Watts Martin
@coyotetracks.org
Writer, of both technical and sf/fantasy persuasion. Cocktail aficionado. Social justice coyote. (he/they)
This feels like discovering Williams-Sonoma is undercutting Walmart
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This feels like discovering Williams-Sonoma is undercutting Walmart
October 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My incomplete application's placeholder icon is in squircle jail
September 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My incomplete application's placeholder icon is in squircle jail
Far and away the best Painkiller I have had from a plastic cup
July 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Far and away the best Painkiller I have had from a plastic cup
This probably isn't the strangest garnish I've ever had on a drink, but it's up there.
June 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This probably isn't the strangest garnish I've ever had on a drink, but it's up there.
I hate to say it, but I think I have made Emacs moderately pretty.
June 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I hate to say it, but I think I have made Emacs moderately pretty.
I love this sign Indivisible made for the protest tomorrow.
June 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I love this sign Indivisible made for the protest tomorrow.
These are now my favorite release notes
May 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
These are now my favorite release notes
The one silver lining Florida used to have compared to the west coast—housing costs—seems to be fraying. (N.B.: this list is arbitrarily chosen based on "cities I might want to retire to," setting aside politics—which I wouldn't actually set aside when the time comes.)
April 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The one silver lining Florida used to have compared to the west coast—housing costs—seems to be fraying. (N.B.: this list is arbitrarily chosen based on "cities I might want to retire to," setting aside politics—which I wouldn't actually set aside when the time comes.)
I can't be sure, but this looks a little off to me.
March 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I can't be sure, but this looks a little off to me.
You know, I wonder whatever happened to QuarkXPress? I'm sure Quark is still in business, so let's see what the new version—OH DEAR GOD
March 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
You know, I wonder whatever happened to QuarkXPress? I'm sure Quark is still in business, so let's see what the new version—OH DEAR GOD
This makes me love@panic.com that much more. (I've never seen them post for a technical writer, but if they ever consider it, I'm just saying, I'm willing to relocate…)
February 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This makes me love@panic.com that much more. (I've never seen them post for a technical writer, but if they ever consider it, I'm just saying, I'm willing to relocate…)
Confession: I have never been a fan of Objective-C
![The Padme and Anakin 4-panel meme. Panel 1: “What if we put Smalltalk and C together?” Panel 2: “So a new language, not just literally smashing the syntaxes together, right?” Panel 3: [Anakin looks at Padme] Panel 4: “Right?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:opnc2kdncgscvfz3zleozc2r/bafkreigdd2cv3557cssvocbl3vuuvzkm3zw6rvyyrefud7ufynelotj6ki@jpeg)
January 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Confession: I have never been a fan of Objective-C
Yes, Apple Intelligence, I have a a $77M refund coming. Good summary.
January 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Yes, Apple Intelligence, I have a a $77M refund coming. Good summary.
Ah, you know you’re in for a well-crafted user experience when this is the first screen you see!
December 13, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Ah, you know you’re in for a well-crafted user experience when this is the first screen you see!
For someone so relatively early to this site, I sure don’t use it much, huh
September 18, 2024 at 4:10 AM
For someone so relatively early to this site, I sure don’t use it much, huh