Walt, the computer nerd
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Digital Literacy Advocate | Lovable idiot | "I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot." | Duty. Service to Others. Honor.
Travesty this morning, our local Dunkin is out of whole milk 😩
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Travesty this morning, our local Dunkin is out of whole milk 😩
We're taking the train down to Virginia for the weekend, god damn do I love this stuff
October 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We're taking the train down to Virginia for the weekend, god damn do I love this stuff
Rip, shout out the rite aide a few blocks from west high. That ice cream was worth cutting PE
Rite Aid, once one of America’s biggest pharmacy chains, shut its remaining stores this week after struggling for years to stay in business.
Rite Aid Closes Its Remaining Stores
The company said it had closed its remaining 89 stores this week after struggling for years to stay in business and filing for bankruptcy protection twice.
nyti.ms
October 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Rip, shout out the rite aide a few blocks from west high. That ice cream was worth cutting PE
Sent this off to the recycler today. Got a nice arc when we plugged it in to see if it'd boot 😅
One of the interns brought in an old Dell PowerEdge 2600 from 2002!!!
This thing has 2 PSUs, 6 drive bays, two disks drives, an old scsi card, and hasn't been booted in 10-15 years. We spent most of the day just trying to clean it out
This thing has 2 PSUs, 6 drive bays, two disks drives, an old scsi card, and hasn't been booted in 10-15 years. We spent most of the day just trying to clean it out
October 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Sent this off to the recycler today. Got a nice arc when we plugged it in to see if it'd boot 😅
Spent the better part of 3 hours working with an intern on an HP laptop only to discover the owner bit-locked the ssd and threw away the key 😭
Goddamn did it bring back memories. Being a fresh technician and getting stonewalled by that HP bios screen. Its usually pebkac, and was this time
Goddamn did it bring back memories. Being a fresh technician and getting stonewalled by that HP bios screen. Its usually pebkac, and was this time
October 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Spent the better part of 3 hours working with an intern on an HP laptop only to discover the owner bit-locked the ssd and threw away the key 😭
Goddamn did it bring back memories. Being a fresh technician and getting stonewalled by that HP bios screen. Its usually pebkac, and was this time
Goddamn did it bring back memories. Being a fresh technician and getting stonewalled by that HP bios screen. Its usually pebkac, and was this time
One of the interns brought in an old Dell PowerEdge 2600 from 2002!!!
This thing has 2 PSUs, 6 drive bays, two disks drives, an old scsi card, and hasn't been booted in 10-15 years. We spent most of the day just trying to clean it out
This thing has 2 PSUs, 6 drive bays, two disks drives, an old scsi card, and hasn't been booted in 10-15 years. We spent most of the day just trying to clean it out
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
One of the interns brought in an old Dell PowerEdge 2600 from 2002!!!
This thing has 2 PSUs, 6 drive bays, two disks drives, an old scsi card, and hasn't been booted in 10-15 years. We spent most of the day just trying to clean it out
This thing has 2 PSUs, 6 drive bays, two disks drives, an old scsi card, and hasn't been booted in 10-15 years. We spent most of the day just trying to clean it out
increased airflow ✔️
7.3 tb of usable, failsafe storage ✔️
booted first time no issues ✔️
7.3 tb of usable, failsafe storage ✔️
booted first time no issues ✔️
Ordered a couple (used) 8tb datacenter hdds for my homelab 😈
(And another fan, and a new cpu cooler, and and and and)
Cant wait to tinker
(And another fan, and a new cpu cooler, and and and and)
Cant wait to tinker
August 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
increased airflow ✔️
7.3 tb of usable, failsafe storage ✔️
booted first time no issues ✔️
7.3 tb of usable, failsafe storage ✔️
booted first time no issues ✔️
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Ordered a couple (used) 8tb datacenter hdds for my homelab 😈
(And another fan, and a new cpu cooler, and and and and)
Cant wait to tinker
(And another fan, and a new cpu cooler, and and and and)
Cant wait to tinker
August 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ordered a couple (used) 8tb datacenter hdds for my homelab 😈
(And another fan, and a new cpu cooler, and and and and)
Cant wait to tinker
(And another fan, and a new cpu cooler, and and and and)
Cant wait to tinker
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the trump administration is selling its war on higher education as a strike against the elites who have disadvantaged ordinary americans. in actuality, the administration is destroying advanced education for *everyone* in pursuit of its effort to deskill the american public
Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit.
