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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 4h

Dishwasher detergent pods are worse than every alternative in every conceivable way. For the price Dollarama is charging for a pack of 11 pods ($3.75), I could buy 63% of a 1.8kg ($5.99) box of powder. Let's do the math... At $3.75 for 11 pods, that's 34c per 11g pod, which in this case just […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

I lied, it's Alt+Down. The weird shortcut I was thinking about was actually for opening that little ⚠ thing that pops up beside cells when Excel detects inconsistent formulas or text that should be numbers or whatever. But learning that shortcut was a waste of time anyway because the decision to […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

There was a time when I knew how to open the filter modal with a keyboard shortcut, and I remember it being a pain in the ass to learn the first time around, but I don't remember and I'm mad about it. I do remember it being a strange shortcut. Like I feel like Tab was involved, for some reason.

Screenshot of some tabular data in Excel. The focused cell is the heading for a column with a little down-pointing triangle icon on the right hand side (for filtering)

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

For the last hour or so, I've been switching between Affinity suite, Photoshop CC 2025, and Photoshop CS5, and here's my conclusion (which surprises me not at all): CS5 wins, by a fucking landslide. My <5 year old laptop finally feels as fast as my Pentium D from high school! What a ridiculous […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Now that I'm back in my office with more than 14" of screen to work with, maybe I should finally give Sway another try and port my i3 config over. ...is definitely something I *would* say (and then do) when I don't feel like working. But I'm not falling for my old tricks! Not this time, Satan.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Ok, as expected, utility hooks do make half decent wall mounts for guitars. The one thibg purpose made guitar hangers have going for them however is that the hook usually swivels, so asymmetrical headstocks like both if these don't cause the guitar to lean to […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Two guitars hanging on a white wall between a copy of a Rollibg Stone Grateful Dead magazine and a photo of a skateboarder nailing a sick grind on a truck's bumper on newsprint (cut it out of a skateboarding magazine; don't remember which).

Guitar 1 is a kindy funky shaped sunburst catalog guitar that looks like a mish-mash between a Teisco and a Harmony (because it kinda is), while #2 is a black Squier Stratocaster with some light modifications

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

I've gone on this rant before, I'm sure... possible even recently lol

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

I think it's well past time I find a new solution for the living room media centre, because I would really like to have my PC back at my desk and demote this laptop to "if I have to" status. The laptop's okay for most stuff, but apparently "professional software" means "we don't have to worry […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Excel's `TRIM()` function is definitely not quite JS' `.trim()` now is it? I guess this is why I always just use a stack of substitute's lol

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Omg, idk how many people even remember or care about this (or if it was ever much of a thing in the US), but Hershey Brown Cow chocolate syrup STILL EXISTS. Apparently Brazil had a particular fondness for it, so it never went away there. Apparently R$38,40 is […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Shopee Brazil website listing for Brown Cow chocolate syrup (think Nesquik, only different). The bottle stilk has that unique cylindrical shape with the snappy spout lid!

Photo of two boxes of Soda-licious, a gummy snack sold by Betty Crocker in the 1990s. both boxes are a vibrant purple, with the name "Soda-Licious" set in a bold and bouncy typeface, with pop bottle shapes for the two I's in "licious". The first box, the "fruity mix 6-pack" (red punch, lemon-lime, grape), has the name set in lime green. On the second "soda 6-pack" box (root beer, orange, cherry cola), it's set in a vibrant reddy-orange.

If you never had the pleasure, I don't know how to express to you how good these were, lol. I was like 6 or 7 when these were discontinued and I stil want them back

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Huh... So at some point my Adderall XR prescription spontaneously became an amphetamine prescription. Idek at this point if it was extended release, because I've been complaining about it wearing off too fast for years. Now I know why lol. I got the real deal this time around; thank Bob.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

I GAINED 2O POUNDS!? I haven't gained an ounce since 2006 wtf is happening to me!?

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Well, that got rough. Cops doing cop shit, in the worst way.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

In brighter news, I'm choosing tonight to be interested (the opposute of anxious/depressed), in this case with some events well before my time (admittedly kind of depressing ones, lol), those of Quebec's October Crisis of 1970. I'm watching a pretty striking piece of cinema from the NFB: Les […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I'm entirely certain that my current mental state is the result of being backed into a very unpleasant corner, rather than the present state of the world, but I can't helo but thinking that it might be beneficial in this time to take a little break from the preaent state of the world, and just […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Everyone, I have a suggestion: New Skill November. #NewSkillNovember

NEW SKILL NOVEMBER

[an art nouveau painting in autumn colors of a woman playing the harp]

LEARN A NEW SKILL OR REBUILD AN OLD ONE; THE ONLY RULE: DO IT YOURSELF, DO NOT USE AI

Sketching, knitting, whittling, a musical instrument, a foreign language, a tricky video game, cooking, weaving, changing oil, riding a bike, painting, pixel art, website design, digital image editing, bookbinding, calligraphy, identifying mushrooms, embroidery, soldering, that one thing you've been putting off

Do the hard part yourself, no matter how imperfect it feels. Learn and internalize how it really works. Consult guides written by human experts, and ask your fellow human beings for help. Take pride in knowledge and abilities that are an intrinsic part of your existence and not dependent on renting from corporations.

art by Charles Louis Hinton for a November issue of Harper's Bazaar, 1896
banner by 0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I did that thing I do where I read the first chunk of a book in one go, and then wait months to come back to it, and now I feel like I have to start again, because I enjoy punishing myself I guess. Anyway, I think I'll just re-read one chapter back. I was really […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A paperback copy of Dick Francis' Straight. The cover is metallic gold, with the author's name abd title in black all caps. A small circle contains a photo of some sort of jewelry featuring semi-prescious stones of some description.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

#monsterdon "that thing's got a brain?"... Wow, public education's not what it used to be.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

#monsterdon I'd murder a Klondike bar for half a million... maybe even a whole bunch of 'em!

