Frowning, Not Smiling
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Random coder. Some for fun. Some for $$. C#, Java, Rust, JavaScript, Smalltalk/Squeak, etc. - whatever looks interesting. Now exploring React.
Occasional fan ficcer.
And I have IDEAS! About things! (OMG! Another old guy with opinions. On the Internet! )
Occasional fan ficcer.
And I have IDEAS! About things! (OMG! Another old guy with opinions. On the Internet! )
Want to get free meals at a Mexican restaurant?
Become an ICE agent.
When the waitress comes with your bill, arrest them!
Of course if you do that too often there won’t be authentic Mexican restaurants left in the US. But I hear TACO Bell makes mostly edible tacos.
Safely eat in your ICE-mobile!
Become an ICE agent.
When the waitress comes with your bill, arrest them!
Of course if you do that too often there won’t be authentic Mexican restaurants left in the US. But I hear TACO Bell makes mostly edible tacos.
Safely eat in your ICE-mobile!
January 17, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Want to get free meals at a Mexican restaurant?
Become an ICE agent.
When the waitress comes with your bill, arrest them!
Of course if you do that too often there won’t be authentic Mexican restaurants left in the US. But I hear TACO Bell makes mostly edible tacos.
Safely eat in your ICE-mobile!
Become an ICE agent.
When the waitress comes with your bill, arrest them!
Of course if you do that too often there won’t be authentic Mexican restaurants left in the US. But I hear TACO Bell makes mostly edible tacos.
Safely eat in your ICE-mobile!
I wasn't aware that Stars & Stripes was an independent publication? Thought it was already Army propaganda.
Someone in the Pentagon has decided it was too "woke" (too fact based?) and now... it's really no longer independent.
Goebbels would be so proud!
Someone in the Pentagon has decided it was too "woke" (too fact based?) and now... it's really no longer independent.
Goebbels would be so proud!
January 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I wasn't aware that Stars & Stripes was an independent publication? Thought it was already Army propaganda.
Someone in the Pentagon has decided it was too "woke" (too fact based?) and now... it's really no longer independent.
Goebbels would be so proud!
Someone in the Pentagon has decided it was too "woke" (too fact based?) and now... it's really no longer independent.
Goebbels would be so proud!
Epstein Epstein Epstein!
Today’s reminder that our pedo-in-Chief is still playing the distraction game. With ICE murdering innocent people & saying he’ll invade Greenland.
How many people will die so he can prevent the DOJ from releasing the complete Epstein files?
#epstein #trump
Today’s reminder that our pedo-in-Chief is still playing the distraction game. With ICE murdering innocent people & saying he’ll invade Greenland.
How many people will die so he can prevent the DOJ from releasing the complete Epstein files?
#epstein #trump
January 14, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Reading today's news?
Trump's America! It's like living in a banana republic, only stupider!
Trump's America! It's like living in a banana republic, only stupider!
January 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Reading today's news?
Trump's America! It's like living in a banana republic, only stupider!
Trump's America! It's like living in a banana republic, only stupider!
There's not enough room in my brain!
I've been tinkering with Python for a few months. Now I want to do some Rust which I haven't used for a while and I'm having to temporarily 'swap out' all of my python knowledge to make room for rust again.
And all the other languages? Where did they go? Focus!
I've been tinkering with Python for a few months. Now I want to do some Rust which I haven't used for a while and I'm having to temporarily 'swap out' all of my python knowledge to make room for rust again.
And all the other languages? Where did they go? Focus!
January 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
There's not enough room in my brain!
I've been tinkering with Python for a few months. Now I want to do some Rust which I haven't used for a while and I'm having to temporarily 'swap out' all of my python knowledge to make room for rust again.
And all the other languages? Where did they go? Focus!
I've been tinkering with Python for a few months. Now I want to do some Rust which I haven't used for a while and I'm having to temporarily 'swap out' all of my python knowledge to make room for rust again.
And all the other languages? Where did they go? Focus!
Erich von Daeniken, the original 'Ancient aliens' guy is no longer with us. He was 90.
His book 'Chariots of the Gods' was published in 1968, almost 60 years ago! I actually read the, many, many years ago. Somehow, being in book form made it seem more real.
#ErichvonDaeniken #ancientaliens
His book 'Chariots of the Gods' was published in 1968, almost 60 years ago! I actually read the, many, many years ago. Somehow, being in book form made it seem more real.
