iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 03/02/2026

At work I use Onyx Graphics Thrive to process my large format printing jobs. Since we're out of support on our software version (18, current version is 25, minimum support is 22 now), I figured out how to manually alter their printer install files to fix a model change after a hardware upgrade. 🤓

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 22/01/2026

As a long time Simpsons fan I think Jeff Westbrook lost the plot on Seperance. This is definitely my vote for worst episode of all time.

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 15/01/2026

The old Nortel Meridian 616 at work died after a power outage and is destined for scrap and the autistic urge to convince my boss to let me take it and repair it is so real..... Do I need it, no... But I could have home phones 😅

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 13/01/2026

I'm at the point where I can't tell if I have grown to hate the direction Android has gone with their OS or if I'm so deep into Linux and UI design as a programmer that I crave customization of everything at a base level... Maybe it's just because I hate how everything is an app of a website lately

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 11/01/2026

The eternal struggle between needing to switch to fibre optic Internet because of the upload speeds for my homelab and not wanting to change things because despite being a residential customer my IP has remained static the entire time...

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 15/12/2025

Me: I wonder if anyone else is as big a fan of Magikarp as me. Google AI:

A search in Google "Magikarp favorite pokemon" and the AI result starts off buly saying "Magikarp doesn't have one single 'favourite' Pokemon in the games, bun fans often choose Magikarp as their favorite....."

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 11/12/2025

Sometimes I think I should have pursued becoming an electrician, but I feel like that would have destroyed the enjoyment I get from doing it If I had to do it every day...

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 28/11/2025

Asserting my dominance as a Canadian and Curler by wearing only a T-shirt while running deliveries in Niagara Falls today. (It's below freezing with a good wind lol)

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 12/11/2025

Swapped two print heads on the OCE Arizona 350GT flatbed printer at work yesterday. Still recovering them as they're used heads but oh man is the jump in quality already there 😻

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 08/11/2025

Was pumping gas whistling the tune of "Cabbage rolls and coffee" today and the woman using the opposite pump complimented me on being a very good whistler 😅 I mostly don't realize I'm doing it which has been "fun" for coworkers in the past 😅

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 25/10/2025

Interesting fact Solitaire was on a lot of these early devices because it helped people learn how to use the drag and drop function on those newfangled pointer devices.

A close-up of the screen on a wasp WPA 1000 barcode scanner with a winning screen of the cards cascading out across the screen from a solitaire game.

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 24/10/2025

Wasp: "What is my purpose?" Me: "You run solitaire now."

Picture of a Wasp WPA1000 barcode scanner that runs Windows mobile 5.0 pocket PC premium. An antiquated device from the 2010s era of technology. It has an LCD touch screen taking up the top 2/3 of the device with a chunky bezel around and power button located top right above the screen. Below the screen in the bottom third of the device's face there is a cluster of buttons surrounding a circular up down left right rocker with a centered button, presumably as enter. There is an outer button circle of 4 buttons for quick actions with pictograms of papers. A checklist, a calendar and a letter envelope. On the outer left and right of that are single slanted buttons of similar size on the left, one for keyboard and on the right a clock with a house for home screen

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 12/10/2025

Okay so long story short for simplicity I've been running my home server on Win 10, with the Win 11 BS I'm thinking it's finally time to install Debian.

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 11/10/2025

Lol the DJ's Double J's had paper stuffed as packaging and it's just a segment about 18 inches or rolling paper 😅

Picture of the 18 inch long section of rolling paper on a glass patio table in from of the open jar or pre rolls.

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 27/09/2025

Haven't been posted here as often so here's a selfie of me and my partner

A selfie of myself (left) and my partner Clancy (right) In costume at Balls Falls Conservation Park for a themed Princess Bride photo shoot. I am dressed as Wesley and she is dressed as Buttercup.

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Scrappy Booooooooo i'm a ~scary~ ghoooooost🏳️‍⚧️ @scoobertdoobert69.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

yeah, they like it when pregnant people suffer and if they can vilify both autism and the parents of autistic kids at the same time, it's a real win-win for them. disgusting but pretty straightforward

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ill-boo-mi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

me telling my grandkids what it was like to have vaccines

The Simpsons old man sitting on a stump telling a story but all the kids have been replaced with headstones

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/09/2025

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away theonion.com/fearful-americans-stoc…

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 11/09/2025

My boss and I had a heated discussion about minimizing waste from a 4"x8" coroplast sheet. Im for sq.inch. he's for a larger singular dimensional sheet. This was sparked because I opted to save an L comprised of a 32"x24" piece that is attached to another 16"x24"(48") section instead of one 24"x48"

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 11/09/2025

Commenting on tiktoks is all fun and games until the video blows up and your comment starts getting inundated with likes 😳

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 03/09/2025

How you're supposed to press control+/ while using a right handed mouse to highlight vs how I press it 9 times out of 10, because my brain won't let me unanchor my pinky from the corner of the board 😅

Me using my Logitech g513 keyboard. Pressing the right hand control with my index finger on my left hand and the "/" key with my middle finger.

