2026-03-29T17:28:06Z https://yabu.me Eric Likness https://yabu.me/npub1zcwmfwvl3f0c7eeukgwrkg37hkt8482lsxearw7gmsa48nhnlhrq309l0m https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/000/147/224/original/8b082b4f3a77510a.jpg https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/000/147/224/original/8b082b4f3a77510a.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy7r4u6dcfppeja99l0620e8jexjyhks0qvvlvjkxcewx9zt6lghgzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvseh6ss RE: <a href="https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/116291289544270990">https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/116291289544270990</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1prsjp48zup4rrp4xldg66x7zff2ykvusk47awlhsmaqhm3apl95s53eh8y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jessamyn</span> (<span class="italic">npub1prs…eh8y</span>)</a></span> , ❤️<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1jex0ca064cng052carhza5y40al0ll6thvv5k9765r9jvsaskumqu5zxcc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1jex…zxcc</a></span><br/> </div> "His most lauded book, 'The Soul of a New Machine,' introduced readers to the physical parts and electronic bits that go into creating a business computer. The book arrived just as the PC revolution was gearing up.<br/><br/>When he took on the project, he told a reporter for The New York Times, he was not familiar with the field and relied on his subjects at Data General Corporation to teach him.<br/><br/>While he had to get the technology right, it was not what he most cared about. 'It was the people themselves,' he said, 'their incredible passion for this thing.'"<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/books/tracy-kidder-dead.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/books/tracy-kidder-dead.html</a> </blockquote> 2026-03-25T20:28:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr3drat0wqxxyxrn0z36xx2h3mpuhepgpgxrv9x8xy52rrjewdgdgzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv925hkq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswmkfla47e8w5mk5cxxskax7q63fn7qygfv55ymlfvlj459qnhfngr02e64'>nevent1q…2e64</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>From your sinuses to the back of my neck. Weather Underground on desktop.browsers NOT mobile, shows predicted air pressure. And as a trend it nicely aligns with huge weather changes, wind and temp changes. So you are spot-on, early warning for what we saw last night and into today. 30 degree drop in temp for us, and 40m0h gusty over night. 2026-03-12T12:05:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgprw3qjcrgmllla6qj257st6k29ecy7clzrlqdsc46gvc5lfv4gqzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv6f0vdc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvcxwwt6czwa2hjhwlr4rx2lfpvkw28e0fnrj0es5ecu3vmpa5dtcwzjvn7'>nevent1q…jvn7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That could work too. If the blog lent itself to having a ActivityPub linkage it could be a two-fer. With link back to the blog to see the whole array of activities thru the year.<br/><br/>There is definitely more than one way to do it. 👍 2026-02-18T12:58:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0cv76n9ajeprh0vmlvny8acgcsmun6m62duqcwyhgczh8h2dk5gqzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvqxhapp Watching Snowcross on NBC. I know short track skating is more like roller-derbie than snowcross. But watching the maneuvering on snowcross, always seems more dangerous. 2026-02-15T13:55:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx3m4epgqjw5w8pvs027xkw7qf88vkd5uergedal5tk4un4klwm2szyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvx2djf0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz96kqr9h43aytv5ga73s5wq6fsves3rre62ccg226ce8z8jkjhmcq875ka'>nevent1q…75ka</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Freedom and Unity of,...<br/>MITTENS!<br/><br/>Take THAT. The best solution to ICE-y conditions. 2026-01-16T22:52:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxqydtgegwrd9jcd6429qadgqa0kjqm5zxlqj0h4zwlt9hadputqqzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvjv49hj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf55t833pvgxvglqxpxqqp7rk0sag7l7lnc37ye02s5z72csugqcq69ywy4'>nevent1q…ywy4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ross reached IN through window to shoot 2 more times and was NOT in danger. That was retribution, that was payback that was a summary execution. HE wanted Renee to die. 2026-01-09T23:42:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf55t833pvgxvglqxpxqqp7rk0sag7l7lnc37ye02s5z72csugqcqzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvxh53vt Eddie Adams <br/>Adams&#39; photograph of Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing Nguyễn Văn Lém on February 1, 1968<br/><br/>Summary execution is a summary execution.