#ErichvonDaeniken #ancientaliens
January 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Erich von Daeniken, the original 'Ancient aliens' guy is no longer with us. He was 90.
His book 'Chariots of the Gods' was published in 1968, almost 60 years ago! I actually read the, many, many years ago. Somehow, being in book form made it seem more real.
#ErichvonDaeniken #ancientaliens
His book 'Chariots of the Gods' was published in 1968, almost 60 years ago! I actually read the, many, many years ago. Somehow, being in book form made it seem more real.
#ErichvonDaeniken #ancientaliens
So long Dilbert and Dogbert
And I guess Scott Adams, who died today. He alway seemed to have something to say about working in tech, long before he slid head deep into the land of MAGA hate.
Some may miss the Scott Adams of 2 decades ago. The one who died today? Not so much. Which is kind of sad.
And I guess Scott Adams, who died today. He alway seemed to have something to say about working in tech, long before he slid head deep into the land of MAGA hate.
Some may miss the Scott Adams of 2 decades ago. The one who died today? Not so much. Which is kind of sad.
January 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
So long Dilbert and Dogbert
And I guess Scott Adams, who died today. He alway seemed to have something to say about working in tech, long before he slid head deep into the land of MAGA hate.
Some may miss the Scott Adams of 2 decades ago. The one who died today? Not so much. Which is kind of sad.
And I guess Scott Adams, who died today. He alway seemed to have something to say about working in tech, long before he slid head deep into the land of MAGA hate.
Some may miss the Scott Adams of 2 decades ago. The one who died today? Not so much. Which is kind of sad.
The Nobel Committee says the Nobel Prize (any of them) is non-transferable.
So the current Nobel Peace Prize winner could "give" her prize to Trump and it STILL wouldn't be his.
I predict Biden will get one before Trump!
Now, Satan's "Doing Big Evil!" prize? Trump has that locked up!
#nobel
So the current Nobel Peace Prize winner could "give" her prize to Trump and it STILL wouldn't be his.
I predict Biden will get one before Trump!
Now, Satan's "Doing Big Evil!" prize? Trump has that locked up!
#nobel
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 AM
The Nobel Committee says the Nobel Prize (any of them) is non-transferable.
So the current Nobel Peace Prize winner could "give" her prize to Trump and it STILL wouldn't be his.
I predict Biden will get one before Trump!
Now, Satan's "Doing Big Evil!" prize? Trump has that locked up!
#nobel
So the current Nobel Peace Prize winner could "give" her prize to Trump and it STILL wouldn't be his.
I predict Biden will get one before Trump!
Now, Satan's "Doing Big Evil!" prize? Trump has that locked up!
#nobel
Stamps! Forever!
Looks like the Forces of Evil / Anti-DEI haven't infiltrated the USPS yet. Phew!
Guess it's a a good thing that the USPS is an independent entity.
Except the Pres still appoints the Postmaster General... which is why things are being done to make mail-in voting harder.
Looks like the Forces of Evil / Anti-DEI haven't infiltrated the USPS yet. Phew!
Guess it's a a good thing that the USPS is an independent entity.
Except the Pres still appoints the Postmaster General... which is why things are being done to make mail-in voting harder.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Stamps! Forever!
Looks like the Forces of Evil / Anti-DEI haven't infiltrated the USPS yet. Phew!
Guess it's a a good thing that the USPS is an independent entity.
Except the Pres still appoints the Postmaster General... which is why things are being done to make mail-in voting harder.
Looks like the Forces of Evil / Anti-DEI haven't infiltrated the USPS yet. Phew!
Guess it's a a good thing that the USPS is an independent entity.
Except the Pres still appoints the Postmaster General... which is why things are being done to make mail-in voting harder.
A Reminder
Elections are run by and conducted by the states, not the Federal government.
US elections have never been cancelled even during the Civil War or any other war.
Trump can’t legally cancel elections. But he can try to affect them by making it difficult to vote.
#elections #trump
Elections are run by and conducted by the states, not the Federal government.
US elections have never been cancelled even during the Civil War or any other war.
Trump can’t legally cancel elections. But he can try to affect them by making it difficult to vote.
#elections #trump
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A Reminder
Elections are run by and conducted by the states, not the Federal government.
US elections have never been cancelled even during the Civil War or any other war.
