microblogs
- Take a pic of it
- Hold the power button to open Gemini
- Say “add this to my calendar”
- “are the ‘jokes’ written on paper towel?”
- “We are resigned to using parchment like our ancestors”
- “you shouldn’t write jokes on the dead sea scrolls”
I just realized that during the pandemic I missed an opportunity to make jokes about Nickelback getting popular again because Covid made everybody lose their taste.
As an uninitiated observer currently immersed in theatre culture, I marvel at the intermission bathroom experience. People leapt out of their chairs as soon as the lights dropped 0.3 lumens. There are multiple employees in red suit jackets directing the ladies on how to form a line for the bathroom. The men’s restroom was a large square with urinals dotting every open stretch of each wall, except for two stalls. Each occupied, with a long line out the bathroom. The atmosphere was polite but… competitive. The musical has been fantastic, but the sociological aspect is just as exciting. I love the little details of subcultures.
I never know what my brain will throw at me while I’m doing mundane tasks.
me: brushing my teeth
brain: I think it’s my destiny to create the first naan-profit organization.
After spraying our basement ceiling today I’m thinking of starting a makeup tutorial blog. Shoot me a message if you want a tutorial on how to get this look. 👨🎤
I just opened YouTube and the ad that played before a video was clearly AI generated. A handsome businessman reclined in a chair talking about his success as a stock trader. He said to join his Whatsapp chat to learn all his secrets. Spooky stuff. These hoaxes are obvious now, but in 5 years? We’ll see.
The key to doing your own taxes in 2025 is getting really good at inputting 6-digit verification codes. That’s at least 50% of it. Hopefully passkeys are more common in 2026.
Our disc golf league started up again for the season. It was a little wet today…
Early morning indie hacking on the back deck with coffee brewing… Bliss ☕💻
I cracked open our back door to be serenaded by the birds this morning. Every Spring I’m reminded how much I missed them during the Winter. 🐦
I present to you… “Jake Jobs”. Google AI Studio is fun 😂
Yesterday I listened to my daughter’s heartbeat. It got me thinking that the heart is incredible. Let’s say you live to be 90 and average 70 beats per minute:
90 years * 365 days * 24 hours * 60 minutes * 70 beats per minute
= 3,311,280,000 heartbeats in a lifetime.
We are a wondrous creation. ❤️
Google Gemini on the Pixel phone is so nice. I got paper mail from my HOA about a meeting and was able to:
All the details, including location, were saved at the correct time on my calendar. Took seconds.
Today I added a weekly microblogs counter to the top of my homepage. Clicking the link takes you to see all of my microblogs. A while ago I changed my homepage to only list long articles. But this made it hard to surface microblogs, especially on mobile. This remedies that. Plus counters are cool!
I’ve been on a weight loss journey and decided it was time for a new professional headshot! I’m fortunate to work with a group of NASA photographers and videographers so I was able to do this for free in our studio!
Trying beans from a new coffee roaster today. Really excited about this place. The owner has personally traveled the world to many of the farms where he sources beans and they only serve pour overs in the shop. I haven’t gotten a pour over there yet, but hope to soon. Troubadour Coffee Roasters
I shared this picture of the joke board with our contractor team today (who are still remote for now) and the responses were:
My wife picked up a leather bound journal for me at a thrift store today. I like testing a few pens in a new journal to break the tension of the blank page. After I finished the first page, my daughter climbed up on the couch with me and added her own finishing touches.
I packed up my home office yesterday and moved all my NASA IT equipment into the office today. After getting settled in, I put up this joke board on the outer wall of my desk to be a little speck of joy as we adjust to the new normal.
Today held happy water-themed beginnings. It was my daughter’s first time peeing in a full-sized toilet and her first day of swim lessons.