Sparr
@sparr.bsky.social
Maker, geek, gamer, coliving organizer, kinky educator, coder, ...
"We received your claim, for faster processing, please sign and upload the attached claim form and requested documentation"
I didn't need faster processing, so I ignored this. They forgot to mention that the requested documentation was mandatory or my claim would be denied.
I didn't need faster processing, so I ignored this. They forgot to mention that the requested documentation was mandatory or my claim would be denied.
December 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"We received your claim, for faster processing, please sign and upload the attached claim form and requested documentation"
I didn't need faster processing, so I ignored this. They forgot to mention that the requested documentation was mandatory or my claim would be denied.
I didn't need faster processing, so I ignored this. They forgot to mention that the requested documentation was mandatory or my claim would be denied.
If the first amendment protects me publishing your words on your behalf, then it must give you at least that much protection if you publish them yourself.
I need to find some US or MA legal precedent on this general rights concept (not necessarily just first amendment).
Help?
I need to find some US or MA legal precedent on this general rights concept (not necessarily just first amendment).
Help?
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If the first amendment protects me publishing your words on your behalf, then it must give you at least that much protection if you publish them yourself.
I need to find some US or MA legal precedent on this general rights concept (not necessarily just first amendment).
Help?
I need to find some US or MA legal precedent on this general rights concept (not necessarily just first amendment).
Help?
Precision in medical instructions is important.
4 hours of consuming no liquids makes you thirsty.
4 hours of consuming no fluids makes you dead.
4 hours of consuming no liquids makes you thirsty.
4 hours of consuming no fluids makes you dead.
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Precision in medical instructions is important.
4 hours of consuming no liquids makes you thirsty.
4 hours of consuming no fluids makes you dead.
4 hours of consuming no liquids makes you thirsty.
4 hours of consuming no fluids makes you dead.
Apparently there was a trend in the 70s of chopping the Honda Z series to fit in bus cargo bays. I've always wanted something street legal to carry like this, and I haven't found any modern cars the right size. Maybe I need to look at older smaller cars?
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Apparently there was a trend in the 70s of chopping the Honda Z series to fit in bus cargo bays. I've always wanted something street legal to carry like this, and I haven't found any modern cars the right size. Maybe I need to look at older smaller cars?
It always amuses me to re-discover that "blind baking" is the option where you can see the thing that you are baking.
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It always amuses me to re-discover that "blind baking" is the option where you can see the thing that you are baking.
Published my first npm package. Nothing big, just a Bun plugin to help me migrate one of my workflows from Rollup.
I feel like I knew someone proselytizing Bun a while back. Who was that?
www.npmjs.com/package/bun-...
(this is a cross post)
I feel like I knew someone proselytizing Bun a while back. Who was that?
www.npmjs.com/package/bun-...
(this is a cross post)
www.npmjs.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Published my first npm package. Nothing big, just a Bun plugin to help me migrate one of my workflows from Rollup.
I feel like I knew someone proselytizing Bun a while back. Who was that?
www.npmjs.com/package/bun-...
(this is a cross post)
I feel like I knew someone proselytizing Bun a while back. Who was that?
www.npmjs.com/package/bun-...
(this is a cross post)
Dumbest cloud dependency ever: Foxwell NT510 car code scanner produces scan result files. The USB port supports file transfer for firmware updates. But you can't download the scan files via USB. That requires wifi to send an email to yourself through their servers.
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Dumbest cloud dependency ever: Foxwell NT510 car code scanner produces scan result files. The USB port supports file transfer for firmware updates. But you can't download the scan files via USB. That requires wifi to send an email to yourself through their servers.
$900 estimate to repair the furnace means I'm doing things the old fashioned way for a week while I order the parts to do it myself.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
$900 estimate to repair the furnace means I'm doing things the old fashioned way for a week while I order the parts to do it myself.
