"You are zero for two, young man"
Benito Newsom’s clip job
Went out to get a haircut yesterday, only to discover that’s illegal again. Are they trying to flip California red?
The Worst Part Of Waking Up
The problem with convenient single-serving coffee makers is that when they fail, you’re forced to diagnose the problem without coffee.
(machine was turning off because a bad k-cup required excessive water pressure, tricking the machine into thinking it needed descaling)
Family Matters
Finished watching Umbrella Academy season 2. Worth the occasional slow spot. Reginald Hargreeves is my spirit animal.
But wasn’t there an autopsy report in season 1? Doesn’t the revelation that he’s an alien wearing a rubber mask kind of imply that he faked his death, in which case who was Klaus talking to in the afterlife?
Echo Madness
J: “Alexa, porch light on.”
A: “Calling J.” (my cellphone rings)
I’ll spare you the possible rants and just say that it didn’t show up in the activity section of the app, so I couldn’t “train” it to understand that it misheard me. Or find out what exactly it thought I said.
Anti-Patterns
I remain baffled by the fact that Slashdot remembers how far down you had scrolled in your previous visit and then reproduces that offset the next time you come by, forcing you to scroll back up through everything you’ve already read to see something new. Even more fun when that scrolling position no longer points to the same story.
Ditto the “view N comments” link on blogspot sites that scrolls past all of the existing comments and sets focus in the add-a-comment box.
Best. Flagpole. Ever.
“Thank you for your (fan) service.”
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