Sean McPherson
@seanmcp.bsky.social
Tired of the bird insanity. 1st modem was an acoustic coupler. Burning Man since ‘93. LVL1 Makerspace 10+ years. Planning more narrowboat time on the UK canals! Also now seanmcp.pixelfed.social to replace the ol’ Insta feed.
Monster in motivational poster form!
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Monster in motivational poster form!
@rickturner.bsky.social Here’s a random video showing how it all held together after the waste material burned away 🧐 I didn’t leave it like that terribly long but it was an experiment in how Excel fuel would stack (we don’t have coal briquettes exactly like this in the US)
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@rickturner.bsky.social Here’s a random video showing how it all held together after the waste material burned away 🧐 I didn’t leave it like that terribly long but it was an experiment in how Excel fuel would stack (we don’t have coal briquettes exactly like this in the US)
Here you go, pull this up on the TV and it’ll warm the boat right up!
And yes, I may have gotten a bit silly one night when I was stacking coal in fun geometric patterns with wood and cardboard to burn away and leave a 3D cube of coal surface burning.
Engineering nerd - whatya expect?
🤓
And yes, I may have gotten a bit silly one night when I was stacking coal in fun geometric patterns with wood and cardboard to burn away and leave a 3D cube of coal surface burning.
Engineering nerd - whatya expect?
🤓
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Here you go, pull this up on the TV and it’ll warm the boat right up!
And yes, I may have gotten a bit silly one night when I was stacking coal in fun geometric patterns with wood and cardboard to burn away and leave a 3D cube of coal surface burning.
Engineering nerd - whatya expect?
🤓
And yes, I may have gotten a bit silly one night when I was stacking coal in fun geometric patterns with wood and cardboard to burn away and leave a 3D cube of coal surface burning.
Engineering nerd - whatya expect?
🤓
I’ve only done a few but absolutely waved while on each one 🤓 Got a couple of seemingly-friendly honks so that made me smile! (Milton Keynes, Grand Union over V6)
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I’ve only done a few but absolutely waved while on each one 🤓 Got a couple of seemingly-friendly honks so that made me smile! (Milton Keynes, Grand Union over V6)
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Semi-unrelated but AI is hilariously bad some days. This is windy even for Shetland 😆
October 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Semi-unrelated but AI is hilariously bad some days. This is windy even for Shetland 😆
The old old standard 821 had the same basic info: “For some hosts the user name is case sensitive, and SMTP implementations must take case to preserve the case of user names as they appear in mailbox arguments.” 🤓 Back in the 80’s and 90’s some of us did abuse this for fun and shenanigans! 😏
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The old old standard 821 had the same basic info: “For some hosts the user name is case sensitive, and SMTP implementations must take case to preserve the case of user names as they appear in mailbox arguments.” 🤓 Back in the 80’s and 90’s some of us did abuse this for fun and shenanigans! 😏
🤓Nerd here with a silly factoid: the standard has always said the email address local part must be treated as case sensitive. Yes, It’s commonly ignored and even the spec says misusing this by deliberately using 2 otherwise identical accounts is discouraged, but it’s actually the design of SMTP. 1/2
October 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
🤓Nerd here with a silly factoid: the standard has always said the email address local part must be treated as case sensitive. Yes, It’s commonly ignored and even the spec says misusing this by deliberately using 2 otherwise identical accounts is discouraged, but it’s actually the design of SMTP. 1/2
One of the relatively few places I can do this! 😆
October 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
One of the relatively few places I can do this! 😆
I checked the metadata on the image and your camera did in fact catch the thought occurring 😉
September 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I checked the metadata on the image and your camera did in fact catch the thought occurring 😉
Even tho it’s on the list, PS on 10th st in Jeff won’t honor this thru the web site, hasn’t all season. Other stores (at least Shelbyville KY) have worked fine on other days. Asked 2 diff times during the season, Jeff manager said “not my problem” & no call in orders.
