COD
@chrisod.social.lol.ap.brid.gy
I launched my first website on 12/31/95, and it's still online and regularly updated. So I'm an old :)
By day, I am a freelance sales consultant for the digital agency […]
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By day, I am a freelance sales consultant for the digital agency […]
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Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
Original post on social.chatty.monster
social.chatty.monster
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
I've got a lifetime supply of return address labels courtesy of various non profits asking for money. One just upped the game by sending wrapping paper along with present labels.
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I've got a lifetime supply of return address labels courtesy of various non profits asking for money. One just upped the game by sending wrapping paper along with present labels.
I'm not sure if I buy the political conclusions at the end of this, but the discussion of how the US poverty line is flawed and a look at what it actually costs to be a family of 4 in the US is very enlightening.
https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm not sure if I buy the political conclusions at the end of this, but the discussion of how the US poverty line is flawed and a look at what it actually costs to be a family of 4 in the US is very enlightening.
https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
It was quite foggy for yesterday's birding expedition, but there is no hiding in the fog with that profile. (Cedar Waxwing)
#birds #birding
https://chrisod.some.pics/69238c29c0504
#birds #birding
https://chrisod.some.pics/69238c29c0504
@chrisod on some.pics
You can tell it's a cedar waxwing by the mohawk. The other bird is a juvinile cedar waxwing.
chrisod.some.pics
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It was quite foggy for yesterday's birding expedition, but there is no hiding in the fog with that profile. (Cedar Waxwing)
#birds #birding
https://chrisod.some.pics/69238c29c0504
#birds #birding
https://chrisod.some.pics/69238c29c0504
The article bopping around claiming we are damaging the US economy by not upgrading our phones every other year reminded me of this article I wrote in 2017. #economy #minimalism
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/stuff.html
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/stuff.html
Stuff
I've been thinking about stuff quite a bit lately. The US economy runs on stuff. If we stopped buying so much stuff, we'd crash the economy very quickly. It's so important that President Bush suggested we all go shopping after the 9/11 attacks. Maybe that's a way to stick …
odonnellweb.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The article bopping around claiming we are damaging the US economy by not upgrading our phones every other year reminded me of this article I wrote in 2017. #economy #minimalism
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/stuff.html
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/stuff.html
YouTube is overrun with AI slop videos claiming the RV industry is dumping 3 million RVs into the used market for pennies on the dollar.
The RV industry has made about 3 million RVS over the last 7 years. So unless every RV made since 2018 is currently for sale at a 95% discount, they might be […]
The RV industry has made about 3 million RVS over the last 7 years. So unless every RV made since 2018 is currently for sale at a 95% discount, they might be […]
Original post on social.lol
social.lol
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
YouTube is overrun with AI slop videos claiming the RV industry is dumping 3 million RVs into the used market for pennies on the dollar.
The RV industry has made about 3 million RVS over the last 7 years. So unless every RV made since 2018 is currently for sale at a 95% discount, they might be […]
The RV industry has made about 3 million RVS over the last 7 years. So unless every RV made since 2018 is currently for sale at a 95% discount, they might be […]
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Saw some interesting wood working while out at the Norse Witches Market today. Grab a business card so I could check out his website as I thought his work might be a neat gift idea. His website is one static page directing you to Facebook.
So he will be getting no money from me. I'm not […]
So he will be getting no money from me. I'm not […]
Original post on social.lol
social.lol
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Saw some interesting wood working while out at the Norse Witches Market today. Grab a business card so I could check out his website as I thought his work might be a neat gift idea. His website is one static page directing you to Facebook.
So he will be getting no money from me. I'm not […]
So he will be getting no money from me. I'm not […]
Linux help! (Debian 13 / XFCE 4.2)
Tagging @funnelfiasco or anyone else.
gThumb worked fine last week. Today it can't see anything and gives the error that it can't load /mnt/storage, which is my photos partition. The partition is mounted and Thunar can see everything fine. I can see […]
Tagging @funnelfiasco or anyone else.
gThumb worked fine last week. Today it can't see anything and gives the error that it can't load /mnt/storage, which is my photos partition. The partition is mounted and Thunar can see everything fine. I can see […]
Original post on social.lol
social.lol
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Linux help! (Debian 13 / XFCE 4.2)
Tagging @funnelfiasco or anyone else.
gThumb worked fine last week. Today it can't see anything and gives the error that it can't load /mnt/storage, which is my photos partition. The partition is mounted and Thunar can see everything fine. I can see […]
Tagging @funnelfiasco or anyone else.
gThumb worked fine last week. Today it can't see anything and gives the error that it can't load /mnt/storage, which is my photos partition. The partition is mounted and Thunar can see everything fine. I can see […]
It's a weekly, err, every other week, err, monthly update. I should do better.
#blog #blogging #weeknotes
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/sunday_links_31.html
#blog #blogging #weeknotes
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/sunday_links_31.html
Weekend Update #31
The weekly update, plus bits and bobs that caught my attention this week.
odonnellweb.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's a weekly, err, every other week, err, monthly update. I should do better.
#blog #blogging #weeknotes
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/sunday_links_31.html
#blog #blogging #weeknotes
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/sunday_links_31.html
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If you bet on Chris' smiling face will appear on NPR.org this year" you just won big.
