The scariest people I know are also the kindest and most generous. They don’t have anything to prove or anyone to impress. Their self confidence lets them be open and inviting.

If you find yourself talking to a friendly, outgoing person at a biker bar or security conference, don’t mess with them.

Transit pup.

A woman on a San Francisco bus is carrying a small, white fuzzy dog in a pouch across her chest.

We’re having an honest-to-god thunderstorm in San Francisco! I’ve missed this so much.

I’ve gotten tired of struggling against Entware on my Synology NAS (and darned if I’m using its Chinese mirrors), so today I’m using synology-nix-installer to switch to Nix. This has been a learning experience.

My new Seiko watch with an 4R34 movement loses about 2 seconds per day. I’m pleased with that, especially for a mechanical watch.

It’s not possible to get the iOS Clock app to show you the current time’s seconds, except by looking at its animated icon, or adding a clock widget to your phone’s screen. Inside the app? No. No, you can’t see the exact time in seconds. That’s not something regular users want to do, or something.

Dress code in the Bay Area means wearing jeans and an OCBD shirt and having coworkers repeatedly ask why you’re wearing fancy clothes.

Dean is practicing to be a goalie.

Yesterday’s haul from Urban Ore was something I wanted so badly back when my C64 had a 300 baud modem.

(Never mind that our home Internet is 8,000,000 times faster now.)

Closeup of a Hayes Smartmodem 1200, model 07-0038, looking sleek and fast in its aluminum case.

I saw Frank Chu carrying his sign in Oakland’s Chinatown! This is gonna be a great weekend!