Isaac @idropyou@qoto.org

I'm sorry, but....fuck this shit.

Trying to make maple syrup here, not a microbe experiment.

Today, February 27th, we're going to go from a high temp of 71F to a low tomorrow morning of 19F. 70s in Feb. Insane.

I may make maple syrup while wearing shorts this afternoon.

Relatively early start, but the weather has been perfect. First boil of the #maplesyrup season here.

I think we're getting closer to tapping the maples here in SE Wisconsin. Did not chase the late Jan to early Feb warmth (with few good freezes) and hope it pays off. #maplesyrup

Anyone remember the rocket in Super Mario Bros 2?

Decided to design and print it. 3" diameter and barely fits a 24x95mm motor. Rear-eject.

#rocketry #modelrockets

How can you get "more" winter when you haven't had winter yet?

Is a significant portion of the audience really into that? #superbowl

#silentsunday

Yay!

Last summer this 5" diameter Doorknob rocket suffered an unfortunate lawn dart incident from a long ways up on an I245G flight. Took me a while, but it's back in flying shape once again. #rocketry #highpowerrocketry

Here's a sample of 'merica coral. Resembles brain coral, but is really just an ass.

#travel #coral #belize

Happy coral. #travel #snorkeling #belize

This may be the best portrait I've ever taken, and it's an iguana. Sun was still low and he was soaking it up.

Shot at the sanctuary in San Pedro, Belize. We spent the last week of 2023 in that wonderful country. Will sprinkle photos here and there.

#photography #travel

Today was the closest day I've done next to nothing in a long time. Basically just ate, and read To Kill A Mockingbird. I need to do more of this.

Rocket flying motor usage summary for 2023. Pretty good year. Minimal flight damage on the birds, except for the huge lawndart with a 5" diameter rocket on an I motor....which is nearly rebuilt.
#rocketry

About 95% of my direct message work slack conversations go like this.

Person: Hello <misspelled first name and sometimes just misspelled last name despite both being right there>

Person: Regarding <sequence of letters and numbers because I must memorize every item in Service Now>

Me: <waits for a while because I’m working on something in my backlog instead of fixing their problems>

Me: ok….

Person: <radio silence for a long duration, minutes, hours, days…>

Person: <question with obvious answer or something that can be addressed with their supposed expertise that landed them their job>

Me: <explaining how computers work and that CPU is not memory and memory is not disk and disk is not memory or CPU and that compute resources actually do cost money>

Me: <googles “remote cabins”>

Woken up at 4am by a water alarm in the basement. Heating element on the water heater decided to blow itself up inside and let water through the connection. Didn't even trip the breaker!