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

@brookie I don't use Edge, but Firefox' Inspector has become increasingly infuriating over the past several months. Like tge enter key will just refuse to add line breaks, and trying to indent markup correctly will just completely backfire in unexpected and entirely unintuitive ways.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I've grown tired of learning new things about myself through the boundless joys (/s) of extended burnout. On a far brighter note, however, I've just learned about lichens, and now the many spots and growths on rocks and trees and things that I've seen my entire life, but never thought too much […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I'm about ready to hard switch to watching YouTube exclusively through Grayjay. I miss Geocities and the internet being fun and not sad.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

@nosrednayduj Oh! Well then yeah, your guess is as good as mine 😅

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@nosrednayduj If you click on "posts and boosts" it shpuld reveal a toggle that says "show replies" iirc

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

The ease with which I am now producing delicious iced coffee at home represents the beginning of my downfall. Low effort iced coffee at home is freebase iced coffee. It is crystal iced coffee. I give myself 3 to 6 months before I am babbling about CIA agents in the common areas... in my underoos.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Just watched Suzume with homegirl and think I just made an anime fan out of her. Not my first time with this one but the payoff is so beautiful and cathartic and I got a lil something in my eye. What a flick! Garden of Words was the initial gateway drug that drew her in, and tomorrow we're […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Jeeez, I'm dyin' out here. Meanwhile boo-thang cleared a line within the first 30 minutes! #Monsterdon

Monsterdon Bingo card, not even close to having a single line filled out.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Can we talk about this Frank Lloyd Wright action? What a location! #monsterdon

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I'm sure some #Kyuss old heads will disagree with me, or at the very least put forth an early catalogue alternative, but if you ask me, ...And the Circus Leaves Town is a perfect fucking album. It doth not miss!

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Everyone is completely incredulous about their time machine somehow managing to induce time travel 😅 #Monsterdon #JourneyToTheCenterOfTime

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

#monsterdon No Mark! NOOOooo°°°°°°••••... . . . .

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

#monsterdon This sounds like every movie ever sampled in a Man or Astro-Man? track and I'm so very here for it (finally managed to tune in, for once!)

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

You know what *doesn't* make me feel safer? The increasing number of fucking cops in my area at all times. I'm in a perfectly safe area where generally not a whole lot is going on. Why am I being stopped after grabbing a coffee at Tim Horton's and then parking my car? Sure, I wasn't asked to […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

I would feel far worse for Jordan Catalano's plight if he didn't look just like Jared Leto.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

I'm rewatching My So-Called Life rn and I completely forgot just how dumb everything Angela and Jordan Catalano ever say to each other is lmao

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

I did good work today. I sat at my desk and my chair didn't feel like some sort of torture device, and my monitor didn't make my eyes burn, and I wrestled with timezones in PHP, and everything of functioning beautifully. It's been a while since I actually sat and focused on work for a solid […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

№3: streaming services that auto-skip the end credits of shows, because not only is it a bit of a slap in the face to every name that appears therein, but also, do you know how much music I've been introduced to from the end credits of TV shows over the years? And how much more music I've heard […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

№2,a: Private parking lots/garages with exorbitant rates (mostly all of them) №2,b: Green P (city/municipal) parking with equally exorbitant rates. Looking at you, North York Carpark 403 ($7 an hour!? Jeeeezus, that's vile)

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Shit that pisses me off in no particular order; a neverending 🧵: Referral programs that clearly state the terms, but then all of the sudden when you want to cash out, there's a minimum balance requirement that isn't mentioned anywhere publicly.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

I just looked up "compose key accent aigu" and instead got nothing but results for "french ALT codes" and I'm mad about it. How dare you assume I'm running that inferior operating system!! ...or have access to a number pad right now (that alt codes and the character map are still the only […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Measure once; live the consequences. In all seriousness though, I actually measured zero times, but it's stilk playing far better with this new horrendously ill-fitting neck than it ever did with the original. Anyway, this is recoverable lol, but I'll just live […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Closeup photo of an electric guitar neck where it meets the body. The alignment is such that the low E (the thickest string) is a mm or two from edge of the fretboard, while the high E (thinnest) is more like 7 or 8mm from the other edge. There is a similar misalignment between the strings and the six pole pieces in the visible pickup.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

@xjix it's getting uncharacteristically tornado-ey here. I can't pretend I'm not the kind of person who goes outside to watch the moment there's a severe weather alert, but it's still weird and disconcerting.

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

In other entirely unrelated news, that Fostex multitracker I picked up a couple weeks ago has turned out to be a very good purchase. I'm far from an accomplished musician and even further from a songwriter of any kind, but it is exactly the thing I needed at the stage I'm at right now to really […]

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My name is Gordo @gordoooo-z.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

It only took 2 years (okay it took like half an hour, but getting started took two years), but there is officially floor space in my office again! And I also spent about 5 min. clearing crap off my desk, so I'm so very close to actually having an office with a static place in which to work again […]

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