Jesse Odam
@docgear.lwr.wtf
helps people put wifi on airplanes. pc and server homelabber. tinkers with cars. puget sound area weirdo.
@docgear@lwr.wtf on mastodon
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one of many seemingly simple things i've never done on a car is drain/fill a differential. but my charger was due, and has been making a noise some research tells me is from the LSD clutches in old fluid.
turns out it was super easy to do on that car, drain and fill plugs easy to reach, quick, easy
turns out it was super easy to do on that car, drain and fill plugs easy to reach, quick, easy
November 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
one of many seemingly simple things i've never done on a car is drain/fill a differential. but my charger was due, and has been making a noise some research tells me is from the LSD clutches in old fluid.
turns out it was super easy to do on that car, drain and fill plugs easy to reach, quick, easy
turns out it was super easy to do on that car, drain and fill plugs easy to reach, quick, easy
I want a word with the engineer who placed the radiator outlets on a water cooled Vanagon.
Why is the best place to locate your hose pliers exactly where a large support beam is occupying the space?
Why is the best place to locate your hose pliers exactly where a large support beam is occupying the space?
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I want a word with the engineer who placed the radiator outlets on a water cooled Vanagon.
Why is the best place to locate your hose pliers exactly where a large support beam is occupying the space?
Why is the best place to locate your hose pliers exactly where a large support beam is occupying the space?
Because of stupid computers, in apparently can’t have my Golf’s broken windshield replaced until I get Volkswagen to wave a smudging stick over it and give it a doctor’s note.
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Because of stupid computers, in apparently can’t have my Golf’s broken windshield replaced until I get Volkswagen to wave a smudging stick over it and give it a doctor’s note.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On this return trip, while I’m actually driving quite a lot to places, I’m realizing if we’d lived somewhere a bit more walkable, our two years in the UK would’ve been a lot more pleasant.
Out getting laundry done, wandered around the area, found some shops, sitting in a cafe to wait. Is nice.
Out getting laundry done, wandered around the area, found some shops, sitting in a cafe to wait. Is nice.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
On this return trip, while I’m actually driving quite a lot to places, I’m realizing if we’d lived somewhere a bit more walkable, our two years in the UK would’ve been a lot more pleasant.
Out getting laundry done, wandered around the area, found some shops, sitting in a cafe to wait. Is nice.
Out getting laundry done, wandered around the area, found some shops, sitting in a cafe to wait. Is nice.
Back in the UK for some work stuff, side trip to Ireland next week. Somehow don’t manage to pop over there while I lived here for two years.
It is nice remembering how everything works so I don’t have to feel constantly lost and out of place.
It is nice remembering how everything works so I don’t have to feel constantly lost and out of place.
October 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Back in the UK for some work stuff, side trip to Ireland next week. Somehow don’t manage to pop over there while I lived here for two years.
It is nice remembering how everything works so I don’t have to feel constantly lost and out of place.
It is nice remembering how everything works so I don’t have to feel constantly lost and out of place.
I spent the entirely of the daylight hours today in these three states: getting to work, being at work, and getting home from work.
October 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I spent the entirely of the daylight hours today in these three states: getting to work, being at work, and getting home from work.
if the apparent trend of decay continues, i don't think i'm going to keep playing this hop around the social media sites game. it's not really fun and i'm not really actively that social anymore anyways. and it sucks to watch the people responsible for those places turn out to also suck.
October 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
if the apparent trend of decay continues, i don't think i'm going to keep playing this hop around the social media sites game. it's not really fun and i'm not really actively that social anymore anyways. and it sucks to watch the people responsible for those places turn out to also suck.
Day 2 of road trip, wake up and realize I didn’t stuff a clean t-shirt from the big bag into my backpack for the hotel stay. Okay fine whatever, nobody smelling me today but me. Check my big bag… no shirts in there either.
So, 500mi from home and no clean shirts, whoopsie!
So, 500mi from home and no clean shirts, whoopsie!
September 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Day 2 of road trip, wake up and realize I didn’t stuff a clean t-shirt from the big bag into my backpack for the hotel stay. Okay fine whatever, nobody smelling me today but me. Check my big bag… no shirts in there either.
So, 500mi from home and no clean shirts, whoopsie!
So, 500mi from home and no clean shirts, whoopsie!
My Charger is not a small car, by any stretch of the imagination, but it really highlights how big and swollen a lot of late-model cars have gotten when it starts to look small.
September 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
My Charger is not a small car, by any stretch of the imagination, but it really highlights how big and swollen a lot of late-model cars have gotten when it starts to look small.
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.... I want this.
September 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
.... I want this.
I don’t have the energy or the bandwidth to do anything real I just need the people around me to pay fucking attention to what is hurting people and stop passing the pain along. Just break the chain.
August 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I don’t have the energy or the bandwidth to do anything real I just need the people around me to pay fucking attention to what is hurting people and stop passing the pain along. Just break the chain.
