Pat Cable
@pcable.net
Just a guy on the internet in Portland, Oregon. Security engineer, but not your security engineer. Lapsed Bostonian.
Electronic on-line web portals: https://pcable.net | https://bigtech.llc
Electronic on-line web portals: https://pcable.net | https://bigtech.llc
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[willem dafoe unprompted] now, this cookie monster. [toothy smile] what a creature, what a lust. it consumes him. [crosses legs] he’s really a tragic figure.
January 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
[willem dafoe unprompted] now, this cookie monster. [toothy smile] what a creature, what a lust. it consumes him. [crosses legs] he’s really a tragic figure.
me eating a baguette: huh, you can solve a lot of angst with a good baguette and some butter, yum.
average bluesky poster: uhhh jean valjean went to jail for that... think about that next time you breadpost
average bluesky poster: uhhh jean valjean went to jail for that... think about that next time you breadpost
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
me eating a baguette: huh, you can solve a lot of angst with a good baguette and some butter, yum.
average bluesky poster: uhhh jean valjean went to jail for that... think about that next time you breadpost
average bluesky poster: uhhh jean valjean went to jail for that... think about that next time you breadpost
thats what we look like here!!
In Japan, tourism to Portland, Oregon, is promoted by a grinning blue monster named Odnarodude. He’s at a Portland artisan event in Jiyugaoka De Aone this weekend.
November 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
thats what we look like here!!
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[interview with a vampire] where do you see yourself in 105 years
October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
[interview with a vampire] where do you see yourself in 105 years
got nerd sniped last night and updated a tool I wrote in 2020 that would detect whether your macos' microphone/camera is active and change a hue light.
it's a bit of an advanced user tool today (in current form it involves the command line) but if thats your thing, enjoy: github.com/patcable/onair
it's a bit of an advanced user tool today (in current form it involves the command line) but if thats your thing, enjoy: github.com/patcable/onair
GitHub - patcable/onair: It's like an "On Air" light for your WFH life
It's like an "On Air" light for your WFH life. Contribute to patcable/onair development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
got nerd sniped last night and updated a tool I wrote in 2020 that would detect whether your macos' microphone/camera is active and change a hue light.
it's a bit of an advanced user tool today (in current form it involves the command line) but if thats your thing, enjoy: github.com/patcable/onair
it's a bit of an advanced user tool today (in current form it involves the command line) but if thats your thing, enjoy: github.com/patcable/onair
getting my tank filled at a gas station that is advertising the “coldest beer in town at 28°.” excuse me that’s frozen. you can’t drink that
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
getting my tank filled at a gas station that is advertising the “coldest beer in town at 28°.” excuse me that’s frozen. you can’t drink that
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Higanbana (red spider lily) and a large white thing with long hairs on its arms.
SILENT HILL f
SILENT HILL f
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Higanbana (red spider lily) and a large white thing with long hairs on its arms.
SILENT HILL f
SILENT HILL f
all tech people are famously impervious to marketing, which is why they love a pr guy who writes about tech so much
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
all tech people are famously impervious to marketing, which is why they love a pr guy who writes about tech so much
sitting in my office to get used to sitting in my office again, a classic post-vacation ritual
October 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
sitting in my office to get used to sitting in my office again, a classic post-vacation ritual
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working on a combination bodybuilding and investment app called Taxable Gains
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
working on a combination bodybuilding and investment app called Taxable Gains
peanut butter pretzels are too dangerous
October 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
peanut butter pretzels are too dangerous
sitting in a cabin by the river thinking "why were there kids in a cabbage patch in the first place?"
October 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
sitting in a cabin by the river thinking "why were there kids in a cabbage patch in the first place?"
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surgeon general standing in front of a huge table with a detailed miniature hospital on it, using a big stick to move little surgeons around
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
surgeon general standing in front of a huge table with a detailed miniature hospital on it, using a big stick to move little surgeons around
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my haters are roasting me at a low temperature to preserve my tenderness
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
my haters are roasting me at a low temperature to preserve my tenderness
i feel like $149k in portland oregon could go a long way in showing kids the joy of creating written and drawn work.
instead administrators at portland public schools have decided to spend $149k on... colin kapernick's ai company?
instead administrators at portland public schools have decided to spend $149k on... colin kapernick's ai company?
October 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
i feel like $149k in portland oregon could go a long way in showing kids the joy of creating written and drawn work.
instead administrators at portland public schools have decided to spend $149k on... colin kapernick's ai company?
instead administrators at portland public schools have decided to spend $149k on... colin kapernick's ai company?
pdx folks: sincerely bagel is so good
October 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
pdx folks: sincerely bagel is so good
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*scratches out a zero on the board of "Days since someone claimed Open Source is a big corporate free for all while Free Software is ideologically pure, a thing totally borne out by slapping the GPL on projects such as the Linux Kernel and Ansible, and anything RMS laid his hands on"*
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
*scratches out a zero on the board of "Days since someone claimed Open Source is a big corporate free for all while Free Software is ideologically pure, a thing totally borne out by slapping the GPL on projects such as the Linux Kernel and Ansible, and anything RMS laid his hands on"*
feeling "not great" about the ballot measure to approve more funding for parks in light of the city's audit on parks
Parks Fiscal Management: Systemwide goals and sustainability strategies needed to ensure parks for future generations
Parks does not have enough resources for its existing programs and maintenance obligations. However, it continues to invest in new assets. Our audit recommends that Parks integrate new investment deci...
www.portland.gov
October 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
feeling "not great" about the ballot measure to approve more funding for parks in light of the city's audit on parks
what idiot called it a "data room" and not a "discovery zone"
DZ Discovery Zone Commercial - 1993
YouTube video by Tyler Sorensen
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
what idiot called it a "data room" and not a "discovery zone"
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if i knew that my communications with my peers were a matter of public record i feel like i'd think twice before posting, but maybe i'm the one out of touch
A Fresh Batch of Messages Shows How Progressive Councilors Spoke About the Mayor and Some Constituents
The city released the additional records during a tense but also frenzied time for the city.
www.wweek.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
if i knew that my communications with my peers were a matter of public record i feel like i'd think twice before posting, but maybe i'm the one out of touch
every time a product announces a new ai feature this plays in my head. so all the time.
October 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
every time a product announces a new ai feature this plays in my head. so all the time.
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LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
hell yeah
sitting outside during a rainstorm is “goated”
October 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
hell yeah
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Benioff’s text to Musk after he announced he was buying Twitter was evocative of a guy who has been speaking enterprise sales so long he has forgotten how to talk like a normal person
October 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Benioff’s text to Musk after he announced he was buying Twitter was evocative of a guy who has been speaking enterprise sales so long he has forgotten how to talk like a normal person