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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 23/02/2025

Movie, and again, too easy. Great robots tho! Not quite as iconic as VINCENT from The Black Hole tho…

Three two legged drone robots from the movie Silent Running.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 16/02/2025

This one! A 1967 camper (slooowly restoring it), first of the 12V ones, last of the Split Screens

My VW parked somewhere at the waterside in Seattle.

My VW Bus, parked on a residential street in Oakland, CA

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 16/02/2025

Here’s a slightly more obscure one for you, what are these cars from?

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 16/02/2025

Plate Carrée protection & it’s Tissot distortion map:

Tissot distortion map for Plate carrée projection showing minimal distortion until the poles where it gets moderately wider

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 23/01/2025

I… ok, that’s enough internet for the week.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 22/01/2025

Spending the weekend (plus a bit) in Lake Tahoe for the first time in FAR too long (plus showing wee man his first snow in his 3¾ years) and got to the car after tubing to see this majestic Red-Tailed Hawk just… chilling out. 10 feet from my head. Beautiful.

A red-tailed hawk, sitting on top of a light pole, against a pure blue sky in the California Sierras

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 22/01/2025

My opinion of the current tech bs around “masculinity” can be summed up very effectively by this comic.

Comic pointing out that Zuckerberg’s “more masculine energy” remarks do not mean he wants a mature definition where powerful men use their strength to uplift & care for those with less, but a childish definition where they can be aggressive & cause harm with no repercussions

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 19/01/2025

I just put a vinyl wrap on the top, keeps it clean & protected & adds no weight. Never had any issue with scratches

My M2 MacBook Pro, wrapped in a wavy blue to white to orange to red patterned vinyl.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 08/01/2025

“Tea, Earl Grey, hot!” Did you know you can just *buy* the tea cups that were used in Star Trek by Jean-Luc Picard?? They are Bodum Bistro cups, in black. Shown here with Earl Grey tea (naturally) and a guest appearance by the famous Utah Teapot.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 20/12/2024

There’s this incredible one in Fresno too

A split screen VW bus decorated all over with Christmas lights.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 18/12/2024

Fleishhacker Pool: A giant saltwater public pool that was not only the largest in the US but one of the largest in the world. Look at this!

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 12/12/2024

Strong baby hippo energy this next few years.jpg

Moo the baby hippo & the text become ungovernable

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 05/12/2024

I live at ~1050ft above sea level. On a hill behind another large hill. If a tsunami is actually a concern for me here there are MUCH larger problems about to happen. Like the asteroid that caused it wiping out life as we know it.

Emergency Alert
The National Weather Service has issued a TSUNAMI WARNING. A series of powerful waves and strong currents may impact coasts near you. You are in danger. Get away from coastal waters. Move to high ground or inland now. Keep away from the coast until local officials say it is safe to return.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 04/12/2024

I love my namesake coffee shop local chain when I’m there. It’s everywhere too. They opened up a few out here in CA

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 02/12/2024

Oakland is beautiful. I will never tire of it here.

Photo of the Edoff Memorial Bandstand at the park by Lake Merritt, with autumn colored trees & the lake in the background, framed by a large old tree in the foreground

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 21/11/2024

Well that’s thanksgiving sorted. The All-Madden Turducken: a chicken, inside a duck, inside a turkey. All layered with stuffing. 😋

The label & instructions for cooking a Turducken, from Gourmet Butcher Block in Louisiana

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 19/11/2024

Welcome to a new episode of… What Is This Bullshit In Gregory’s Garage?!? Today we have this 1964, limited edition, Jim Beam decanter! Why you ask? Because it was used to make the lamp in “I Dream of Jeanie”! I got decision paralysis on which design to go for, which is why it’s still untouched 😓

The original 1964 bottle with examples of how they painted its smoky green glass with gold paint to make it look more ornate & antique (on the left) and when the show switched to color they painted it the more… eye wateringly colorful pink/purple design (on the right).

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 19/11/2024

Got to say, going to @oaklandzoo.bsky.social is probably the best value day out in the Bay Area. The membership is an absolute no brained if you have a kid too.

Adult chimpanzee squatting on a rock & staring into the distance, his arms crossed over his knees.

The fake bar, tractor, windmill, and wheat for Oakland Zoo’s Glowfari event (it lights up at night)

A golden tree frog with a dappled black pattern, sitting on a mossy branch

A large California black bear standing under a tree

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 13/11/2024

Basically last fm plus a cartoon and you could host/dj for friends/coworkers with avatars in your own “club”. You could either rotate out djs, have one singular (usually, but not always, the host or room creator) OR have a DJ queue & the audience vote thumbs up or down to keep/kick off the decks.

Later version of turntable.fm UI, but like all versions: looks like a bunch or cartoon club goers listen to cartoon djs

Early version of turntable.fm UI, but like all versions: looks like a bunch or cartoon club goers listen to cartoon djs

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 10/11/2024

I also have a cel—and douga (the sketch)—from Akira.

