Dean MacLanders 🍁
@dmaclanders.bsky.social
Technologist, photographer, maker, baker, progressive.
Please preserve that brutalist library. It will either be our parliament building, or a gladiatorial arena in our dystopian future
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Please preserve that brutalist library. It will either be our parliament building, or a gladiatorial arena in our dystopian future
Risked death and paralysis many times jumping off those cliffs back in the 80's
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Risked death and paralysis many times jumping off those cliffs back in the 80's
/beɡ/
verb
1.
ask (someone) earnestly or humbly for something.
"she begged me to say nothing to her father"
Seems accurate
They need a name that distinguishes them from the buttons drivers have to press.
verb
1.
ask (someone) earnestly or humbly for something.
"she begged me to say nothing to her father"
Seems accurate
They need a name that distinguishes them from the buttons drivers have to press.
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
/beɡ/
verb
1.
ask (someone) earnestly or humbly for something.
"she begged me to say nothing to her father"
Seems accurate
They need a name that distinguishes them from the buttons drivers have to press.
verb
1.
ask (someone) earnestly or humbly for something.
"she begged me to say nothing to her father"
Seems accurate
They need a name that distinguishes them from the buttons drivers have to press.
Someday, when these are doing backflips off our roofs and crashing through our bedroom windows, we will look back on these videos and smile like we do with those old timey aircraft movies.
a black and white photo of a vehicle with a white umbrella on top of it
ALT: a black and white photo of a vehicle with a white umbrella on top of it
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November 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Someday, when these are doing backflips off our roofs and crashing through our bedroom windows, we will look back on these videos and smile like we do with those old timey aircraft movies.
I think he's describing the 'slap-drones' in Iain Banks' Culture universe. Not surprising he's a fan since he's named his drone barges after the ships in that universe. theculture.fandom.com/wiki/Slap-dr...
Slap-drone
A slap-drone is a type of Culture drone dedicated to policing the actions of a person who may reasonably be suspected of misbehaviour. A slap-drone would be assigned to, for example, someone who has...
theculture.fandom.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I think he's describing the 'slap-drones' in Iain Banks' Culture universe. Not surprising he's a fan since he's named his drone barges after the ships in that universe. theculture.fandom.com/wiki/Slap-dr...
This changes everything
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This changes everything
It went extra innings of game 7 in the world series. It takes 2 amazing teams to do that. A microgram of luck decided the winner. Both teams won if you ask me. Unfortunately there is only enough trinkets for one of them.
November 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It went extra innings of game 7 in the world series. It takes 2 amazing teams to do that. A microgram of luck decided the winner. Both teams won if you ask me. Unfortunately there is only enough trinkets for one of them.
We released it as a tracer gas in fume hood containment tests. It went right up the stack. 25 years since I was involved with that so I'm not sure if they still do. ASHRAE-110 was the test standard.
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We released it as a tracer gas in fume hood containment tests. It went right up the stack. 25 years since I was involved with that so I'm not sure if they still do. ASHRAE-110 was the test standard.
Oh!, I see. I've accidentally learned something else today 😁
October 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Oh!, I see. I've accidentally learned something else today 😁
Oh, I don't know. I don't follow. I think I saw this on random sports television in a bar a few years ago and have been giggling about the name ever since.
October 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Oh, I don't know. I don't follow. I think I saw this on random sports television in a bar a few years ago and have been giggling about the name ever since.
A few years ago I accidentally learned the name of the championship series for this sport. It may be worse. Doesn't help that it's sponsored by a sausage company.
October 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A few years ago I accidentally learned the name of the championship series for this sport. It may be worse. Doesn't help that it's sponsored by a sausage company.
There is no race to orbit the moon.
September 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
There is no race to orbit the moon.
Welcome to my tinnitus!
September 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Welcome to my tinnitus!
I spent a couple of weeks on a job in Sydney about 20 years ago and was informed by someone in a pub, so I assume reliably, that the Cape Breton accent is due to the fact that Capers are just Newfoundlanders who ran out of money on their way to Toronto 😜
August 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I spent a couple of weeks on a job in Sydney about 20 years ago and was informed by someone in a pub, so I assume reliably, that the Cape Breton accent is due to the fact that Capers are just Newfoundlanders who ran out of money on their way to Toronto 😜
I've worked with several Newfoundlanders in my life and have found they lose, or don't use?, that accent unless talking to other Newfoundlanders. When they get going amongst themselves it is almost incomprehensible to my ears (I grew up in Ontario)...
August 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I've worked with several Newfoundlanders in my life and have found they lose, or don't use?, that accent unless talking to other Newfoundlanders. When they get going amongst themselves it is almost incomprehensible to my ears (I grew up in Ontario)...
I am 61 today and would share a similar list but mine is getting a little too existential (as yours may) for what should be a day to celebrate. Happy birthday to us!
August 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I am 61 today and would share a similar list but mine is getting a little too existential (as yours may) for what should be a day to celebrate. Happy birthday to us!
It's as easy to call Ford a totalitarian on this issue. This is their choice.
July 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It's as easy to call Ford a totalitarian on this issue. This is their choice.
The wiki has coordinates if you want to paste into a map app. East shore: 49°42'2"N 116°51'59"W. The beach was a popular place for nomads to stay. Clothing optional if I recall. But there wasn't many people there in September.
July 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The wiki has coordinates if you want to paste into a map app. East shore: 49°42'2"N 116°51'59"W. The beach was a popular place for nomads to stay. Clothing optional if I recall. But there wasn't many people there in September.
There was power lines crossing the lake. Over 3km span. It was the longest span in North America at the time. The beach is below the pilons on the east shore, between Kootenay bay and Riondel. Can't find it on map but found a wiki on the power lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kootena...
Kootenay Lake Crossing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There was power lines crossing the lake. Over 3km span. It was the longest span in North America at the time. The beach is below the pilons on the east shore, between Kootenay bay and Riondel. Can't find it on map but found a wiki on the power lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kootena...