@mikesusz social feed.

dearest ‘well-meaning’ project manager: every time you ask me a question about something unrelated, the time for me to deliver this feature increases by 30 minutes.

please choose your questions wisely, consider:
1. am i the right person to ask?
2. could someone else answer this question?
3. do you need an answer immediately?
4. is the answer to this question more important than completion of the feature i’m working on?
5. could this be done asynchronously e.g. via email?

@jerzone wait i may have figured it out! not ‘here’ but ‘there’

@jerzone i, too, am still trying to figure out the magical incantation to make it do that also. like “search within the visible bounds”

@irafcummings you plus it, or you … and add it to your liked songs. it’s super weird. but if you tap the album art and view the “main” play window you get a plus and a minus

@fred @irafcummings what about the one with dwayne johnson’s head, The Rocktopus

Modest Mouse suggests the existence of Boastful Mouse

@annika i read this really quick and thought you said Residential Tentacles Board

@waxy didn’t CGP Grey cover this? :) https://youtu.be/pUF5esTscZI

@mescutia hot take!

@hotdogsladies “corn be heavy soon” that’s what they say

lights in snowy woods.

do not high-five your sliding compound mitre saw.

@revmem (ha!) hey it works out syllabically

@revmem … just like Cheddar …

nobody got my joke, but this is why i sing The Cure songs every time i make a dairy-free sandwich

as difficult as it was to do this project (and my previous truck projects - new bumper & grille, painted both) i’m really not afraid of paint projects anymore and i’m also semi-okay with blending metallics (though i prefer my next car not be metallic. nor the one after that. and every one after that.)

You
Soft and lonely
You
Lost and lonely
You

finished painting my repair of my quarter panel today.

i showed my kids Weapon of Choice and i’m trying to think of a Christopher Walken movie i can actually watch with them

@threetonesun don’t be a chad

@hbuchel ah it was a polish thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Amigus-dyngus

@hbuchel do they do dingus day in Detroit? i remember that from Buffalo

i just realized i refer to a slack group that i’m in as my “dads slack” which should not be confused with my “dad slacks”

@hotdogsladies “Dixville Notch” could be the New Hampshire version of “Map of Tasmania”

once again, i’ve learned several new things about CSS from reading an article by @5t3ph and i just discovered her buymeacoffee, wouldn’t it be fun (if you also benefit and you have the means) for us to all throw a little $ support her way today? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/moderncss

@jerzone yeah my couple from a few days ago was a lot more overnight (okay less than a hundred but then each one favorited everything i’ve posted in the last few days) fediverse growing pains i guess

wow a robot army from px.mathias777.com followed me last night. dozens of bogus accounts, faving everything i’ve posted

more progress on my repair panel this weekend. took a while to get the garage up to a temperature where i could spray paint (primer). all that’s left is wet sanding, color, and clear.

Susz’s First Law of Sanding: there is always more sanding than you expected, even if you’ve accounted for Susz’s First Law of Sanding

@marcamos the drill/driver combo is the first big step. i bought them as a combo and they’re great for different things (the driver is one that converts to an impact-like driver when it has resistance. and you can set 3 levels of “this screw is going in no matter what”)

random: do you ever wish you had a power outlet right in the middle of your garage? if you have an automatic garage door opener - you probably do! hopefully not as cramped as this is in my garage, but some clever plug adapters can help.

a side note. sometimes it feels essential to work on a project like this. my only success criteria is ‘box.’ not ‘pretty box’ or ‘really straight and square box.’ i am the only stakeholder and nobody else is going to care about the outcome.

a quick project this morning while the shop warms up: a plywood box to store some of my heavy/awkward metal working tools. scrap plywood and random screws.

tool notes: that 4” dewalt battery-powered circular saw is my favorite tool i’ve ever used. also, i borrowed my wife’s drill to use for the countersinking bit, so i had drill / drill / driver. it’s amazing how much faster projects go when you don’t have to changeover tools.

@jerzone also cats seem useless to help us deal with the ladybug plague. i’ve seen my cats try to eat them and become instantly and deeply offended. i guess they taste bad.

@cabel oh there’s a limit? yeah i don’t think i’ll never be able to use this product.

maybe when the internet coolkids receive their Apple Vision Pros they can write about them: some Apple Vision Prose

my weekend project: a custom patch panel for my car. i started from flat stock.

snow squalls today were bonkers.

@hbuchel “i know, I KNOW that NFTs were a bust. and ‘web 3’ was nonsense. but listen. LISTEN! AI is gonna change everything. i’m all-in. double-down. triple-click this.”

@marcamos can i pet that dawg?

@jerzone ah yeah. i took a nap on the couch with the dogs after work, woke up and saw 3” of snow outside and i knew it was warming up overnight

@jerzone i shoveled my driveway yesterday just as it was rising above freezing. snow was super heavy but not yet saturated/slush. i probably could have just left it to melt today but i tend to err on the side of action.

snowy backyard. the dogs love this.

@Ruth_Mottram my yard has a lot of needle ice this year. wheelbarrow for scale (for this spot — it’s everywhere!)

@marcamos y’all basic

@sarajw i don’t know if they do the same over there, but a lot of public libraries in the US have discs to lend

fun design observation:

a JVC car stereo. it’s important to match up the colors of wires so your speakers and controls all work. the manual is printed in black and white, but the box is in color. so they put a wiring diagram on an inside flap of the box, so it stands up where you can see it even!

@rands how do you feel about buttons or menu items that move around as UI elements are loaded? ;)

@marcamos i’m glad you figured this out, Marcellus

@danyork the guys on the ATP podcast talked about the options recently, their summary:
- trying to do it yourself is a tremendous amount of time
- services will have better equipment than you can afford
- if you’re worried about their quality, send a sample selection first and review before sending more batches