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Christopher Hogue Ph.D.
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Be prodigal with the generation of ideas but judicious with data and facts.

https://youtube.com/@unplannedupgrades

Biochemistry, Molecular Structure, Interactions, Intrinsic Disorder, Cloud Computing, Telco ML. San Jose CA 🇨🇦🇺🇸
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Christopher Hogue Ph.D. @cwvhogue.bsky.social · Aug 22
How I found inspiration - talk to the inspired!
Open Sauce 2025
youtu.be/iCaNfuREMKc
Interviews For Introverts at Open Sauce 2025. Ep 002.
YouTube video by Unplanned Upgrades
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How I found inspiration - talk to the inspired!
Open Sauce 2025
youtu.be/iCaNfuREMKc
Interviews For Introverts at Open Sauce 2025. Ep 002.
YouTube video by Unplanned Upgrades
youtu.be
August 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Oh Hey.

UNPLANNED UPGRADES
EPISODE 001 is up.

VAIO ships a new laptop.
I Dissect & Upgrade one.

Come for the patio lanterns.
Stay for the bubble machine.

The videos will continue
until morale improves.

youtube.com/watch?v=eMPJ...
2025 VAIO SX-R 14" SE Laptop: Unboxing, NVMe SSD Clone, Teardown & Upgrade. Ep. 001
YouTube video by Unplanned Upgrades
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August 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reposted by Christopher Hogue Ph.D.
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Oh hey,
Episode 0 of Unplanned Upgrades is up on YouTube - an intro to the channel.

youtu.be/dYUZdTjjH_A?...
Episode 000 SPOILER ALERT - Unplanned Upgrades Channel Intro.
YouTube video by Unplanned Upgrades
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August 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
cwvhogue.bsky.social
Oh hey,
Episode 0 of Unplanned Upgrades is up on YouTube - an intro to the channel.

youtu.be/dYUZdTjjH_A?...
Episode 000 SPOILER ALERT - Unplanned Upgrades Channel Intro.
YouTube video by Unplanned Upgrades
youtu.be
August 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Cable management in 3 perspectives.
My clean Desktop with a a book, an Elgato Stream Deck + and USB hub, a laptop with several cables attached neatly, a microphone arm with headphones, another notebook and monitor. Few cables are visible. A view underneath the desk of the floor, an HP workstation to the left, an Elgato pedal, and a small red file cabinet at an angle. 5 cable drops to the workstation and pedal unit. No cables on the floor. A look from below at the underside of the desk. A peg-board is attacched to the desk underside with wing-nuts. It is loaded with a network switch, power bar, several transformers, and cable bundles - power, network, USB. All are attached to the peg-board with cable ties. This keeps it all out of sight and off the floor.
June 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Chekhov's parade was just last week.
June 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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At the Celebration of Life for Dr. Atul Butte.
June 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Discount microphone arm spring silencer. LTT store dot com sent me a bonus gift of 3 shoelaces. I figured out how to use that 3rd one.
Cheap spring style microphone arm with a shoelace wrapped cross cross and inserted into the spring coils to silence the annoying sound it makes
June 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Welcome to the heel turn spin cycle.
Don't forget to rinse and repeat!
June 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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On June 12 2025...
I will be launching a new YouTube channel...

"Unplanned Upgrades"

Behind the scenes...
Studio setup in progress...

(crap - I have used up my ellipsis quota!)
Camera, lights, speqkers, mounts, isolated on Ikea Lack tables. Because I might pound on the desk a lot. Hockey stick for focus, light colour testing. Elgato Prompter, Studio Monitors, 4K Razer Cam. Testing camera, promoter and microphone setups on OBS. Dark Mode ftw! Testing the lighting. Getting a good 4K image without lights reflecting in the glasses is tricky. Tricky tricky tricky tricky. Just need to fix the face. Shave, eye bag masking, teeth whitening, would help.
June 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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The void in Computer retail stores left by the demise of Fry's in NorCal ends tomorrow morning.

Micro Center - Santa Clara grand opening!
May 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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ANZAC Day Ceremony on the USS Hornet.
April 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Detroit post-punk band Protomartyr's Windsor Hum, 2017 seems appropriate for these times. 🇨🇦 🎵

The old Windsor humming
Across the river
From the U.S. of A
Saying, "everything's fine"

It says want, want, want, want, want what you are given...

thelisteningpostblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/01/s...
SONG OF THE DAY Protomartyr – Windsor Hum
Detroit’s post-punk 4-piece Protomartyr released their fourth full-length album and Domino debut a couple of days ago and from what I’ve heard so far, it promises very good things. Afte…
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March 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Apparently - it takes 2 to think.
#catsofbluesky
Tabby patterned orange Scottish Fold cat offers to help with my research proposal. She sits on a large sheet of paper filled with scattered notes a pencil at her paws, looking right and up. Caption on image "Can I help?"
March 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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What prompt to use as cover page for my weekly TPS work report to Grok?
Asking for a friend.
February 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Focused. Learning.
#caturday #catsofbluesky
Orange tabby patterned Scottish Fold cat sitting on a red patterned toilet seat cover watching someone behind the camera putting on makeup. Caption "COSMETOLOGY STUDY TIME" at bottom.
February 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Ron Beavis 🇨🇦 has had enough.
#science #massspec #proteomics
Screenshot of Canadian Mass Spectrometry resource thegpm.org blocks US IP addresses citing trade war in progress.
February 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Hey that's not for you!
#catsofbluesky
Happy Valentines Day.
Orange tabby patterned Scotrish fold cat pulls on a pink ribbon with open mouth, head turned sideways on left. Right is a bouquet of roses in a glass vase, and a heart shaped box of chocolates. A clip connects the pink ribbon to the vase, up to a baloon, up out of frame.
February 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Whaddaya see?
#caturday #catsofbluesky
Orange tabby patterned Scottish Fold cat sits on her human's thigh facing right, with head turned left staring out the window. Caption "I stands on guard on thee (Canadian flag emojii)!
February 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Give me that list!
#catsofbluesky #caturday
Orange Scottish Fold cat perched on a grocery list, insitisting "I do the grocery shopping now"!
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Toasted whole wheat bread with a sizable air hole penetrative both slices. Labelled "Discount Bagel".
January 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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When you are unemployed - volunteer your time. It makes things much brighter, no matter what cause you choose. I got this today from the San Francisco Branch 25 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Legionnaire of the Year award plaque, Christopher Hogue 2024. Royal Canadian Legion Crest in bronze on walnut.
December 15, 2024 at 3:46 AM
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Gimme that!
#catsofbluesky
Caught in the act of playing with a USB charger cable, Uma - a cinnamon Scottish Fold cat - asks defiantly, "WHY USB CABLE NOT A TOY?"
December 10, 2024 at 6:07 AM
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Hey gimme those.
Uma - a cinnamon/orange mackerel tabby patterned Scottish Fold cat is defiantly curled up inside my pants on the floor. Meme style caption " I WEAR THE PANTS NOW."
December 6, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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Say "Hey @chromamagic.com is here!"
October 22, 2024 at 2:55 AM