Tom Harrington
atomicbird@mastodon.social
<p>iOS developer emeritus and cybernetic entomologist in Colorado. Welcome to the after party.</p>
Posts
-
Post #3699980
A moment of silence-- no, of soul music-- for George E. Johnson, founder of Johnson Products, maker of Afro Sheen. Johnson was the main sponsor of Soul Train, and his sponsorship made this local Chicago-area show into a national event. Johnson passed away this week at age 99. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ7FjvXbzfo
-
Post #2746253
&quot;Scan this QR code with your mobile device to verify you are human.&quot; That&#39;s a new one on me. Apparently you need to download a reCAPTCHA app to pass verification of this. I declined, so I guess I&#39;m a robot now.
-
Post #2746252
Apple Maps ads seems to be a “feature” of iOS 26. As if Liquid Glass wasn’t enough.
-
Post #1966249
In case anyone thought I was being hyperbolic about Tim Cook kissing Trump’s ass, that’s how Trump saw it.
-
Post #1754701
Taking this old friend in for recycling, because the battery has gotten spicy. I think I used it for every Stump 360, among other things. It’s a 2013 retina MacBook Pro.
-
Post #1135879
Can’t wait to find out if NASA discovers intelligent life after this landing
-
Post #1135878
I guess blockading the strait of Hormuz is our job now? I’m so old I remember when having it closed was bad, and the USA wanted it open. That must have been, what, two or three days ago?
-
Post #1006842
For folks who remember my bird house cam of recent years— it’s up and running. But we seem to have fewer birds this year, especially the chickadees who usually nest in this house. It’s been completely dead so far.
-
Post #1006841
A president who would post a rant like this is a president who would use nuclear weapons to carry out his war crime threats.
-
Post #1006840
I found some inexplicable things I can only describe as Russian nesting Easter eggs in my house and I have no idea where they came from. Has anyone seen something like this?
-
Post #1006839
More insanity from the guy the USA put in charge of a nuclear arsenal and who is surrounded by ass kissers.
-
Post #1006838
&quot;A whole civilization will die tonight&quot;. Place your bets.
-
Post #1006837
Anyone else here know who Claus von Stauffenberg was? I don&#39;t know why he comes to mind today.
-
Post #882388
&quot;CarPlay doesn&#39;t support these directions&quot;. That&#39;s a new one on me. I wonder WTF it means. I guess I get to find my own route.
-
Post #882387
At a high school talent show, one guy performed as Prince, doing a song I didn’t know, with a costume that looked like a lot of work went into it. Or so we thought. Much later I realized that he was performing as Sheila E. This was the song https://youtu.be/9Wz7C-qiJ9I
-
Post #882386
Seems like a good time to set up new GitHub accounts, leave the AI training thing turned on, and then fill the accounts with the shittiest code imaginable
-
Post #882385
Music to get you in the mood for #nokings today: Prince, “We March” https://youtu.be/O4YVbDCSGAg
-
Post #882384
Music to get you in the mood for #nokings today: The Honeydrippers, “Impeach the President” https://youtu.be/wVycUX1y0XE
-
Post #882383
From #nokings today in Colorado Springs
-
Post #882382
Pretty much resigned to seeing meaningless “This item cannot be downloaded” alerts on my iPhone several times a day at this point. I don’t know what it is or why it can’t be downloaded. Apparently it’s important to keep telling me about it though.
-
Post #757897
KEXP did a pi day playlist. They made it through 3.1415926535897932384
-
Post #384334
Snow bug in Leadville Colorado today
-
Post #318952
R.I.P. Jesse Jackson. Here's Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel laying down some truth about him from 1984. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Dgip2w5qs
-
Post #309958
Apparently we&#39;re at the point where AI agents will write takedown pieces against people who don&#39;t want to use them. https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31132#issuecomment-3882256286
-
Post #309957
The ones who don’t walk away from Omelas because the Dow is over 50,000
-
Post #309956
“You have reached your daily limit for hiding ads.” Well I guess I reached my daily limit for your web site.
-
Post #309955
&quot;The original document can&#39;t be changed so a duplicate with your changes has been created.&quot; I... what? What? It&#39;s an editable document.
-
Post #155863
Tim Cook going to a private showing of the Melania movie at the White House is more than ass kissing or doing what’s “good for business”. It’s cozying up to actual US nazis. This man needs to go. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/white-house-vip-melania-screening-mike-tyson-tim-cook-1236484037/