SpainCo

SpainCo

@spainco.bsky.social

Minnesota (he/him) I wrangle IT folks for a living. Whatever hobby I have this week is not the one I had last week.

1,513 Followers 3,279 Following 671 Posts Joined Jul 2023
1 day ago
Two EGO batteries on rapid chargers

Twin Cities Dads of all genders or parental statuses: remember to charge your snowblower's batteries

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3 days ago

Why are you using two cups, kiddo?

"It's complicated"

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3 days ago

Yep, that's pretty much exactly the use case - it's not a competitor for an Air, it's a Chromebook killer, either for schools or for students at home.

Schools are already managing MacBooks, so a cheaper device in the same ecosystem might mean one less MDM to manage

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4 days ago

Kiddo has been tangling with Flu B and I have to say I do appreciate how much easier and available at home tests have come to be

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4 days ago

Saint Paul's been shuffling programs around in the area lately - existing reviews, to the extent they're ever useful, wouldn't necessarily reflect the program there.

Of course, that's its own caveat - your school may not stay put even if you like it - but that's a concern in other neighborhoods too

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6 days ago

There's a good reason for E models and that's enterprise phones.

An organization doesn't necessarily care about additional features but does care about boring things like Apple's management ecosystem.

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6 days ago

I'm pretty sure today was Saturday

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1 week ago

Welcome to IT infrastructure!

UTC is a thing for folks who need to worry about network and server time.

As you might imagine, when things like servers don't agree on the time, all kinds of fun can ensue.

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1 week ago

Hardly a people eater, he was trying to eat Nobody!

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1 week ago

Appreciate the advice πŸ™

We'll see what sticks

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1 week ago

9, but with a high tolerance for software, so she wouldn't be too scared off by some complexity

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1 week ago

Does anyone have recommendations for good kid friendly beginner illustration apps?

Kiddo has taken to using a stylus on her touchpad and Google Canvas - upgrading to an actual drawing tablet here shortly, but curious if there are some software side avenues for her to explore as well

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1 week ago

It at least saves a whole bundle on signage

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1 week ago

FWIW you've got some time before Jesse hits

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2 weeks ago

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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2 weeks ago

Team A, although I'm not a proper Minneapolite.

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2 weeks ago

(Ignoring the 'suburb' dig, of course.)

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2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago

Hits SpEd funding for schools as well - some medical services provided in school settings are reimbursable.

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2 weeks ago

Everyone's excited about the new Spinosaurus but it's basically just the same as the old one, just with a spoiler.

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2 weeks ago
A North Saint Paul 'extraordinary.' logo that gives a real 'graphic design is my passion' energy.  Strangely compelling, though.

Tragically, NSP doesn't have much for a merch presence, but someone could really turn our branding into a real train wreck of an outfit:

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2 weeks ago

There's some decent coverage of the background financial situation but nothing is finalized yet at this point in the budget year.

Schools will just have received their budget targets at this point. That said, to the OPs point, it's definitely going to be cuts all around. Not a surprise though.

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2 weeks ago

An axe party if anything

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3 weeks ago

complient in his perpetual misery, a fallen shrek

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3 weeks ago

We've got nice ones! Worth the trip

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3 weeks ago
6 bad doodles with text under each one.
horseshoe crab is literally the animal horseshoe crab.
shoehorse crab is a crab riding a shoe, cowboy style.
crabshoe horse is a horse wearing literal crabs as shoes.
shoecrab horse is a horse telling a crab to go away.
crabhorse shoe is a pair of shoes, left one crab shaped, right one horse shaped.
horsecrab shoe is literally the same pair of shoes, flipped.

#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request

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3 weeks ago

I'm perpetually at a loss how anyone could look at places with existing voucher programs and want that outcome.

You could have an education system as good as Florida! Or maybe Oklahoma!

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1 month ago

Camping season is just in sight now - can't wait until I've got a Friday where I can just turn off the phone and run off into the wilderness for a few days.

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1 month ago

I can't claim the moral high ground here - took my better half to Julius Caesar.

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1 month ago

You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).

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