evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

Sorting through the photos taken over the last couple of weeks. Found a last wee collection to share from the trip where we met the Mighty Borb. I am very fond of the reflections in the water.

#photography #Scotland #360degree #sphere #ducks #swan #nature #landscape #snow

Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/inventor-of-ntp-protocol-that-keeps-time-on-billions-of-devices-dies-at-age-85/
Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985.

Sometimes I find wee spots in the trees that look like the best spots to sit and have a cuppa and watch the world go by. I love this miniature lichen-tree.

#sillyScribbles #photography #lichenSubscribe #snow #tree

I have walked across this space many times before, but it was only in the blanket of snow that I noticed this tiny wee tree with its own little arrow pointing at it.

The post is the remains of an old fence, the tree an opportunistic growth through cracked asphalt, but the result is an accidental work of art (to me, anyhow).

#sillyScribbles #photography #tree #snow #silly #drawing

The mighty borb was unimpressed.

#sillyScribbles #photography #boop #bird #borb #robin #silly

RIP the man who was the absolute incarnation of XKCD's "one random dude holding up the entire internet". You may never have heard of David Mills, but your entire goddamn world depends on what he did.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Mills

Austrian actress & inventor Hedy Lamarr died #OTD in 2000.

Most of her inventions were not widely used, but in the 1940s she wanted to create something that would help Allied forces fight the Nazis as part of the II WW. She worked with composer George Antheil to develop a new way to steer torpedoes. She had already discovered that radio-signals used to control torpedoes could be jammed by the Nazis, making them miss their targets, & wanted to come up with an unjammable alternative.

#science
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WHY???

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS??

Tell us! Tell us! We've wondered for so long! Please, just...tell us WHY.

If engaging in booping activity it is preferable to get to comfy with the boopee first, even if it does mean getting a cold bum.

#sillyScribbles #boop #photography #duck #silly #snow

OMG. Look at him.

LOOK!

So very, very round 😍

#photography #robin #bird #birb #nature #snow #Scotland

Here’s a short rhyme to help you remember how many days there are in each month.

All tuckered out. Goodnight & sweet dreams all.

#sillyScribbles #photography #snow #silly #drawing #sleep

sorry babe, I wouldn't go in there for a while the toilet has been enshittified

I was bored with candy so this year I said fuck it and handed out rubber ducks for trick or treat and let me tell you, the DELIGHT of the kids who came to my house was unmatched.

Pro tip: you can finish developing a user interface. It can be done. Complete. Whole. A program can be finished. It can stop. You can go home, you don't have to do this anymore. You can be whole. Just say no to UI refreshes.

:)