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rasterweb, 8 days ago to random

For the past few days I’ve just felt exhausted every morning… besides my bike ride and short walk over the weekend I haven’t had any energy to got out and do anything. I did yard work Sunday and that exhausted me. Maybe I should see my doctor…

kyleejohnson, 1 month ago to random

I have some good news to share. Monday I'm starting at the Philadelphia Airport as Director of IT Infrastructure and Operations. The Airport is another City department, and because this is all happening before my last official day with OIT, I can do this as a transfer and maintain my vacation/sick time as well as service credit towards pension.

I'd like to thank everyone who's reached out over the last couple of weeks to help me during this strange time of transition. It meant a lot to me.

mzyw, 1 month ago to random

Pics from a walk through Hendricks Park in Eugene, Oregon this morning

mzyw, 1 month ago to random

Congratulations to @cplong who has been named provost and senior vice president at University of Oregon! https://around.uoregon.edu/content/chris-long-named-uo-provost-and-senior-vice-president

Chris was my favorite dean at MSU. He is thoughtful, fair, and honest. UO chose an amazing new provost!

#highered #leadership

kyleejohnson, 1 month ago to random

I'm realizing this morning that one of the (very few) benefits of being unemployed is that there are no Mondays. This morning I had my yogurt/granola/m&ms concoction that I usually do on Saturdays. I'm going to go for a walk later this morning like I do on Sundays. I'm going to read and probably watch a movie later, which I usually do on Tuesdays when my spouse is with her knitting group.

Days have no meaning and time is a construct.

Kona brewing ad where two native Hawaiians sit on a beach talking about how mainland folks celebrate Friday, but not Thursday. They decide to Thursday little Friday. Then one of them realizes it’s Monday, so that call that Tiny Tiny Friday.

davidseidl, 4 months ago to random

I've been making bottle stoppers recently and made my first out of cocobolo over the weekend. That's one gorgeous piece of wood!

A cocobolo wine bottle stopper showing dramatic grain and colors.

mzyw, 5 months ago to random

I'm celebrating that I uninstalled work-related Microsoft Office and Teams. I'm freeeeee! 😆

davidseidl, 6 months ago to random

For the third year in a row, Miami University has been named one of the best places to work in IT! https://www.computerworld.com/article/3710492/computerworld-best-places-to-work-in-it-2024.html

I'm really proud of my team and the environment they create for everybody who works in our organization!

davidseidl, 6 months ago to random

My forge is up and running!

The list of folks who want to learn a little about blacksmithing is growing at the same time as my to-do list of things I want to set up for the forge is stacking up.

But today I got out and hammered out a couple of tapers in 1/2 stock and tested out my mobile forge cart and anvil stand setup.

Now for more work holding options, hardy hole tools (they sit in the square hole on the anvil), and some twist wrenches. And learning how to set up my welder...

Various blacksmithing tools on a driveway, including a lot propane forge, an anvil on a stand, and various tongs and hammers on the ground.
A taper and coil forged into 1/2 round stock.

lauren, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to Youtube

OK, I think this is cool. Was just watching an old original early 60s "The Outer Limits" on #YouTube, and noticed the opening shot was looking down on a building with a barely visible heliport in a wooded area. Since the series shot everything here in L.A., and I've located other exterior building shots from the series previously (and visited some over the years), I wanted to locate this one, which I'd never really paid attention to before despite uncountable past viewings (in the plot of the episode, it's a research facility in New Mexico).

Their other exteriors were almost always in the Hollywood Hills. So, I searched for heliports in that area. I quickly found a reference to fire engine company 108. Using Google Maps, it took about two minutes to confirm that this was indeed the location of that opening shot, and that it was almost entirely unchanged today, even down to the location of electrical utility poles.

You probably think this is silly, but I'm easily amused by stuff like this.

kyleejohnson, 6 months ago to random

I tore a finger nail at work today and had to trim it with a pair of scissors. Came out pretty good. I’m adding that to my list of post-apocalyptic skills.

The list now has one item on it.

davidseidl, 6 months ago to random

Dear Spectrum, I now flinch when I see your truck down the street because it means I'm about to experience an outage while I'm in the middle of a Zoom call.

jen, 6 months ago to Metal

I like metal 🤘but I've not found anything new I've liked for ages.

Any recommendations? I'm not too fussy about specific subgenres, as long as it's loud I'll give it a try. If I can sing along, even better.

🤘🤘 #metal 🤘🤘

dsalo, 6 months ago to random

I am of necessity becoming that self-absorbed bougie jerk who has a rolling briefcase.

I gotta quit tweaking my back, is what it is, and my backpack is just heavy enough to cause tweakage.

nancybaym, 6 months ago to random

My dog just found two bones in the woods and let me tell you there is not a more satisfied creature on this planet.

joe, 6 months ago to random

is listening to someone in the office complaining about a company being closed today for election day.

davidseidl, 6 months ago to random

It's "there's an article about it" official - I've been named to the EDUCAUSE Board.

https://www.educause.edu/about/mission-and-organization/governance-and-leadership/educause-board-directors/welcome-new-board-members

That means that I'll be spending time over the next four years working with amazing folks from across higher education IT and other fields as we work to support EDUCAUSE and our community. It's a huge honor, and I'm excited to get to serve with some really amazing folks!

Sheril, 6 months ago to animals

We had to say goodbye to our sweet Happy. She was the very best girl & we had so many adventures together. Happy hiked mountains in Colorado, camped with us in Texas, ran across California’s beaches & pranced through the Michigan snow.

She named herself Happy & loved every person she ever met. We have always felt extremely lucky to find her on Congress Ave & came to call her our Austin terrier since she was a little bit of every breed. We will miss her every day. #dogsofmastodon

Adorable black and white terrier mix puppy in 2010
Adorable black and white terrier mix

cybeardjm, 6 months ago to Halloween

That moment at the flea market, when you realize you're looking at a vampire 🧛 killing kit.

#Halloween #Vampire

kyleejohnson, 7 months ago to random

My reaction to the COVID booster was consistent with my previous experiences. 10am shot, felt not great by 5pm, extreme shivering for five hours at bed (helped some by two blankets), then three more hours of sweating. Got up, showered, slept four more hours. My arm is still sore, but that's the last of the effects.

kyleejohnson, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Three cancelled appointments and twice going in only to find out they didn't have the COVID booster, I finally got my booster at CVS. Now on to the day and a half of feeling like shit.

accidentalciso, 7 months ago to random

While I appreciate your honesty, I'd like to remind you that we are on the phone with the auditors.