Brandon

Roller coaster train climbing lift hill at night. The track is illuminated with green lighting and the supports can be seen in the background with some red/orange lighting. The sky is dark.

Fury 325 at Carowinds is the best #rollercoaster that exists. Here’s it climbing its lift hill at night.

I finally have a “small” iPad Pro with a good screen. Tandem OLED is kind of incredible.

The moon was moonin’ last night at Carowinds.

Screenshot showing a search for “Roller Coaster” in the iPhone Photos app and the number of results - 14357.

I take…a lot… of coaster pics.

Screenshot of an Instagram photo grid showcasing several photos of roller coasters taken by me.

I enjoy taking photos of things: nature, cars, buildings, landscapes, and especially #rollercoasters. I continue to learn and try to improve my skills, while also sticking to my belief that photos should look natural and reflect what my eyes see.

Hmm…maybe I should start celebrating my “day I learned that I’m not broken” day, too.

A hand holds a "Las Calaveras El 2025" Esteli Nicaraguan cigar, featuring a green and gold label. The cigar is positioned in front of a laptop screen displaying a dashboard. The wrapper is smooth with visible veins, and the foot is neatly wrapped.

I was starting to think that there wasn’t gonna be Las Calaveras El 2025 #cigar, but then I saw it at Cigars International when I was in San Antonio. Let’s see how it compares to prior years.

In related news: I did a same-day change for an earlier flight and got C05 as my boarding number.

I paid $134 to “upgrade” to A15. Back in my day…that was like $40.

I’ve noticed a lot more “we need to gate check some bags” announcements from Southwest since they added bag fees. They waive the fee when it happens.

Maybe throwing away a big differentiator and trying to be Delta was a bad idea… 🤔

Tried out Live Translation on the announcements at the San Antonio airport. I got a good chuckle.

Me too. Most of the people that I work with somehow think I'm in my 20s despite having worked there for almost 11 years.

I wouldn’t have guessed that you’re 40.

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They also shouldn’t be requiring you to make hard to remember “secure” passwords. Passphrase + MFA (and conditional access) or Passwordless (FIDO2/Passkey) should be the goal.

3 things: 1…you won’t (which I was surprised by when we rolled out WHFB). 2… their goal should be to eliminate the password entirely (but the PIN is an early step toward that)…3… they’re doing it wrong if they’re requiring periodic password changes. That’s outdated security theatre.

The red train of a roller coaster descends a dive loop set against the backdrop of the yellow track, red supports, and nearly clear blue sky. In the background, another amusement park ride’s yellow structure with orange and red flames is visible, complementing the roller coaster nicely.

The original RMC Raptor #rollercoaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.

Timely question, though, since I’m presenting on a related topic tomorrow!

As @andrewwrites.bsky.social said, the PIN is device-bound and has built-in protections. It’s similar to why a 6-digit PIN on an iPhone is strong enough to protect all of your encrypted data locked behind it.

Your 13 character domain password isn’t restricted to the device and can be phished.

Screenshot of the UniFi app showing my home network devices: a cloud gateway, 2 switches, and 3 wireless access points.

It just keeps expanding. I feel like @dub.bz should let me expense all this as “training” for work stuff.

And the 1x version. The 1x camera is still way better than the others, but I’m satisfied with this year’s telephoto over the last few years. Can’t wait to take some #rollercoaster pics with it this weekend.

One of my neighbor’s trees at sunset as seen through the telephoto lens of the iPhone 17 Pro Max at 8x.

Photo of the YouTube app on Apple TV showing “Trains and more” as a recommended category for me.

YouTube calling me out.

Screenshot showing Speedtest result for a millimeter wave 5G phone connection. 3085 megabits per second down, 217 megabits per second up.

mmWave will never not impress me.

I hope you gave him a slow clap.

Also: I read that the “dress code” is business casual. I’m wearing a t-shirt and shorts. I’m not being uncomfortable while attending a conference that we paid for. I’m also not dressing up more than I do for the job that pays ME.

Speaking of new AirPods Pro: the timing was convenient because this conference is looooouuuuuuddddd!

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Hi, Chicago 👋🏾

First impression of AirPods Pro 3 Active Noise Cancellation on a plane: Apple didn’t lie - it’s twice as good.

Back-to-back against the APP2, the hum of the AC is a little there on the 2s. On the 3s, it’s completely gone.

Oh…cool. I grew up here and graduated from and worked at Pitt.

Yeah, that’s the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh.