Mike Weston
mweston@ieji.de
<p>I'm a retired software engineer living in Honolulu after living most of my life in Silicon Valley. My hobbies are running/walking, movies, and beer tasting. Other interests include politics, technology, the environment, and personal growth.</p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/retired" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>retired</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Honolulu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Honolulu</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/run
Posts
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Post #2886749
New and welcome trend: A couple of companies have asked if I want to opt out of Mother&#39;s Day (and Father&#39;s Day for one of them) emails. My parents are both gone, and my wife and I are not parents, so such emails are at best irrelevant to us. I hope more companies follow this trend. #MothersDay #FathersDay
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Post #2886748
The gecko is at 12:30 #gecko #hawaii #SushiClock #NotGeico
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Post #2886747
Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of when I started driving pure EVs, starting with a Nissan Leaf on May 6, 2011 (photo below). Then I had a Tesla from August 25, 2018 to March 13, 2025, and currently a Hyundai Kona Electric (which fits better in my garage, plus it doesn&#39;t remind me of Elon). I was initially inspired by the 2006 movie Who Killed the Electric Car. All with no gas or oil changes! (Also no smog checks when I lived in California.) I will definitely never buy another car wi...
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Post #2886746
One bit of good news as a result of the Iran war: https://www.salon.com/2026/05/16/green-energy-will-have-the-last-laugh-because-of-trump/ (not so much for the US though) #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy #GreenEnergy #solar #wind
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Post #2886745
Wow. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/trump-irs-settlement-tax-returns The Justice Department: Just-ICE #corruption #kakistocracy #JustICE