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@kfj.bsky.social
I like cities, the people in them, and things that go click, clack, and boop. Collector of pinball machines, arcade games, and weird old stuff. US -> Germany immigrant, currently living in Köln.
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@kfj.bsky.social
· Jul 4
My day job is ops stuff but my passion is old bullshit that's economically irrelevant.
#SRE #retrotech
#SRE #retrotech
I love these kitschy ceramic clocks that are ubiquitous in Germany so I decided to make a world clock wall out of them for my office.
July 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I love these kitschy ceramic clocks that are ubiquitous in Germany so I decided to make a world clock wall out of them for my office.
Found some great stuff 'zu verschenken' today. Neat little office trolley thing with no identifying marks on it, and a pair of minty Castelli DSC chairs. I had one I'd reupholstered back in Portland, and they're both cool looking and impressively comfy... Kinda missed it, happy to have one again.
July 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Found some great stuff 'zu verschenken' today. Neat little office trolley thing with no identifying marks on it, and a pair of minty Castelli DSC chairs. I had one I'd reupholstered back in Portland, and they're both cool looking and impressively comfy... Kinda missed it, happy to have one again.
Just had to renew my US passport by mail and it was surprisingly easy. Fill out a form, pay a fee online, mail form & old book to the consulate in Frankfurt, and wait... My new passport arrived exactly two weeks later to my door. Took over twice as long last time I did it back in the US.
July 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Just had to renew my US passport by mail and it was surprisingly easy. Fill out a form, pay a fee online, mail form & old book to the consulate in Frankfurt, and wait... My new passport arrived exactly two weeks later to my door. Took over twice as long last time I did it back in the US.
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We are democratizing art. No longer will you have to pay someone who owns a data center just to generate pictures. With a pencil and notepad that costs less than a dollar, you too can create Artisanal Imagery.
The word around town is that the next big thing is Artisanal Imagery, hand-made visuals that you simply have to own if you don't want to be left behind
May 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We are democratizing art. No longer will you have to pay someone who owns a data center just to generate pictures. With a pencil and notepad that costs less than a dollar, you too can create Artisanal Imagery.
Testing out an assortment of tech junk. VHS player was sitting on the curb when I was out walking the dog... Appears someone didn't know how to replace the fused power cord. It was missing some case screws but the only thing wrong with it was the cut off power cord.
May 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Testing out an assortment of tech junk. VHS player was sitting on the curb when I was out walking the dog... Appears someone didn't know how to replace the fused power cord. It was missing some case screws but the only thing wrong with it was the cut off power cord.
That damn trap card always gets me... Lecker schmecker!
May 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
That damn trap card always gets me... Lecker schmecker!
Spotted a snail trying to stay cool, or maybe just safe from the birds.
May 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Spotted a snail trying to stay cool, or maybe just safe from the birds.
May 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some Czech synth-pop in the bike lane.
April 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Some Czech synth-pop in the bike lane.
I've gone to a lot of effort to retrofit LED replacements for these Osram 41900 bulbs with integrated reflectors... Wish I'd realized earlier that the reflector is just metallized plastic. Can just pop the halogen bulb out and drill the reflector to fit whatever LED bulb you have lying around.
April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I've gone to a lot of effort to retrofit LED replacements for these Osram 41900 bulbs with integrated reflectors... Wish I'd realized earlier that the reflector is just metallized plastic. Can just pop the halogen bulb out and drill the reflector to fit whatever LED bulb you have lying around.
Finally got my hands on one of these. Portland Timbers scarf design that commemorates the opening of the Tilikum Crossing bridge and Trimet MAX Orange Line, from back in 2015.
April 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Finally got my hands on one of these. Portland Timbers scarf design that commemorates the opening of the Tilikum Crossing bridge and Trimet MAX Orange Line, from back in 2015.
I gently brushed Marci's ear with the back of my hand and lived to tell the tale. Always love seeing the resident cat holding court in my favorite Portland vintage shop, Really Good Stuff.
March 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I gently brushed Marci's ear with the back of my hand and lived to tell the tale. Always love seeing the resident cat holding court in my favorite Portland vintage shop, Really Good Stuff.
Still can't believe the deals on vintage audio gear one finds here in Germany. This very handsome pair of mid-1970s Heco speakers was just a hair over €50 shipped. They sold for around 450DM for a pair when new... About half an average earner's monthly income back then. They certainly sound like it.
February 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Still can't believe the deals on vintage audio gear one finds here in Germany. This very handsome pair of mid-1970s Heco speakers was just a hair over €50 shipped. They sold for around 450DM for a pair when new... About half an average earner's monthly income back then. They certainly sound like it.
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For those who haven’t seen this MASTERPIECE in person yet, it is meant to be viewed from 3 angles:
From below: map of CTA network
From side: picture of bus
From front: picture of train
From below: map of CTA network
From side: picture of bus
From front: picture of train
February 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
For those who haven’t seen this MASTERPIECE in person yet, it is meant to be viewed from 3 angles:
From below: map of CTA network
From side: picture of bus
From front: picture of train
From below: map of CTA network
From side: picture of bus
From front: picture of train
Some true vintage arcade advertising pins I found on eBay, arrived from France of all places today. Hype material for the all timer classic video arcade game Space Invaders, probably the Midway version (1980), and Bally's Elvira and the Party Monsters pinball machine (1989).
February 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Some true vintage arcade advertising pins I found on eBay, arrived from France of all places today. Hype material for the all timer classic video arcade game Space Invaders, probably the Midway version (1980), and Bally's Elvira and the Party Monsters pinball machine (1989).
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I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
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THE HOBBIT (1977): DOPESMOKER EDITION
A fan edit by me that pairs the beloved Rankin/Bass animated Hobbit movie with the legendary sounds of Sleep's collosal single track album DOPESMOKER.
Get it here: drive.google.com/file/d/16tci...
A fan edit by me that pairs the beloved Rankin/Bass animated Hobbit movie with the legendary sounds of Sleep's collosal single track album DOPESMOKER.
Get it here: drive.google.com/file/d/16tci...
January 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
THE HOBBIT (1977): DOPESMOKER EDITION
A fan edit by me that pairs the beloved Rankin/Bass animated Hobbit movie with the legendary sounds of Sleep's collosal single track album DOPESMOKER.
Get it here: drive.google.com/file/d/16tci...
A fan edit by me that pairs the beloved Rankin/Bass animated Hobbit movie with the legendary sounds of Sleep's collosal single track album DOPESMOKER.
Get it here: drive.google.com/file/d/16tci...
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Do not use AI, even for funny joke.
Its Theft, its wasteful, its trash.
Its Theft, its wasteful, its trash.
December 20, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Do not use AI, even for funny joke.
Its Theft, its wasteful, its trash.
Its Theft, its wasteful, its trash.
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Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
December 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
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every site needs a version of somethingawful's "we can just ban you" policy to use against bad actors who make a game of ruining the site while making sure to always stay 1% shy of violating the rules as-written
December 13, 2024 at 9:14 PM
every site needs a version of somethingawful's "we can just ban you" policy to use against bad actors who make a game of ruining the site while making sure to always stay 1% shy of violating the rules as-written
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That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
The $82.5 million sale of "Hot Ones" studio First We Feast is part of a broader strategy at BuzzFeed to shift away from human editors, writers and content producers in favor of artificial intelligence, which result in "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
BuzzFeed sells "Hot Ones" studio for $82.5 million as it pursues more AI-driven content
The company said the sale will allow it to depend less on human-created content in favor of "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
thedesk.net
December 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are