jr conlin ❌ @jrconlin@mastodon.social

Got a worried phone call from my Mom. She heard on the news that there's a possibility that chunks of lava might fall from Kilauea.

I live in California.

I mean, it's *possible* if, like, the Big Island vaporizes or something, but...

There are a surprising number of times I'm happy folks don't hand out programming dunce caps.

Working from home for me means spending 15 minutes trying to decide on where to grab lunch, followed by 15 minutes of me just eating a sandwich at home.

I wish I was better at telling the difference between "Having a bad day" and "Just quit this job and go find somewhere else to work."

Sadly, weirdstuff is no more.

I once went there right after the dotcom bubble burst and bought some tchochke shirts from some failed startups. Best/worst decision ever. The shirts were comfortable and lasted a long time. The down side was getting asked questions about the random startup I was wearing. Some "Hey, where's my money" sort of questions.

Lessons learned. Next discount shirt I pick up gets ducktape over the logo.

For reasons wholly unknown to me, I seem to attract the strangest followers on various social media sites.

Today, I got the former CFO multi-billion dollar organization.

Apparently, they enjoy horrible puns and cryptography as well?

Sudden keyboard focus shifts are pretty much how I rotate passwords.

Spent some time purging old crap off of facebook. (Keeping the account because it's fun to pollute it.)

Still, kinda struck by folks who memorialize their facebook accounts. It's really sad to think of how few people will ever read their comments about Linkin Park's newest album.

Sometimes I wonder if i'm emo enough for mastodon.

The fence outside my office window has become a kitty freeway.

Kinda ok with that.

One of the stranger aspects of marriage is dealing with the wife's abusive behavior toward appliances.

One of the problems with being a software person is seeing a problem with a website and thinking "I could fix that".

One of the problems with being an Open Source software person is seeing the same problem and thinking "*sigh*, I need to fix that."

The wife just asked when the curling event will be broadcast.

I have corrupted her with my love of bizarre yet amazingly subtle sport.

Speaking of how i spend my free time, I should play more games, except I don't know if I'm allowed to.

(this is a consequence of being married and not wanting to move a 36" wide monitor into the living room)

Watching AWS videos about new services (for work, this is not how I spend my free time), and I keep getting the sense that they're the love child of 7-11 and Amway.

They've got everything, you pay for it, and they want you to buy everything there (just let them worry about the prices).

I love my family.
They bring me joy.

I repeat this in hopes that one day it's either true or I believe it.

I'm a bad nerd.

There's a new Star Wars coming out this week.

I've yet to see the first of the new series.

Honestly, I don't really feel like I'm missing all that much.

Dear coffee shops,

Not offering black tea is like not stocking dark roast beans.

Hugs: every tea drinker, ever.