Ron Parker
@parkrrrr.bsky.social
Code monkey, tinkerer, collector of hobbies, glass art dilettante.
If you follow me and you follow more than 10K other people, I will block you. Don't be an idiot.
If you follow me and you follow more than 10K other people, I will block you. Don't be an idiot.
My back yard north of Duvall a while ago. The clouds have since gathered, sadly
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My back yard north of Duvall a while ago. The clouds have since gathered, sadly
It's getting cloudy here in western Washington, but I got some aurora pictures before it got too bad
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It's getting cloudy here in western Washington, but I got some aurora pictures before it got too bad
Sorry, you're just going to have to start working east coast hours like the rest of us "lucky" owners of that sort of alarm clock.
October 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Sorry, you're just going to have to start working east coast hours like the rest of us "lucky" owners of that sort of alarm clock.
It's really easy to keep that commitment ,just turn on the checkbox:
September 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It's really easy to keep that commitment ,just turn on the checkbox:
They eat my plants, too, but I would like for them to come back and finish the job, because they're cheaper than hiring goats to eat the plants.
September 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
They eat my plants, too, but I would like for them to come back and finish the job, because they're cheaper than hiring goats to eat the plants.
When I was last in Atlanta, I had a lot of time to kill, so I decided to walk from security to concourse E. (Maybe concourse F. It was a while ago.)
It took me 45 minutes, and my pedometer said I walked a mile and a half.
But at least I had something interesting to look at...
It took me 45 minutes, and my pedometer said I walked a mile and a half.
But at least I had something interesting to look at...
September 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
When I was last in Atlanta, I had a lot of time to kill, so I decided to walk from security to concourse E. (Maybe concourse F. It was a while ago.)
It took me 45 minutes, and my pedometer said I walked a mile and a half.
But at least I had something interesting to look at...
It took me 45 minutes, and my pedometer said I walked a mile and a half.
But at least I had something interesting to look at...
I give you... the intersection of South West Street and West South Street:
August 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I give you... the intersection of South West Street and West South Street:
This is about 15 minutes of picking just from the bushes in the ditch in front of my house. And I only got the easy to reach ones.
August 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is about 15 minutes of picking just from the bushes in the ditch in front of my house. And I only got the easy to reach ones.
My cats are solar powered
August 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My cats are solar powered
... Except there's no coffee in Empire Builder
August 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
... Except there's no coffee in Empire Builder
Left, invasive
Right, native
Right, native
July 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Left, invasive
Right, native
Right, native
These handsome gentlemen have me trained to open the window for them every night at 7:00 so that they may commune with the scents of the great outdoors. #proofofcat
July 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
These handsome gentlemen have me trained to open the window for them every night at 7:00 so that they may commune with the scents of the great outdoors. #proofofcat
I live in small town Washington and you have just uncovered the reason why I always get the garlic pizza with extra garlic:
July 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I live in small town Washington and you have just uncovered the reason why I always get the garlic pizza with extra garlic:
I need a whole 'nother category for this, available at a diner near me:
June 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I need a whole 'nother category for this, available at a diner near me:
Attention! It's time for your irregularly scheduled bunny break!
June 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Attention! It's time for your irregularly scheduled bunny break!
Pause your doomscrolling for a moment and contemplate two cats, who are themselves contemplating the variety of birdsong at sunrise.
June 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Pause your doomscrolling for a moment and contemplate two cats, who are themselves contemplating the variety of birdsong at sunrise.
One of the things I admire about international standards is how well-edited and complete they always are.
This is the Office Open XML "standard," ISO/IEC 29500-1, §19.7.9:
This is the Office Open XML "standard," ISO/IEC 29500-1, §19.7.9:
May 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
One of the things I admire about international standards is how well-edited and complete they always are.
This is the Office Open XML "standard," ISO/IEC 29500-1, §19.7.9:
This is the Office Open XML "standard," ISO/IEC 29500-1, §19.7.9:
From top, Milo, Max, and Phineas come in convenient stackable form. #proofofcat
April 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
From top, Milo, Max, and Phineas come in convenient stackable form. #proofofcat
A film that takes place where you're from.
(Most stills from this film make it hard to identify either the film or the location. This one, at least, gives you a chance at the location. I'm not sure this film canonically takes place anywhere specific, but it was definitely filmed where I'm from.)
(Most stills from this film make it hard to identify either the film or the location. This one, at least, gives you a chance at the location. I'm not sure this film canonically takes place anywhere specific, but it was definitely filmed where I'm from.)
April 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A film that takes place where you're from.
(Most stills from this film make it hard to identify either the film or the location. This one, at least, gives you a chance at the location. I'm not sure this film canonically takes place anywhere specific, but it was definitely filmed where I'm from.)
(Most stills from this film make it hard to identify either the film or the location. This one, at least, gives you a chance at the location. I'm not sure this film canonically takes place anywhere specific, but it was definitely filmed where I'm from.)
Pictured: one of three bins in my Kallax unit dedicated to cables. The other two bins are just power cables and Ethernet cables. This one is everything else, except for USB cables which are sharing space in a fourth bin begging to be organized.
April 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Pictured: one of three bins in my Kallax unit dedicated to cables. The other two bins are just power cables and Ethernet cables. This one is everything else, except for USB cables which are sharing space in a fourth bin begging to be organized.
And Phineas, who we met as a kitten through a Twitter post that you retweeted a couple of years ago
March 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
And Phineas, who we met as a kitten through a Twitter post that you retweeted a couple of years ago
Milo, who was rescued by a friend in Portland and came to us at the height of the pandemic
March 31, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Milo, who was rescued by a friend in Portland and came to us at the height of the pandemic
Max, who came to us from the neighbor of a friend in Puyallup who found him as a feral kitten on a mountaintop in California
March 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Max, who came to us from the neighbor of a friend in Puyallup who found him as a feral kitten on a mountaintop in California