Andrew Notarian (he/him)
@anotarian.bsky.social
Microsoft Data Platform / Postgres, Father, trains, history & art, Star Wars and Trek, Mets. Secret Long Islander. James Burke's Connections if it was all muppets. Bird Law. Rockville, MD. Do not eat packet. 马里兰
No, the database with 4000 stored procedures is not going to be ported to Postgres.
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
No, the database with 4000 stored procedures is not going to be ported to Postgres.
To think I used to work directly with the deputy director and run past the director of NIH and I thought there was a conspiracy because the executives of United Healthcare were in the building one time.
December 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
To think I used to work directly with the deputy director and run past the director of NIH and I thought there was a conspiracy because the executives of United Healthcare were in the building one time.
My father famously didn't complain about his 386 at work when I had a 486 as an intern because he remembered drum memory. "This is like Buck Rogers stuff," he'd tell me. But my mental picture of Buck Rogers was this show, which was not what I was going for in 1995.
December 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My father famously didn't complain about his 386 at work when I had a 486 as an intern because he remembered drum memory. "This is like Buck Rogers stuff," he'd tell me. But my mental picture of Buck Rogers was this show, which was not what I was going for in 1995.
This is also the place in Prague where the pickpockets train junior pickpockets.
Installed in 1410, this 600 year-old clock located in Prague is the world's oldest astrological clock still in operation.
December 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is also the place in Prague where the pickpockets train junior pickpockets.
I've reach the "just put it all in json" stage of packing.
December 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I've reach the "just put it all in json" stage of packing.
I never knew about the Abe Beam time capsule. Like Dick Van Dyke I have to assume Beam was OK because my aunt never raged about him at Gracie Mansion.
THEY SENT ZOHRAN A MESSAGE THROUGH TIME VIA STATEN ISLAND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I never knew about the Abe Beam time capsule. Like Dick Van Dyke I have to assume Beam was OK because my aunt never raged about him at Gracie Mansion.
I saw two bored guardspeople in Foggy Bottom metro mezzanine level and I hope Ian Livingston is OK.
December 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I saw two bored guardspeople in Foggy Bottom metro mezzanine level and I hope Ian Livingston is OK.
In my former life one of my most sensitive data points was knowing which scientists reviewed your grant applications and exactly what they said about it.
The White House said they were going to destroy peer review in August. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
December 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In my former life one of my most sensitive data points was knowing which scientists reviewed your grant applications and exactly what they said about it.
I am a marketing victim.
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I am a marketing victim.
Scrolling past I thought this was a delicious red velvet cake is that a kind of thirst trap?
New from @juliaazari.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern?
Democrats are divided about pursuing a third Trump impeachment.
But Trump’s second term actions — abuses of federal power amidst a racial backlash — fits well with previous historical patterns. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-would...
Democrats are divided about pursuing a third Trump impeachment.
But Trump’s second term actions — abuses of federal power amidst a racial backlash — fits well with previous historical patterns. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-would...
What would a third Trump impeachment look like?
Some lessons from history
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Scrolling past I thought this was a delicious red velvet cake is that a kind of thirst trap?
The next time Peter uses the word iconic in a flippant manner I am going to use this as a good example of things being iconic. These lines are so iconic you can tell the film from one short sentence.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The next time Peter uses the word iconic in a flippant manner I am going to use this as a good example of things being iconic. These lines are so iconic you can tell the film from one short sentence.
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Not that anyone likely cares, nor does it really matter, but I finally (probably a couple years too late) pulled the plug on Twitter, and will be posting here exclusively. It felt like when my local mall started dying--except with more bigots, creeps, and the bad kind of weirdo.
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Not that anyone likely cares, nor does it really matter, but I finally (probably a couple years too late) pulled the plug on Twitter, and will be posting here exclusively. It felt like when my local mall started dying--except with more bigots, creeps, and the bad kind of weirdo.
Fuck right off to the moon with this.
thehill.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Fuck right off to the moon with this.
The only nature I've seen in the last day or two was a super fluffy winter coated fox in the snow, then the whole belle & sebastian song plays in my head.
December 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The only nature I've seen in the last day or two was a super fluffy winter coated fox in the snow, then the whole belle & sebastian song plays in my head.
"Andrew, can you show us one of your grandfather's car invoices?" I sure can!
December 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Andrew, can you show us one of your grandfather's car invoices?" I sure can!
About two years ago my cousin mailed me my grandmothers photo album because she didn't know who most of the people in the pictures were. I opened it up and saw my grandparents in their 20s for the first time. They looked 70 at 50 like everyone who lived through the depression.
December 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
About two years ago my cousin mailed me my grandmothers photo album because she didn't know who most of the people in the pictures were. I opened it up and saw my grandparents in their 20s for the first time. They looked 70 at 50 like everyone who lived through the depression.
The exact line was “you used to be so cute! What happened to you? Did you swallow Carroll O’Connor!?”
It made my dad laugh when I imitatedTriumph the insult comic dog roasting Rob Reiner for no longer being cute and possibly eating Carrol O’Connor.
December 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The exact line was “you used to be so cute! What happened to you? Did you swallow Carroll O’Connor!?”
Reposted by Andrew Notarian (he/him)
Pedestrian safety tip: drivers, when you're exiting a parking lot, look both ways before you cross the sidewalk.
On Thurs 12/4/25 5:39 pm
the driver (27/F) of a 2010 Toyota Corolla (with passenger 64/F)
at the exit from Dunkin/BR to New Hampshire Ave/650
hit & injured a person (43/M) on a kick[👀] scooter
riding on the sidewalk with no improper action.
Police (MCP30440090) found both[‼️] at fault.
the driver (27/F) of a 2010 Toyota Corolla (with passenger 64/F)
at the exit from Dunkin/BR to New Hampshire Ave/650
hit & injured a person (43/M) on a kick[👀] scooter
riding on the sidewalk with no improper action.
Police (MCP30440090) found both[‼️] at fault.
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Pedestrian safety tip: drivers, when you're exiting a parking lot, look both ways before you cross the sidewalk.
We have this but they painted it white because the real estate agent said no one would want this.
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We have this but they painted it white because the real estate agent said no one would want this.
Things I learned in Germany: "Indian Summer" is what Americans call peak leaf color season
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Things I learned in Germany: "Indian Summer" is what Americans call peak leaf color season
Things I learned in Germany: Nothing is more American than cranberries on pizza.
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Things I learned in Germany: Nothing is more American than cranberries on pizza.
Germany 1996: I found the American section of the department store. A few days later I encountered a a very loud American in my regular grocery store looking up and down every aisle for peanut butter. I did not help him. I still think about this. Who wants to help a loud boorish American?
December 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Germany 1996: I found the American section of the department store. A few days later I encountered a a very loud American in my regular grocery store looking up and down every aisle for peanut butter. I did not help him. I still think about this. Who wants to help a loud boorish American?
My entire German Studies bachelor's summed in a single Wikipedia articles. Germans are prone to militaristic madness - why can't people figure this out?
Wozzeck - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
My entire German Studies bachelor's summed in a single Wikipedia articles. Germans are prone to militaristic madness - why can't people figure this out?
jerry, i am pretty sure that anything that washes up on the shores of the gravy sea belongs to the king of denmark or perhaps the hanseatic league
gravy boats imply the existence of gravy maritime law
December 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
jerry, i am pretty sure that anything that washes up on the shores of the gravy sea belongs to the king of denmark or perhaps the hanseatic league