www.nytimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
the trump administration is selling its war on higher education as a strike against the elites who have disadvantaged ordinary americans. in actuality, the administration is destroying advanced education for *everyone* in pursuit of its effort to deskill the american public
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A New Yorker cartoon where a guy asks ChatGPT why his energy bills are spiking
July 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A New Yorker cartoon where a guy asks ChatGPT why his energy bills are spiking
Averaged 219 watts for 30 minutes on the (stationary) bike this morning. Feeling smug 😎
July 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Averaged 219 watts for 30 minutes on the (stationary) bike this morning. Feeling smug 😎
Pusha T is the worlds best Hater ™️
July 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Pusha T is the worlds best Hater ™️
The new Clipse album has got me feeling like its 2018 all over again.
Tyler and Kendrick showed up! Heard someone say "I didnt realize Tyler could actually rap..."
Summer is officially here!!!!!!
Tyler and Kendrick showed up! Heard someone say "I didnt realize Tyler could actually rap..."
Summer is officially here!!!!!!
July 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The new Clipse album has got me feeling like its 2018 all over again.
Tyler and Kendrick showed up! Heard someone say "I didnt realize Tyler could actually rap..."
Summer is officially here!!!!!!
Tyler and Kendrick showed up! Heard someone say "I didnt realize Tyler could actually rap..."
Summer is officially here!!!!!!
Excellent piece by Tracy Kidder, talking about Hunger, Western Massachusetts, and how the ways in which suffering will increase in the "Greatest Country in the World".
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
Opinion | A New Era of Hunger Has Begun
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Excellent piece by Tracy Kidder, talking about Hunger, Western Massachusetts, and how the ways in which suffering will increase in the "Greatest Country in the World".
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
The way my sweet Pep looks at me, her mouse in mouth, 😩😩😩
July 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The way my sweet Pep looks at me, her mouse in mouth, 😩😩😩
The ereaders of today are soooo incredibly better than what I started using 15 years ago 😤😤
July 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The ereaders of today are soooo incredibly better than what I started using 15 years ago 😤😤
To be honest, a 7% interest rate on my mortgage has radicalized me more than any social issue ever has.
We need to ban banks.
We need to ban banks.
June 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
To be honest, a 7% interest rate on my mortgage has radicalized me more than any social issue ever has.
We need to ban banks.
We need to ban banks.
I think its time to dust this one off:
If you run into a jerk once in a while, its safe to safe you ran into a jerk.
IF YOU RUN INTO JERKS EVERYDAY, MAYBE YOU'RE THE JERK!
If you run into a jerk once in a while, its safe to safe you ran into a jerk.
IF YOU RUN INTO JERKS EVERYDAY, MAYBE YOU'RE THE JERK!
June 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I think its time to dust this one off:
If you run into a jerk once in a while, its safe to safe you ran into a jerk.
IF YOU RUN INTO JERKS EVERYDAY, MAYBE YOU'RE THE JERK!
If you run into a jerk once in a while, its safe to safe you ran into a jerk.
IF YOU RUN INTO JERKS EVERYDAY, MAYBE YOU'RE THE JERK!
Call me Bob cause I'm building
May 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Call me Bob cause I'm building
Opinion | Today’s Young People Need to Learn How to Be Punk
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
it'd be pretty neat for local journalists to do something like a panel at libraries, community colleges, high schools, ect, on how national stories are affecting local areas.
May 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
it'd be pretty neat for local journalists to do something like a panel at libraries, community colleges, high schools, ect, on how national stories are affecting local areas.
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Imagine growing up watching films like Raiders of the Lost Ark & thinking the guys whose faces get melted seem like good role models.
May 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Imagine growing up watching films like Raiders of the Lost Ark & thinking the guys whose faces get melted seem like good role models.
Kinda silly, but i made my first shop "tool" today. I'm using this string-jar to level some blocks for a raised bed i'm building in our backyard. It sure feels nice to throw something together instead of fumbling with a ball of string or looking to buy something
April 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Kinda silly, but i made my first shop "tool" today. I'm using this string-jar to level some blocks for a raised bed i'm building in our backyard. It sure feels nice to throw something together instead of fumbling with a ball of string or looking to buy something