Ken Ryan
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Ken Ryan
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Husband, father, logic gate wrangler, liberal, space enthusiast, coffee drinker, purveyor of mediocre attempts at humor. He/Him.
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Empathy from my Kipper
Dark brown brindle pittie mix on a green pillow, wearing a purple thunder sock (I think that's what it's called?) over her ears. Mournful look on her face "daaaaad make the sky booms stop!" Taken this past July 4.
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Gray standard poodle head resting on my jeans-clad knee. She is looking off to the right, where there is a window to our front yard.
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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oops
Pruse XL, with Z-axis plate all the way up. Dingus has his hand caught between the print plate and X-axis gantry.
October 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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You do you.

As an engineer, coffee is a crucial element
Diagram showing Engineering process. Center box labeled "Engineer". Two input arrows, "Problems" and "Coffee". Output arrow labeled "Solutions". Additional output "Sarcasm (byproduct)".
October 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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One very pooped pup.
Brown brindled Pittie mix lying on the grass, tongue hanging out and a big smile on her face.
September 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Brown brindled Pittie mix with a grey muzzle, being sniffed by a soggy golden retriever. Shallow end of the town pool in the background.
September 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Dog swim day at the water park!
Shallow end of the town public pool. Our brown and white parti poodle is in the center of the shot. Left to right is a black lab-like dog, a grey husky, a brown boxer with a pink vest, our poodle, an indeterminate black dog with a bright red vest, and the back end of two other dogs. Legs of a few people in the background behind the "dogs only" stancions. Overall a snippet of lightly controlled doggy chaos.
September 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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I have two.

(kids were not interested.)
A pair of One Laptop Per Child OLPC-1 laptops, ready for use anytime now. Aaaany time...
August 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Joy agrees!
Slightly scruffy black and white parti poodle sitting at attention for pets.
July 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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No cheating. Post the last pic of your pet.
Dark brown brindled Pittie mix wearing a purple thunder sock on her head, snuggled up to me. 4th of July town fireworks are about a mile away. She is not a fan. (Ok I cheated a tiny bit, the actual most recent is the same pic but out of focus.)
July 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Brindled pittie mix next to me on the couch, looking for skritches. Or boops. Your choice.
July 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Booms in progress
Pittie mix from previous post, snuggled against me for reassurance while fireworks happen in the background
July 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Ready for fireworks!
Brindled pittie mix on a green pillow wearing a purple thunder sock covering her ears. Looking very annoyed about the whole thing (our town fireworks tonight are like 4 blocks away).
July 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Homer and Bart meme. Bart: "Two gulf wars in my lifetime". Homer: "Two gulf wars in your lifetime *so far*".
June 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Shaka-shaka-shaka
Brown and white parti poodle with a blurry head, pittie mix looks over like wha?
May 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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One of these two has about a half-dozen groundhogs to her name.

It isn't the pittie mix.
Two dogs hanging out by the kitchen cabinets; a grey and white standard poodle (aka "murder poodle") and a dark brown brindle pittie mix with grey muzzle (aka "couch potato")
March 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Someone should point out to him how much fuel he could save launching his spacecraft in a straight line instead of all wobbly
World map annotated with ground track of the SpaceX Dragon demo mission
February 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Oh, to be a dog.
Dark brown pittie mix with greyed muzzle, wondering when you're going to get on with the head skritches.
February 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Without downloading new pics, where are you mentally?
Pittie mix stuck under a deck
January 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Yup, I keep my data nice and safe after chucking out the drives!
An array of hard drive platters, fanned out on a desk.
January 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Joy offers her congratulations too!
Joy, a brown and white Standard poodle (somewhat scruffy) offers her congratulations.
December 21, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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I don't ask my dogs if they're good girls. I TELL them they are good girls.
Black and white Standard poodle on the right, brown pittie mix on the left, looking for pets. Christmas tree visible in the background, behind a dog-resistant gate.
December 7, 2024 at 11:52 PM
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Date yourself by showing a picture of your first computer.
Training board for an 8080A microprocessor, with expansion board and power supply. Main board has a hex keypad and 8 digit 7-segment display. Rows of RAM and ROM chips are visible. Display is on and the numbers "8200" and "80" are visible (yes it still works). Expansion board is connected by a wide ribbon cable. It has rows of anonymous chips and a few screw terminals (for a tape recorder for storage, and a speaker).
November 19, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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Tried to get a shot of the moon rising over a VT game last month. Didn't come out so well... I'd guess shooting into the stadium lights *might* have posed some issues...
Visitor's side of Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium. Packed crowd, mostly wearing orange. Top edge glow from stadium lights. Full moon partially obscured by trees so it looks gibbous, peeking over the top of the bleachers, blurred out to an orangish blob.
November 17, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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✅ Civic Duty Done
Loudoun County VA 2024 "I Voted" sticker Subtitled "Early in the Presidential Election 2024"
October 25, 2024 at 6:39 PM