Doug Simpkinson
@douglips.com
Software guy. Former Googler. Pilot. Cocktail and sunset enthusiast.
I hear that last paragraph to the tune of Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake.
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I hear that last paragraph to the tune of Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake.
The curse is real - every one of those trumpeters is dead now.
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The curse is real - every one of those trumpeters is dead now.
This feels really weird. If you were a cattle rancher, it seems like you could make a crapton of money by running at the opposite cycle. Are there ranchers who do this?
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This feels really weird. If you were a cattle rancher, it seems like you could make a crapton of money by running at the opposite cycle. Are there ranchers who do this?
By 2011 we were deep in the Great Polygon Shortage, as exemplified by the “Leap” sculpture at Sacramento airport installed that year.
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
By 2011 we were deep in the Great Polygon Shortage, as exemplified by the “Leap” sculpture at Sacramento airport installed that year.
@dieworkwear.bsky.social help us Derek Wan Workwear, you’re our only hope
a woman in a white robe with a hood on her head
Alt: a woman in a white robe with a hood on her head - Princess Leia hologram from Star Wars
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
@dieworkwear.bsky.social help us Derek Wan Workwear, you’re our only hope
I’m in the gray spot in the upper left.
✅ view
✅ waterfront
✅ acreage
❌ fiber
✅ view
✅ waterfront
✅ acreage
❌ fiber
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I’m in the gray spot in the upper left.
✅ view
✅ waterfront
✅ acreage
❌ fiber
✅ view
✅ waterfront
✅ acreage
❌ fiber
Please post a video of you trying to get them through security at the airport.
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Please post a video of you trying to get them through security at the airport.
The oblong-ness of the O and the height of the round part of the P are clearly different.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The oblong-ness of the O and the height of the round part of the P are clearly different.
I love that the gloved hand and the background of this photo look like they exist in the world depicted in the piece.
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I love that the gloved hand and the background of this photo look like they exist in the world depicted in the piece.
Except Bill O’Reilly gets a loofa.
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Except Bill O’Reilly gets a loofa.
Oh wow, I was going to suggest floating/lost neutral on your power but now it just sounds like you picked up a cursed idol on your last trip abroad.
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Oh wow, I was going to suggest floating/lost neutral on your power but now it just sounds like you picked up a cursed idol on your last trip abroad.
This post is how I learned about 3I/ATLAS *and* 2I/Borisov. I was not aware we had detected other interstellar objects after that first one I can’t spell. In my defense I was rather busy in 2019.
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This post is how I learned about 3I/ATLAS *and* 2I/Borisov. I was not aware we had detected other interstellar objects after that first one I can’t spell. In my defense I was rather busy in 2019.
Assume a spherical bunny of uniform density ρ.
October 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Assume a spherical bunny of uniform density ρ.
I don’t get it. I used to think this, and then I discovered Japanese engineering. I installed a Toto toilet 20 years ago and it absolutely destroys all my dookies. Just a legendary turd gobbler. I have purchased 5 over the years as I’ve moved, A+++ would dump again.
www.lowes.com/pd/TOTO-Ultr...
www.lowes.com/pd/TOTO-Ultr...
www.lowes.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I don’t get it. I used to think this, and then I discovered Japanese engineering. I installed a Toto toilet 20 years ago and it absolutely destroys all my dookies. Just a legendary turd gobbler. I have purchased 5 over the years as I’ve moved, A+++ would dump again.
www.lowes.com/pd/TOTO-Ultr...
www.lowes.com/pd/TOTO-Ultr...
I was phone tech support for a UI toolkit in the 90’s, and I quickly realized that all bugs are UI bugs. “I clicked this button and the wrong thing happened.” Nobody gives a shit if it is the UI’s fault or your backend crashed. And, if the backend crashed and you don’t show a sane error…
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I was phone tech support for a UI toolkit in the 90’s, and I quickly realized that all bugs are UI bugs. “I clicked this button and the wrong thing happened.” Nobody gives a shit if it is the UI’s fault or your backend crashed. And, if the backend crashed and you don’t show a sane error…
This is what we did to get our kids to stop using the pacifier - attached it to the biggest stuffed animal we could get a hold of at the time.
October 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is what we did to get our kids to stop using the pacifier - attached it to the biggest stuffed animal we could get a hold of at the time.
