d.w. black
@davidwesleyblack.bsky.social
a surprising number of electro-chemical reactions contained in a convenient meat bag. fixes computers. coats objects and manipulated materials in suspended pigments and squishes them against paper with devices of varying complexity. likes lemons.
just FYI for the future, you can kinda defeat A.I. by rubbing your head with a ballon for a minute and touching the right parts...
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM
just FYI for the future, you can kinda defeat A.I. by rubbing your head with a ballon for a minute and touching the right parts...
i have two pieces of test equipment i haven't set up to run control and logging through linux yet, once or twice a month when i have to run windows and it invariably requires ten minutes of needless feature 'updates', i get sad for how crap microsoft windows has become. absolute steaming garbage.
January 23, 2026 at 12:28 AM
i have two pieces of test equipment i haven't set up to run control and logging through linux yet, once or twice a month when i have to run windows and it invariably requires ten minutes of needless feature 'updates', i get sad for how crap microsoft windows has become. absolute steaming garbage.
dearest made a new body for poor frankenstien, the favorite focus for our small dogs violent tendencies. the original had been torn to shreds. despite the willful abuse, he cannot be without the stuffy for a day. if the toy could talk, it would likely murmur 'kiiill meeeee' in a choked whisper...
January 21, 2026 at 5:25 PM
dearest made a new body for poor frankenstien, the favorite focus for our small dogs violent tendencies. the original had been torn to shreds. despite the willful abuse, he cannot be without the stuffy for a day. if the toy could talk, it would likely murmur 'kiiill meeeee' in a choked whisper...
being loudly told off by the thirteen pound sentient lump of dryer lint and entitlement i have mistakenly allowed to live in my house until one of us expires.
January 5, 2026 at 1:52 AM
being loudly told off by the thirteen pound sentient lump of dryer lint and entitlement i have mistakenly allowed to live in my house until one of us expires.
this used to be farm fields, now it's a lake about six feet deep and a couple square miles in size. good times. they don't expect it to drain before spring...
December 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
this used to be farm fields, now it's a lake about six feet deep and a couple square miles in size. good times. they don't expect it to drain before spring...
furnace broke, but using the mighty kerosene heater while waiting for parts is a wonderful consolation. i had forgotten how insanely powerful this thing is (22k btu) and my neanderthal dna remnants enjoy staring at the fire...
December 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
furnace broke, but using the mighty kerosene heater while waiting for parts is a wonderful consolation. i had forgotten how insanely powerful this thing is (22k btu) and my neanderthal dna remnants enjoy staring at the fire...
furnace was running poorly this year, too rich and heat cycles too long. thinking it was dirty burners, investigation yielded yellow jacket corpses in the burner box, crusted remains in the orfices. the little dummies built a nest in the intake pipe and were sucked to their ultimate fiery doom.
December 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
furnace was running poorly this year, too rich and heat cycles too long. thinking it was dirty burners, investigation yielded yellow jacket corpses in the burner box, crusted remains in the orfices. the little dummies built a nest in the intake pipe and were sucked to their ultimate fiery doom.
where would we be without dogs?
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
where would we be without dogs?
winter days here are five hours of dim overcast and cold rain, nights come early and last long. time is spent teaching the machines while they softly hum to themselves... the waste heat from their computations comforting and welcome as it blows from rack vents into the room.
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
winter days here are five hours of dim overcast and cold rain, nights come early and last long. time is spent teaching the machines while they softly hum to themselves... the waste heat from their computations comforting and welcome as it blows from rack vents into the room.
bought this a year or so ago for 20$ from the thrift but hadn't messed around with it, thinking it would be a project. it works perfectly, posted immediately. zero security deployment and hadn't even had the drives removed. wtf. 2 x 8c16t 3.3ghz processors, 128gb, 3 x 1tb hdds, m2000 gpu, 800w psu.
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
bought this a year or so ago for 20$ from the thrift but hadn't messed around with it, thinking it would be a project. it works perfectly, posted immediately. zero security deployment and hadn't even had the drives removed. wtf. 2 x 8c16t 3.3ghz processors, 128gb, 3 x 1tb hdds, m2000 gpu, 800w psu.
maybe, tho, i imagine the conversation mostly centered on why food is behind locked doors and/or the what the neighborhood squirrels are obviously plotting against him...
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
maybe, tho, i imagine the conversation mostly centered on why food is behind locked doors and/or the what the neighborhood squirrels are obviously plotting against him...
built a new pc with an air cooler. curious to see how it does.
September 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
built a new pc with an air cooler. curious to see how it does.
still some sunny days left...
September 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
still some sunny days left...
summer is winding down, it was a good one.
September 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
summer is winding down, it was a good one.
green metallic sweat bee. a very tiny & pretty bee.
August 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
green metallic sweat bee. a very tiny & pretty bee.
possibly my favorite variety of the many dragonflies that visit our yard in summer.
July 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
possibly my favorite variety of the many dragonflies that visit our yard in summer.
this lady set up her net on my garden path, and i nearly destroyed her work. she and her siblings are doing wonders in my yard against the pests, i am happy to make a detour until she fishes elsewhere.
July 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
this lady set up her net on my garden path, and i nearly destroyed her work. she and her siblings are doing wonders in my yard against the pests, i am happy to make a detour until she fishes elsewhere.
look at the saddlebags on this working girl!
July 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
look at the saddlebags on this working girl!
i felt a great disturbance in the force, as if thousands of overpaid middle managers cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced...
July 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
i felt a great disturbance in the force, as if thousands of overpaid middle managers cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced...
late bloomers are blooming
June 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
late bloomers are blooming
my dog often reminds me of marty feldman...
June 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
my dog often reminds me of marty feldman...