: And so begins my sabbatical. 😁

: I’ve spun up a new personal activity pub server to play around with. Folks on the fediverse …

: It’s that time again. Having a cookie and giving some blood. 🩸

: 10 days until I start my sabbatical. Is it too early to slip into vacation mode at work?

: I’m going to be making a modification to the domain I use for my micro.blog account. Those who …

: Soaking up the sunshine and nice weather in Port Townsend today.

: I’m beginning to question my “wishful thinking” backup strategy as I watch ssd …

: It’s been a year since I was able to do this for various reasons, but today I finally made it …

: Got some awesome new games for my orbit around the sun. 😃

: In an attempt to start this next orbit around the sun in a better place mentally I nuked my Bluesky …

: Troll hunting in Portland Oregon today.

: Best shot yet!

: Having a bit of fun while the turkey is in the slow cooker.

: Meowy Christmas!

: Snoopy test to see if images are handled properly.

: I spent a little time revising my cross-posting script however I don’t have anything useful to …

: In a fit of rage I turned off autocorrect on my phone a few weeks back. Since then I’ve noticed it …

: I’ve updated my projects page to include some old mobile apps that got dropped in my previous …

: TFW you finally solve a problem that has been plaguing you for more than a year and the answer was …

: /me dusts off social media timeline.

: I’m a bit late to the party but I’m finally starting to mess around with graphql. …

: Visited the activist trolls at filoli yesterday evening. 😊

: Troll hunting while in the SF Bay Area.

: Crossing the Rosario Strait on our way to Friday Harbor this fine Saturday afternoon.

: It drives me just a tiny bit crazy when non-operational escalators are blocked off. Why can’t they …

: Is it the weekend yet?

: I’m about to undertake an effort to rewrite 80k lines of c++ code at the day job. Wish me …

: Diner and drinks at the waterfront. Nice way to get through midweek.

: So assuming I managed to release bug free code, I now have my micro blog posts also going to …

: Just making a quick test post so that I may test a script I’m writing.

: Logged into work this morning lot find no less than 5 different meeting invites in the same time …

: Not sure how I managed it but my work Inbox is now under 10 items. I’m actually managing to …

: Nothing gets the blood pumping like applying bug fixes on live production code. 😝

: Okay Fedora 42 time, let’s do this! sudo ostree admin pin 0 rpm-ostree rebase …

: 20 minute walk to the train station followed by a 20 minute train ride (my usual commute) and almost …

: Finishing a trip just like I started. Sitting at a bar at the airport, eating some food and drinking …

: Got my new rig yesterday. It’s a bit bigger than I expected but oh is it nice.

: The mini PC I’ve had sitting on my desk the last several years has finally given up. This may …

: We had some amazingly beautiful weather yesterday in Paradise Bay, Antarctica. Saw lots of Gentoo …

: I didn’t bother with a pic, but yes there was a guy, sitting in a hot tub at the back of a ship, …

: Another shot of Elephant Island.

: Made it to Antarctica this morning. A bit windy and cold here. 🥶

: Found some of those Gentoo folk on the beach at the Falkland Islands a couple of days ago.

: I made some new friends today at Magdalena Island, Chile.

: La Uvita and Tango at Baar Fun Fun in Montevideo Uruguay. Salut!

: Hola Argentina!

: Activated vacation mode. Now begins the long journey.

: My personal git forge got stomped on this afternoon. Just a guess skimming the logs but seems to be …

: I’m trying to not slip into vacation mode too early this week, but the pull is strong.

: More snow this morning.

: Hello snow.

: So much work to do, so little motivation today. Perhaps with sufficient amounts of caffeine and the …

: Time for some hard core gaming this evening. 🕹️

: It’s not too late to what a Christmas movie with zombies right?

: “Sorry for funny crimes.” - Child the elder

: Playing Wyrmspan. 😁

: “There is always time for another last minute”

: Even though I wasn’t able to fully accomplish it in 2024, I’m poised to complete the …

: 9 days and counting…

: Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is now available I’m extremely tempted to try this out on my MBP. …

: Glühwein. 😋

: Seattle Christmas Market. 🎄

: It’s truly appalling how much of your life gets tied to a single phone number.

: Playing some Catan Seafarers today.

: Catan Starfarers Duel to round out the weekend.

: A bit of Rails & Sails with the family this evening.

: So much time, so little to do… Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it.

: Dipping my toe back into the Bluesky space by trying out cross-posting. 👋

: SeaGL day two. Let’s go!

: I’m thinking about trying to develop something using the #rust language again. I wonder if I can …

: Aurora over the Puget Sound

: Beware the Kraken!

: Greenlake at dusk.

: Fort Casey and Admiralty Head Lighthouse

: Mood

: Bellingham Bay and Samish Bay

: Currently reading: Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton 📚

: Starting off my Monday by joining two different WebEx meetings at the same time. Yeah I think it’s …

: Explored Shoreview Park/Boeing Creek Park this afternoon.

: Afternoon stroll through Ravenna Park.

: I’ve started a re-watch of Babylon 5 with my younger child. It’s been a lot of fun …

: So much work to do, so little motivation. It’s going to be a long day. 😞

: Afternoon at the ballpark.

: Taking the new COSMIC desktop environment from System76 for a spin this morning. Installed it in a …

: Live performance by Shamarr Allen at work today. Makes for a nice break in the stressful day job.

: I haven’t been much for going to the cinema to see whatever the hot new film is since covid. But …

: Tonight’s Silent Movie Monday.

: Sunday afternoon visiting the lighthouse in Mukilteo.

: I’ve gone ahead and set my fediverse username, @spacenerdmo@spacenerdmo.org. Going to be very …

: And related to my previous post… The downside to working in downtown Seattle is when light …

: Unexpected perk of working in a downtown Seattle skyscraper. I’m getting a good view of the Blue …

: Morning commute It’s been a little over a year since I’ve moved to Seattle and my commute switched to being reliant …

: Quick test of some cross-posting magic I hacked together.

: It’s that time again. Having a cookie and giving some blood. 🩸

: It’s really gross how much of this Copilot garbage is showing up in all of Microsoft products. And …

: I want to write a bot to do my day job for me. So that I can have more time to write bots.

: Hello from the new micro blog.