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As both a driver/dispatcher for an Amazon DSP and a web developer, it’s been very interesting to witness how the AWS outage has affected Amazon Logistics.

Love how after going through the PowerShell trenches, power cycling my desktop is what fixed its network connectivity >_<*

I’ll be doing a lot more flight simming now that I have FsHub set up; the daily flight challenges are quite engaging.

A hand holds a pint of Calliope lemon lavender ice cream with a white lid and red lettering reading “food.love.fun. Madison, WI.” In the background, a computer screen displays Taylor Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl in the Apple Music for Windows interface.

I have a bit of a tradition: eating a pint of ice cream alongside my first listen of a new Taylor Swift album. For The Life of a Showgirl, I’m having a lemon lavender pint from a local shop.

I just sold my 40-series graphics card for more than I bought it for a few months ago. The GPU market is so dumb lol

Two Guys Talking About Lettuce is quickly becoming my favorite podcast! Lettuce is really quite interesting 😭

It took me four hours to enable hardware encryption via BitLocker on my new Samsung M.2 drives. I got these drives specifically for their hardware encryption capabilities — so I was determined to get it working — but at least some documentation would’ve been nice!

Screenshot of a Mac desktop showing an external drive named 1M2 with a custom icon that matches the OWC drive’s real appearance.

I changed the icon of my Thunderbolt drive to match its real appearance! One of OWC’s product photos happened to be about the same perspective as the new macOS Tahoe disk icons, making this possible.

Over the last six months or so I’ve had my temperature settings set to celsius with the intent of developing an intuition and a possible preference for it.

Realizing that—after all this time—I still don’t have a good feel for celsi... https://microblog.vandor.sx/2025/08/15/over-the-last-six-months/

With Thomas Dohmke resigning as GitHub CEO, the Pragmatic Engineer episode I finally got around to listening to last week seems nullified :c

A simple wooden bench with angled legs sits on a patch of sunlit grass, partially surrounded by dense green foliage. The light highlights the bench’s natural wood grain, contrasting with the shaded forest backdrop.

Close-up black and white image of a large leaf with a jagged hole in its center, droplets of water scattered across its surface. The torn section reveals blurred foliage in the background, adding depth and contrast to the scene.

At last, I’ve acquired the Sony α7CR with the FE 24-50mm ƒ/2.8 G lens!!!!!!!

Yesterday—after a frustrating experience with FedEx—I got my camera set up, updated the firmware, etc. Today, I had some time to go on a walk and actually... https://vandor.sx/microblog/2025/8/9/5516391

yay gpt-5 was rolled out to my account fairly quickly!

Flexibound book titled "The Three-Body Problem Trilogy" by Cixin Liu, featuring minimalist orbital path designs in teal and white on a black cover.

Excited to start reading :)

(I’m tired of waiting for season 2 of the Netflix show lol)

Screenshot of the Chromium source code showing the file transport_security_state_static.json, which contains entries for HSTS-preloaded domains. The domain “vandor.sx” is highlighted in yellow within the JSON file, indicating its inclusion in the HSTS preload list.

Fun fact: my domain is technically in the Chromium source code.

(I just discovered the HSTS preload list is simply a very long JSON file that gets bulk updated about once a month)

A garden pathway made of light brick pavers leads through a lush green archway covered in vines. Centered beyond the arch is an ornate stone fountain surrounded by a circular bed of river rocks and flowering plants.

📷 I love delivering to this house; I park right in front of these lush arches and step directly into a beautiful garden.

I somehow only now noticed my car has small kilometer-per-hour markings on the speedometer gauge.

Helpful for if I ever drive up to Canada, which I’d like to do someday (it’s only a day’s drive)!

Snippet of an email from OpenAI. It reads, “You’ve successfully subscribed to ChatGPT Plus.”

Google deactivated my account that had the 15-month student trial of Gemini Pro — and I’m a bit bitter about that :p

A black and white photo looking down a long, enclosed skywalk. Large windows line both sides of the hallway, showing trees and buildings outside. The perspective creates leading lines that draw the eye to an elevator at the end of the hall. A folded package delivery tote lays against the left wall.

📷 I’ve been curious about the view from the skywalk of this building, and the other day I got the opportunity to check it out! Though I must admit, it looks more impressive from the freeway outside.

It is with a heavy heart that I must announce I have purchased an Adobe license. This follows my decade-long spree of pirating and manipulating free trials 🤫

In all seriousness, Newegg (of all places) is selling a bundle license for Lightroom + Photoshop for $95, which I think is quite reasonable.

A serene lake scene during the golden hour, with the soft light of a setting sun casting a glow over the calm water. In the foreground, a mechanical harvester boat is docked on the muddy shore, its dark silhouette contrasting with the soft light, while the distant tree-lined shore is visible under a pale, dusky sky.

📷 this evening

What can I say, the misquotes love me

update: after much searching, it has been found at the bottom of my backpack under 8 water bottles 😮‍💨

Somehow lost my AirPods case 🙃

I just ordered an expensive pillow, but I’m fully prepared to return it if it doesn’t meet my high expectations.

There’s nothing I particularly dislike about my current and long-standing cheap pillow, but I feel like something better has the potential to be a huge QOL improvement.

A single, large white wind turbine stands tall against a dark, stormy grey sky. The turbine's three blades are angled, suggesting it's moving slowly. The lower third of the image shows a line of vibrant green treetops, contrasting with the dramatic sky and the stark white of the turbine.

📷 A photo I took on my delivery route today. It was cool to see the storm clouds slowly roll in through the evening.

I just watched a 32 minute AI-produced video and I didn’t realize until I read the comments. I’m shocked, disgusted, and embarrassed!

It wasn’t overtly obvious as it used real stock footage, but in hindsight the script and thumbnail... https://microblog.vandor.sx/2025/06/21/i-just-watched-a-minute/

A first-person view of a desk setup shows two monitors, a keyboard, a mouse, a laptop, and a microphone. The left monitor displays the Minecraft world creation screen. The room is brightly lit, with sunlight streaming in from a large half-covered window.

There’s nothing quite like starting a new Minecraft world on a hot and sunny summer day.

My 2-month ChatGPT Plus trial expired, so now I’m onto the 15-month Google AI Pro trial. 15 months is a pretty insane offer.