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@bobrichardson.com
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I'm Bob. This is my semi-SFW feed of bad jokes, geeky observations, random weirdness, and politics. Center-to-further-left. Pretty darned gay. He/Him. 📍Portland, Oregon, United States
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I nominate Vrbo for a @kevlin.bsky.social. (And for clarity, this is after several attempts to engage with the chatbot to ask about an issue with my booking, which it tells me I don't even have.)
A screen shot of a part of a conversation with Vrbo's customer service AI chatbot. The user asks "Agent". The AI replies "Sure, I'll connect you to an agent right away. Please hold on for a moment.", immediately followed by "You don't have any upcoming bookings that I can help you with. Do you want to see a different booking?" The user replies "Agent", and the AI replies "I'm sorry, but I am an AI assistant and cannot connect you to a live agent. How can I assist you today?"
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Ever encounter this one before, @deviantollam.bsky.social ?
A close-up of an interior wall with a light switch. Above the light switch is a device, about the same size, with a slot for inserting a key card (the size of a credit card). The slot is labeled "Insert Card for Power".
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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"Unclad Ethel Prompts Suit" - a headline for the ages. (Article text in image alt text.)
Article From The Columbian Newspaper, Vancouver, Washington, December 27, 1977: PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Does a nude statue in Portland's downtown Transit Mall injure Earthquake Ethel's reputation for modesty? According to a $1 million suit filed Wednesday in Multnomah County District Court, the "humiliation of having been undressed in public is a wrong the redressing of which will not redress. The tongue-in-cheek suit was filed by lawyer Henry A. Carey Jr. in behalf of his client "Earthquake Ethel." The original lady of that name was a dancer in the San Francisco area in the early 20th century. Stories say Ethel Hodgkiss acquired the name because the 1906 San Francisco earthquake occurred while she was performing her act. The name was carried on by a daughter and continued by a granddaughter who lives in San Francisco. Carey's suit states that Ms. Ethel's success as a dancer has been in never allowing her "magnificent body" to be viewed completely in the nude. The plaintiff charges all her secrets have been bared by Portland's new downtown statue. The famous dancer is better known in Portland as the name of a local restaurant and discotheque. Peter Wiley, a spokesman for the restaurant, said the living Ms. Ethel is aware of the spoof suit and is in full accord with the action. The suit offers to forgo the $1-million damage claim if the defendants publicly acknowledge that the sculpture is, in fact, patterned after Earthquake Ethel's "well-formed" body.
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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I'm sorry, Da Vinci Resolve, but the driver IS loaded. I can see him right there. Please stop popping up these silly "critical exception" error messages and let me get back to work.
Screen shot of a video editor timeline. The preview area shows a clip of a forklift operator inside the cab of a forklift. An error message has popped up "Critical Exception - Driver Not Loaded Driver Not Loaded" (yes, twice).
September 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Been going through old newspapers for a research project. Things were really hopping in Denver in the early 80's!
Vintage newspaper from Denver area, early 1980s. Bottom half of Classified ad page consisting of many ads for escort services, with titles like "Swedish Blondes, Wonder Woman, Lovely Lynda's, Dial-a-Blonde, Chicken Ranch, Playthings Unlimited" and many more.
August 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Kind of reminds me of these low, low prices for color printing I encountered at a UPS Store in Denver last month. They very politely refused to honor them.
An LCD monitor functioning as an automated advertising and pricing sign in a UPS store. It is displaying a listing printing services, with all prices for various color copies/prints at $0.00.
July 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Has @kevlin.bsky.social been messing with my pro plan this morning? I can't wait to see what happens when this NaN hits my bank account overnight!
Screen shot of a "Manage my Plan" billing page that says the cost of the "pro plan" is "NaN undefined monthly" and that the subscription will renew today for a "total of Nan". (N a N means "Not a number" in several computer languages.)
March 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Score! I see these as an asset that can only appreciate in value. I'm going to be rich - just like the Dutch in 1636! Maybe I can sell a blockchain token. Should I buy more fridges? Hey, how long do eggs keep, anyway?
Photo of a large number of egg cartons stacked in multiple compartments of side-by-side glass refrigerators. A caption in bold text reads "My Retirement Plan". Credit for original photo (before modification): Matthew Burpee on Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/a-bunch-of-white-cups-stacked-on-top-of-each-other-fgckzdnKkds
January 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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A brief intro: I'm Bob, I live in Portland, OR. I'm a filmmaker/videographer and occasional app developer. I have a passion for pipe organs - pictured is my home setup (a virtual pipe organ). I'm a mediocre player, but when nobody's listening, I'm not too bad - kinda like singing in the shower. 1/
A man with a red Mohawk, wearing a black T-shirt with a yellow radiation symbol, sits on an organ bench in front of a 3-manual pipe organ console, which has been modified into a Hauptwerk (computer software that simulates an organ) instrument with touch screens depicting organ stops/draw-knobs.
January 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM