hoverbeaver

there’s a woman who frequently works out at my gym who uses equipment in a way that’s obviously wrong until some guy comes up and explains the right way

and then three days later she’s using the same equipment the wrong way again

anyway, fascinating

danny i’m killing my eyes

I can’t believe that a great big container of Carolina reaper peppers was only $4 at farm boy. Not sure what I should do with all these but I’m not going to touch my eyes

two images of a small cathode ray tube. the upper image shows that it is nearly as small as a ball-point pen, starting out at the same diameter but flaring out into a tiny screen that is about 10mm in diameter. the bottom image shows the same CRT cut in half, with a complex array of small metal electron lenses.

My coffee table book, Open Circuits, with beautiful cross-section photos of electronics, is 25% off through the 12th. Use the super-secret discount code "SHOWOFF". What, you already have the book? BAM--you just thought of a friend who would enjoy a copy.

nostarch.com/open-circuits

thanks canada

The titular anthropomorphic fox from Disney’s Robin Hood

this is terry fox

only weirdos buy domain names just to verify their bluesky accounts dot horse

there was some very racy stuff in the amiga magazines that they used to sell at the pinecrest chapters store, or so I’ve been told

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

saw a presentation last week where there were a few ai-generated images in the slide deck. one of them had a large banner that said “POGGERING IMMUTITTIES” and everyone just sorta kept nodding along like this was all very good and completely normal

(honestly though I have never not had ranch anywhere in canada. pretty sure the hotel is just fuckin around)

you know in quebec they always eat their wings with mayo, west coast just wanted to give him a little bit of the canadian fusion experience

Captain America over here too good for a little culinary emulsion

Skewered fish around a fire

reminds me of grilled ayu

Ranch is pretty normal here but we heard you were coming and wanted you to feel special

“jesus fucking christ, why are you like this?”

“i watched the raccoons when i was a kid”

por que no Los dos

the photo has done the rounds here and we all agree

peak not my job energy

this was only half of them! only so many horse photos are needed

a waterfront view. In the foreground a picnic table with a radio transceiver, an iPad, and a notebook

a panoramic waterfront view. A dock extends into the water

Two horses in a field. They’re pretty big.

Several more horses.

my first parks on the air activation went really well. i made a dozen contacts all over the world with only five watts, and just look at this view! bonus: morse horses

also the airport lounge soundtrack is soft piano versions of beatles hits and a doorbell that won’t stop ringing. it’s going hard to maintain the tradition of “better than the terminal… but only just barely”

a view of the Ottawa airport tarmac from a lounge window. There are clear skies. There are several vehicles loading planes with baggage.

travelling heavy to Prince Edward Island this week. working remote but have downtime this afternoon to operate my little radio station from the provincial park near my hotel.

why shouldn’t i wear it

all of my city’s pedestrian outreach is training them to compensate for shitty drivers being incapable of accepting responsibility for the management of the vehicle they’re supposedly in control of

remember when the most annoying thing you had to deal with was all the people trying to get you to buy their nfts

it was death does not exist, winner of this year’s oiaf. I found absolutely bereft of any redeeming qualities. There was no hope, no desire, no expression of need or optimism, the story was hollow, the characters undeveloped, nothing but tragedy, nihilism, and entrapment

it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a film that I absolutely fucking hated

every three years since 2001 or so I have had a fight with a bank or credit union over them removing the ability to export transactions during a site redesign

but also we are in the era of people who don’t use the internet making new internets and breaking all the internets

well at least the platform you chose has an actual RSS feed. the internet isn’t completely broken yet

technically the colon is always ass-ending