Brock Chapin
brrrock.bsky.social
Brock Chapin
@brrrock.bsky.social
PowerShell and guitar nerd stuff. Jerry Garcia enthusiast.
SRE @ Proofpoint
Reverb and sellers are starting to crack a bit with bringing prices down to where buyers are… will it be enough for a merry xmas? LOL not likely but a correction is coming.

if you have CASH there are deals that were impossible 10 months ago.

#Gear #musicians #guitars
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Hey Nerds! just a gentle nudge that you should be using your 'Mutuals' feed. These are the people who will actually interact with your skeets. Engaging with accounts that don't follow you feels kinda pointless in this place.

#BSKY #ProTip #Tolkien #Skeets
a wizard should know better is written on a screen
Alt: Tolkien Ent Treebeard "a wizard should know better"
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"whats a little fascist treason amirite comrade"
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
starting the day off right listening to this:

The Dixie Dregs 1982-06-11 @Berklee PC, Boston, MA SBD
Steve Morse, Mark O'Connor, Lavitz, Andy West
Rod Morgenstein

"Industry Standard" Tour

absolutely amazing music performance.

#ListeningTo #Guitar #Fusion #Music #LiveMusic
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
hey it's me!

just sitting here eating noodles with scorpion sauce on a Friday night. playing some 2077

I did get to jam out some electric guitar with my buddy Pete earlier. Friday is good.
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
It’s a perfectly sunny fresh 60F in CA coastal redwoods today. lovely
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
me adding a non-Steam game to my library for the game I bought cheap on GOG

#gaming
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
are there ANY powershell sessions at Ignite? help plz

#MSIgnite #PowerShell
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
me listening to Elon talk about the Tesla Optimus robot following inmates around and preventing them from doing crime
a cartoon of a bullet with arms and goggles standing next to a yellow sign that says tpy
ALT: a cartoon of a bullet with arms and goggles standing next to a yellow sign that says tpy
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
#listeningTo

Tiny Town 1998-07-17 @ Fitzgerald's Berwyn, Ill.

very vocal heavy and overall quiet sbd. I have never seen another Tiny Tiny town show tape though so this is gold. They had such a great record.

Tommy Malone + Pat McLaughlin

archive.org/details/tiny...
archive.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#millionDollarIdeaOfTheDay

an AI Agent that takes your security awareness training for you and then summarizes it into three bullet points
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Today 4-7pm at East Zayante/Sylvan

#MutualAid #SantaCruzCounty
Free Food Church TODAY Downtown Boulder Creek and Zayante #SantaCruzMountains CA USA #Felton Santa Cruz Mountains #SLV San Lorenzo Valley
the Zayante Free Food Church is fantastic!
No lines, just community and smiles in a gorgeous outdoor spot.
#Lompico #MutualAid
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Reposted by Brock Chapin
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Camarillo Brillo was Zappa's 'Pancho & Lefty'

"She said she was a Magic Mama
And she could throw a mean Tarot
And carried on without a comma
That she was someone I should know...

And so she wandered through the doorway
Just like a shadow from the tomb..."

#Zappa
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
#listeningTo Frank Zappa Halloween 78

I've been saving this one to enjoy in the headphones... and today is that day. It's a beautiful mix crackling with energy.

Imagine if even ONE modern touring band had even half the swagger and depth of these shows.

#Zappa

store.zappa.com/collections/...
Halloween 78 CD - Frank Zappa Official Store
It’s a well-known fact that in Zappa history, Halloween was not only FZ’s favorite holiday, but also a concert tradition in New York City. Every year, Zappa would play a run of shows over multiple nig...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
the Zayante Free Food Church is fantastic!
No lines, just community and smiles in a gorgeous outdoor spot.
#Lompico #MutualAid
Food Resources in Santa Cruz Mountains include Valley Churches, Mountain Community Resources (Thursday 10:30-11:30 am but line starts before 10am) and Free Food Church in Zayante and Boulder Creek on Fridays
nextdoor.com/p/ttKgrnPgnB...
November 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
> when you see this post a vampire that is not Dracula
#Spooky #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
oh my... good read!
#infoSec #OSINT #chinaLeak
October 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I got one of the google mailer-daemon phishing attempts and it definitely caught my attention. be careful out there folks!

#phish #osint #infosec
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
without a doubt the most delightfully strange thing I will listen to this year is this FM recording:

Beach Boys 1985-07-04 @National Mall, Washington, DC (Sea To Shining Sea Concert)

Lucille features Jimmy Page (Zeppelin) with Mr. T on percussion

"Stairway to Rhonda" LOL
#listeningTo
a man with a beard is wearing a scarf around his neck and a gold chain around his neck .
Alt: Mr.T lockin'n'poppin
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October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm all for this and feel there is a huge opportunity with creatives who don't want/need ai in their tools.

that said... a lot of professionals and design houses are in love with Adobe + AI and are basically saying that 'graphic designer' roles are no longer something they will pay artists for. 😿
GET THE FUCK OFF OF ADOBE AFFINITY IS 100% FREE
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
exactly! these companies need people fluent in AI tools but they simply dumptrucked all their cash into the AI spend hole.
right, so … this is why the layoffs that are being attributed to ai are happening. it’s technically true but it’s not about replacing people with ai it’s about spending out the ass on ai investments and having to cover those expenses to maintain a margin by lopping off salary expenses
Meta shares are plunging in heavy trading, on pace for their worst day in three years. Here's why: cnb.cx/4hAPrzH #CNBCData
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#MarvelSnap
day 274 of me waiting for the Vulture variant to show up in the store to complete my “gangs all here” album.

but am guaranteed to see the same Shang variant every 5 days. why?!
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM