If you look out at the lawn and think, I’d sure like to mow that 3 or 4 times in a row, a reel mower might just be for you!

@eldang
Happy birthday Eldan! Here’s a turkey at our friend’s farm!

Older brother reading about the discoveries of nuclear science that lead to the bomb. “Are nuclear bombs real?” Yes, and there’s only one country that has ever used them to kill people. We did. The US used them to bomb Japan. “What???”
There’s more to the story, but one atrocity at a time is enough.

I’ve heard technical sales discussions all this week about master/slave devices. These terms are straight up offensive. And also THIS IS A BAD METAPHOR FOR HOW THESE DEVICES WORK. I guess people like the terms. What other terms use the same metaphor that would be somehow less appealing? Empire/colony? Lord/serf?

Me: I’m having some trouble reading with my glasses on.
Eye doctor: You need bifocals.
Me: But I can read with my glasses off very well!
Eye doctor: Yes, this is why you need bifocals.
Me: ...

Last night I took a notebook to a Carley Rae Jepsen show, which was very on-brand, but not at all practical

Today the spam calls are coming from...my own number. So I get to curse at myself when my own face pops up on-screen.

The concert was pumped through speakers. Impressive considering the setup, but worse than FM on your home stereo. I’ve got to get to the symphony this fall where I can actually hear it.

At an outdoor symphony concert where we could only see the instrumentalists on the giant monitors (yuck). But in camera shots of the woodwinds, giant bows kept jabbing into the frame. That helped.