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Father, husband, computer nerd, movie goer, and music fan. I'm pretty boring and I'm fine with that. (he/him)
Other day in the car.
Son: What's that noise?
Wife: That's daddy's music... you'll get use to it.
For the curious, we were listening to Swans' "To Be Kind".
Son: What's that noise?
Wife: That's daddy's music... you'll get use to it.
For the curious, we were listening to Swans' "To Be Kind".
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Other day in the car.
Son: What's that noise?
Wife: That's daddy's music... you'll get use to it.
For the curious, we were listening to Swans' "To Be Kind".
Son: What's that noise?
Wife: That's daddy's music... you'll get use to it.
For the curious, we were listening to Swans' "To Be Kind".
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Ideal conditions for starting your passion project will never come. You will never feel skilled enough to make it. There will never be a moment where you stop being scared to start. Do it anyway. Do it badly. Do it scared. Just make that thing that’s clawing at the door of your soul; It wants out.
October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ideal conditions for starting your passion project will never come. You will never feel skilled enough to make it. There will never be a moment where you stop being scared to start. Do it anyway. Do it badly. Do it scared. Just make that thing that’s clawing at the door of your soul; It wants out.
Toddler: *random, jublient gibber-ish*
Me: Someone’s getting silly!
Toddler: *belch*
Comedic timing milestone: Reached!
Me: Someone’s getting silly!
Toddler: *belch*
Comedic timing milestone: Reached!
September 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Toddler: *random, jublient gibber-ish*
Me: Someone’s getting silly!
Toddler: *belch*
Comedic timing milestone: Reached!
Me: Someone’s getting silly!
Toddler: *belch*
Comedic timing milestone: Reached!
Time, why do you hate me?
August 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Time, why do you hate me?
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The person who invented the video game joystick has disappeared, they down right up and left.
July 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The person who invented the video game joystick has disappeared, they down right up and left.
Optimism is great to have when facing a difficult task.
Optimism IS NOT great to have when ordering clothes online.
Jason, let’s be honest. You have a dad-bod. Just order the X-Large.
Optimism IS NOT great to have when ordering clothes online.
Jason, let’s be honest. You have a dad-bod. Just order the X-Large.
June 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Optimism is great to have when facing a difficult task.
Optimism IS NOT great to have when ordering clothes online.
Jason, let’s be honest. You have a dad-bod. Just order the X-Large.
Optimism IS NOT great to have when ordering clothes online.
Jason, let’s be honest. You have a dad-bod. Just order the X-Large.
First Pop-Tart. I will make this kid a GenX, latchkey kid if it kills me!
June 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
First Pop-Tart. I will make this kid a GenX, latchkey kid if it kills me!
I’m currently in my own personal Hell as I keep thinking it’s Friday only to realize it’s only Tuesday.
April 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’m currently in my own personal Hell as I keep thinking it’s Friday only to realize it’s only Tuesday.
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Heads up: I’ll be looking for a new role soon. I’m frontend to back-of-frontend. I’m people-first. I dig Web APIs & in-browser tests. I love clean, thoughtful web apps.
When necessary, I design APIs to feel like they like came out of the box.
If you hear of anything coming up, I’d love to chat!
When necessary, I design APIs to feel like they like came out of the box.
If you hear of anything coming up, I’d love to chat!
April 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Heads up: I’ll be looking for a new role soon. I’m frontend to back-of-frontend. I’m people-first. I dig Web APIs & in-browser tests. I love clean, thoughtful web apps.
When necessary, I design APIs to feel like they like came out of the box.
If you hear of anything coming up, I’d love to chat!
When necessary, I design APIs to feel like they like came out of the box.
If you hear of anything coming up, I’d love to chat!
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Job hunt is still ongoing for a Software Engineer position in either the SF Bay Area or remote. Redacted resume attached
March 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Job hunt is still ongoing for a Software Engineer position in either the SF Bay Area or remote. Redacted resume attached
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Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help?
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help?
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
I need to know more. What did cheese do to you!?!?
February 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I need to know more. What did cheese do to you!?!?
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we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths
January 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths
Ugh!
In remembrance, if you're in a dark mood I recommend watching "Blue Velvet". If you're in a lighter mood, "The Straight Story". In either case, have a damn good coffee and some cherry pie.
David, thanks for all the great stories/movies, art, and music. You will be greatly missed.
