Bradán Lane

The sequence of my post kind of says it all.

The videos of making mini lasagnas using pork dumpling filling and wonton wrappers are worthy of their viral status.

A small squat pottery cup with a flared rim. A bottle of Allen's Coffee Brandy is in the background.

Long day.
Resorting to a "beverage".
Perfect sized vessel 👍🏼

I 3D printed some rings using PETG.
I made pork wonton filling.
I froze a batch of dumpling patties.
I make an appetizer.

My shop has a “Bench of Vigorous Persuasion” and a “Bench of More Vigorous Persuasion”. 😜

BTW: I favorite area in your new shop ...

I see the "garage" is not designed to hold a vehicle 😜

At least for me, the type of extraction and extraction solution is very different for fumes vs dust.

Great "process" shots. Thanks for sharing!

How the AP decided to describe joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran’s retaliation, as a war The Associated Press is using the word “war” to refer to the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation.

I find it both interesting and refreshing the @apnews.com has taken he time to write out a journalist story explaining its use of the term "war".

I appreciate when a new organization puts this level of thought into its work.

apnews.com/article/isra...

They say, "never meet your heros."

I test drove one of my dream cars the other day and it left me so disappointed." It had all the exhilaration of a bong-smoking sloth and the ergonomics of a cartel interrogation room.

My question, exactly.

Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels stating a "big lie" repeated constantly manipulates society.

Thank goodness for SPAM filters.

A page of logos for youth step charities: Deaf Cyber CON, FIRST Mid-Atlantic, Minnesota STEM, the Grant Imahara STEAM Foundation, Girls who Code, DeKalb STEM, Jackalope Science, Inc., Philadelphia Robotics Coalition, Girls Who Hack, and Deaf Kids Code.

I want to thank the early birds in "Choose Your OwnCharity" initiative for the 2026 eChallengeCoin and 2025 eChallengeCoin.

aosc.cc/eccn2026

People have chosen so many great programs 🤗

I've had the HP for at least a dozen years and it's been flawless on windows. The rolo for 6 years and also plug and play on windows. It is what it is. I'll live.

Precious

I am very happy with the Mac for all things but printing. For whatever reasons, it refuses to print on 3x5 cards with my HP printer as well as 4x6 labels from a Rolo thermal printer. Apple Blaine the printer manufacturers and the printer manufacturers bosom Apple.

I'm the evil stepchild- I use Mac and remote into Windows machines while also running Linux VMs.

"Packed Structs" are one of the compiler parlor tricks which really help with code readability!

Still without power so it's time for the next tier of techno-hacking!

A USB power bank with a 5V out to a pocket access point and a 12V output to the optical network terminal.

This setup will be active when the generator is resting.

At least 11 states have 2-party consent. The author incorrectly believed everyone would see the smart glasses, recognize them, and assume they were being recorded (thus consent).

A screen shot which starts out with the author saying: "I got my Mentra Live smart glasses today and deployed my first app." The author then goes on to describe the app: "HindSight listens to conversations through your Mentra Live glasses in real time. Every time someone finishes a sentence, it silently sends that utterance to Claude in the background. If Claude detects a logical fallacy - like an ad hominem attack, a false dichotomy, or a slippery slope argument - the glasses speaker whispers just the fallacy name in your ear, so you know what's happening without interrupting the conversation. Everything gets logged: the full transcript plus Claude's reasoning for each flagged fallacy, saved to a file you can review later. Short press the button to hear a spoken count of how many fallacies have been caught so far; long press to save the transcript to disk."

I just came across the following post where the author is thrilled with how easily they created their app. They are not even the least bit concerned that others may not find it as exciting.

Great story and great choice of soundtrack!

Things NOT on my 2026 bingo card:

Watching an opossum lumbering thru the snow, trying to avoid being picked off by an eagle.

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Still no power (although there is power at the street but the farmhouse is on a different line).
All the same, the snow makes do a pretty cool photo of "Sir Tree" when illuminated by a high powered light.

I've seen home power monitoring devices which interpret usage spikes to approximate what is consuming power.

I just learned our power coop does this for every meter on the grid 😳

While it's only a guestimation, I'd say it's probably pretty close.

Glass half full:
Enjoying early morning coffee by candle light snuggled under a quilt my mum made. 🤗

Glass half empty:
Lighting candles and grabbing extra blankets because the power has been off for 6 hours from a freak winter storm. 🥶

Shiny brass coin with black background. In the center is a sectioned triangle construction of horizontal lines. At the bottom it reads, "WE ARE THE FUTURE"

Shiny brass coin with black background. In the center is a crude double helix and "RESIST" written like graffiti. At the bottom it reads, "THE FUTURE IS NOT SET"

Another "Resistance" coin: Terminator

Bias tape is very common for finished the edge of a quilt.