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Linh Pham
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Wait Wait Stats Person, SW Release Engineer, AI Pessimist

#StarTrek #DoctorWho #Python #TBTLTen #Fedora #NoBridge

https://stats.wwdt.me | https://linhpham.org

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Apropos to today's @tbtl.net: Here's Johnny!

Background: The @lukeburbank.bsky.social and @walsh.bsky.social dolls that were part of a previous TBTL-a-Thon swag were nicknamed Bobo and Johnny respectively.

#TBTL
A composited image with a partially broken in door from the movie "The Shining" with the face of the Andrew Walsh TBTL doll peering through the opening instead of the original Jack Torrance.
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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@lukeburbank.bsky.social @walsh.bsky.social I don't have a fedora, but I do use Fedora 🙃

#Fedora #Linux #TBTL
System information for a Framework Laptop 16 running Fedora Linux 42 KDE Plasma Desktop Edition
October 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
linh.social
Absolutely love that @frame.work makes the design and specs for parts and components of their laptops and desktop available and the community that creates stuff based on that.

I got a 3D printed single piece trackpad and wrist wrest in purple PETG.

#FrameworkLaptop
Framework Laptop 16 with a purple PETG single piece trackpad and wrist rest. On the screen is a geometric wallpaper.
September 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
linh.social
Mesmerizing and awe inspiring for sure. I remember going up along the Columbia Gorge and seeing them up there, especially when you crossover towards Maryhill Museum and the "Stonehenge"-esque installation nearby
Five windmills poking up from just behind a hill
September 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
linh.social
Always interesting to see traffic spiking up when Wait Wait Don't Tell Me does a show outside of Chicago, their fair city.

#WaitWaitDontTellMe #WaitWaitStats
Website analytics for the Wait Wait Stats Page with a chart of the number of visitors and views for the past week. Most days are around 100-200 views, but there was a spike up to around 400 views on Thursday.
September 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
linh.social
You know what fits perfectly above the 3.5-inch hard drive in an HP xw4200 workstation mid-tower? A folding, battery-powered travel alarm clock.

You also know what fits perfects below the two 3.5-inch bays (especially with a larger video card of the day installed)? One of two walkie-talkies.

1/4
Side view of an HP xw4200 tower workstation showing the power supply in the top left, motherboard with processor and heatsink below, and the 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch drive bays (with the two 3.5-inch drive bay openings facing the camera rather than the front of the case).
September 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
linh.social
Since I didn't have my usual notebook for taking full show notes, the nearest piece of paper on hand was the @opb.org Primetime mailer for this month.

I had to make sure that my original counts for starting scores, correct answers and total scores were correct.

#WaitWaitDontTellMe
Quick notes for the Lightning Fill In The Blank segment for the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me show that aired on June 30, 2007 written on the back of an OPB member's primetime mailer. The panelists were Amy Dickinson, Adam Felber and Roy Blount, Jr.
September 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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I've been blitzing through all of the regular #WaitWaitDontTellMe shows from 2006 and January 2007 so that I can take note of all of the segments and expand/correct data in the #WaitWaitStats database. This is what that chicken scratch looks like 😅
Notepad with a list of regular Wait Wait Don't Tell Me shows for all of 2006 and January 2007 along with a list of each show's segments.
September 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
linh.social
Proof of concept is feeling cute, might delete later.

#WaitWaitStats #WaitWaitStatsProject
Early proof of concept for a potential Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! panelist stats card in the style of a baseball card with filler text at the top and bottom used to represent notes and bio. Panelist name placeholder is below the top filler text and a table of potential statistics is below the placeholder.
August 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
linh.social
Server go brrrrrrr, kitty cat go purrrrrrrrrr 😸

@craftcomputing.bsky.social
Screen capture of a Craft Computing video where Jeff, the host, is on the right speaking to the camera with a 2U rackmount server on a box to his left. On the server is a beige cat laying on its side on the server, feet towards the left side of the frame, and facing the camera looking content.
August 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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While watching @transportevolved.bsky.social's video about #Ford's "new" EV production system event (w/ extra context), the moment that I saw the diagram, I cracked up laughing and immediately thought of @techconnectify.bsky.social's "pitchfork of knowledge"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqM2...
Two flow diagrams. The top one is for a traditional Assembly Line with items that flow in a linear fashion from start to finish, without any branches or merges. The bottom one is captioned "Ford Universal EV Production System" where two branches (one on top and one on the bottom, the top one is slightly shorter in length and later in the timeline) merge into a main trunk. The design of the bottom one also resembles the logo for USB or Universal Serial Bus.
August 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
linh.social
Green alien monster called an Abzorbaloff in which it has absorbed multiple people with their faces sticking out of the alien's torso. The alien as their hands out and one holding a cane
August 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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For example: Tom Bodett as been a Not My Job guest, guest host, guest scorekeeper, and continues to be a panelist and his panelist details page has links to his other corresponding details pages.