Me using my Logitech g513 keyboard. Pressing the left hand control with my pinky finger on my left hand and the "/" key with my thumb.

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 01/09/2025

"Sitting on the porch with my rack out" Aka I got some new rack shelf parts used on marketplace so I'm cleaning them before bringing them inside.

A picture of my knees, looking out past while sitting on the porch with a spray bottle of window glass cleaner on the rail used as a mild degreaser to clean the three server rack sliding trays and keyboard attachments that are leaning up against the ledge of my porch and sitting on the rail beside the Windex and a spent paper towel.

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Blaise Boo-lysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

If Trump dies on Labor Day I think it should trigger Communism automatically.

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 29/08/2025

Vans cheaped out on their construction while keeping the price sky high so I need to find new daily shoes that last longer than 3 months. Anybody know where I can get a size 14 quality shoe? I'm starting to think I need to just buy an industrial sewing machine and fulfill my dream of making one...

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 23/08/2025

Attempting to reverse engineer the programming on some RFID chips from work because this type of thing is weirdly something I've always done. At one point in highschool I learned how to read by sight 0-9 in a Code 128 barcode. I can't do it still but I can see the patterns. I have weird hobbies...

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 19/08/2025

Retrofit my garage door from an old school deadbolt and bad dummy handles to a proper Schlage door knob with keypad. Of course I forgot to take pictures of the impressive part where I made a temp plug so I could align the larger size hole saw over the old hole.

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 17/08/2025

I really need to invest in a table top power supply.....

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 17/08/2025

Fixed my TV and now I diagnosed and am working on my Sister-in-law's that coincidentally just went 😅 got talking on how I've always been fascinated by electronics and desired the knowledge to repair my own but this is definitely not something I received a formal education on. Considered it though...

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 16/08/2025

*usb colour calibration devices existing* *Meanwhile me in 2025, still just calibrating by eye using points of reference to gauge balance across the gamut of colours*

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 16/08/2025

Went to one of my favourite restaurants in St Catharines yesterday, Al Noor for the first time since they renovated and were under new management, still the best! I ate my Lamb shawarma platter so fast I didn't even get a picture. Also grabbed these at the Halaal grocer attached and they're so good!

Me holding a bottle of "NEW EFES non-alcoholic malt beverage pineapple grapefruit flavour" the bottle is green glass with a pull tab cap

The back of Al Noor business card
"AUTHENTIC
ARABIAN CUISINE
905 688 0006"
A QR code center.
"121 GENEVA STREET. ST
Catherines
alnoorkitchen@gmail.com"
With 5 gold stars in a row centered at the bottom

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 13/08/2025

Me every few months checking if Amazon is still super shitty because they've destroyed competitors and now certain specialty items are scarcely available elsewhere and Amazon is basically the only option... Still crap. Still can't meet the delivery guarantees they set. Search is trash. ScAmazon ✔️

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 11/08/2025

I have never dropped my tuning this low before but I'm loving the stainless steel Rotosounds in C standard drop B to learn how to play Gilla Monster by King Gizard and the Lizard Wizard. Have had those tasty licks stuck in my head the past couple of weeks. 🤘🤘🤘🎸

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 10/08/2025

Upgraded the old T520 to debian 13 and installed and tested an industrial isolated usb to serial adapter and running QLC+ as a DMX Control software. Potential rig to run lighting for a community theater show.

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 09/08/2025

My boss discovered that my brain takes everything plausible as a serious statement and everything way too literally. For example, I did 3 sign installs at a remote site and when I was back he walked in and said the client called and said it's crooked and watches and my brain has a computing error 😅

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 08/08/2025

SMH, the pizza place cut my pizza in 12 slices but I can only eat eight 😞

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 07/08/2025

The fuck is going on with drivers in Niagara. Tues-Nearly hit by an unsecured mattress that flew off a trailer. Wed-Almost hit by a white truck who decided to cut everyone in a roundabout off instead of exiting. Thurs-Almost hit by an Audi not checking their blind spot or using a blinker. Wtf 🤬

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 03/08/2025

Not perfect but a lot more functional. Pocket added on the body side between a seam. Zippered lining pouch to hide pin backings, and a zippered inner that closes fully and not just dangling open on the sides.