I wrote a summary of the seven figure lawsuit situation that's keeping me trapped in Massachusetts. If you're wondering what to get me for Christmas, a lawyer would be nice.
sparr.substack.com/p/real-estat...
sparr.substack.com/p/real-estat...
Real Estate Lawsuit Situation
The seven figure case keeping me trapped in Massachusetts
sparr.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wrote a summary of the seven figure lawsuit situation that's keeping me trapped in Massachusetts. If you're wondering what to get me for Christmas, a lawyer would be nice.
sparr.substack.com/p/real-estat...
sparr.substack.com/p/real-estat...
New (very used) car has a sunroof that is stuck open. Repair requires removing the headliner. One of the steps of removing the headliner is to remove the footstep plate at the bottom of each of the four door frames. This is the sort of thing I hate about fancy cars.
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New (very used) car has a sunroof that is stuck open. Repair requires removing the headliner. One of the steps of removing the headliner is to remove the footstep plate at the bottom of each of the four door frames. This is the sort of thing I hate about fancy cars.
My ex-tenant's felony charges for theft and assault against me have been joined by many more for breaking into and robbing another storage unit, carrying a gun and ammo without a license, etc. He's being held as a danger to the public pending trials. Hopefully they put him away.
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My ex-tenant's felony charges for theft and assault against me have been joined by many more for breaking into and robbing another storage unit, carrying a gun and ammo without a license, etc. He's being held as a danger to the public pending trials. Hopefully they put him away.
It's common for defense attorneys in court here to enumerate the reasons the defendant is a person the law shouldn't apply to.
This week I heard one person described as a father of three, aged 7 months, 19 months, 2 years. Assuming one mother, she's been busy!
This week I heard one person described as a father of three, aged 7 months, 19 months, 2 years. Assuming one mother, she's been busy!
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It's common for defense attorneys in court here to enumerate the reasons the defendant is a person the law shouldn't apply to.
This week I heard one person described as a father of three, aged 7 months, 19 months, 2 years. Assuming one mother, she's been busy!
This week I heard one person described as a father of three, aged 7 months, 19 months, 2 years. Assuming one mother, she's been busy!
Today in the 7-figure lawsuit re selling my house: Final attempt to confer with the other parties on my next motions:
1. Strike, dismiss, or sever my co-defendant and their claims.
2. Judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment on the claims preventing sale of the house.
1. Strike, dismiss, or sever my co-defendant and their claims.
2. Judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment on the claims preventing sale of the house.
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Today in the 7-figure lawsuit re selling my house: Final attempt to confer with the other parties on my next motions:
1. Strike, dismiss, or sever my co-defendant and their claims.
2. Judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment on the claims preventing sale of the house.
1. Strike, dismiss, or sever my co-defendant and their claims.
2. Judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment on the claims preventing sale of the house.
Today in criminal court: My ex-tenant (who is in jail) for stealing tens of thousands of dollars of my stuff and threatening and assaulting me. Me for being at the courthouse within 50 yards of my other ex-tenant with a restraining order against me, when we had a hearing there.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Today in criminal court: My ex-tenant (who is in jail) for stealing tens of thousands of dollars of my stuff and threatening and assaulting me. Me for being at the courthouse within 50 yards of my other ex-tenant with a restraining order against me, when we had a hearing there.
Superior Court unexpectedly gave me a hearing date later this month. There's time before then to get some motions filed (the process takes weeks in this court), so I guess today is Motion Drafting Day!
(This doesn't advance the state of the case, that's still not til January.)
(This doesn't advance the state of the case, that's still not til January.)
November 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Superior Court unexpectedly gave me a hearing date later this month. There's time before then to get some motions filed (the process takes weeks in this court), so I guess today is Motion Drafting Day!
(This doesn't advance the state of the case, that's still not til January.)
(This doesn't advance the state of the case, that's still not til January.)
Canceling my January/February plans now that the big lawsuit has been delayed three more months. It sucks to not know whether I'll be free next spring or summer to make plans for then, even.
