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Why don’t they make ex-wife Mother’s Day cards? We might not be married, but she’s still the mother to my children.

Why don’t they make ex-wife Mother’s Day cards? We might not be married, but she’s still the mother to my children.

Been thinking about #Apple’s rumored AR/XR headset that’s supposedly launching next month. I predict the #AppleReality will be a...

Been thinking about #Apple’s rumored AR/XR headset that’s supposedly launching next month. I predict the #AppleReality will be a disappointment this year & we’ll all have one two years from now.

The promise of an AR headset is there. It’s easy to imagine how awesome it’ll be. This headset will fall short of that imagination.

The iPhone wasn’t a mainstream product until at least its 3rd generation. Watch took even longer to be adopted. This headset will be no different.

https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ar-vr/

A couple of weeks ago, @onetwo_bre and I started making videos about our travel. Today, we posted a room review of our junior suite aboard...

A couple of weeks ago, @onetwo_bre and I started making videos about our travel. Today, we posted a room review of our junior suite aboard the Navigator of the Seas. Come check it out and let us know if you'd want to spend a couple of days in this room on your next cruise.

https://youtu.be/xD0C7M9sVzA

I’m supposed to be on my way to Dallas this afternoon for the VEX robotics world championships, where my son will be competing. Once this...

I’m supposed to be on my way to Dallas this afternoon for the VEX robotics world championships, where my son will be competing. Once this competition is done, I’m going to ask his team to build me a robot to slap me upside the head any time I even think about booking a flight through American Airlines. My 4:45 flight is currently delayed 5 hours, and if it gets delayed another 10 minutes we won’t be able to take off tonight.

I love the way the #Anaheim traffic engineering team left this pile of tires in the middle of the sidewalk. It really highlights the value...

I love the way the #Anaheim traffic engineering team left this pile of tires in the middle of the sidewalk. It really highlights the value they put on pedestrian accessibility for our roads.

How did the FAA ever certify the environmental analysis for the Starship launch? The Biological Opinion concluded that "the Proposed...

How did the FAA ever certify the environmental analysis for the Starship launch? The Biological Opinion concluded that "the Proposed Action is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any federally listed species or adversely modify designated critical habitat." Looking back at it now, that seems to have not been the case. https://futurism.com/wildlife-starship-explosion

Fedex's highly precise delivery estimates that are wrong are worse than imprecise estimates that are right. This is a lesson that can be...

Fedex's highly precise delivery estimates that are wrong are worse than imprecise estimates that are right. This is a lesson that can be applied to many situations.

I have a package that is scheduled for delivery from anywhere between 25 minutes from now, and three hours and 25 minutes from now. It was last seen in Clint, TX about 10 hours ago. I do not think it will be here in the next four hours.

It would be better if FedEx said it would be here sometime between today & the end of the week.

Making something this morning. #adsb #radio

Making something this morning. #adsb #radio

Good news, if the Earth plunges into the sun, we won’t go flying off the Earth until we’re 445,000 km from the surface of the sun, and...

Good news, if the Earth plunges into the sun, we won’t go flying off the Earth until we’re 445,000 km from the surface of the sun, and we’ll burn up long before we get that close.

This is a real long shot, but does anybody here have an AISHub account that could pull some data using their API?The API query should be...

This is a real long shot, but does anybody here have an AISHub account that could pull some data using their API?

The API query should be https://data.aishub.net/ws.php?username=XXXX&format=1&output=csv&compress=1&mmsi=311478000&imo=9227508&interval=10080

This should provide a zip of a CSV file that has the position data for Navigator of the Sea for the past week.

#AIS #AISHub

I'm on a cruise headed out to sea, and have internet, which is a miracle. However, I've not seen internet speeds this slow since...

I'm on a cruise headed out to sea, and have internet, which is a miracle. However, I've not seen internet speeds this slow since around 1996. It's going to take me 5.5 hours to download a 13 second 4k video.