Trump can’t legally cancel elections. But he can try to affect them by making it difficult to vote.
#elections #trump
Elections are run by and conducted by the states, not the Federal government.
US elections have never been cancelled even during the Civil War or any other war.
Trump can’t legally cancel elections. But he can try to affect them by making it difficult to vote.
#elections #trump
Careful with that axe Eugene!
Accidentally deleted the content of a crontab file (!!!) - not sure how - and didn’t notice until a few hours later when a few log files didn’t update like expected.
Fortunately I have backups of all important files on that server so it was a quick fix.
Accidentally deleted the content of a crontab file (!!!) - not sure how - and didn’t notice until a few hours later when a few log files didn’t update like expected.
Fortunately I have backups of all important files on that server so it was a quick fix.
January 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Careful with that axe Eugene!
Accidentally deleted the content of a crontab file (!!!) - not sure how - and didn’t notice until a few hours later when a few log files didn’t update like expected.
Fortunately I have backups of all important files on that server so it was a quick fix.
Accidentally deleted the content of a crontab file (!!!) - not sure how - and didn’t notice until a few hours later when a few log files didn’t update like expected.
Fortunately I have backups of all important files on that server so it was a quick fix.
New Year Price increases!
1st 2026 grocery shopping trip this morning. Many small things that had steady prices for the last 6 months? 10-20% increases.
Taking back all those EOY/X-Mass sale savings with a vengeance!
Did they think we wouldn't notice?
#groceries #prices #upupup
1st 2026 grocery shopping trip this morning. Many small things that had steady prices for the last 6 months? 10-20% increases.
Taking back all those EOY/X-Mass sale savings with a vengeance!
Did they think we wouldn't notice?
#groceries #prices #upupup
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
New Year Price increases!
1st 2026 grocery shopping trip this morning. Many small things that had steady prices for the last 6 months? 10-20% increases.
Taking back all those EOY/X-Mass sale savings with a vengeance!
Did they think we wouldn't notice?
#groceries #prices #upupup
1st 2026 grocery shopping trip this morning. Many small things that had steady prices for the last 6 months? 10-20% increases.
Taking back all those EOY/X-Mass sale savings with a vengeance!
Did they think we wouldn't notice?
#groceries #prices #upupup
So, apparently Double-O-ICE agents have an actual 'license to kill' unarmed/innocent observers.
All they have to do is shout "Domestic Terrorist!" and blast away. With no proof or accountability.
Dispicable!
To say nothing of all of the people in ICE detention who died in 2025. Nazis be jealous!
All they have to do is shout "Domestic Terrorist!" and blast away. With no proof or accountability.
Dispicable!
To say nothing of all of the people in ICE detention who died in 2025. Nazis be jealous!
January 8, 2026 at 3:04 AM
So, apparently Double-O-ICE agents have an actual 'license to kill' unarmed/innocent observers.
All they have to do is shout "Domestic Terrorist!" and blast away. With no proof or accountability.
Dispicable!
To say nothing of all of the people in ICE detention who died in 2025. Nazis be jealous!
All they have to do is shout "Domestic Terrorist!" and blast away. With no proof or accountability.
Dispicable!
To say nothing of all of the people in ICE detention who died in 2025. Nazis be jealous!
"Police Action"?
Isn't that how Vietnam started? Was that ever an official war?
Mr Permanent Immunity seems to get away with an awful lot of illegal things by calling them things they aren't.
#thepeacewar #trump
Isn't that how Vietnam started? Was that ever an official war?
Mr Permanent Immunity seems to get away with an awful lot of illegal things by calling them things they aren't.
#thepeacewar #trump
January 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
"Police Action"?
Isn't that how Vietnam started? Was that ever an official war?
Mr Permanent Immunity seems to get away with an awful lot of illegal things by calling them things they aren't.
#thepeacewar #trump
Isn't that how Vietnam started? Was that ever an official war?
Mr Permanent Immunity seems to get away with an awful lot of illegal things by calling them things they aren't.
#thepeacewar #trump
So, is FIFA going to revoke that "Peace Prize" they gave Trump now that he's show how unpack-like he really is?
Didn't think so.
#trump #fifa #venezuela
Didn't think so.
#trump #fifa #venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
So, is FIFA going to revoke that "Peace Prize" they gave Trump now that he's show how unpack-like he really is?
Didn't think so.
