Keith Engle
@fiddlerkeith.bsky.social
Irish fiddle, electric motorcycles, and existential dread. Also cats
Yeah sure mustache guy first but if I had a time machine the second thing I would use it for is to track down the various people throughout the twentieth century who were just certain that they had improved upon the violin tuning peg
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Yeah sure mustache guy first but if I had a time machine the second thing I would use it for is to track down the various people throughout the twentieth century who were just certain that they had improved upon the violin tuning peg
That Gen X moment when you realize that a lot of Schoolhouse Rock episodes were bourgeois propaganda
October 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
That Gen X moment when you realize that a lot of Schoolhouse Rock episodes were bourgeois propaganda
UPS, why does your "contact us" page not have a way to contact you?
October 15, 2025 at 5:38 AM
UPS, why does your "contact us" page not have a way to contact you?
Me:
My brain, out of nowhere: "a Capital One commercial with Gollum saying 'What has it got in its walletses?'"
My brain, out of nowhere: "a Capital One commercial with Gollum saying 'What has it got in its walletses?'"
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Me:
My brain, out of nowhere: "a Capital One commercial with Gollum saying 'What has it got in its walletses?'"
My brain, out of nowhere: "a Capital One commercial with Gollum saying 'What has it got in its walletses?'"
Started "Harrow the Ninth", or as I'm starting to call it, Harrow the Retcon
September 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Started "Harrow the Ninth", or as I'm starting to call it, Harrow the Retcon
Nintendo: "Switch 2 released!"
Me: "whatever. I still have a bunch of Switch Games I haven't played. Heck, I still have a bunch of PS3 games I haven't played."
Nintendo: "Metroid Prime 4 in December!"
Me: "welp, guess I'm buying a new console"
Me: "whatever. I still have a bunch of Switch Games I haven't played. Heck, I still have a bunch of PS3 games I haven't played."
Nintendo: "Metroid Prime 4 in December!"
Me: "welp, guess I'm buying a new console"
September 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Nintendo: "Switch 2 released!"
Me: "whatever. I still have a bunch of Switch Games I haven't played. Heck, I still have a bunch of PS3 games I haven't played."
Nintendo: "Metroid Prime 4 in December!"
Me: "welp, guess I'm buying a new console"
Me: "whatever. I still have a bunch of Switch Games I haven't played. Heck, I still have a bunch of PS3 games I haven't played."
Nintendo: "Metroid Prime 4 in December!"
Me: "welp, guess I'm buying a new console"
My day so far: realizing that the word "quesadilla" is just "queso" + "tortilla" and feeling like this is something everyone needs to know.
September 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My day so far: realizing that the word "quesadilla" is just "queso" + "tortilla" and feeling like this is something everyone needs to know.
Starting Gideon the Ninth.
Early in the book there's a very clear case of "the protagonist could absolutely take the upper hand but then the plot wouldn't happen so the character had to be stupid" and I'm going to spend the rest of the book mad about it
Early in the book there's a very clear case of "the protagonist could absolutely take the upper hand but then the plot wouldn't happen so the character had to be stupid" and I'm going to spend the rest of the book mad about it
August 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Starting Gideon the Ninth.
Early in the book there's a very clear case of "the protagonist could absolutely take the upper hand but then the plot wouldn't happen so the character had to be stupid" and I'm going to spend the rest of the book mad about it
Early in the book there's a very clear case of "the protagonist could absolutely take the upper hand but then the plot wouldn't happen so the character had to be stupid" and I'm going to spend the rest of the book mad about it
Becky Chambers' good novels generate enough good will to carry me through her boring ones. Kind of like how we all watched three meh Matrix movies because one was so so good
August 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Becky Chambers' good novels generate enough good will to carry me through her boring ones. Kind of like how we all watched three meh Matrix movies because one was so so good
Someone put $100+ Eudoxa violin strings on a $150 rental quality violin and I'm just done trying to understand people
July 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Someone put $100+ Eudoxa violin strings on a $150 rental quality violin and I'm just done trying to understand people
Knowing what we know now about him I'm not the least bit surprised to learn that Gaiman ripped off Tanith Lee's "Tales from a Flat Earth" to write Sandman
July 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Knowing what we know now about him I'm not the least bit surprised to learn that Gaiman ripped off Tanith Lee's "Tales from a Flat Earth" to write Sandman
In adapting Murderbot for Apple TV, making Mensah and her crew naive, anxiety ridden, and kind of dumb rather than capable and compassionate with a strong moral sense feels like the sort of change the Corporation Rim would make
June 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
In adapting Murderbot for Apple TV, making Mensah and her crew naive, anxiety ridden, and kind of dumb rather than capable and compassionate with a strong moral sense feels like the sort of change the Corporation Rim would make
I nitpick the things I love, so I really want to nitpick the Imperial Radch books by @annleckie.com But I can't. Absolute delight. No notes
June 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I nitpick the things I love, so I really want to nitpick the Imperial Radch books by @annleckie.com But I can't. Absolute delight. No notes
Some tea with my dinner at Claudia Sanders Dinner House: Col. Sanders didn't like the changes KFC made to his recipe, so he opened this place, but used his face on the sign. KFC sued since they owned his likeness. He countersued for using his likeness to promote stuff he never approved.
