Phil Scott
@philco.bsky.social
I did training for one of the people who worked on creating EDI getting his skills updated after a stroke. This was late 90s so XML was still a baby. When we were talking about it he was incredulous, just freaking out that anyone could just create an "Order" document with whatever fields they wanted
Hear hear: "None of XML's technical promises played out; it is a stain on the history of the computer industry"
apenwarr.ca/log/20251120
apenwarr.ca/log/20251120
Systems design 3: LLMs and the semantic revolution
Long ago in the 1990s when I was in high school, my chemistry+physics
teacher pulled me aside. "Avery, you know how the Internet works, righ...
apenwarr.ca
January 4, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I did training for one of the people who worked on creating EDI getting his skills updated after a stroke. This was late 90s so XML was still a baby. When we were talking about it he was incredulous, just freaking out that anyone could just create an "Order" document with whatever fields they wanted
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oh they got this all screwed up
January 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
oh they got this all screwed up
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The Cuckold Bridegroom, by Jan Havicksz, 1670, 📸 by Justin Ford
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The Cuckold Bridegroom, by Jan Havicksz, 1670, 📸 by Justin Ford
Come again?
Jacob Rodriguez and Texas Tech’s high-priced defense delivered opportunity after opportunity, disrupting the Oregon Ducks’ dominant offense to put the Red Raiders in position to seize control of a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game.
Texas Tech's expensive roster is not enough to overcome Oregon in Orange Bowl
Jacob Rodriguez and Texas Tech’s high-priced defense delivered opportunity after opportunity, disrupting the Oregon Ducks’ dominant offense to put the Red Raiders in position to seize control of a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game.
bit.ly
January 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Come again?
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
If that thing was a 400 pound sphere with full momentum that he managed to slow, he should be playing nose tackle, not working for the mouse
oh my god it finally rolled over someone
Disney World Employee Struck by 400-Pound Prop Boulder During ‘Indiana Jones’ Stunt Show Malfunction
A Disney World Hollywood Studios employee was run over by a prop boulder during a showing of the “Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!” stage show.
variety.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If that thing was a 400 pound sphere with full momentum that he managed to slow, he should be playing nose tackle, not working for the mouse
Smashing Pumpkins, Tonight, Tonight
OK Go, Here It Goes Again
2Pac feat. Dr. Dre, California Love
Fatboy Slim, Weapon of Choice
Radiohead, Paranoid Android
OK Go, Here It Goes Again
2Pac feat. Dr. Dre, California Love
Fatboy Slim, Weapon of Choice
Radiohead, Paranoid Android
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
December 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Smashing Pumpkins, Tonight, Tonight
OK Go, Here It Goes Again
2Pac feat. Dr. Dre, California Love
Fatboy Slim, Weapon of Choice
Radiohead, Paranoid Android
OK Go, Here It Goes Again
2Pac feat. Dr. Dre, California Love
Fatboy Slim, Weapon of Choice
Radiohead, Paranoid Android
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still early days. but here is my attempt to implement a mermaid diagram renderer in .net github.com/SimonCropp/N...
github.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
still early days. but here is my attempt to implement a mermaid diagram renderer in .net github.com/SimonCropp/N...
The impossible standard set in Bluey is not Bandit. It is having a neighbor like Lucky's Dad
www.parents.com/blueys-dad-b...
www.parents.com/blueys-dad-b...
Bluey's Dad Bandit Sets Impossibly High Standards for Dads—But We Love Him Anyway
Bandit Heeler is the perfect playmate for his rambunctious kids. But real-life dads have more complicated feelings about the way dads are portrayed on 'Bluey.'
www.parents.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The impossible standard set in Bluey is not Bandit. It is having a neighbor like Lucky's Dad
www.parents.com/blueys-dad-b...
www.parents.com/blueys-dad-b...
I like to think at some point this is going to get shoved into the training data of some ai and people keep getting counter top appliances shoved into their generated images
This is not an ad in motion in the margins there, that's just a photo of CMC holding a toaster for some reason
December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I like to think at some point this is going to get shoved into the training data of some ai and people keep getting counter top appliances shoved into their generated images
Car rental place didn't have the car we rented available, hotel booked and confirmed actually doesn't open until Jan 1st.
I'm starting to dread traveling more and more. It requires about five different companies to not fuck you over, and the odds of one of them doing that increases every day.
December 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Car rental place didn't have the car we rented available, hotel booked and confirmed actually doesn't open until Jan 1st.
I'm starting to dread traveling more and more. It requires about five different companies to not fuck you over, and the odds of one of them doing that increases every day.
December 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I'm starting to dread traveling more and more. It requires about five different companies to not fuck you over, and the odds of one of them doing that increases every day.
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"You made one mistake, Potter: you double-crossed me and left me alive!"
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It's a Wonderful Life: The Lost Ending - SNL
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
share.google
December 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"You made one mistake, Potter: you double-crossed me and left me alive!"
share.google/GUbA4JU6DEsE...
share.google/GUbA4JU6DEsE...
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December 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My uncles would give us lottery tickets, pound a case of beer each, and then destroy us in driveway basketball. All before dinner
I like being an uncle for the holidays because: Mom and dad are responsible, and will discipline you. Grandpa and Grandma are indulgent, and will coddle you. But the uncle... the uncle is unpredictable. The niece and nephew cannot know what the uncle will do, because the soul of the uncle is CHAOS
December 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My uncles would give us lottery tickets, pound a case of beer each, and then destroy us in driveway basketball. All before dinner
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The new Spectre.Console (and Spectre.Console.Cli) website is now live! 🎉
This is all courtesy of @philco.bsky.social, who has done an amazing job, just as he did with the previous website.
spectreconsole.net
This is all courtesy of @philco.bsky.social, who has done an amazing job, just as he did with the previous website.
spectreconsole.net
Spectre.Console Documentation
Documentation for Spectre.Console and Spectre.CLI - rich console UI library and command-line application framework for .NET
spectreconsole.net
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The new Spectre.Console (and Spectre.Console.Cli) website is now live! 🎉
This is all courtesy of @philco.bsky.social, who has done an amazing job, just as he did with the previous website.
spectreconsole.net
This is all courtesy of @philco.bsky.social, who has done an amazing job, just as he did with the previous website.
spectreconsole.net
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The Beaneater, by Annibale Carracci, 1580s
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Beaneater, by Annibale Carracci, 1580s
#3 leading the way like Bobby Boucher
Toledo's Avery Smith blocks Louisville's XP attempt and returns it for 2 points, nailed the snap timing
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
#3 leading the way like Bobby Boucher
"don't let a win get to your head or a loss to your heart" - the He Got Game soundtrack
what's a bit of wisdom from a place you wouldn't expect that's stuck with you? I think of a line from a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend song,
"People aren't characters. They're complicated
And their choices don't always make sense" all the time.
"People aren't characters. They're complicated
And their choices don't always make sense" all the time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"don't let a win get to your head or a loss to your heart" - the He Got Game soundtrack
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1773
December 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1773
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The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child before Three Witnesses: Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, and the Painter Max Ernst, by Max Ernst, 1926
December 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child before Three Witnesses: Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, and the Painter Max Ernst, by Max Ernst, 1926