ll last or where the lightning is striking, but at least I had time to move stuff away from the front of the garage that I didn’t think I’d need to move for a few more months^H^H^H^H^H^H weeks
Noticed Dear Evan Hansen has a movie out. Realized I still haven’t heard any songs …
Noticed Dear Evan Hansen has a movie out. Realized I still haven’t heard any songs from it. So of course my brain still wants to sing the title to the tune of “Dear Theodosia.”
I get more calls from the power company updating me on outages that didn’t happen …
I get more calls from the power company updating me on outages that didn’t happen than outages that did.
Something to add to last night’s quake: the alerts aren’t actually that helpful if you’re …
Something to add to last night’s quake: the alerts aren’t actually that helpful if you’re close enough that the shaking arrives at the same time as the signal.
Well, ShakeAlert works.
Well, ShakeAlert works.
We’re fine, it wasn’t huge. Here, at least.
Anyone know what these electronics components are? They’re in an Arduino kit, but they don’t …
Anyone know what these electronics components are? They’re in an Arduino kit, but they don’t look familiar and we can’t match them with anything on the list. The kid & I both think they’re some sort of capacitor, but we can’t decipher the markings.
Too many Mondays this week
Too many Mondays this week
A bronze age stone slab found in a prehistoric burial mound turns out to be …
A bronze age stone slab found in a prehistoric burial mound turns out to be Europe’s oldest known map that we can link to a specific territory.
https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/europes-oldest-map
#prehistory #maps
Well, that didn’t take long.😩
So I opened up a random article collecting photos & video clips from Louisiana over …
So I opened up a random article collecting photos & video clips from Louisiana over the last couple of days and we looked at them for a bit.
I think he got the hint this time, ’cause he stopped asking for that hoverboard.
For now, at least.
He then proceeded to quantify exactly how much he wanted the hoverboard. 😬
He then proceeded to quantify exactly how much he wanted the hoverboard. 😬
“I just donated to relief efforts to help people who were hit by a hurricane, …
“I just donated to relief efforts to help people who were hit by a hurricane, flooded out of their homes, and have no power. Now, how much was it that you wanted a hoverboard?” 🙄
“Free from Does Not Contain Declaration Obligatory Allergens.”Yeah, you might need to work on …
“Free from Does Not Contain Declaration Obligatory Allergens.”
Yeah, you might need to work on that template a bit….
If your movement can’t survive without its founder, you don’t have a movement. You have …
If your movement can’t survive without its founder, you don’t have a movement. You have a cult of personality.
Thought I’d messed up a date value because a test showed it at exactly 00:00:00 UTC.
Thought I’d messed up a date value because a test showed it at exactly 00:00:00 UTC.
Then I looked at the clock. It read 5:00.
Apparently I’d run the test at exactly midnight UTC.
Kid: “Which game is it?”Friend: “It’s called Game.”Kid: “There are two games called …
Kid: “Which game is it?”
Friend: “It’s called Game.”
Kid: “There are two games called Game!”