www.loucity.com/pennstation/
www.loucity.com/pennstation/
September 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Even tho it’s on the list, PS on 10th st in Jeff won’t honor this thru the web site, hasn’t all season. Other stores (at least Shelbyville KY) have worked fine on other days. Asked 2 diff times during the season, Jeff manager said “not my problem” & no call in orders.
www.loucity.com/pennstation/
www.loucity.com/pennstation/
I’ll be putting a new battery in my old FireWire iPod photo sometime soon
September 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I’ll be putting a new battery in my old FireWire iPod photo sometime soon
That is so good! I cannot wait to boat thru there some day (and possibly moor with a nappy pin near or on ‘my’ piling 😉)
September 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
That is so good! I cannot wait to boat thru there some day (and possibly moor with a nappy pin near or on ‘my’ piling 😉)
Even the hard years 😆
September 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Even the hard years 😆
Yup! Every year 😎
September 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yup! Every year 😎
Amazing! 🤩 We were in the UK May 2024 during that event (for our canal boat helmsman certification training courses) and loved seeing them.
September 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Amazing! 🤩 We were in the UK May 2024 during that event (for our canal boat helmsman certification training courses) and loved seeing them.
That’s a shame. I won’t read, watch or listen to anything related to the H-P universe, and will actively avoid anything with people who continue choose to do work within it. Here’s a list of people whose presence in a work will now mean I won’t buy, rent or borrow it.
September 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
That’s a shame. I won’t read, watch or listen to anything related to the H-P universe, and will actively avoid anything with people who continue choose to do work within it. Here’s a list of people whose presence in a work will now mean I won’t buy, rent or borrow it.
You can’t trust AI that’s designed to say what you want to hear, not actually do what it says. Amazon customer service bot stated it was replacing my order. Order never came. Called cust svc who confirmed it never did & placed the order. Requested attached chat transcript😡
September 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
You can’t trust AI that’s designed to say what you want to hear, not actually do what it says. Amazon customer service bot stated it was replacing my order. Order never came. Called cust svc who confirmed it never did & placed the order. Requested attached chat transcript😡
Throwback photo? (2015)
August 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Throwback photo? (2015)
Hey @vought.bsky.social c’mon, tell the folks over in Wadsworth and Fernley to quit it - they’re making me nervous 😬
August 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hey @vought.bsky.social c’mon, tell the folks over in Wadsworth and Fernley to quit it - they’re making me nervous 😬
“Track 45 right. Stop. Center and stop. Enhance 34 to 36. Pan right or-and pull back. Stop. Enhance 34 to 46. Pull back. Wait a minute, go right. Stop.”
Oooh, somebody Tinkers with stuff. Hopefully they… Tinker Til It Works. 😉
Oooh, somebody Tinkers with stuff. Hopefully they… Tinker Til It Works. 😉
August 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“Track 45 right. Stop. Center and stop. Enhance 34 to 36. Pan right or-and pull back. Stop. Enhance 34 to 46. Pull back. Wait a minute, go right. Stop.”
Oooh, somebody Tinkers with stuff. Hopefully they… Tinker Til It Works. 😉
Oooh, somebody Tinkers with stuff. Hopefully they… Tinker Til It Works. 😉
45 minutes later… no leaks on the chassis or the generator before or after, batteries all good. Prolly go up this weekend, fetch it, and bring it here to flush & test water systems.
July 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
45 minutes later… no leaks on the chassis or the generator before or after, batteries all good. Prolly go up this weekend, fetch it, and bring it here to flush & test water systems.
July 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
95F before heat index (a small shower just moved through a bit ago, so it’s a sauna)? Perfect time to run test the generator after the maintenance a few weeks back (I ran it then, as well, but now it’s had a chance to sit and while).
July 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
95F before heat index (a small shower just moved through a bit ago, so it’s a sauna)? Perfect time to run test the generator after the maintenance a few weeks back (I ran it then, as well, but now it’s had a chance to sit and while).