Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Rest in Peace, Margaret Hamilton. The coder who saved the Apollo 11. Without her pulling overtime to fix problems her bosses told her to ignore, the Eagle would not have landed. Seen here, standing next to printouts of the Apollo's programs. 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Oh nice, a reserved parking spot for the Teacher of the Year. And the teacher of the year is ... trash. What a lovely message you're sending, local public school. 000
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Infinite monkey on infinite typewriters inventing infinite brand names for throwaway Amazon names have produced this perfect gem of a company name: 030
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Tables set up at the Siege Invitational tournament for Warmachine. 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 14/06/2025All 40+ books of Discworld, rebound on a wheel, with a crank to spin the pages. From the Nerdforge channel. 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The minis game "Infinity" attracts ridiculous levels of creativity, to match the painting expectations. This truck is a one-off creation, CNC cut out of Fanta boxes, and painted. It has moving parts and lights, some of which are hidden until you swing the doors open. 020
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Entirely unrelated, but you should also know that this exists... 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 09/02/2025WIshing a Superb Owl Sunday to all who observe the holiday. 060
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 15/01/2025When I do use paper notebooks, I use these tiny A6 notebooks that tuck into a suede holder. I think I got a pack of them in Shenzhen when I was living there in the summer of '18? They're small enough, each one can be a topic, or not get filled, and I just swap them out of the holder as needed. 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Everyday winter beauty: Ice crystals colonizing the windshield. 150
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 07/12/2024If your marketing campaign is meant to get people to post this picture, asking "WTF?!" ....then mission accomplished, Duolingo. 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 03/12/20242) Maria zur Nedden - master painter in fantasy miniatures. She publishes studies comparing brushes, 3D print resins, etc.. 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Tentative good news: We're currently on track to have the mildest winter surge of COVID since it went worldwide. Normally, many of the cases for the entire year happen in December and January, peaking around the holidays. But cases barely just started rising. Source: covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t... 140
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 30/11/2024The ruble is collapsing, again. After almost a year of stable exchange rates, the Russian Central Bank has reduced the intensity of its most draconian measures to prop up the currency. 10 Year Price Graph of the ruble vs. the dollar, from xe.com Labels are my own. 230
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Reminder: The % off you see with a price is meaningless. Amazon lets vendors bump a price for a couple days, months before Black Friday, just so they can claim a product is (in this example) 39% off. Brick and mortar stores pull the same trick, raising prices before a sale to claim steep discounts. 140
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Another of this year's buzzy new board games: SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Pretty discs that spin around the sun. Keep exploring until you discover aliens. Each alien adds a mini game, and you won't know which one you're playing until they're revealed. 4241
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Current favorite new game from BoardGameGeek Con 2024: Daitoshi. You're building a city. In the woods. The nature spirits are going to get mad at you. You're going to deal with it, and even make friends. A medium-heavy eurogame with top hats. 582
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Economical luxuries: Excellent coffee. Starting each morning with the routine of brewing a cup of something I can slowly savor has become a part of my day I wouldn't give up. 20 grams of excellent beans and a filter? ~80¢. The hardware: 2¢/day, if you keep it 10 years. 010