Also, there is also no security benefit to this TFR. If somebody wanted to crash a plane into Disneyland, a red circle on a map isn’t...

Also, there is also no security benefit to this TFR. If somebody wanted to crash a plane into Disneyland, a red circle on a map isn’t going to stop them. This doesn’t prevent a 9/11 style attack. What it does do is make the experience of Disneyland guests a little bit better because planes aren’t flying low overhead when they’re in the park.

This benefit, mostly accrued to Disney, is not balanced out with the harm caused to other aerospace users by preventing them from flying.

This TFR makes it impossible to fly a drone in West Anaheim. There are good & valuable reasons to want to use a drone that are...

This TFR makes it impossible to fly a drone in West Anaheim. There are good & valuable reasons to want to use a drone that are prevented. For instance, I want to take drone photos of the Platinum Triangle to illustrate how it’s being developed & ways we could be doing better in our land uses.

Similarly, drones are increasingly used in business, uses that are prevented here. Real estate agents use drone images to help sell homes. Surveyors use drones to map areas. But not here.

Is it possible to challenge an existing Temporary Flight Restriction? There is a long-standing TFR that covers a huge part of #Anaheim,...

Is it possible to challenge an existing Temporary Flight Restriction?

There is a long-standing TFR that covers a huge part of #Anaheim, centered on #Disneyland. This airspace around Disneyland is defined as National Defense Airspace and was originally put in place shortly after 9/11. It expires in 2050.

https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_4_3635.html

I’ve done something excessive for an ultra stupid reason.I’m diving next week in cold water. Unfortunately, the strap of my Aqualung...

I’ve done something excessive for an ultra stupid reason.

I’m diving next week in cold water. Unfortunately, the strap of my Aqualung i200C dive computer doesn’t fit around my wrist in a wetsuit. It came with a longer strap, but I didn’t know it was in the box when I threw the box away. I reached out to Aqualung last week asking if I could buy a replacement strap, but they never got back to me.

So… I bought an #AppleWatchUltra to use diving next week.

And while I say I'm not going to pre-visualize my shots, this article has basically the shots I want to capture on this next trip....

And while I say I'm not going to pre-visualize my shots, this article has basically the shots I want to capture on this next trip. https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-kelp-forest-quiet-refuge/

I took a photo again! I’m going on a trip next week and I’m started to get excited to take photos again. My camera has been sitting...

I took a photo again!

I’m going on a trip next week and I’m started to get excited to take photos again. My camera has been sitting mostly unused for nearly two years.

I’m coming back to #photography with a new perspective. Instead of intensely pre-visualizing the exact shot I want, my new plan is to just explore the world and find compositions along the way.

I can’t wait to get back into it.

On the one hand, I’m glad contractors doing the road “improvements” near me were finally able to find a break in the rain long enough...

On the one hand, I’m glad contractors doing the road “improvements” near me were finally able to find a break in the rain long enough to pour the new curb ramps.

On the other hand, they decided to dump their excess concrete into the planter next to the sidewalk.

You win some, you lose some, I guess.

The last time I visited Victoria Beach in #LagunaBeach nine months ago, there was a sandy beach between the rocks in the foreground and the...

The last time I visited Victoria Beach in #LagunaBeach nine months ago, there was a sandy beach between the rocks in the foreground and the tower, and now it’s just rocks. The tide pools that were once teeming with anemones, starfish, and crabs have become overrun with algae and are now otherwise devoid of life.

I’ve been coming here for years, and the rapid change is truly shocking. The signs of #ClimateChange are all around us and we’re losing the natural world we’ve always known.

The most interesting exploration of #ChatGPT and #Midjourney is coming from @ianbicking. It's so much fun watching smart people just...

The most interesting exploration of #ChatGPT and #Midjourney is coming from @ianbicking. It's so much fun watching smart people just play with this new technology and figure out what it can do for us. https://llm.ianbicking.org/