#trump #fifa #venezuela
Didn't think so.
#trump #fifa #venezuela
Ever just have one of those nights where you don’t want to go to sleep?
And I don’t mean insomnia.
You just don’t want to wake up and it be tomorrow?
And I don’t mean insomnia.
You just don’t want to wake up and it be tomorrow?
January 5, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Ever just have one of those nights where you don’t want to go to sleep?
And I don’t mean insomnia.
You just don’t want to wake up and it be tomorrow?
And I don’t mean insomnia.
You just don’t want to wake up and it be tomorrow?
WTF?
I can only assume that someone in the WH asked Grok what to do about regime change in Venezuela and Grok got confused about which president needed to be “arrested”
I can just imagine the chat prompts that resulted in last night’s actions.
#venezuela #whostheactualroguestate
#grok
I can only assume that someone in the WH asked Grok what to do about regime change in Venezuela and Grok got confused about which president needed to be “arrested”
I can just imagine the chat prompts that resulted in last night’s actions.
#venezuela #whostheactualroguestate
#grok
January 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
WTF?
I can only assume that someone in the WH asked Grok what to do about regime change in Venezuela and Grok got confused about which president needed to be “arrested”
I can just imagine the chat prompts that resulted in last night’s actions.
#venezuela #whostheactualroguestate
#grok
I can only assume that someone in the WH asked Grok what to do about regime change in Venezuela and Grok got confused about which president needed to be “arrested”
I can just imagine the chat prompts that resulted in last night’s actions.
#venezuela #whostheactualroguestate
#grok
FYI
Your Grok or ChatGPT session is like a firefly. It’s ephemeral. Its memory, aka its ’context’, is erased when you quit. And even while using it, it only remembers the last couple things you asked.
These chat ‘AI’ things are not alive and have no actual intelligence.
Your Grok or ChatGPT session is like a firefly. It’s ephemeral. Its memory, aka its ’context’, is erased when you quit. And even while using it, it only remembers the last couple things you asked.
These chat ‘AI’ things are not alive and have no actual intelligence.
January 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
FYI
Your Grok or ChatGPT session is like a firefly. It’s ephemeral. Its memory, aka its ’context’, is erased when you quit. And even while using it, it only remembers the last couple things you asked.
These chat ‘AI’ things are not alive and have no actual intelligence.
Your Grok or ChatGPT session is like a firefly. It’s ephemeral. Its memory, aka its ’context’, is erased when you quit. And even while using it, it only remembers the last couple things you asked.
These chat ‘AI’ things are not alive and have no actual intelligence.
A list of things entering the public domain in 2026!
Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A list of things entering the public domain in 2026!
When’s a ”Federal” holiday not a Federal holiday?
When it’s created by Executive Order and only applies to a part of the government and not all of the country.
Like today.
Have to wonder what Mr Too Many Federal Holidays gets out of it.
What’s the grift potential?
When it’s created by Executive Order and only applies to a part of the government and not all of the country.
Like today.
Have to wonder what Mr Too Many Federal Holidays gets out of it.
What’s the grift potential?
December 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
When’s a ”Federal” holiday not a Federal holiday?
When it’s created by Executive Order and only applies to a part of the government and not all of the country.
Like today.
Have to wonder what Mr Too Many Federal Holidays gets out of it.
What’s the grift potential?
When it’s created by Executive Order and only applies to a part of the government and not all of the country.
Like today.
Have to wonder what Mr Too Many Federal Holidays gets out of it.
What’s the grift potential?
Someone in Arkansas won last night’s $1.8 billion Christmas Eve PowerBall lottery.
That’s a heck of a Christmas present! Congrats to them!
Sour grapes edition: Why is it always someone else in some other state who wins that? I buy tickets too! I’d like to win at least once!
That’s a heck of a Christmas present! Congrats to them!
Sour grapes edition: Why is it always someone else in some other state who wins that? I buy tickets too! I’d like to win at least once!
December 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Someone in Arkansas won last night’s $1.8 billion Christmas Eve PowerBall lottery.
That’s a heck of a Christmas present! Congrats to them!
Sour grapes edition: Why is it always someone else in some other state who wins that? I buy tickets too! I’d like to win at least once!
That’s a heck of a Christmas present! Congrats to them!
Sour grapes edition: Why is it always someone else in some other state who wins that? I buy tickets too! I’d like to win at least once!