iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 26/09/2026

Last year when @alyankovic.bsky.social was in town, I missed out due to cancer surgery. I'm in remission now, so I dared to be stupid and and went last night! @pwbarrett.bsky.social snagged a great pair of tickets and we had a grand time. My voice is hoarse, but it was worth it!

Weird Al Yankovic and band doing a polka medley at Dickies Arena in Ft. Worth, TX, September 26, 2026.

Dare to be Stupid! Weird Al Yankovic is dressed in a yellow jumpsuit with a black belt and is wearing safety glasses, The band members behind him are wearing Devo-style red tiered hats.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 15/09/2026

Hey, I forgot the picture.

Two tabby kittens play with a pink toy mouse, brown packing paper, and an Amazon box.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 05/09/2026

These two troublemakers are Enola and Eliza. Don't let the picture fool you.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 18/07/2026

Meet the Kittens! #Caturday barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...

Two tabby kittens cuddling in a cat bed.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 17/07/2026

Rearranging my desk toys while waiting on a package to show up.

Three desk toys under a monitor. On the left is a desk buddy in a blue enclosure with wide open eyes on the screen. In the center is a Retirement Clock, made with a Cheap Yellow display in a yellow enclosure. The first line of text reads "Friday" and the second line "(early afternoon)." On the right is my mood meter, made from an Adafruit MagTag and in a purple enclosure. The text reads: "F*cks to give: 0." Yes, with the asterisk. Sometimes I don’t use it! A USB cable is plugged into each device.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 08/06/2026

Slowly going through some old cameras and handhelds. This is a Casio Exilim EX-S1, ca. 2002. A whopping 1.2 megapixels! Almost credit card-sized. I'm amazed the battery is charging. Yes, I'll be keeping a close eye on it, just in case, which is why it's on the Incredibly Messy Desk near my keyboard.

A Casio Exilim EX-S1 in a charging cradle with the charge light glowing. The camera itself dates to about 2022 and has a resolution of 1.2 megapixels.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 08/06/2026

Remembered to take a photo on my walk this morning. This is not graffiti, but rather utility markings for road work going on in my neighborhood.

Faded spray painted utility markings on a sidewalk. With bonus footprints. Some people can't resist fresh cement.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 14/05/2026

I seem to be committing millinery today.

Pattern pieces for a mini top hat on a gray cutting mat. The pieces are of holographic/iridescent vinyl in a multi-color floral pattern.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 29/04/2026

Tomorrow I'm scheduled for my last day of chemotherapy. I need a party hat!

A black cloche hat with Neopixels on the hat band. The hat band is covered by a white scarf for diffusion. The Neopixels are showing rainbow colors. The hat sits on a hat block. The block sits on a worktable covered with two cutting mats, one dark grey and one light grey. There is also a lot of disorganization, which I hope you will pardon. It's been a rough few months.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 11/04/2026

This is what I get when I hit the reply button.

The post you're replying to was marked as being written in Japanese by its author. Would you like to reply in Japanese?

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 03/04/2026

I had the soldering iron out today. Be afraid.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 09/02/2026

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western spiral arm of the galaxy. That's so on brand for me!

My location in the BlueSky galaxy. In the boonies, where else?

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 19/12/2025

The Catmas Card is here! www.barrettmanor.com/julie/archiv...

At the top half, a Ruddy Abyssinian hat in a Santa hat sits in the branches of a pine Christmas tree. She is Not Amused. There is a thought bubble from her head that says, "Ho Ho Humbug." In the bottom half, in small print is "Okay. Fine" In large festive print; "Meowy Catmas, Everyone!" In small print underneath: "Do I get my Treats, now?

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 26/10/2025

Taking K-9 out for walkies!

At the British Emporium in Grapevine, TX. A red Dalek, a gray Dalek named Joe, K-9, a man wearing a K-9 shirt, and one dungeon photo op.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 17/10/2025

Contemplating a jail break.

Arya, a diluted peach tor rtie cat, is glaring a the photographer from behind the metal grid door of a purple pet carrier.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 27/09/2025

Arya, selecting a part for her next project.

A tortie cat asleep seen from the back. She's looking at a parts drawer.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 21/09/2025

Our adopted tortie is a sweetie. Here she is in the home office, supurrvising.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 08/08/2025

How to avoid doomscrolling during recovery from surgery. I'm finally filing away years of negatives.

On the right: strips of negatives in sleeves on a light pad. On the left: negatives from the same batch already placed in a filing sheet. All rests on a bamboo bed table.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 13/06/2025

At least I know they'd get the job done!

Parker and Hardison from "Leverage: Redemption." They're coming up through a hole in a stone floor. To rescue someone.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 31/05/2025

At Fan Expo in Dallas with @pwbarrett.bsky.social and his K-9 build.

K-9 from Doctor Who at Fan Expo Dallas. The robot dog is silver and is on a red carpet.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 20/02/2025

Less political, and I really meant to add alt text. Oops.

Map showing the Gulf of there is no Gulf. Only Zuul.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 15/02/2025

I threw a panel and nobody came.

Various garments with embedded lights laid out on a table, ready for my talk. Nobody showed up.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 04/12/2024

Playing with a couple of ESP-32 boards and a color sensor.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 02/12/2024

The #Cheerlights Christmas Tree is in place! Still needs to be decorated.

An inexpensive tabletop tinsel tree gutted of its lights and replaced with am ESP-32, a Neopixel ring, and software to make the tree show the current Cheerlights color.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 14/11/2024

Arya, AKA The Supurrvisor, AKA The Boss. Secretary of Labor.

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #388,542!

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Julie Barrett @barrettmanor.com · 20/06/2024

I don't post the thing I make very often, but here are three fascinators I just finished. Each has a color changing LED in the center. I'll have them in the Art Show at Soonercon this weekend. Bid early and bid often!