I’m not cursing, I swear (ha). It’s just an abbreviation of the name of an event in which I took part today... BITCHSTERDAM!!!

Remember back in September when I whined like a baby about my 43-game Waffle win streak coming to an end? Well imagine my disdain now that my current 116-game streak came crashing to an end by a mere single play.

One of the coolest things about toy photography is trying to make do without having too much in the way of sets or dioramas or whatnot. One of the easiest ways to accomplish this is to scour the web for hi-res photography that can be used on the background of your computer behind the subject of your photo.

These videos of nine-year-old Maya Neelakantan shredding to both riffs and solos by TOOL guitarist Adam Jones as well as a video of her receiving a signed custom Gibson Les Paul from Jones himself just makes me so happy.

Do you miss Macro Monday?

Nathan has learned about Rickrolling.

Everyone keeps saying that photography on Instagram is dead and that videos made using Reels within IG is the only way to get noticed. I’m testing this theory by posting an original photo and a slightly modified version of the same photo as a reel just to see what happens.

If after all the years of badmouthing by developers and QA…

If after being told for 15 years that it is non-standard compliant…

Aye yi yi.

At first, I just felt a little lazy and lapsed on posting a couple times last week. Then it became an issue where I couldn't post even though I wanted to because my blogging company was switching data centers and the prep and actual move caused all kinds of havoc with posting and access and... blech.

How well do you know your horror movies by their faces of terror?

I KNEW IT!!!

NOOOOOOO!!!

My 43-game win streak on Waffle has come to an end!!

I've been playing fantasy sports online since 2001. I've played using ESPN, Yahoo, and several other services. I've played with friends, relatives, coworkers, and even in random public leagues run by the services I listed previously.

I am but a simple man. I have simple likes. And simple things make me happy. This is the way.

I was perusing the r/starwarsblackseries subreddit when I saw this unfortunate photo of a poorly molded Clone Commander Cody and the original poster asking for advice on how to fix it.

On Saturday, April 30, I got catfished over on my @yonduonterra Instagram account. A guy I thought I knew asked for help with something and, in the process of helping him avoid a scam, I fell victim to one.

Per Wikipedia... Scam baiting (or scambaiting) is a form of internet vigilantism primarily used towards advance-fee fraud, IRS impersonation scam, technical support scams, pension scams, and consumer financial fraud.

As a recovering Wordle/Quordle addict, I found this article about how breaking your Wordle streak can affect you to be very interesting. 

It was kinda funny reading posts from everyone freaking out that Spotify (and Discord) was down most of today leaving people without a key source of streaming music and podcasts.

I’m an Apple fan. Have been since 1999 and, no matter how many missteps they make, I’m sure it will remain this way.

So I finally started this last night…

There is no need to provide textual accompaniment to this video. Just watch it and drool.

Well, this freaking sucks…

Apparently there's a thing going around on social media where you look up your name on Urban Dictionary to see what it says. I'll tell you right now, this shit is more accurate than any horoscope out there. 

As a person who works in the web development industry, there are few things I appreciate more than when someone has a little fun with their website. One of my favorite things is a creative 404 page. Mostly because coming across a 404 means the page you want is gone or you have the wrong URL. It's a frustrating thing, so if a creative dev can make it less frustrating (even just a little bit), that's good.

Ohmigod. I am so freaking furious with Apple right now and it all has to do with their stupid Emergency S.O.S. settings on iOS. 

Do you remember me mentioning during my whiny writer’s block post about how I want to “just make it to this coming Wednesday”? Curious why? 

A co-worker had a little technical issue with a SaaS solution at work today. It was similar to one I had a week ago, so I mentioned it and told her what to look for. She did and was able to confirm that what we experienced was the same issue and would likely resolve itself with a little patience. Basically, it was a system glitch that would clear up, but none of her data was lost as she had feared.

I've kinda hit a strange place in my reading right now. For the last couple of weeks, I've been without an audiobook to which I want to listen.

We learned how to use Lyft really, really early this morning. Not because we wanted to, but out of necessity. Ugh. 

Almost any time I log into LinkedIn, I see information about new followers and conversations related to accounts for my employer. 

Our home internet connection is wonky right now. Normally when you hear that, you expect intermittent connectivity, right? Sometimes it’s up, sometimes it’s down. 

I don’t remember if it was the first, second, or third edition of it, but today marks the 15th anniversary of Davecago, when a bunch of bloggers got together in Chicago to hang with Dave 2. 

Has anyone else noticed that you can no longer actually take photos within the Instagram app anymore?

Sometimes after reading a book, I’m not always immediately compelled to write a review on Goodreads. In some cases, it’s because I’m in a rush and just don’t have the time. In others, it’s because I need to consider the book a bit more before offering up my thoughts on it.

Just gonna experiment with something and see how it works in different browsers, OSs, and all that web QC jazz. The experiment? Placing a Spotify playlist in the sidebar of this blog and seeing how well it works... if at all.