I’m a cishet dude and I can continue to be in this world but like I think people who aren’t like me should be themselves too and it makes me sad that anyone else feels differently
August 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I’m a cishet dude and I can continue to be in this world but like I think people who aren’t like me should be themselves too and it makes me sad that anyone else feels differently
good job bloomberg, making me contribute directly to @gamersnexus.bsky.social because you didn't like their reporting about something you have nothing to do with, beyond recording some footage of a member of the ruling government. now i'll have to put these stickers on something. worst day ever.
August 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
good job bloomberg, making me contribute directly to @gamersnexus.bsky.social because you didn't like their reporting about something you have nothing to do with, beyond recording some footage of a member of the ruling government. now i'll have to put these stickers on something. worst day ever.
sometimes, you're on the internet, and you see a fragment of something and that fragment just jams right into your brain.
"Nirvana [the band] lasted longer than the Confederacy." (as in, the Confederate States of America)
and, well. huh. it did.
"Nirvana [the band] lasted longer than the Confederacy." (as in, the Confederate States of America)
and, well. huh. it did.
August 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
sometimes, you're on the internet, and you see a fragment of something and that fragment just jams right into your brain.
"Nirvana [the band] lasted longer than the Confederacy." (as in, the Confederate States of America)
and, well. huh. it did.
"Nirvana [the band] lasted longer than the Confederacy." (as in, the Confederate States of America)
and, well. huh. it did.
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Are Americans aware that down here in Mexico we’ve been getting bombarded for months with ads of Kristi Noem telling us to our face that we’re out welcome in the US, and that these ads even found their way into our national TV broadcasts
Because I feel like I have seen nobody mention it
Because I feel like I have seen nobody mention it
August 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Are Americans aware that down here in Mexico we’ve been getting bombarded for months with ads of Kristi Noem telling us to our face that we’re out welcome in the US, and that these ads even found their way into our national TV broadcasts
Because I feel like I have seen nobody mention it
Because I feel like I have seen nobody mention it
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just got this from a friend who I trust, now would be a good time for trans folks on Medicare / Medicaid to stock up
July 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
just got this from a friend who I trust, now would be a good time for trans folks on Medicare / Medicaid to stock up
Our new feline housemates have just let me pet them for the first time. Then apparently realizing I could pet them got VERY excited. One of them chatted at me about the universe for a full half hour and the other showed me a wonderful rolling on the floor performance.
July 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Our new feline housemates have just let me pet them for the first time. Then apparently realizing I could pet them got VERY excited. One of them chatted at me about the universe for a full half hour and the other showed me a wonderful rolling on the floor performance.
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I think I've finally learned how to color-edit the Noritsu professional scans of Phoenix so it looks almost like actual color film and not just red haze, so I guess that's something
Nikkormat FTN | Harman Phoenix 200 (pulled one stop)
Nikkormat FTN | Harman Phoenix 200 (pulled one stop)
July 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I think I've finally learned how to color-edit the Noritsu professional scans of Phoenix so it looks almost like actual color film and not just red haze, so I guess that's something
Nikkormat FTN | Harman Phoenix 200 (pulled one stop)
Nikkormat FTN | Harman Phoenix 200 (pulled one stop)
A pair of new kitties were rehomed with us a few days ago, and are still pretty scared. But finally the one who was hiding the most and not eating showed up on camera and absolutely face planted into a plate of food and hoovered it up. Relief.
July 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
A pair of new kitties were rehomed with us a few days ago, and are still pretty scared. But finally the one who was hiding the most and not eating showed up on camera and absolutely face planted into a plate of food and hoovered it up. Relief.
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26 years as a professional Windows dude and I'm just -now- learning this?
Man, what else has the world kept from me?
Man, what else has the world kept from me?
If you hold CTRL, it will pause Task Manager so the processes don't move around when you're sorted by resource usage
July 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
26 years as a professional Windows dude and I'm just -now- learning this?
Man, what else has the world kept from me?
Man, what else has the world kept from me?
*drives for 8 hours through the day*
*checks the world at a rest break*
okay, so... no.
*checks the world at a rest break*
okay, so... no.
June 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
*drives for 8 hours through the day*
*checks the world at a rest break*
okay, so... no.
*checks the world at a rest break*
okay, so... no.
Suspicious. Curious. Maaaaaaaaybe
I am beyond proud to announce a new SPACEBALLS movie written by @joshgad @BenjiSamit and ME, directed by Josh Greenbaum, is going into production. To work with @MelBrooks has been the honor of my life. MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU!
#Spaceballs
#MelBrooks
#AmazonMGMStudios
#onlyintheaters
#Spaceballs
#MelBrooks
#AmazonMGMStudios
#onlyintheaters
June 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Suspicious. Curious. Maaaaaaaaybe
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Stickers anyone? 😂
May 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Stickers anyone? 😂
If the AI can’t function without copying and corrupting the work of other artists, then the AI should not function, and is not needed, because we already have artists.
May 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If the AI can’t function without copying and corrupting the work of other artists, then the AI should not function, and is not needed, because we already have artists.