Brian Enigma @BrianEnigma@xoxo.zone

A tale of two batteries, both model 18500. From one manufacturer, 3.2V. From another, 3.7. That explains why my controller kept wigging out over low batteries.

I was awarded another patent today. Regardless of what you (or I) feel of software patents, you still have to check out the smiling-tie-man clipart diagram. Marvel at how his shirt is transparent, but his face is not.

True or false: if Warm Leatherette pops up on your streaming station, you are technically, morally, and legally obligated to watch Cronenberg's Crash within 48 hours.

Just a normal Saturday of reflashing firmware into my floor lamp, using an FTDI port.

In 45 days we can remove 45.

No! https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87

HAM IS GONE

“Covid doesn't effect young people.”

An attempt to sterilize the throat without shocking it too far from the ambient air. #OregonFires #Laphroaig

Don’t settle for a 2019 model.

⚠️ Pro tip: if you have a media center, buy DVD box sets of daytime syndicated shows from your childhood, rip them, and put them in a “sick day” playlist to watch on shuffle when you’re feeling unwell. For me, that’s Gilligan’s Island, I Love Lucy, Addams Family, Batman, Monkees, etc.

At what point is it no longer cosplaying?

That’s not fog.

The current air quality is... beyond hazardous?

Tonight, I remembered an old Sigur Rós video. For no particular reason.

And I’m sure it’s totally unrelated, but the current Air Quality Index is 511.

https://youtu.be/hqJ8hFgYwVg

Creating a little island of joy and happiness within the dark sea of 2020. #waffles #berries #virginMary

There is a weird humming building between two houses, hidden from the street by hedges and a chain-link fence. Walking by, it always reminds me of the end of that William Gibson X Files episode. This week I learned it’s a Portland State University weatherstation providing AQI data.