Showing off the whole bag in its current usable state. All my pin collection has been transferred over and there is more than half of the front bottom area that is empty on this new purse. It is a hanging against a full coat rack.

The lining zipper opened up showing off the PIN backings that are hidden between the linings

The bag opened up revealing the zipper that fully closes underneath the flap

The bag zipped up with the flap up showing the zipper that reveals the pin backings in between the linings and the zipper that opens up the main compartment

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 03/08/2025

Decided to pull the trigger and rework a new purse out of good parts from my old one and a thrifted Temu bag that someone clearly ordered and realized the design was largely not functional. Stole a zipper pouch from the old one so it's real and I have to finish what I started 😅

A screenshot of the Temu listing of the original bag that I am altering "vintage canvas messenger bag with straps retro style multiple compartments adjustable shoulder" for $45.76 CAD in the color carbon black k

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 02/08/2025

I learned the hard way why you don't want to run DMX on a non-galvanically isolated circuit while experimenting with alternatives to the Enttec DMX USB Pro. After a lot of testing in different configs ended up frying the chip. Figured it was time to give it a swing again with a beefier USB to RS485

amazon.ca

Waveshare USB to RS485/422 Industrial Grade Isolated Converter, Onboard Original FT232RL and SP485EEN, Multiple Protection, Wall-Mount and Rail-Mount Support, Fast Communication

Waveshare USB to RS485/422 Industrial Grade Isolated Converter, Onboard Original FT232RL and SP485EEN, Multiple Protection, Wall-Mount and Rail-Mount Support, Fast Communication : Amazon.ca: Electronics

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 31/07/2025

I broke my favourite pipe accidentally while complaining over the phone to Canada Post about their refusal to stop delivering a newspaper I requested a stop to because it was classified as a community newspaper. The replacement can't stand upright so I made a foot. 🐓

My new pipe, a cheap clearance sale red eye glass pipe with a home made stainless steel smoking screw and a galvanized steel wire art foot in a shape resembling a bird's foot with a center wrapped leg and crude wrap around the pipe at the balance point.

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 22/07/2025

Idk why my ADHD brain had this on loop out of the blue yesterday, but please enjoy it in its entirety after my brain pulled it out of thin air in excruciating detail after not hearing it for years. That guitarist has way too much stage presence for someone who isn't even moving out of one spot.

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Jesus is a Friend of Mine

YouTube video by VelvetCandyEnt

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 22/07/2025

Did our first table reading, really looking forward to working with the rest of the cast! Also really have to practice the song I'm singing since as always I'm a baritone pretending I'm a tenor 😅

A photocopied cover of a script
"Fun Home

Music by
Jeanine Tesori

book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron

Based on the graphic novel by
Alison Bechdel"

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// ꌗ꓄ꋬꉧ // @staxdeadempress.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

this is what you look like as a Harry Potter fan in 2025

guy handing money to JK Rowling

"K*ll every trans person" - JKR

"I'm an ally, I just really like Harry Potter!" - guy

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 13/07/2025

*Me chaotically mowing my lawn in circles with no rhyme or reason* *Realizes I didn't put sunscreen on* *Realizes I didn't take my ADHD medication* "Ooooooooh that's it" *Goes in, takes meds, puts on sunscreen, returns to mowing progressively mowing in straighter lines until finished.*

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 12/07/2025

Looking at my pedal board situation again, it's not really urgent since I haven't played live in a while, but I think it's finally time to look at alternatives boards 🥺 I've used the same early 2000s Pedal Pad by MKS (Michael Stratton) for 15 years and it might be time for a change...

My current work in progress on my pedal board configuration on my original Pedal Pad by MKS. On the board there is a Boss FV-500L Foot Volume Pedal, Boss TU-3 Chromatic tuner, Boss DD-7 Digital Delay, Boss LS-2 Line Selector, Boss FS-5U Momentary Switch, Fulltone Ultimate Octave (Octave Fuzz), Ibanez TS-9DX, Hardwire SC-2 Valve Distortion (discontinued line by Ibanez, not original knobs), Voodoo Lab Pedal Switcher (original 4 channel with buffered or non buffered input), and a Voodoo Lab Pedal Commander

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 10/07/2025

My good friend's sister is co-directing a community theater production of Fun Home, originally she asked if I would lend a hand advising on the audio/visual production but they kinda surprised me and requested I play Roy/Pete/Mark/Bobby Jeremy. NGL excited to be on stage again after all these years!

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Cole Sante Warner @colesantewarner.ca · 09/07/2025

I managed to convince my boss to let me update my PC Hardware and found out we were automatically upgraded to Onyx Thrive 18 when I was running 12 this whole time... Hardware key updated, new version installed on the new machine. Almost time to make the swap 😅

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