In remembrance, if you're in a dark mood I recommend watching "Blue Velvet". If you're in a lighter mood, "The Straight Story". In either case, have a damn good coffee and some cherry pie.
David, thanks for all the great stories/movies, art, and music. You will be greatly missed.
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Ugh!
In remembrance, if you're in a dark mood I recommend watching "Blue Velvet". If you're in a lighter mood, "The Straight Story". In either case, have a damn good coffee and some cherry pie.
David, thanks for all the great stories/movies, art, and music. You will be greatly missed.
In remembrance, if you're in a dark mood I recommend watching "Blue Velvet". If you're in a lighter mood, "The Straight Story". In either case, have a damn good coffee and some cherry pie.
David, thanks for all the great stories/movies, art, and music. You will be greatly missed.
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Today, sixty days after being laid off by JPL, my severance pay and insurance coverage expire.
At JPL, I did engineering ops for the Curiosity Rover 🚀. Before that, I studied entrepreneurship and management at Stanford.
Please reskeet this so I can make new connections and find new opportunities 🤠
At JPL, I did engineering ops for the Curiosity Rover 🚀. Before that, I studied entrepreneurship and management at Stanford.
Please reskeet this so I can make new connections and find new opportunities 🤠
January 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Today, sixty days after being laid off by JPL, my severance pay and insurance coverage expire.
At JPL, I did engineering ops for the Curiosity Rover 🚀. Before that, I studied entrepreneurship and management at Stanford.
Please reskeet this so I can make new connections and find new opportunities 🤠
At JPL, I did engineering ops for the Curiosity Rover 🚀. Before that, I studied entrepreneurship and management at Stanford.
Please reskeet this so I can make new connections and find new opportunities 🤠
Looking for recommendation for a native email client for macOS. Been using Postbox (which is a prettier version of Thunderbird), but they were just bought and will stop supporting it soon.
Don't need anything too fancy. Needs to work with GMail services.
Thanks!!!
Don't need anything too fancy. Needs to work with GMail services.
Thanks!!!
December 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Looking for recommendation for a native email client for macOS. Been using Postbox (which is a prettier version of Thunderbird), but they were just bought and will stop supporting it soon.
Don't need anything too fancy. Needs to work with GMail services.
Thanks!!!
Don't need anything too fancy. Needs to work with GMail services.
Thanks!!!
Them: How’s pacifier weaning going?
Me: Well…
Me: Well…
December 6, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Them: How’s pacifier weaning going?
Me: Well…
Me: Well…
Installing Win10 on a laptop from an older install media. It got to a point and Cortana started assisting/narrating the setup process. I just wanted to be like, "Oh, honey. I've got some bad news coming your way..."
December 2, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Installing Win10 on a laptop from an older install media. It got to a point and Cortana started assisting/narrating the setup process. I just wanted to be like, "Oh, honey. I've got some bad news coming your way..."
Is parenthood just having “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” stuck in your head all the time?
November 17, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Is parenthood just having “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” stuck in your head all the time?
Me: You have a decision to make here. It’ll affect the rest of your life. Choose wrong and you’ll make things more difficult for yourself.
3 month old son: *grabs rattle with left hand*
Me: *sighs* Difficult it is…
3 month old son: *grabs rattle with left hand*
Me: *sighs* Difficult it is…
August 21, 2023 at 4:46 PM
Me: You have a decision to make here. It’ll affect the rest of your life. Choose wrong and you’ll make things more difficult for yourself.
3 month old son: *grabs rattle with left hand*
Me: *sighs* Difficult it is…
3 month old son: *grabs rattle with left hand*
Me: *sighs* Difficult it is…
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Ugh! Absolutely gutted. Such big part of my childhood watching Paul's TV show and movies. He will be greatly missed.
Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman Actor, Dies at 70 After Private Bout of Cancer
Paul Reubens, the actor best known for portraying Pee-wee Herman, died Sunday night after a private bout of cancer. He was 70.
variety.com
July 31, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Ugh! Absolutely gutted. Such big part of my childhood watching Paul's TV show and movies. He will be greatly missed.
I have the same conversation with my son multiple times a day.
She doesn't have any milk in her nipples 🤣🤣 #cute #babygirl #funnykids
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July 21, 2023 at 8:35 AM
I have the same conversation with my son multiple times a day.