Allen Garvin
@allengarvin.bsky.social
Old Unix guy, viol player, cat spoiler, Cisco employee. See https://dfwviols.com for my cinquecento music (mostly madrigali) transcriptions.
They're consistently funnier when a Republican is president, many people have noted.
Not that this is timely, but it's still one of my Bab Bee favorites:
Not that this is timely, but it's still one of my Bab Bee favorites:
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
They're consistently funnier when a Republican is president, many people have noted.
Not that this is timely, but it's still one of my Bab Bee favorites:
Not that this is timely, but it's still one of my Bab Bee favorites:
Interesting basket of typical foods used to measure core floor inflation....
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Interesting basket of typical foods used to measure core floor inflation....
I don't think Fell for it Again Awards is active on here, but their best work:
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I don't think Fell for it Again Awards is active on here, but their best work:
There are wonders unknown in the western hemisphere.
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
There are wonders unknown in the western hemisphere.
I'm sorry, but flashback to:
October 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm sorry, but flashback to:
And then there is the other penne pasta, which seems mildly amusing the first time you see it but then it's also in literally every other tourist shop in Rome.
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
And then there is the other penne pasta, which seems mildly amusing the first time you see it but then it's also in literally every other tourist shop in Rome.
Way to bury the lede.
October 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Way to bury the lede.
But ... their tank corps!
October 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
But ... their tank corps!
This year someone encountered a very rare Gorn!
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This year someone encountered a very rare Gorn!
After my 20-year-old Mr Squeak passed in April, I swore I'd be a 2 cat household on out.
But then in late May I was in central TX & found and adopted this adorable feral kitten [in Kerrville, at Schreiner University only a half mile downriver from the horrible flood the next month].
But then in late May I was in central TX & found and adopted this adorable feral kitten [in Kerrville, at Schreiner University only a half mile downriver from the horrible flood the next month].
October 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
After my 20-year-old Mr Squeak passed in April, I swore I'd be a 2 cat household on out.
But then in late May I was in central TX & found and adopted this adorable feral kitten [in Kerrville, at Schreiner University only a half mile downriver from the horrible flood the next month].
But then in late May I was in central TX & found and adopted this adorable feral kitten [in Kerrville, at Schreiner University only a half mile downriver from the horrible flood the next month].
I go to the biosphere every October and I've seen all those except for a baby bobcat! We usually draw pictures of animals we've seen on the whiteboard.
I'll be there in 2 weeks (going early to stay with a friend in Tucson)!
I'll be there in 2 weeks (going early to stay with a friend in Tucson)!
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I go to the biosphere every October and I've seen all those except for a baby bobcat! We usually draw pictures of animals we've seen on the whiteboard.
I'll be there in 2 weeks (going early to stay with a friend in Tucson)!
I'll be there in 2 weeks (going early to stay with a friend in Tucson)!
3 hours of tweaking python code to get around the issue of jitter from executing a remote process, I finished!!!
(You can pull the times for all the correct key presses from the javascript)
(You can pull the times for all the correct key presses from the javascript)
September 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
3 hours of tweaking python code to get around the issue of jitter from executing a remote process, I finished!!!
(You can pull the times for all the correct key presses from the javascript)
(You can pull the times for all the correct key presses from the javascript)
Ok, after much searching, found a usb webcam in closet. Now I'm at the worst of all. I'm terrible at these games.
So I'm writing a python script that uses xdotool to simulate key presses. WHO'S THE ROBOT NOW!?
So I'm writing a python script that uses xdotool to simulate key presses. WHO'S THE ROBOT NOW!?
September 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Ok, after much searching, found a usb webcam in closet. Now I'm at the worst of all. I'm terrible at these games.
So I'm writing a python script that uses xdotool to simulate key presses. WHO'S THE ROBOT NOW!?
So I'm writing a python script that uses xdotool to simulate key presses. WHO'S THE ROBOT NOW!?
Bleagh, hit an impossible one. I'm on my desktop, don't have a camera.
September 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Bleagh, hit an impossible one. I'm on my desktop, don't have a camera.
Anyone remember Slactivist's running commentary on Left Behind in the 2000s?
The one about thieves stealing a main char's raptured kid is still my favorite:
The one about thieves stealing a main char's raptured kid is still my favorite:
September 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Anyone remember Slactivist's running commentary on Left Behind in the 2000s?
The one about thieves stealing a main char's raptured kid is still my favorite:
The one about thieves stealing a main char's raptured kid is still my favorite:
Back around 76-77 or so, parents gave me the choice of going to Disney-whatzit, or to Colorado.
I didn't know it, but they later admitted they stacked the deck by leaving out photos of mountains and rivers and stuff all over the house.
To this day, I've never been to any Disney property!
I didn't know it, but they later admitted they stacked the deck by leaving out photos of mountains and rivers and stuff all over the house.
To this day, I've never been to any Disney property!
September 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Back around 76-77 or so, parents gave me the choice of going to Disney-whatzit, or to Colorado.
I didn't know it, but they later admitted they stacked the deck by leaving out photos of mountains and rivers and stuff all over the house.
To this day, I've never been to any Disney property!
I didn't know it, but they later admitted they stacked the deck by leaving out photos of mountains and rivers and stuff all over the house.
To this day, I've never been to any Disney property!
I'm always looking for stickers to stick on my instrument cases that discourage people from asking "What's in the case!?"
September 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm always looking for stickers to stick on my instrument cases that discourage people from asking "What's in the case!?"
I'm sorry, I'm now reminded of 1990s Usenet satire, the House Plants of Gor. I'm sorry I have to share this.
September 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm sorry, I'm now reminded of 1990s Usenet satire, the House Plants of Gor. I'm sorry I have to share this.
Wait the Monty Python "deadliest joke" skit is real?
September 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Wait the Monty Python "deadliest joke" skit is real?
It's actually far, far more ancient.
September 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's actually far, far more ancient.
Appears to not have happened as yet.
September 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Appears to not have happened as yet.
People are asking Grok for AI help in making the image clearer.
The results are ... predictable for the Internet's worst AI.
The results are ... predictable for the Internet's worst AI.
September 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People are asking Grok for AI help in making the image clearer.
The results are ... predictable for the Internet's worst AI.
The results are ... predictable for the Internet's worst AI.
It's true! This happened just a couple days ago!!
September 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It's true! This happened just a couple days ago!!