Doug Simpkinson
@douglips.com
Software guy. Former Googler. Pilot. Cocktail and sunset enthusiast.
@dieworkwear.bsky.social help us Derek Wan Workwear, you’re our only hope
a woman in a white robe with a hood on her head
Alt: a woman in a white robe with a hood on her head - Princess Leia hologram from Star Wars
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
@dieworkwear.bsky.social help us Derek Wan Workwear, you’re our only hope
I’m in the gray spot in the upper left.
✅ view
✅ waterfront
✅ acreage
❌ fiber
✅ view
✅ waterfront
✅ acreage
❌ fiber
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I’m in the gray spot in the upper left.
✅ view
✅ waterfront
✅ acreage
❌ fiber
✅ view
✅ waterfront
✅ acreage
❌ fiber
Please post a video of you trying to get them through security at the airport.
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Please post a video of you trying to get them through security at the airport.
The oblong-ness of the O and the height of the round part of the P are clearly different.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The oblong-ness of the O and the height of the round part of the P are clearly different.
I love that the gloved hand and the background of this photo look like they exist in the world depicted in the piece.
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I love that the gloved hand and the background of this photo look like they exist in the world depicted in the piece.
Except Bill O’Reilly gets a loofa.
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Except Bill O’Reilly gets a loofa.
Oh wow, I was going to suggest floating/lost neutral on your power but now it just sounds like you picked up a cursed idol on your last trip abroad.
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Oh wow, I was going to suggest floating/lost neutral on your power but now it just sounds like you picked up a cursed idol on your last trip abroad.
This post is how I learned about 3I/ATLAS *and* 2I/Borisov. I was not aware we had detected other interstellar objects after that first one I can’t spell. In my defense I was rather busy in 2019.
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This post is how I learned about 3I/ATLAS *and* 2I/Borisov. I was not aware we had detected other interstellar objects after that first one I can’t spell. In my defense I was rather busy in 2019.
Assume a spherical bunny of uniform density ρ.
October 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Assume a spherical bunny of uniform density ρ.
I don’t get it. I used to think this, and then I discovered Japanese engineering. I installed a Toto toilet 20 years ago and it absolutely destroys all my dookies. Just a legendary turd gobbler. I have purchased 5 over the years as I’ve moved, A+++ would dump again.
www.lowes.com/pd/TOTO-Ultr...
www.lowes.com/pd/TOTO-Ultr...
www.lowes.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I don’t get it. I used to think this, and then I discovered Japanese engineering. I installed a Toto toilet 20 years ago and it absolutely destroys all my dookies. Just a legendary turd gobbler. I have purchased 5 over the years as I’ve moved, A+++ would dump again.
www.lowes.com/pd/TOTO-Ultr...
www.lowes.com/pd/TOTO-Ultr...
I was phone tech support for a UI toolkit in the 90’s, and I quickly realized that all bugs are UI bugs. “I clicked this button and the wrong thing happened.” Nobody gives a shit if it is the UI’s fault or your backend crashed. And, if the backend crashed and you don’t show a sane error…
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I was phone tech support for a UI toolkit in the 90’s, and I quickly realized that all bugs are UI bugs. “I clicked this button and the wrong thing happened.” Nobody gives a shit if it is the UI’s fault or your backend crashed. And, if the backend crashed and you don’t show a sane error…
This is what we did to get our kids to stop using the pacifier - attached it to the biggest stuffed animal we could get a hold of at the time.
October 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is what we did to get our kids to stop using the pacifier - attached it to the biggest stuffed animal we could get a hold of at the time.
Ranked by absorbency.
@quinnypig.com
@quinnypig.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ranked by absorbency.
@quinnypig.com
@quinnypig.com
I saw frog suit guy sipping a piña colada at Trader Vic’s. His cloaca was perfect.
October 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I saw frog suit guy sipping a piña colada at Trader Vic’s. His cloaca was perfect.
I did not know this place existed and now I want a do-over on my cross country trip in August from Rochester to Seattle.
October 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I did not know this place existed and now I want a do-over on my cross country trip in August from Rochester to Seattle.