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/867/778/929/578/319/original/a467092bc13e0711.png"> <br/> 2026-01-09T23:41:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0amr75tz7l8vgjeczra0vt7902sdesd3rvmlw69uk6gffphany0czyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv65nylq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxduayfrket8pxqe44z5pjtddhswpqf0v6arqnmgrzhsz5zza25hqkp9st8'>nevent1q…9st8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Clog the country, the courts, the squares, the socialz. We don&#39;t need a &#34;flood&#34; Steve Bannon style. No flood. Only Clog. 2026-01-08T21:33:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxduayfrket8pxqe44z5pjtddhswpqf0v6arqnmgrzhsz5zza25hqzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv9je6nq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8f8y2xcmqjmnw8dxtyyq9sku2w8cg0an5mu79d7x9f2n7szxmacqygd406'>nevent1q…d406</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Clog **ALL** the thingz. 2026-01-08T21:22:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6fyykdm6v52a3ruacxuqqnqqndzrhag46lthmhm80zdwhg6ct4szyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv6gxj4l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5tdqd2ukqy7ed7r2pu0hkd77qe6gwtnl9as9zekvyck48s6srsgy3lwuj'>nevent1q…lwuj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I always think back to Henry David Thoreau&#39;s *Civil Disobedience,*<br/>`Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.`<br/><br/>Let&#39;s be the clog, that fatberg that shuts the whole plumbing system on the street down. 2026-01-08T21:11:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfr3eg60np2909zp0w4f79tlk8jgpmwszehds3d2vhyk3ut7pmraqzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvr00vh9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsge96jtrr4a46tmql73yaf7cakmvngcafpqazzvxzgeqx3x9ljczsxxz34m'>nevent1q…z34m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They never found a memory card foot-print, standard they couldn&#39;t embrace and *extend* or just ruin outright. Memory Sticks anyone ⁉️ 2026-01-06T02:39:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8clclf3ywe6gqn5l44wdt69u4c9m62pusq8x487fkjcgme2ny5kgzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv7vh4ts In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspgr6yzwekufvuthrx7hymelffm6kfa5he9dv7lqvth38kylkxqxcccsuv4'>nevent1q…suv4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I remember that old Disney movie, and every time it came on My Dad, would turn the channel. He *hated* it for some reason. Never learned why.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD9gnEf0g6A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD9gnEf0g6A</a> 2026-01-05T21:15:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdkdqwe2czdlscllk35qvs0f43ksprfanu3u3h2rzthga3r5s37hgzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvqm9pzh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx46tulvv26xq5zr4pqcmryx705tgzre6v7u2nuss53lgf9dsn89qa8yx4d'>nevent1q…yx4d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I will not give up my paper checkbook until they pull it from my cold dead hands. ✊ 2025-12-31T23:44:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzarqetam8fkkldjpzw0zxj7axj4883z3ccff6nvfqa73pjmggygzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv7akktg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqh0mj5ujmuh98p3uv43vcmft0qvv2lumkt3aaln06ng6mpcfgm4s2ekk4m'>nevent1q…kk4m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>1/4&#34; thick crust of the hardest ice you ever did see on the front grille and headlights.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/789/009/185/472/928/original/a21a5aba47263a47.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/789/009/322/590/978/original/1d4a9779fbd10363.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/789/009/477/712/290/original/9355cc7e26f56287.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/789/009/609/441/072/original/a13a474f319227f0.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-27T01:48:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhz0u3j75t95ze3eqvx56as3cg942svzxyrkhhc2ttffv53q8exqzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvjhdrgl Current Conditions in Roch-cha-cha NY<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/689/712/542/796/687/original/93047fd7658392cb.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-09T12:55:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspwk6ldxqu4y03dz06zk9x9s773ajrf9v0xevwkmv9j4r2l6ldsngzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv3h05t5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xnhq0xsmueqx5k9ha4qfvyx3nufu2alxf03x4h7npw4g3hl6v9cx49q08'>nevent1q…9q08</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gotta stay in practice.<br/>US Mail<br/>Check writing,...<br/>Charitable Contributions<br/>A hat trick, a trifecta if you will. 2025-11-07T01:43:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyp9dplp3p5tlwadkanyl5j282wpn7ufumpqn2x900c9uws0kmqfgzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvjjz40r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95yfqlpefh9ph7qkj0hlnuh0rvelfredhfyccqlfuvxdj4vym4gc8e68fy'>nevent1q…68fy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>USPS or nothing at all. SWIFT can go to hell. 2025-11-07T01:07:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd9cemfwxvw4zfgyxuu08ujvpcn40ss0htea5a9a7lausrcw9cu6czyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvf0e7tc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszacgsaucud4jkvjej6uvr2qh2nlz2zza62tzdyvngmv9dczewc8cwjssa4'>nevent1q…ssa4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel like this is adjacent to writing checks as payment and sending MAILING them to the company. 