Paul Baca
@pablito.codes
Work from home dad, content technologist,
taco evangelist, avocado enthusiast,
carnitas connoisseur. Thank you for supporting local news.
taco evangelist, avocado enthusiast,
carnitas connoisseur. Thank you for supporting local news.
My kid asked what teenagers did before “modern time” (a term he uses to describe our social media/smarphone era) I ended up having to explain not all coffee shops were Starbucks and some used to have couches and stay open until 9 or 10.
October 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My kid asked what teenagers did before “modern time” (a term he uses to describe our social media/smarphone era) I ended up having to explain not all coffee shops were Starbucks and some used to have couches and stay open until 9 or 10.
Anyone else have a doom box of obsolete cables, it can’t be just me, right?
October 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Anyone else have a doom box of obsolete cables, it can’t be just me, right?
As someone who used to write a lot of copy, I can already imagine the conversations held around this paragraph.
September 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
As someone who used to write a lot of copy, I can already imagine the conversations held around this paragraph.
PSA: Don’t try plugging your laptop into some random outlet you find at your son’s soccer practice. I heard a loud pop and smelled something electrical. Laptop is OK but I’m at the Apple Store buying a new adapter.
September 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
PSA: Don’t try plugging your laptop into some random outlet you find at your son’s soccer practice. I heard a loud pop and smelled something electrical. Laptop is OK but I’m at the Apple Store buying a new adapter.
No amount of outrage could persuade Sizzlers to change their logo back to this monstrosity.
August 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
No amount of outrage could persuade Sizzlers to change their logo back to this monstrosity.
“He kind of sounds like Dracula.” — My 9 year old after listening to the first 3 songs of Dead Kennedys’ Frankenchrist
August 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“He kind of sounds like Dracula.” — My 9 year old after listening to the first 3 songs of Dead Kennedys’ Frankenchrist
Summertime will give us delicious stone fruits and just bounce-out for six months.
August 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Summertime will give us delicious stone fruits and just bounce-out for six months.
I want a Rancid album where all the songs are about places or things along VTA route 60.
August 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I want a Rancid album where all the songs are about places or things along VTA route 60.
Kool and The Gang, ‘Too Hot’ – When that sax solo comes in and then follows the chord change, there’s such expert phrasing in the notes, I can listen to it a dozen times. youtu.be/ZI0F1KDvfBI?...
a cartoon character from adventure time is wearing headphones and holding a tape player .
Alt: Jake from adventure time is wearing headphones and holding a tape player nodding his head. It is captioned: ME
media.tenor.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Kool and The Gang, ‘Too Hot’ – When that sax solo comes in and then follows the chord change, there’s such expert phrasing in the notes, I can listen to it a dozen times. youtu.be/ZI0F1KDvfBI?...
Neighborhood standby for a spicy Hunan Smoked Ham lunch plate. (Hunan Taste, San Jose)
August 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Neighborhood standby for a spicy Hunan Smoked Ham lunch plate. (Hunan Taste, San Jose)
Before Great America (Santa Clara) closes forever, they should bring back concerts — including their largest one ever: Vanilla Ice: To the Extreme, Sept. 7, 1991.
August 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Before Great America (Santa Clara) closes forever, they should bring back concerts — including their largest one ever: Vanilla Ice: To the Extreme, Sept. 7, 1991.
Woke up this morning asking myself if this really happened last night. Yes, it did. (after Deltron 3030 performed all the songs from their May 2000 debut album they did an encore of Gorillaz’s ‘Clint Wastwood’)
August 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Woke up this morning asking myself if this really happened last night. Yes, it did. (after Deltron 3030 performed all the songs from their May 2000 debut album they did an encore of Gorillaz’s ‘Clint Wastwood’)
Whenever a friend asks me where I want to go to lunch, my first suggestion is always a fictitious place that I only wish existed.
July 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Whenever a friend asks me where I want to go to lunch, my first suggestion is always a fictitious place that I only wish existed.
You know you’re at a fancy place when they have the latest newspaper on display at the urinals.
July 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
You know you’re at a fancy place when they have the latest newspaper on display at the urinals.
Latest addition to my desk distractions.
www.instructables.com/The-Simpsons...
www.instructables.com/The-Simpsons...
July 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Latest addition to my desk distractions.
www.instructables.com/The-Simpsons...
www.instructables.com/The-Simpsons...
Playing vinyl records by plugging the turntable into the digital piano.
July 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Playing vinyl records by plugging the turntable into the digital piano.
‘Woop, Woop!’: That is the generally accepted onomatopoeia representing the sound of a police car siren.
July 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
‘Woop, Woop!’: That is the generally accepted onomatopoeia representing the sound of a police car siren.
We’re living in the alternate ending of Billy Madison where the O’Doyles missed the banana peel.
July 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We’re living in the alternate ending of Billy Madison where the O’Doyles missed the banana peel.
Every newsroom A1 editor this week:
‘Gen Z Stare Thinkpiece TK’
‘Gen Z Stare Thinkpiece TK’
July 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Every newsroom A1 editor this week:
‘Gen Z Stare Thinkpiece TK’
‘Gen Z Stare Thinkpiece TK’
Ah, the Eagle Summit Wagon. Here’s what 48 payments of 210 dollars got me at the turn of the century:
The Eagle Summit Wagon was an AWD Mini Minivan Built by Mitsubishi | SLC, UT
YouTube video by Chris ONeill
youtu.be
July 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Ah, the Eagle Summit Wagon. Here’s what 48 payments of 210 dollars got me at the turn of the century:
Anyone here have the Guitar Center Santa Clara bathroom key combo? It might be faster to ask here than to find someone to ask.
July 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Anyone here have the Guitar Center Santa Clara bathroom key combo? It might be faster to ask here than to find someone to ask.
Hole in the wall mom and pop place thats been reliably serving tacos dorados and pupusas for decades on W. San Carlos St. (El Papucho Mexican Food, San Jose) 🫓🌮🌮🌮
July 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hole in the wall mom and pop place thats been reliably serving tacos dorados and pupusas for decades on W. San Carlos St. (El Papucho Mexican Food, San Jose) 🫓🌮🌮🌮
Trying the new Indian buffet place.
July 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Trying the new Indian buffet place.
Elderly male getting assaulted in St. James Park, San Jose. (Spoiler: El Viejo Joven came back to win this match against El Diablo Azteca)
July 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Elderly male getting assaulted in St. James Park, San Jose. (Spoiler: El Viejo Joven came back to win this match against El Diablo Azteca)
Just stumbled upon this familiar sounding piano chord progression, can anyone tell me where my brain may have stolen this from?
July 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just stumbled upon this familiar sounding piano chord progression, can anyone tell me where my brain may have stolen this from?