Andy Nortrup
@nortrup.dev
Director of Product Management at #Cribl formerly #Tanium, #Splunk, and U.S. Army #veteran. Husband and Father. I make #bonsai in my spare time
Wait until they read enough history to discover where we got the USCGC Eagle, it'll be their favorite boat.
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Wait until they read enough history to discover where we got the USCGC Eagle, it'll be their favorite boat.
If it works we have no shortage of volcanos around here.
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
If it works we have no shortage of volcanos around here.
I think this might be the solution to my accent plant problem. I picked some sea grass down by the sound and brought it down to a reasonable height. I think it gives the tree both a sense of place and season.
#bonsai
#bonsai
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I think this might be the solution to my accent plant problem. I picked some sea grass down by the sound and brought it down to a reasonable height. I think it gives the tree both a sense of place and season.
#bonsai
#bonsai
They have fertilizer in them.
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
They have fertilizer in them.
Eventually I want to bring this to be a literati style. So over time it will need to have additional branches removed.
Eventually I want to get it into a small rough looking round pot.
Eventually I want to get it into a small rough looking round pot.
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Eventually I want to bring this to be a literati style. So over time it will need to have additional branches removed.
Eventually I want to get it into a small rough looking round pot.
Eventually I want to get it into a small rough looking round pot.
Not immediately before, but from the spring.
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Not immediately before, but from the spring.
I wonder how LLMs would do with the Alzheimer's test the president is so proud of passing.
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I wonder how LLMs would do with the Alzheimer's test the president is so proud of passing.
Makes you wonder if he has a jersey on right now under his vestments. Or if he comes home after a long day at church and throws his pointy hat across the room and grabs some sweats a jersey and a beer.
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Makes you wonder if he has a jersey on right now under his vestments. Or if he comes home after a long day at church and throws his pointy hat across the room and grabs some sweats a jersey and a beer.
My family bakes stollen for Christmas every year and it is so rare to see it in a bakery nearby.
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My family bakes stollen for Christmas every year and it is so rare to see it in a bakery nearby.
I went accent on the left because the juniper is left leaning. But maybe what the main tree needs is an accent on the right to fit its flow.
I have an idea for a better accent option I still want to try.
I have an idea for a better accent option I still want to try.
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I went accent on the left because the juniper is left leaning. But maybe what the main tree needs is an accent on the right to fit its flow.
I have an idea for a better accent option I still want to try.
I have an idea for a better accent option I still want to try.
Option 3 I added a shohin Juniper that I have, but I'm not sure that I love the combination, but I wanted to shoot something with an accent plant.
#bonsai
#bonsai
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Option 3 I added a shohin Juniper that I have, but I'm not sure that I love the combination, but I wanted to shoot something with an accent plant.
#bonsai
#bonsai
Option 2 swaps the stand for a slab of Norway maple that I'm finishing to be a stand. I like the maple but I think that the bark is too rough to go with the smooth bark of the tree.
#bonsai
#bonsai
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Option 2 swaps the stand for a slab of Norway maple that I'm finishing to be a stand. I like the maple but I think that the bark is too rough to go with the smooth bark of the tree.
#bonsai
#bonsai
I know hiring is important, but it's such a crapshoot. Nothing AI is making that better. I heard a terrifying pitch for an AI engine that would analyze your speech patterns and use AI to tell you if you were a culture fit and I'm certain that would just be some half baked eugenics.
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I know hiring is important, but it's such a crapshoot. Nothing AI is making that better. I heard a terrifying pitch for an AI engine that would analyze your speech patterns and use AI to tell you if you were a culture fit and I'm certain that would just be some half baked eugenics.
The side effect of the statistically most likely next word is that everyone becomes a B- student. And that might be great if you are a C- student. But it's not great if you are an A student.
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The side effect of the statistically most likely next word is that everyone becomes a B- student. And that might be great if you are a C- student. But it's not great if you are an A student.
It's the same energy of my 5yo yelling at me that he isn't tired and won't go to bed at 9pm.
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
It's the same energy of my 5yo yelling at me that he isn't tired and won't go to bed at 9pm.