You also have a gambling problem :)
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5614949/aca-subsidies-health-insurance-costs
#healthcare #aca #insurance
You also have a gambling problem :)
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5614949/aca-subsidies-health-insurance-costs
#healthcare #aca #insurance
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If you bet on Chris' smiling face will appear on NPR.org this year" you just won big.
You also have a gambling problem :)
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5614949/aca-subsidies-health-insurance-costs
#healthcare #aca #insurance
You also have a gambling problem :)
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5614949/aca-subsidies-health-insurance-costs
#healthcare #aca #insurance
I think this was the first time I made fun on AI on my blog - Dec 2018.
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/about-that-google-ai.html
#blog
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/about-that-google-ai.html
#blog
About That Google AI
I got a notification this morning that the Google Photos AI had created a new photo book for me - Highlights of 2017. So I clicked though to take a look. Google thinks several things I photographed last year to sell on Craigslist qualify as highlights of my year. I have …
odonnellweb.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I think this was the first time I made fun on AI on my blog - Dec 2018.
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/about-that-google-ai.html
#blog
https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/about-that-google-ai.html
#blog
I'm about 2/3 of the way through Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen. It's a minute-by-minute account of what the government would be doing in the 30 minutes it takes a North Korean ICBM to make it to the US and in the immediate aftermath.
As a cold war kid that grew up on SAC bases where […]
As a cold war kid that grew up on SAC bases where […]
Original post on social.lol
social.lol
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm about 2/3 of the way through Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen. It's a minute-by-minute account of what the government would be doing in the 30 minutes it takes a North Korean ICBM to make it to the US and in the immediate aftermath.
As a cold war kid that grew up on SAC bases where […]
As a cold war kid that grew up on SAC bases where […]
🎉 My wife took me out for dinner to a local crepe place. We started with empanadas . Then I had a savory crepe filled with chicken, a cranberry and mango compote, caramelized onions, and a magno creme sauce. It weighed about a pound. I ate the whole thing. Then they brought me a Nutella crepe on […]
Original post on social.lol
social.lol
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
🎉 My wife took me out for dinner to a local crepe place. We started with empanadas . Then I had a savory crepe filled with chicken, a cranberry and mango compote, caramelized onions, and a magno creme sauce. It weighed about a pound. I ate the whole thing. Then they brought me a Nutella crepe on […]
Wordle is not working and I don't know if I can start work without the tiny ego boost of winning at Wordle.
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Wordle is not working and I don't know if I can start work without the tiny ego boost of winning at Wordle.
Reposted by COD
If it's posted on what (was) Twitter, it's not credible nor trustworthy anymore, folks. So may people sending me "IS THIS TRUE?" with screenshots of ex-Twitter stuff and it's all "NO! NONE OF THAT IS TRUE, IT'S CRAP!" #twitter
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If it's posted on what (was) Twitter, it's not credible nor trustworthy anymore, folks. So may people sending me "IS THIS TRUE?" with screenshots of ex-Twitter stuff and it's all "NO! NONE OF THAT IS TRUE, IT'S CRAP!" #twitter
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November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Phlogs are the new blogs.
I'm kidding, kind of. But my phlog, with 5 or 6 text only posts hiding under the obscure Gopher protocol, has resulted in three incoming emails from people that read something I wrote there. Meanwhile, my blog, which is presumably much more widely read has generated […]
I'm kidding, kind of. But my phlog, with 5 or 6 text only posts hiding under the obscure Gopher protocol, has resulted in three incoming emails from people that read something I wrote there. Meanwhile, my blog, which is presumably much more widely read has generated […]
Original post on social.lol
social.lol
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Phlogs are the new blogs.
I'm kidding, kind of. But my phlog, with 5 or 6 text only posts hiding under the obscure Gopher protocol, has resulted in three incoming emails from people that read something I wrote there. Meanwhile, my blog, which is presumably much more widely read has generated […]
I'm kidding, kind of. But my phlog, with 5 or 6 text only posts hiding under the obscure Gopher protocol, has resulted in three incoming emails from people that read something I wrote there. Meanwhile, my blog, which is presumably much more widely read has generated […]
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Finished up season 3 of The Diplomat last night. I was entertained. My crush on Keri Russell is not a factor.
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Finished up season 3 of The Diplomat last night. I was entertained. My crush on Keri Russell is not a factor.
NPR likes me - health insurance edition
Apparently my health insurance issues make good copy
odonnellweb.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I listen to a streaming hair metal station from Germany. I have learned that hair metal in German is hair metal. It is the only thing I understand from the interludes between songs.
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I listen to a streaming hair metal station from Germany. I have learned that hair metal in German is hair metal. It is the only thing I understand from the interludes between songs.
Today on YT Music - the 40th anniversary release of Theater of Pain by Motley Crue. I refuse to believe that record was released 40 years ago, as that puts my high school graduation 40 years ago.
I bought it on cassette the day it came out.
It's not a great album. One massive hit and a bunch […]
I bought it on cassette the day it came out.
It's not a great album. One massive hit and a bunch […]
Original post on social.lol
social.lol
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Today on YT Music - the 40th anniversary release of Theater of Pain by Motley Crue. I refuse to believe that record was released 40 years ago, as that puts my high school graduation 40 years ago.
I bought it on cassette the day it came out.
It's not a great album. One massive hit and a bunch […]
I bought it on cassette the day it came out.
It's not a great album. One massive hit and a bunch […]