Dr. ir. Brian R. Pauw

Thanks. I very quickly get irritated at train-of-thought-derailing user interface peculiarities.
Windows bugs the hell out of me very quick, but so does Linux: it has such poor user experience popping up distracting elements and with such a discordant mix of inconsistent design choices. Mac OS X […]

Neophobica - Flaming cute Art & Merchandise Flaming cute Art and Merchandise by Austrian Artist, Illustrator and Graphic Designer Carina Salchegger, aka Neophobica.

Shop is here: https://store.neophobica.com

Sticker sheet titled “send nudis”, the stickers depict a range of nudibranch species.

Very niche, very cool.

Do you want to produce exactly the same #MOF #particles every time? Do you want to be able to control particle #size and size #distribution? Check out our latest manuscript on #ChemRxiv!
More details in my blog post:
https://lookingatnothing.com/index.php/archives/4581
#metalorganicframeworks […]

Stock chart of the value of gold over the last 5 years, on an exponential growth trajectory

This absolutely insane gold price development makes me very worried that the economy is about to collapse. People are dumping their investments into a safe haven with a massive trade volume, and 100% increase in the last four years, with 20% just in the last […]

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EducationHow Many Countries Fit in Africa? Visualizing the Continent’s True Size
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-many-countries-fit-in-africa-visualizing-the-continents-true-size/

A colorful advertisement featuring a figure wearing headphones and sunglasses, alongside the text: “It’s not legally classified as sweatshop labor if they’re musicians.” The Spotify logo is displayed at the bottom.

The Onion on point as always.

@pjakobs how do you like the electric outboard?

"All Eyes on Gaza": Großkundgebung und Konzert am 27. September in Berlin Am Samstag, den 27. September, findet eine künstlerische Solidaritätskundgebung in Berlin statt unter dem Namen "All Eyes on Gaza - Stoppt den Genozid!".

Today in #Berlin: Demo against the genocide in #Gaza this evening 17:00 Großer Stern: https://www.amnesty.de/allgemein/termine/gaza-grosskundgebung-konzert-berlin-september-2025

@drahardja having tried to pull a swollen battery from a similar cavity in a UPS, I can tell that this ejection system will not work once the batteries have started producing gasss and swell. They’ll be right stuck in place. Good news for the pedestrians I suppose.

Coffee shop logo in a similar style as @girlonthenet’s avatar.

When a @girlonthenet fan opens a coffee shop in Berlin…

@VCDeV and the quality steadily decreases. Pay more for less.

@SRDas it was found that the impact factor might not help your paper though:

Graffiti written in green spray paint on a white wall reads: "IF YOU DON'T LIKE GRAFFITI THEN JUST LOOK AWAY LIKE YOU DO FOR HUMAN SUFFERING." The text is bold and unevenly spaced, drawing attention to its powerful message. The wall is part of a building, with a small pole and some shadows visible, suggesting it’s in a parking lot or alleyway.

This isn’t vandalism — it’s a wake-up call

Glen and I have worked on a new version of our very handy flow-through capillary holders, useful for synchrotron and lab experiments.

These are now made on CNC, so if there is some interest, we could perhaps sell them via the official webshop. so LMK […]

@pjakobs I remember we had a lot of grey AUI transceivers with rainbow colors on. Forgot the brand. Some for token ring, some 10 Mbit Ethernet. The concept behind AUI was quite nice.

A fire extinguisher with a drawing as if it’s a puppet

A fire extinguisher with a drawing as if it’s being eaten by a plant

A fire extinguisher with a drawing as if it’s a scuba tank

A fire extinguisher with a drawing as if it’s filling helium balloons.

Super cool effort in Jakarta airport, a unique wall art around every fire extinguisher 🧯

@pjakobs is that… an AUI connector at the end?

Replying 😉

Maybe it’s my bubble, but the genocide in Palestine is one issue where the politicians actions are diametrically opposed to the will of the population… https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/115073761656062146

@pjakobs answers Modell wählen, dann wird’s besser. 😅

Harbor at sunset

Arizona-like geology in Sweden

The harbor from a high vantage point.

The island of Lilla Kornö is tiny with just a few houses and not much else… but it’s cute and has some nice geology. #sailingSweden

Old shunt made from some folded stainless steel

New 500A Victron shunt with a massive busbar attached to it.

On holidays, but still screwing around with electronics, trying to clean up the mess from the previous owners. This time, I’m replacing the old shunt (that stainless steel plate) with a new 500A Victron one. Went completely overboard on the bus bar design but […]

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Boat tied to rock in a bay.

Best spot so far. Clear water, well sheltered, and directly tied to rock is cool. #sweden

@sundogplanets (fucking disposable throwaway satellites).

@sundogplanets what’s the decay rate now? About 100 a month or so burning up?

Two sailing boats in a calm lake at sunset.

Greece or Sweden? Sometimes I get a little confused.

Spent the day trying to rid the boat of some of its old electronic cruft that it had collected over its lifetime. So far so good, but there’s some cabling that’s super hard to reach, nothing to do but snip it off and leave it for another day. Some of the previous owners have been very… inventive […]