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Canceling my January/February plans now that the big lawsuit has been delayed three more months. It sucks to not know whether I'll be free next spring or summer to make plans for then, even.
Latest MA courts nonsense: After being rescheduled twice, the judge declined to hear my motion to compel that was filed in June because the other side provided some discovery in October.
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Latest MA courts nonsense: After being rescheduled twice, the judge declined to hear my motion to compel that was filed in June because the other side provided some discovery in October.
I gave up on my motion to compel discovery to avoid another month of delay in the seven figure civil case keeping me trapped. Now we can *maybe* have the next step in the case... in 3 more months.
October 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I gave up on my motion to compel discovery to avoid another month of delay in the seven figure civil case keeping me trapped. Now we can *maybe* have the next step in the case... in 3 more months.
Is there a QALY-like metric that accounts for how long you can remember them?
One hour of unimaginable pain might significantly reduce my QALYs. Is the reduction the same if I can't remember it at all afterward, such as due to amnestic drugs or just shock response?
One hour of unimaginable pain might significantly reduce my QALYs. Is the reduction the same if I can't remember it at all afterward, such as due to amnestic drugs or just shock response?
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Is there a QALY-like metric that accounts for how long you can remember them?
One hour of unimaginable pain might significantly reduce my QALYs. Is the reduction the same if I can't remember it at all afterward, such as due to amnestic drugs or just shock response?
One hour of unimaginable pain might significantly reduce my QALYs. Is the reduction the same if I can't remember it at all afterward, such as due to amnestic drugs or just shock response?
Auction car retrieval plan:
Ride to Worcester
Bus to NYC
Bus to EWR
Get rental car
Sleep in rental car
Drive to Jersey City
Pull car ignition
Drive to Pottsville PA
Make new keys
Drive to EWR
Return rental car
Bus+Bus to Jersey City
Reinstall ignition
Drive home
Wish me luck!
Ride to Worcester
Bus to NYC
Bus to EWR
Get rental car
Sleep in rental car
Drive to Jersey City
Pull car ignition
Drive to Pottsville PA
Make new keys
Drive to EWR
Return rental car
Bus+Bus to Jersey City
Reinstall ignition
Drive home
Wish me luck!
October 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Auction car retrieval plan:
Ride to Worcester
Bus to NYC
Bus to EWR
Get rental car
Sleep in rental car
Drive to Jersey City
Pull car ignition
Drive to Pottsville PA
Make new keys
Drive to EWR
Return rental car
Bus+Bus to Jersey City
Reinstall ignition
Drive home
Wish me luck!
Ride to Worcester
Bus to NYC
Bus to EWR
Get rental car
Sleep in rental car
Drive to Jersey City
Pull car ignition
Drive to Pottsville PA
Make new keys
Drive to EWR
Return rental car
Bus+Bus to Jersey City
Reinstall ignition
Drive home
Wish me luck!
Today's laundry puzzle. Hand washing this disc binder wasn't difficult, just time consuming to get into all the plastic-cloth-plastic pocket layers. Drying required a bit of brainstorming.
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Today's laundry puzzle. Hand washing this disc binder wasn't difficult, just time consuming to get into all the plastic-cloth-plastic pocket layers. Drying required a bit of brainstorming.
Some time 2-24 months from now I'll be free of the lawsuit trapping me here. I'll have between $500k in debt and $1.5M in profit. I'll only get a few weeks notice of when and how much. I wish I could afford the services of professionals to improve the timeline or outcomes.
October 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Some time 2-24 months from now I'll be free of the lawsuit trapping me here. I'll have between $500k in debt and $1.5M in profit. I'll only get a few weeks notice of when and how much. I wish I could afford the services of professionals to improve the timeline or outcomes.
I'm a big fan of weird auctions, but this email subject line is a new extreme for me.
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm a big fan of weird auctions, but this email subject line is a new extreme for me.