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David Brower

@browernet.us

1.3K followers 1K following 3.7K posts

Husband, dad, database bit head, occasional blogger, ex-sound engineer, lapsing cyclist.

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David Brower @browernet.us · 23/09/2026

It had a modem that went four states away to a real computer at 110 baud

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David Brower @browernet.us · 20/09/2026

David Brower @browernet.us · 19/09/2026

Still #B-17

B-17 about to fly overhead in 2026

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David Brower @browernet.us · 19/09/2026

Don’t see these everyday. #B-17

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David Brower @browernet.us · 17/09/2026

Just guessing, but this might be phishing.

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David Brower @browernet.us · 12/09/2026

Can any nascar/racing knowledgeable person tell me what the lower official with flags is doing here? he was waving different things all night.

one track official waving the official yellow, another “official” waving green at track level.

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David Brower @browernet.us · 07/09/2026

My labor day, making pretzels, sorting cables

David Brower @browernet.us · 03/09/2026

For math and engineering, nothing beats the green pads with grid on the back:

David Brower @browernet.us · 31/08/2026

Attn @blueheronfarm.bsky.social

Mitch McConnell and wife in a proof-of-life in the hospital picture. Or maybe it's Jeremy, hard to tell.

David Brower @browernet.us · 30/08/2026

NFL Network, playing to the UK audience

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David Brower @browernet.us · 23/08/2026

Homemade pretzels area big hit.

David Brower @browernet.us · 04/08/2026

I approve that one

Shepherd Fairey-ed mug shot of a drunk Rip Torn with the word APPROVE, from bikesnobnyc

David Brower @browernet.us · 08/07/2026

Just eat my shrubs, then.

Female deer eating the bushes just outside a window

David Brower @browernet.us · 29/04/2026

We may be some time

Memtest86 1G into 495G

David Brower @browernet.us · 28/04/2026

My idea of vintage computing

Post screen showing 4 Opteron 6370 nodes w/8 cores each. Missed the 512G memory.

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David Brower @browernet.us · 23/04/2026

Attn @devincow.bsky.social Nice to see you out and about.

Cow on a canal path, munching grass, head blurred.

David Brower @browernet.us · 19/04/2026

Who-ever went got their money’s worth

Picture of The Who playing at the Union Catholic High School gym, with a ticket for Nov 29 1967, admission $2.50. I would have just turned 11 a few miles down the road.

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David Brower @browernet.us · 18/04/2026

I am feeling 600% more American than 10 minutes ago!

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David Brower @browernet.us · 18/04/2026

Ready for an afternoon of Rehabilitation!

Monster trucks lined up around a dirt short track

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David Brower @browernet.us · 05/04/2026

was an optimist

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David Brower @browernet.us · 05/04/2026

Current me thanks past me for putting this in with unions and a local shutoff valve

David Brower @browernet.us · 29/03/2026

There’s your problem

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David Brower @browernet.us · 23/03/2026

not ideal. nfs D state blockage

David Brower @browernet.us · 14/03/2026

There’s a few billion in damages. Career limiting for the skipper and XO

US submarine with a bent and broken sail in port after a collision with another US vessel, both engaged in the Iran Fiasco

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David Brower @browernet.us · 12/03/2026

oops, did it again

Top display with load average of 29.21

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David Brower @browernet.us · 09/03/2026

Shit. What did I do?

Top showing a load average of 53.99

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David Brower @browernet.us · 08/03/2026

Found it!

David Brower @browernet.us · 04/03/2026

3 hours and a $100 later

A Pro-Press coupling fixing the pipe that had a nail hole. Tool rental seemed better than setting the house on fire soldering the joint

David Brower @browernet.us · 04/03/2026

Great moments in home ownership

nail sticking out of a subfloor, underneath a water pipe with a nail hole.

David Brower @browernet.us · 09/02/2026

I still check the Syracuse weather from time to time

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David Brower @browernet.us · 02/02/2026

I don't know what to say:

Screen shot showing part of a browser window with the link: https://cline.bot/blog/memory-bank-how-to-make-cline-an-ai-agent-that-never-forget and the page saying, "Post Not Found, The blog post you're looking for doesn't exist or has been moved"

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David Brower @browernet.us · 04/01/2026

Car with plate reading WOKE

David Brower @browernet.us · 01/01/2026

David Brower @browernet.us · 01/01/2026

Damn. Nailed!

Your 2026 word: slapdash

David Brower @browernet.us · 12/12/2025

Cleaning the desk. Looks like I’m not getting this rebate

Rebate receipt from the defunct Fry’s Electronics with an expiration date of 3/2019 circled in red

David Brower @browernet.us · 01/12/2025

In 1997, 2007, 2017 and 2027 the President was born in 1946, assuming good health.

David Brower @browernet.us · 24/11/2025

Huh! @swiftonsecurity.com nuked this banger:

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David Brower @browernet.us · 14/11/2025

hmm, nope, never gonna catch up

inbox with 85000 messages

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David Brower @browernet.us · 09/11/2025

Oh Windows, never change

Screen showing “You device ran into a problem and needs to restart. We’re just collecting some error info, and then you can restart”. And 75% complete.

David Brower @browernet.us · 09/10/2025

I'm having a very hard time with the idea of a sequel to the Passion of the Christ. Isn't that the Second Coming? Is Mel inventing new theology?

Headline: Mel Gibson's 'Passion of the Christ' sequel to star new Jesus, cast.

David Brower @browernet.us · 08/10/2025

I don't think it's possible to defame anyone in Jets management.

NYT headline: Jet Say Deleted Texts Show Conspiracy to Defame Team President

David Brower @browernet.us · 04/10/2025

I don’t see why this is such a big deal on the internet. Puzzled.

picture of what looks like headphones on a retail display card, but with fans where the speaker cups would be. Labelled “Only Fanz” with a ‘z’ and link to www.only-fanz.com

David Brower @browernet.us · 24/09/2025

Parliament Funkadelic Way street sign in Plainfield, NJ.

Local pride!

David Brower @browernet.us · 06/09/2025

Elsewhere:

David Brower @browernet.us · 04/09/2025

It’s how Spotify affords offices on the 71st floor with that view being admired, though

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David Brower @browernet.us · 24/08/2025

Pretty sure that’s not how team stats are supposed to be computed

team cmp% and avg taken as sums of the passers, so 76 and 57% give 134% for the team and avg is 7.9 + 5.07 giving 12.99.

David Brower @browernet.us · 22/08/2025

17. Honor thy error as a hidden intention

From Brian Eno and Peter Schmidts’s Oblique Strategies card deck

David Brower @browernet.us · 17/08/2025

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David Brower @browernet.us · 12/08/2025

My dad (right) about to receive the Legion of Honor at the French Embassy

David Brower @browernet.us · 06/08/2025

My A/c relay has a charming Engrish label that makes me wonder about an indefinite purpose contactor.

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