bolson
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computer wizard. acrobat. better democracy through computer science.
Hakeem Jeffries thinks reasonable people can disagree about whether it's okay for ICE to full stream bearspray in the face of someone they're kneeling on. I think the D party should be less polite. (Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Hakeem Jeffries thinks reasonable people can disagree about whether it's okay for ICE to full stream bearspray in the face of someone they're kneeling on. I think the D party should be less polite. (Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Interaction I love here, when that author I like also likes that other author I like
January 18, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Interaction I love here, when that author I like also likes that other author I like
public science and public data is good!
this is three National Weather Service stations near where I am that I scrape to give myself a sense of what the last two weeks of weather has been. I can do this because the data is free
this is three National Weather Service stations near where I am that I scrape to give myself a sense of what the last two weeks of weather has been. I can do this because the data is free
December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
public science and public data is good!
this is three National Weather Service stations near where I am that I scrape to give myself a sense of what the last two weeks of weather has been. I can do this because the data is free
this is three National Weather Service stations near where I am that I scrape to give myself a sense of what the last two weeks of weather has been. I can do this because the data is free
Space Lasers! Science I missed from September. NASA's space-laser communication system.
A video notes "hundreds of megabits at Mars close range" while the furthest tested signal was further than the furthest Earth-Mars distance.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-d...
A video notes "hundreds of megabits at Mars close range" while the furthest tested signal was further than the furthest Earth-Mars distance.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-d...
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Space Lasers! Science I missed from September. NASA's space-laser communication system.
A video notes "hundreds of megabits at Mars close range" while the furthest tested signal was further than the furthest Earth-Mars distance.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-d...
A video notes "hundreds of megabits at Mars close range" while the furthest tested signal was further than the furthest Earth-Mars distance.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-d...
dress up a little, put on a show
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
dress up a little, put on a show
here it is as a graph of sunrise/solar-noon/sunset times
(from my web toy bolson.org/sungraph/ )
(from my web toy bolson.org/sungraph/ )
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
here it is as a graph of sunrise/solar-noon/sunset times
(from my web toy bolson.org/sungraph/ )
(from my web toy bolson.org/sungraph/ )
The Onion only a minute behind NPR
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The Onion only a minute behind NPR
Thoughts for gingerbread season
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explosm.net/comics/kris-...
November 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thoughts for gingerbread season
explosm.net/comics/kris-...
explosm.net/comics/kris-...
You will be visited by three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
this is in my house now. I will sparkle forever henceforth
(whether I want to or not)
(whether I want to or not)
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
this is in my house now. I will sparkle forever henceforth
(whether I want to or not)
(whether I want to or not)
nonsense snack: goldfish & cheddar quesadilla with costco sriracha powder in it
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
nonsense snack: goldfish & cheddar quesadilla with costco sriracha powder in it
Central Vermont last weekend
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Central Vermont last weekend
my office window for the day
October 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
my office window for the day
my beastly strength, I pinched a AAA battery between my fingers and visibly deformed it, and promptly decided not to install that one and put it straight in the bucket of bad batteries
September 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
my beastly strength, I pinched a AAA battery between my fingers and visibly deformed it, and promptly decided not to install that one and put it straight in the bucket of bad batteries
my photos from House on the Rock's collection in Wisconsin
September 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
my photos from House on the Rock's collection in Wisconsin
UNIX whispers in your ear: ioctl()
September 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
UNIX whispers in your ear: ioctl()
Sunset, Boston skyline, from Peddocks Island
September 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Sunset, Boston skyline, from Peddocks Island
go to the middle of nowhere on a clear new-moon night, look up
August 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
go to the middle of nowhere on a clear new-moon night, look up
Solar: angle matters! I had a frame that held my panels at a good angle, but last winter it collapsed. Panels survived and did okay flat on the ground. Propped them up under a random box and output went 350W -> 500W (out of 800W)
August 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Solar: angle matters! I had a frame that held my panels at a good angle, but last winter it collapsed. Panels survived and did okay flat on the ground. Propped them up under a random box and output went 350W -> 500W (out of 800W)
