.

 

 

These people are all on the naughty list at Hancock Tower.

 

People who have done bad things and got away?

Picture I took of napkin unrelated

 

I don't know the specifics of each one's offense. Those were all hanging in the conference room of the security dept at Hancock when I was left unsupervised in it a few days ago. Basically a "be familiar with these faces" board.


Unrelated:

 

One really cool cat video

https://substack.com/@dukeofgood/note/c-199456077

 

we back to trees just like that

I'm really afraid they will come down on the house one day.... luckily since i live in a ridiculous county, my screen PATIO structure can hold its own:





and yes i removed my fireplace.

 

That's ******* insane. And just a waste of steel.

 

A Florida Man sent me this photo:




He referred to it as a Demogorgon, which I looked up online and found to be a reference to a TV show called Stranger Things which seems to be about a homosexual boy and an androgynous-looking girl who gets frequent nosebleeds and enjoys eating frozen waffles.

 

 

"Harvesting Crème Brûlée" by Travis Chapman, 2026, acrylic on canvas.

 

I love this guy. Starfleet Academy is on the chopping block this time.

 

stopped when he provided his view on Discovery and Strange New Worlds. They were/are both fantastic.

Weak **** Obligatory

 

I found Lower Decks and Picard to both be quite enjoyable.

I haven't been able to really get into Discovery or Strange New Worlds, for some reason.


But speaking of the future, this weekend I decided it was time to get with the 21st Century and learn how to use KiCAD.


I must say, the learning curve was nowhere near as steep as I expected, and compared to ExpressPCB, it's soooooo much nicer. The rat's nest is quick and intuitive, routing-assist with adjustable rules works very well, and being able to download pre-built footprints and 3d models for damn near every component in existence (many straight from the manufacturer or vendor) is a huge time saver.






Some of the functions are a bit silly. Like, do I actually *need* real-time raytracing in the 3d renderer? No, I absolutely do not.

But it's fun.

 

KiCAD is decent, you could look at Eagle too (or whatever it is called today).

One of the last PCBs I designed (2009 ish)

16 layer 0.032", 2 sided, blind-buried, 3mil trace and space. Pretty advanced for the time.

 

After many years of making pens, I have become sensitized to CA glue. So, to mitigate the reaction (like a severe head cold), I decided to make a fume hood. Red, because that is the color of my house, and I had leftover paint. Obviously, it is not finished.

 

Jesus.

Yeah, you got me beat. I top out at 4 layers and components large enough to be seen with the naked eye.



I am saddened to hear this.

I still use the pen which you made for me quite often. Every large purchase order I've issued over the past 8 years has been signed with it, as were the purchasing documents for my house.





Unrelated:


1: I was aware that transvestism is much more common among sex workers in south-east Asia (generally) and in Bangkok (in particular) than in most other regions.

1a: ... and that for many western tourists seeking to solicit sex-for-hire in this region, that is actually part of the allure. However,

2: I would never have guessed that it was *so* common that hotels kept pre-printed forms, in English, at the front desk on account of it:

 

 

 

Oh, Jesus.

We already did this five years ago when he actually died.

I'm going to post a different furry for every time that stupid meme gets pasted again.





Edit: hey, look at that, IB fixed the image embedding.