A cel from Akira (1988), from the scene where Tetsuo teleports into mid air after escaping his confinement in a medical experiment facility. He is facing the camera & yelling, arms & legs flailing out

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 10/11/2024

Occasionally I like to play a game of What Is This Bullshit In Gregory’s Garage?!? This weeks contestant is a replica of The Map, from Time Bandits. Made by a Python, produced by a Beatle, starring a dwarven cast rivaled only by Williow, & one of its main stars was R2D2. My god I love that movie.

The Map, folded, showing the clocks along its edge & the space/time/zodiac design of the map. White canvas with full color, though mostly blue & black, printing.

The Map, unfolded, showing the full space/time/zodiac design of the map. White canvas with full color, though mostly blue & black, printing.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 09/11/2024

I’ve already seen a number of stories about building & manufacturing companies—who have to buy lots of imported materials obviously—gutting bonuses to pay for upfront buys or not honoring prices past January. Their Trump voting employees & clients are all:

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 08/11/2024

Hey, teacher said we can go play computers today.

Screenshot of the main screen from the 1983 classic game Alley Cat

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 08/11/2024

I made pie. Blueberry to be exact, with a lattice crust. It was delicious. Yes those are bats on the crust. (Timeline cleanse: pause to enjoy pie)

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 20/10/2024

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is my son’s favorite place on earth right now. I can’t really blame him.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 12/02/2024

Idiot is an accurate description of you. Go to hell, you genocide supporting fuck head.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 10/02/2024

Ahh yeah, I think I was mixing up a 339 (size) and the shape of the 350 (granted, more Les Paul than Strat) Like Chuck Berry’s Maybellene

Chuck Berry’s blonde Gibson ES-350, named Maybellene

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 10/02/2024

So. Much. Lunar. New Year. Candy. (also, my wife & I made Egg Rolls 😅) Happy Year of the Wood Dragon!

11 types of traditional lunar new year candles, laid out in a wheel type of platter

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 09/02/2024

In general tho: she SINGS. The resonance of a semi hollow is definitely there. Pots are good, pickups are a bit hot but decent, etc. Very minor finish blemishes, but that’s to be expected. Here’s an example on the edge of the (rather nice) binding:

The multi-ply edge binding of the firefly 338. Minor finish imperfections along the edge of the red finish

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 09/02/2024

I’ve wanted a ‘60s Cherry Gibson ES-345 since before I knew what that was. Why? Two words: Marty McFly. Yes, that’s right. Back to the Future. I’ll need to make a few additions (a Bigsby vibrato, the pick guard, add a Varitone, knobs), plus some fret cleanup, but… 😍

Marty McFly (Micheal J Fox) playing a Gibson ES345 at the Enchanted Under The Sea dance in Back To The Future

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 09/02/2024

So… I couldn’t pass up this *steal* of a guitar. This ISN’T a 60s Gibson ES345—because I don’t have $10-20k to spare—but it is in that style. It’s a Korean company called Firefly that makes really incredible—but cheap!—guitars in the same style. It’s not identical, but still. It’s mine. All mine.

A Firefly 338 Pro guitar in 60s cherry red. Patterned after the Gibson ES-335 semi-hollow guitar with cut out f-holes.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 07/02/2024

Having some vinyl fun. That’s a “brains” color Return of the Living Dead OST A cool splatter 2LP OST of 90s Sega classic Comix Zone (I used to work with the game designer of that) and a signed Juliette Lewis EP Vinyl is definitely how I *buy* music these days. It’s just so gloriously tactile.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 07/02/2024

Me: “I’m learning to play guitar.” Them: “Oh? What guitar is your favorite?” *with zero hesitation* Me: “A cherry red Gibson ES-345 with a Bigsby bridge & tremolo.” Them: “Niiiice. Fan of ‘60s blues & stuff huh?” Me: “Yes. That is true. That is definitely the reason why. Yes. Absolutely.” Me:

Marty McFly in the movie Back To The Future absolutely rocking out while playing a cherry red Gibson ES-345 with a Bigsby bridge & tremolo.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 24/08/2023

Felt this had to be done, so I did… We have entered the “find out” phase of FAFO.

9 mugshots of the Georgia election fraud conspirators, arranged in a grid, with the text “the Shady Bunch” superimposed. In the style of The Brady Bunch main titles.

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Gregory Wild-Smith @gregory.wild-smith.com · 21/08/2023

Thankfully, while the air quality will still suck, the fact it’s orange means it’s mostly higher up in the air, mostly. I’m hoping Seattle doesn’t get it much worse. It sucked here in NorCal in 2020. This photo was taken ~10am in Berkeley:

A dark, orange, sky over a Berkeley street. It looks like late night—streetlights and all—but it is in fact 10am in the morning.

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