June 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Some tea with my dinner at Claudia Sanders Dinner House: Col. Sanders didn't like the changes KFC made to his recipe, so he opened this place, but used his face on the sign. KFC sued since they owned his likeness. He countersued for using his likeness to promote stuff he never approved.
I thought my fiddle looked neat in the sun so I took a picture
June 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I thought my fiddle looked neat in the sun so I took a picture
I nitpick the things I love. I'm about ⅔ through The 10,000 Doors of January by Alix Harrow, and I have to say, "writing things down makes them real if you're special enough" feels a little masturbatory coming from an author. I did appreciate the nod to the power of rough drafts and editing though
June 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I nitpick the things I love. I'm about ⅔ through The 10,000 Doors of January by Alix Harrow, and I have to say, "writing things down makes them real if you're special enough" feels a little masturbatory coming from an author. I did appreciate the nod to the power of rough drafts and editing though
When I get angry and am about to open my mouth, I wish a sign would flash that says "there will always be shitty people in the world, but you get to choose whether or not you'll be one of them" - hat tip to @wilwheaton.net
May 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When I get angry and am about to open my mouth, I wish a sign would flash that says "there will always be shitty people in the world, but you get to choose whether or not you'll be one of them" - hat tip to @wilwheaton.net
Just finished Nettle and Bone. Wondering if anyone has picked up the streaming rights to it yet, but also I think a video game set in the same universe with a similar sort of plot thread could be a lot of fun
May 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just finished Nettle and Bone. Wondering if anyone has picked up the streaming rights to it yet, but also I think a video game set in the same universe with a similar sort of plot thread could be a lot of fun
I really want to love the Murderbot show as much as I love the books. But I feel like the writers don't trust the viewer to get dry sarcasm, so they've leaned into silly.
May 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I really want to love the Murderbot show as much as I love the books. But I feel like the writers don't trust the viewer to get dry sarcasm, so they've leaned into silly.
Looking for music-oriented charities that could use some student violins
May 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Looking for music-oriented charities that could use some student violins
Subscribers to normal streaming services: "how can we pay less for this?"
Subscribers to @dropout.tv : "how can we pay more for this?"
Subscribers to @dropout.tv : "how can we pay more for this?"
May 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Subscribers to normal streaming services: "how can we pay less for this?"
Subscribers to @dropout.tv : "how can we pay more for this?"
Subscribers to @dropout.tv : "how can we pay more for this?"
Watching Star Trek: the original series and I gotta say: I really wish they hadn't upgraded the special effects. It's just soooo jarring
May 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Watching Star Trek: the original series and I gotta say: I really wish they hadn't upgraded the special effects. It's just soooo jarring
The number of coworkers I have who don't know what an incognito browser window is concerns me
April 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The number of coworkers I have who don't know what an incognito browser window is concerns me
Decided I'm going to ride my #ZeroMotorcycles SR/F to perform at the Arkansas Highland Games and then in down to New Orleans in June
April 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Decided I'm going to ride my #ZeroMotorcycles SR/F to perform at the Arkansas Highland Games and then in down to New Orleans in June
We've lived in this house for something like 8 years and I've only just now noticed that one of the doors leading outside doesn't actually have hinges
April 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We've lived in this house for something like 8 years and I've only just now noticed that one of the doors leading outside doesn't actually have hinges