steve o’grady
@sogrady.org
helped found redmonk. if you see someone at a tech conference wearing a Red Sox hat, that's probably me. otherwise found in the great state of Maine. wrote the new kingmakers and the software paradox. married to @girltuesday.org. eph.
what's a normal number of devices on your home network?
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
what's a normal number of devices on your home network?
there's an episode of Beavis and Butthead where they buy all of the candy they're supposed to sell using the same two dollars that they loan back and forth to each other.
thinking of that for no reason whatsoever.
thinking of that for no reason whatsoever.
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
there's an episode of Beavis and Butthead where they buy all of the candy they're supposed to sell using the same two dollars that they loan back and forth to each other.
thinking of that for no reason whatsoever.
thinking of that for no reason whatsoever.
wait, maybe i'm saved?
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
wait, maybe i'm saved?
really, really irritated with past sog right now
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
really, really irritated with past sog right now
two hours minimum. ideally three or more.
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
two hours minimum. ideally three or more.
got a lot of suggestions about how to deal with this.
the good news was that past sog had the foresight to know it was just a matter of time until our donkey of a lab got sprayed and pre-purchased this against that eventuality.
didn't make the situation any more fun, but it basically worked.
the good news was that past sog had the foresight to know it was just a matter of time until our donkey of a lab got sprayed and pre-purchased this against that eventuality.
didn't make the situation any more fun, but it basically worked.
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
got a lot of suggestions about how to deal with this.
the good news was that past sog had the foresight to know it was just a matter of time until our donkey of a lab got sprayed and pre-purchased this against that eventuality.
didn't make the situation any more fun, but it basically worked.
the good news was that past sog had the foresight to know it was just a matter of time until our donkey of a lab got sprayed and pre-purchased this against that eventuality.
didn't make the situation any more fun, but it basically worked.
lisbon (not the one in maine) to moscow (also not the one in maine): complete
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
lisbon (not the one in maine) to moscow (also not the one in maine): complete
doing a rewatch of stranger things in anticipation of season 5, and one thing i definitely missed was the design of the mayor's sign
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
doing a rewatch of stranger things in anticipation of season 5, and one thing i definitely missed was the design of the mayor's sign
it wasn't the same as the place i went to years ago, as the original incarnation i frequented burned down in 2007, but it's sad that there won't be any purple pub in williamstown for the foreseeable future
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
it wasn't the same as the place i went to years ago, as the original incarnation i frequented burned down in 2007, but it's sad that there won't be any purple pub in williamstown for the foreseeable future
Google's solution to this, meanwhile, is blocking unknown senders, which is about as useful to me as having an email address that's not available to unknown senders
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Google's solution to this, meanwhile, is blocking unknown senders, which is about as useful to me as having an email address that's not available to unknown senders
google calendar spam is out of control
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
google calendar spam is out of control
Dear Atlanta,
I’m sorry.
Yours,
sog
I’m sorry.
Yours,
sog
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Dear Atlanta,
I’m sorry.
Yours,
sog
I’m sorry.
Yours,
sog
speaking of bad iOS apps, are the latest and greatest Slack apps hanging for anyone else? seeing this more and more.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
speaking of bad iOS apps, are the latest and greatest Slack apps hanging for anyone else? seeing this more and more.
the iOS Chrome experience for multiple Google IDs is just awful. case in point, i tried to log in to a site with my work account and Chrome landed me here, inexplicably.
and it is 100% not intuitive how you get back to a session with all of your regular tabs.
and it is 100% not intuitive how you get back to a session with all of your regular tabs.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the iOS Chrome experience for multiple Google IDs is just awful. case in point, i tried to log in to a site with my work account and Chrome landed me here, inexplicably.
and it is 100% not intuitive how you get back to a session with all of your regular tabs.
and it is 100% not intuitive how you get back to a session with all of your regular tabs.
seriously, where am i? wth is going on?
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
seriously, where am i? wth is going on?
meanwhile, dodgeball - not the movie - is on tv.
what is even happening here.
what is even happening here.
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
meanwhile, dodgeball - not the movie - is on tv.
what is even happening here.
what is even happening here.
and lastly, here she is on 3/23/18, after her "commitments" were ignored and she'd (of course) delivered zero "consequences" as a result, saying "deal? what deal? there was no deal."
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
and lastly, here she is on 3/23/18, after her "commitments" were ignored and she'd (of course) delivered zero "consequences" as a result, saying "deal? what deal? there was no deal."
and here she is on 12/31/17 promising "consequences" if those commitments weren't upheld after she'd given up the leverage of her vote
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
and here she is on 12/31/17 promising "consequences" if those commitments weren't upheld after she'd given up the leverage of her vote
here she is on 12/2/17 saying that she'd secured "commitments" to lower health insurance premiums in return her vote on a bad tax bill
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
here she is on 12/2/17 saying that she'd secured "commitments" to lower health insurance premiums in return her vote on a bad tax bill
Senator Collins wants Democrats to give up their leverage and assist in the reopening of the government because she "believe[s]" that once that happens, her Republican colleagues would definitely, probably vote on healthcare subsidies.
in her defense, at least she's consistent in her naiveté.
in her defense, at least she's consistent in her naiveté.
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Senator Collins wants Democrats to give up their leverage and assist in the reopening of the government because she "believe[s]" that once that happens, her Republican colleagues would definitely, probably vote on healthcare subsidies.
in her defense, at least she's consistent in her naiveté.
in her defense, at least she's consistent in her naiveté.