2025-11-06T23:28:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwuf4tu545ahla5p2d5sdh259uzmu4q0rv34h4epz7ncu7jdszxqzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvxyepqv I thought today would be different. I thought it was going to triumphant, or `special` in some way. But it&#39;s just another Blah Tuesday in just another month in this seemingly endless year. Yeah I thought this was going to big news. What a whimper.<br/><br/><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/windows-10-support-ends-today-but-its-just-the-first-of-many-deaths/">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/windows-10-support-ends-today-but-its-just-the-first-of-many-deaths/</a> 2025-10-15T00:13:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ch637wm526t92jhsfh5ry0npqeam50qe60xg0x9y6985ut8zscczyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvwmnfgp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wqchfv2528ac7v669lr8dqzjvdlxqa7ggvx5lgm4hl4cjncjl7cshgs6q'>nevent1q…gs6q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This says it all to me `They walked the full length of the train and questioned every single passenger about their citizenship status. According to the conductor, who has worked nearly 40 years` 2025-04-19T13:04:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9mdmarmldxdjt0gnkm74j8n42uz85cqaesns2xg2tepvdl26v2sczyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvp3z5a6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdl8ymr5hwnl3dwqepsw5cdtc604jyeq2hrwv5w465sy7fg9jkdkgz9mzjt'>nevent1q…mzjt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Random facts about Forth that I can remember offhand.<br/><br/>SUN Microsystems adopted Forth for their OpenFirmware boot code. Apple eventually adopted OF when moving to OS X back in 2000. So two big users of Forth right there. 2025-04-01T14:50:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2uw28dh85hhms9ry8fesdtyfg4zwm0cpnfg29tpt9vv2fq32jh5qzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uveyjl0a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfem5j04ps8nm4f0c3nkj4l30p5v49ng8m2sj03eqdywjrftuc29qhwrqhn'>nevent1q…rqhn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Great, I know we got Prrofpoint at work. Will look forward to this. Right up there with this past Summer&#39;s CrowdStrike Falcon sensor malarkey. 2025-02-11T12:50:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp54zj87jgzw9z5v0rmn9c2w552q4u69h70nraz2clrxx7070d08czyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvu225an In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xl58yhg86ehvks8kext56uwsawm272e0setukqqd7y7qqctwn0q7xj5n6'>nevent1q…j5n6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Come for the groceries, stay for the racism. 2025-02-04T21:46:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8fj92l8tsgvt6kyup33cye0gsuvkq5e4kpv786dwv2zq8v6jed2qzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv7w3dam In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspc3qzy85v9pnv5wkzffg3cpq4m28vws4e23cm3s7tvkjrpjnr4pg07gp8d'>nevent1q…gp8d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I want to try this out myself, kick the tires, take a test drive. 2025-01-28T00:22:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxge0jzj5pnw7h80wezr2jrghrhf0tx4dk5ggfhn6zky8sljawzdczyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv8uwfa8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8e2ah7z6kvwj77cf0t85mjyhkymgqs2df03jwvn8kvketynkahjc5dw2n0'>nevent1q…w2n0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I guess the three way hat trick would be the Lithiated Soda, Tetra-ethyl Lead, and Coca leaf-infused Coca-Cola.<br/> 🇺🇲USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA🇺🇲 2024-12-03T17:57:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2r2szndlr3dunpe2nas30mfnqqurcfrmj52mw9rsvgf0d2w8meuqzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uv9tfrav In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnjzqvklkhehnv0uyfd2q5rdcve2ufvpse6nuzkahcmmzh20czcqvzq4ez'>nevent1q…q4ez</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like something out of Glenngary Glen Ross (movie not the play as such). 2024-10-29T22:09:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxxtpg5vw30qtfheum9ay9t879x29f0qpp5rp3p02qfld379wq3eqzyqtpmd9en799lrm88jepcwez867ev75at7qm85dmerwrk57w707uvf2mmm5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspph898kre324ckjjuugemvzyk9lv2cylprhp2m4lv0jm47cxc34gtme48s'>nevent1q…e48s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Which &#34;might&#34; also be what&#39;s on the slide in the break-out room. It&#39;s triplicate. 1-2-3 (book,slide,speaking) 2024-10-29T20:01:24Z