I try to misrepresent @larryosterman.github.io’s words at least once per meeting and it’s always paid off.
October 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I try to misrepresent @larryosterman.github.io’s words at least once per meeting and it’s always paid off.
I have a coworker that will start a conversation with me, silently change their mind and then make the conversation gradually more confusing as we go.
Unrelated, I’ve often wondered how easy it would be to create some sort of “launch person into the sun” device.
Unrelated, I’ve often wondered how easy it would be to create some sort of “launch person into the sun” device.
August 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I have a coworker that will start a conversation with me, silently change their mind and then make the conversation gradually more confusing as we go.
Unrelated, I’ve often wondered how easy it would be to create some sort of “launch person into the sun” device.
Unrelated, I’ve often wondered how easy it would be to create some sort of “launch person into the sun” device.
TIL that the youth are not as interested in dot matrix printers as I assumed. I’ve never seen people check out of a conversation so fast.
July 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
TIL that the youth are not as interested in dot matrix printers as I assumed. I’ve never seen people check out of a conversation so fast.
Cool, just recorded 5 minutes of a demo with no audio. Cool cool cool cool cool…..
July 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Cool, just recorded 5 minutes of a demo with no audio. Cool cool cool cool cool…..
I just watched someone cut their pizza into 75ths and it was amazing.
July 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I just watched someone cut their pizza into 75ths and it was amazing.
@larryosterman.github.io “I suck at this social thing.”
July 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
@larryosterman.github.io “I suck at this social thing.”
Sometimes I send out so many parallel messages in teams that all I see in the chats pane is a bunch of …’s typing their replies and it feels like I’ve accomplished something. Even if all I’ve done is make people viscerally angry at me.
July 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Sometimes I send out so many parallel messages in teams that all I see in the chats pane is a bunch of …’s typing their replies and it feels like I’ve accomplished something. Even if all I’ve done is make people viscerally angry at me.
I have discovered, due to window and desk placement, that one of my arms is now tanned darker than the other. So now I need to institute some sort of rotation policy, like I’m a rotisserie chicken.
March 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I have discovered, due to window and desk placement, that one of my arms is now tanned darker than the other. So now I need to institute some sort of rotation policy, like I’m a rotisserie chicken.
Is it the right time to hash out relationship concerns when you're melded with a symbiote? I guess there are some questions that even science can't answer.
March 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Is it the right time to hash out relationship concerns when you're melded with a symbiote? I guess there are some questions that even science can't answer.
I had a person say that they felt that I'd barely told them anything about myself after a long conversation.
If they knew me well, they'd know I'd never do that.
If they knew me well, they'd know I'd never do that.
March 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I had a person say that they felt that I'd barely told them anything about myself after a long conversation.
If they knew me well, they'd know I'd never do that.
If they knew me well, they'd know I'd never do that.
I am continually reminded that I have (somehow) prevented @omg.squire.wtf from mentioning me, but I CAN mention him. I like this asymmetry.
February 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I am continually reminded that I have (somehow) prevented @omg.squire.wtf from mentioning me, but I CAN mention him. I like this asymmetry.
I hear the Europe song “The Final Countdown” all the time if someone mentions a countdown but now it happens if I just hear Europe.
And…now it’s happening again. Send help.
And…now it’s happening again. Send help.
January 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I hear the Europe song “The Final Countdown” all the time if someone mentions a countdown but now it happens if I just hear Europe.
And…now it’s happening again. Send help.
And…now it’s happening again. Send help.
Playing the Indiana Jones game and in a biplane so I immediately turn the gun on our own tail.
Absolutely paid off.
Absolutely paid off.
December 18, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Playing the Indiana Jones game and in a biplane so I immediately turn the gun on our own tail.
Absolutely paid off.
Absolutely paid off.
I added a little litter backpack to my litter automaton, and now I fear I might have given it too much power.
December 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM
I added a little litter backpack to my litter automaton, and now I fear I might have given it too much power.
I’ve somehow managed to selectively prevent @omg.squire.wtf from contacting me. I think this was a good move.
December 6, 2024 at 10:06 PM
I’ve somehow managed to selectively prevent @omg.squire.wtf from contacting me. I think this was a good move.
Based on my muscle soreness I do not appear to be at “lift two goats at the same time” strength. It’s good to have goals (and goats) however.
May 26, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Based on my muscle soreness I do not appear to be at “lift two goats at the same time” strength. It’s good to have goals (and goats) however.
It seems that some of the most vibrant colored birds have the absolute worst bird calls. I guess you can’t max out all attributes when you’re designing a bird.
April 19, 2024 at 4:51 PM
It seems that some of the most vibrant colored birds have the absolute worst bird calls. I guess you can’t max out all attributes when you’re designing a bird.
More @osterman.bsky.social facts: he once got a text he showed me…wait, never mind.
April 17, 2024 at 8:44 PM
More @osterman.bsky.social facts: he once got a text he showed me…wait, never mind.
Sometimes the best question you can ask, when someone is having trouble with some code is, what’s this line do here? Just the act of explaining it can sometimes knock them out of a rut.
April 9, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes the best question you can ask, when someone is having trouble with some code is, what’s this line do here? Just the act of explaining it can sometimes knock them out of a rut.
Whenever @osterman.bsky.social and I chat he somehow always brings up how he invented the Hot Dog Stand theme for Windows 3.1. Ask him about it every time you see him, it’s a hoot!
April 8, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Whenever @osterman.bsky.social and I chat he somehow always brings up how he invented the Hot Dog Stand theme for Windows 3.1. Ask him about it every time you see him, it’s a hoot!
Moving my desk next to the windowsill is the best decision I’ve made in awhile. There are visiting cats ALL day now.
April 2, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Moving my desk next to the windowsill is the best decision I’ve made in awhile. There are visiting cats ALL day now.
Every time a coworker shows me the stuff they’ve 3d printed I’m blown away and wonder why I haven’t bought one yet.
February 24, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Every time a coworker shows me the stuff they’ve 3d printed I’m blown away and wonder why I haven’t bought one yet.
I have been wishing everyone a great weekend all day today. I am now filled with regret.
November 9, 2023 at 9:35 PM
I have been wishing everyone a great weekend all day today. I am now filled with regret.
Sometimes I’m standing outside, peacefully and then my vision focuses and I realize I’m standing right next to a giant spider web.
No enlightenment here. It just freaks me out.
No enlightenment here. It just freaks me out.
September 21, 2023 at 8:32 PM
Sometimes I’m standing outside, peacefully and then my vision focuses and I realize I’m standing right next to a giant spider web.
No enlightenment here. It just freaks me out.
No enlightenment here. It just freaks me out.
@osterman.bsky.social has motivated me to look at C++ and it’s been YEARS. The last time I used it I had serious conversations about Hungarian notation!
August 17, 2023 at 6:56 PM
@osterman.bsky.social has motivated me to look at C++ and it’s been YEARS. The last time I used it I had serious conversations about Hungarian notation!