John S Russell

Screenshot of a draft post that reads "Sister Wendy was a Bene Gesserit."

It's the stuff I don't post that should worry you.

Also worn with this: A "Merciful Release" t-shirt, black jeans, and big stompy boots.

When Edgar Wright released his movie The World's End, I felt that shit right down to my BONES.

I found my old leather trench coat, and showed it to my kid. I explained that I wore it (along with fingerless gloves, mirrorshades, etc) for basically all of the 1990s until a movie called "The Matrix" was released and then that was IT, leather coats were retired for at least a generation.

Yep.

I want to be interested in Tron: Ares but (a) "What if instead of real people going to Tron land, Tron people went to the REAL WORLD!?" is the most low hanging fruit first pass at a script idea ever, and (b) Jared Leto's acting is a machine that turns film producer money into the death of joy.

I am a middle-aged white dude, and as such, the algorithm often sends me advertisements for (a) boats, and (b) Harley Davidson motorcycles. I wish there was a way to tell it that I already own one hilariously boomer-coded project vehicle and that's quite enough for now.

I have an appointment later today. In about five hours. So I guess until then, I will ... [Proceeds to sit still, staring at the middle distance, icon above my head the spinning MacOS beachball]

The next house we move into is likely to be our (or at least, _my_) final house, so I am wondering if perhaps once there, I should finally get into model trains and build an elaborate diorama in the basement.

I turn on "Reduce Transparency" in MacOS settings, in order to increase legibility for the current MacOS. That's the current MacOS that doesn't yet have this liquid glass everything's translucent design.

I am more than slightly nervous about the about the new design.

Quite sad about Ozzy. He went on his own terms, after a VERY comprehensive goodbye concert where he got to feel the love from his fans and the respect and admiration of his musical colleagues. That's more than most get to do. R.I.P.

They are skilled political operators. Many people on this site might not like their politics. But they’re at least competent, intelligent and capable of engaging with issues in detail.

He's a skilled political operator. Many people on this site might not like his politics. But he's at least competent, intelligent and capable of engaging with issues in detail.

He's a skilled political operator. Many people on this site might not like his politics. But he's at least competent, intelligent and capable of engaging with issues in detail.

Buck wild. I can’t work without an emotional support episode of Top Gear playing on a screen to my left.

The character "Tank" from the movie "The Matrix" sitting in front of like, twelve monitors, all showing different tech stuff.

People who have a home work environment of a single macbook on an otherwise empty desk are straight up wild to me. My home office desk area looks like Tank's workstation on The Nebuchadnezzar and I use all that shit routinely.

How trustworthy do I currently consider the United States of America? Well, I am currently writing a transition plan to migrate off the dot com domain I have owned since the mid 1990s, and testing a linux desktop despite being deep in the Apple ecosystem.

No, YOU are reconfiguring a server because you typo'd the config and created a zfs pool named "Datasore"

New fridge means ice cubes available which means cold drink followed by CRONCH.

Honestly, fair.

A local video store owner informed me that kids in their 20s are buying up all his VHS horror movies because they think it's "scarier due to the graininess of the video" and that was the most heart-warming thing I've heard in a long time.

For a while there Instagram was showing me ads for a concierge service which would take care of the maintenance hassles of my Gulfstream private jet. Their offering looked quite comprehensive.

“Still punk as fuck” I whisper, as I migrate my self-hosted Mastodon server from a full Virtual Machine to a Linux Container.

Me: [To @annettle.bsky.social] "If you're making cheese rollups, can you make a double batch? Then there will be leftovers for later."

Reader, there were no leftovers for later. [Burp]

Despite the risk of being assessed as a Wife Guy, I want you all to know that my wife is the best. She is an onion ring amidst french fries.

Me: [At 8.30am, while holding a hot dog and a glass of beer] “Breakfast of champions.”

in the past (before their many harmful actions fully came to light) if you found comfort in work of NG or JKR, I don't judge that. Now, if you watch their shows, buy their work, buy merch, put a single additional dollar in their pocket or add to their power or influence in any way, that I do judge.

Taxpayer funded satellite likely "irrecoverable" after losing contact with the ground A methane-tracking satellite which was given $29 million by the government has lost contact with the ground.

The phrase "Space Minister Judith Collins" is inherently hilarious. You immediately visualise the perspex bubble helmet worn over a blazer top and a string of pearls. You can practically hear the theremins.

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I'm not sure what our neighbour does for a living, but if I had to guess I would say that he receives Creative New Zealand funding for a performance art piece in which he bangs metal pipes together and repeatedly yells his dog's name at his dog.

I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.

My Heart: We only used to rate Jaffas because back in the day NZ had about five kinds of sweets available in total and one of those five was that gross tasting white milk bottle shaped one. Jaffas were always mediocre.

My Brain [Looking around nervously]: Don’t post that.