Gary McLaughlin
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Gary McLaughlin
@garymclaughlin.bsky.social
Frustrated novelist, poet, artist, photographer, occasional film dilettante & fartaround. BOFH sysadmin, curmudgeon and programmer in IT recovery.
Favourite ls: ls -LART
Favourite command: rm -rf /backups/home/users
I cannot begin to properly describe how much I loathe and despise Network Solutions, the most predatory, ghost-clicking, sleazy pond scum of a company I have ever had to deal with. Their forms are full of little 'gotchas' that are pre-populated under the fold to sign you up for crap you don't want.
December 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Io Saturnalia! (December 17th)
🎉🥳
December 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Saw this on Shudder recently—sweet, funny & cute vampire tale from Quebec.

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(Original title: Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) [2023 Unrated 1h 30m] 👍👍
December 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Don't usually see these kinds of pseudo-mammatus clouds here in the winter. Looks like it might rain—maybe diurnal convective activity? It hit +3C today in Minneapolis (another oddity, but not unusual for the last decade or so).
December 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Watching the snow melt here in Minneapolis this evening, while my old hometown of Winnipeg prepares for a blizzard.

Definitely the wrong place for me. Even the Northlands/Borderlands are too far 'south' these days.

I'd settle for being up in the cabin in Ely tonight, battening down the hatches.
December 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Love this stuff. Bleepy–bloopy music like Tokyo Machine etc. Nice background tunes to kickstart the day.
New & Notable: pdqb's iconic "8 1/2 Bit" album gets reworked and remixed by notable chiptune producers who blur the line between music and game music.
8 1/2 BIT REPLAYS, by pdqb, PRZ, Noise&Noise, Galaxian, CEM3340, Dark Vektor, Mesak
10 track album
pdqb.bandcamp.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM