George Budd @Gbudd@qoto.org

Someone just pulled her bed out of its corner so its nearer the fire #dogsOfMastodon

Lego sets are getting way to realistic

Lynn Conway, electricial engineer and computer scientist, co-architect of the VLSI design revolution, and transgender activist, was born #OTD in 1938.

She invented Dynamic Instruction Scheduling at IBM, but IBM fired her when they learned she was transitioning.

Photo: Lynn Conway

biblically accurate depiction of data science

We bought a “Mini Brands Retro” toy capsule and I am absolutely delighted by this tiny tiny tiny 3M floppy disk

Kung Fu Hustle (China, 2004) today for a change of pace. I don’t have a lot of experience with martial arts movies, but something tells me this is not a typical martial arts movie.

Kept thinking “this is not my sense of humour” and then laughing out loud.

Thank you to @roberthurdman @mcsquank @petejohanson for recommending!

Fair trade?

4 yrs on and still the single best explanation of how N95 masks filter viruses. If you really think masks don't work, watch this video and you will be cured for ever. Once you watch this you will know more than 92% of medical professionals in this country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAdanPfQdCA

This is amazing, not only a lower cost CPC for measuring mask fit and ultrafine particles in a room, but also a new probe to measure fit of a respirator without destroying it, check out the video from @openaeros and @masknerd to see how it works ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_P0gM5Gudo ). 1/

#N95 #CPC #OpenAeros #OpenCPC #Respirator #FitTesting #AirCleaner

Watching these experts restore a pair of extremely vintage Star Wars posters is both fascinating and relaxing. “It’s like the posters are having a spa day: bit of a soak, a gentle scrub, some light bodywork, and voila, you’re brand new.” https://kottke.org/24/12/restoring-vintage-star-wars-posters

Despite what the Kansas song says, the flight attendant informed me that my wayward son was too large for the overhead bins, so I had to check him.

We got a fax. At work. We didn't know we had a fax machine. Everyone just stared at it. I poked it with a stick.

I don't think many more health care CEOs are going to get whacked. Maybe one. They'll spend the money necessary to keep the chief criminals safe.

What will be interesting is if it broadens out to other CEOs -- oil, auto, big tech.

I suspect we're headed to either civil war or 1984.

Bruce The Cat looking more majestic than usual.

I got an email from my rural ISP yesterday that they might cut our internet all day today (I guess it's nice to get a notice, usually they just do it with no warning). But I was planning to work from home, and all the roads around me are "travel not recommended" so the school bus was cancelled... perhaps today is going to end up being a baking-and-LOTR-DVD-with-my-kids day rather than a work day.

(Now seriously considering unplugging the router to make sure this happens...)

Every warning label is a story someone tells somewhere.
#electronics #warningsigns

#SilentSunday #caterpillars #monarchbutterfly #photography #naturephotography

A Great Lakes shipwreck you don’t hear much about.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GalesOfNovember

“Remembering the lost 28 of the Daniel J Morrell, which broke up in a severe storm on Lake Huron in 1966. The lone survivor, Dennis Hale, survived over 40 hours on an open life raft. He miraculously survived while 3 other shipmates died on the raft. He spent years trying to forget the awful experience but found talking about it and doing presentations was very therapeutic.” - artist Tony Strublic.