Father, Sysadmin, Writer, Nerd. Usually in that order. Maps @ . Ex-Virtual Editor for @LinuxJournal. G8 GXP Driver. Find me at https://xitter.cf/t.co/9a4Zcf7DvQ

Gilroy, California
Joined August 2007
Welp, with the new policies around here, I’m not gonna be posting as much. Will still be around and will answer @ messages and such, but new posts will be few and far between. Find me at the links in my profile. Happy Independence Day, y’all!
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Proof of life. Also, do you know what Dracula named his car? Vlad the Impala.
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Proof of life: today's earworm is "Running on Empty" by Jackson Browne. Hopefully it's now yours, too.
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Scotty is my spirit animal.
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Poor car there is pretty jacked up. I think it might buff out tho.
VR Cam caught some spectacular footage as #SuperHeavy rocked #SpaceX #Starbase this morning. I am floored at the amount of debris that was ejected. Waiting on Rover 2 damage assessment. Congratulations @elonmusk on pulling this historical launch!
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Here's the pitch for the midseason Captain Seven #StarTrekPicard spin-off episode. After running the 10 Forward Bar program continuously for a year the holodeck becomes sentient and it is obsessed with #TedLasso. The USS Titan crew must beat AFC Richmond to regain ship control
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Because of course I would break the craps machine. Again. So much for the lil streak.
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If you’re at @socallinuxexpo #scale20x this week, and see my #BigNerdHead, please take a picture and post it with that hashtag! I’m not there in person this year, but I have awesome friends who “brought me along.” (Thanks @KatherineD, @wildbill, & @kylerankin !!!)
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Pasadena, I am in you. #scale20x
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Come on, @StarTrekOnPPlus. I see the other captains there. Where's Kirk?
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twitter has officially removed the feature that tells you what device a tweet was sent from and i just wanna say say dorothy we will never forget you.
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The OG Atari Joystick was my first, #1. Though I’m disappointed the weird-ass Intellivision controller isn’t on this list…
Which controller was your first?
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maybe tail lights shouldn’t have software?
Tesla recalls over 321,000 vehicles due to taillight software issue theverge.com/2022/11/20/2346…
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everyone post your most salient line of code
Good night, Twitter. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.
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currently an emergency twitter all-hands going on with Elon Musk answering employee Q's Elon was asked: "How are you going to deal with the expected attrition and align everyone on a shared vision?" Elon Answer: "I don't know....we all need to be more hardcore."
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hold my beer
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And here’s another guide-to-mastodon, for those who may need it. zdnet.com/article/getting-st…
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