#WaitWaitDontTellMe #WaitWaitStats #WaitWaitStatsProject
Tom Bodett's Panelist Details page from the Wait Wait Stats Page showing his appearances, scoring data, rankings, Bluff the Listener stats, and badges with links to his other appearances as a Not My Job guest, guest host and guest scorekeeper
August 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
linh.social
IYKYK

#JetLagTheGame
Brown orangutan plush from IKEA (DJUNGELSKOG) sitting on a chair with blue cloth upholstery
August 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I didn't know that someone marked a certain playground in Switzerland on Google Maps. The one local guide note is just perfect. If you know, you know 😂

www.google.com/maps/place/B...

#JetLagTheGame
Google Maps location details for a playground in Merlischachen, Switzerland that has been named, in English, "Ben Doyle's Playground" with a local guide note saying: Decided to take a pilgrimage to this place, i was in nearby Lucern but i had time to kill, so i decided to chill at this spot for 9 hours and 36min. There was another weird American man hanging around nearby, but i avoided him.
July 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
linh.social
Hmm... Wait Wait is saying that this week's show will be the 100th show recorded at the Studebaker Theater. Unless if I'm missing or messed up something, I currently have 99 regular shows recorded there including this week's show. 🤔

stats.wwdt.me/locations/st...

#WaitWaitDontTellMe
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me recording details for the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, including a listing of all regular, best of and repeat shows.
July 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
linh.social
Starting to go through previous #WaitWait shows that I don't have panelists entered into the Stats Database. First up is the Best Of show from December 25, 2004.

#WaitWaitDontTellMe #WaitWaitStats #WaitWaitStatsProject
Two spreadsheets open on the left side of the screen: top spreadsheet has a list of Best Of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me episodes that only have "Multiple Panelists" entered in as the sole panelist; bottom spreadsheet has a list of segements from a Best Of show with panelists listed out for each segment. File manager window and VLC media player on the right side of the screen with audio from the December 25, 2004 Best Of show selected and opened.
June 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
linh.social
I have been putting off re-listening through the #WaitWaitDontTellMe shows from 2000 onwards for some time.

I guess it was a good decision since I have 9 Best Of shows (technically 13, but 4 are repeats) where I need to collect panelist appearance information.

#WaitWaitStats #WaitWaitStatsProject
Spreadsheet with a listing of information for 13 Best Of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me shows where I have a multiple panelist placeholder entered in rather than the actual list of panelists. The listing includes the Stats Database show ID number, show date, Best Of flag, original show ID number and original show date for repeat shows, and the multiple panelist placeholder
June 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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@walsh.bsky.social @lukeburbank.bsky.social I know someone who owns both CrankyAndy.com and CrankyYandy.com 🙃
List of registered domains with CrankyAndy.com and CrankyYandy.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
linh.social
Just be careful with the trapdoors that look like the one on the in the left side of this image.
Final Fantasy IV battle with Kain, Rosa, Cecil, Rydia and Edge against an evil, wooden trapdoor in a cave. Cecil is in the middle of casting a spell.
May 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
linh.social
Looks ominously like the crack in the fabric of time from #DoctorWho
Dark room with a wide crack in a wall with light coming through from the other side and a silhouette of a person on the left side
May 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
linh.social
As I was going through the photos from Thursday night's #LiveWireRadio taping, I noticed this little gesture from the guitarist to another member of Kuinka 😂
Three members of the musical group Kuinka, with the lead singer in the middle and a guitarist to the left giving a middle finger to another member of the group
May 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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You are correct, @lukeburbank.bsky.social, that you haven't been on a panel on your birthday (as those shows would've aired on May 10), but there was a show that you were on that did air on your birthday a couple of years ago.

#WaitWaitDontTellMe #WWDTM
Database query results when searching for Wait Wait Don't Tell Me shows in which Luke Burbank was on the panel on shows that aired in the month of May and are not Best Of or repeat shows.
May 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
linh.social
Aw, KDE Dolphin 25.04 got a new icon with a little dolphin in it now.

First image is with version 24.12 and the second is with version 25.04.

#KDE #Linux #Fedora
KDE Plasma application launcher with various applications marked as favorites, including Firefox, Thunderbird, and the KDE Dolphin file manager (version 24.12) on a computer running Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop 42. KDE Plasma application launcher with various applications marked as favorites, including Firefox, Thunderbird, and the KDE Dolphin file manager (version 25.04) on a computer running Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop 42. The new KDE Dolphin icon has a dolphin as part of the folder image.
April 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
linh.social
I'm not going to lie, but there is something a bit cute about the way this Ironsides, er, Dalek is looking up at Amy and responding to Amy's question.

#DoctorWho #VictoryOfTheDaleks
A Dalek wearing military garb, painted matte gren, and with a British flag under the eye stalk, looking up to Amy Pond (to the left, outside of the cropped screenshot) with its two "ears" lit up.
April 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM