Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org

Back when I was in college trying to be self-consciously weird, I went out and bought a briefcase and filled it with gummy bears.

My plan was to try to make someone curious enough to surreptitiously open the briefcase, only exacerbating their curiosity and driving them mad.

@gadgetbridge Bonus if I can wear it on my ankle or something so it doesn't have to also be a good replacement for my Pebble Time😅

Does anyone have recommendations for the best #fitness / sleep tracker compatible with @gadgetbridge, or even just a decent one?

I'm getting jealous of all the data my wife is getting from her Apple Watch, but I'm not enthusiastic about using some cloud walled-garden service.

We still sent them, of course.

Coincidentally, we also put in a little card for each of the parents with mine and my wife's contact info in case the other parents want to get in touch. 😅

Maybe these delicious cookies my wife & son made will minimize the flood of imputations…

Sent this "scratch art" kit out to all the kids at my son's school for Valentine's Day; I think you can tell that we have a bit of a "free range" parenting philosophy from how long it took us to think some might object to us arming a bunch of 3-4 year olds with sharpened sticks…

Laser eye surgery was a qualified success. The eye doctor says my vision is 20/20 already, but I still can't seem to resolve any of the features of the sun when I stare at it.

Maybe a few more hours of staring will help the recovery process?

Giving my glasses a valedictory tour of the house before they shoot me in the eye with a laser tomorrow, presumably changing my prescription.

Who wore it best?

Oh no, my muscles are all feeling sore after my booster shot! Almost like I've been doing a bunch of new exercises in the gym these past few days - oh wait nevermind that's exactly what happened. \*closes VAERS tab\*

This is the true spirit of the web - every article is a gateway to 10 other articles.

"Oh man I've got 40 tabs of stuff to read later open, I should read some so that I can close them."

10 minutes later: "Oh man I have 43 tabs of stuff to read later open!"

The last post (at least for now) in my series on xfail is now live: "xfail and code coverage"
https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/12/xfail-coverage.html

#python

RIP Baron Noodles von Pasta (a.k.a. Noodles)

We'll miss you buddy. 😿

I don't particularly want to make friends with gym rats, but I don't know who else will understand all my gym rat memes.

Today's #science experiment with the boy: dissecting a turkey bone to see the marrow where new blood is made!

TFW the doctor tells you your shoulder bone is dissolving because you lift weights too much.

(See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteolysis#Distal_clavicular_osteolysis)