iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Instead of training to run a marathon very slowly and getting really good at stained glass I spend my time creating shareholder value

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

GOD I have so much time for crafts and exercising when I'm off work, truly a bummer that I am not financially prepared to retire at 35

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I gotta say the Sunday scaries are less bad now that I've got two weeks of PTO coming up at the end of the month

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I discovered halfway into making this recipe that hello fresh had neglected to include the tempura mix, so I am substituting...waffle mix. This may end in disaster

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I frequently ask my dog "how'd you get so small?"

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

You're such a thoughtful and cool person. I'm glad you're finally getting some answers. I'm sorry it's been such a long journey.

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Evidently the reason was: secret ear infection

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Alas, I tried that before going to urgent care to no avail. Evidently I've got fluid in my inner ear or something and they gave me steroids and motion sickness medication. But thank you!

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Me, literally yesterday: wow, I think my health is as good as it's been in several years! My body, about to wreck my weekend with persistent vertigo for no reason: lol. lmao

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Rude of the weather to be briefly nice enough to tempt me to get back into jogging and then almost immediately get hot

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It's beautiful! Looks so squishy, I love brioche. And excellent color choices!

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

That's impressive, both that it has never happened to you before and that it happened with a size 4! I've broken a lot of wooden and bamboo needles but I think they've all been 1s and 0s!

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

(I got this season's novavax back in November and had no side effects! But I'm traveling for work soon and it has been almost 5 months since the last one, so I got a moderna booster)

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

It's only been 8 hours since my COVID booster and I feel REAL WEIRD, this does not bode well.

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Oof the migraine Botox shots have angered some of my tiny face muscles more that usual 😖

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Ooh I'm actually at the boring part of a circular yoked sweater right now. It looks like my bulky machine is maybe juuuuust wide enough to hang the whole thing on... I might have to try it out with some spare yarn and see how close I can get to my hand knitting gauge...

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Also it can't really do much patterning (and no ribbing) in the round...I like to knit circular yoked fair isle sweaters and I will continue to hand knit those :) lots of seaming in my future as well!

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I've not had much success knitting in the round on the ribber, although the last time I tried was before I figured out how to adjust it - you have to really dial in the tensions of the front and back bed so they match and the scales are different so lots of trial and error

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

That's so cool that you knit for charity! Where do you donate to?

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I've heard good things about the lk-150! It's nice that you can use so many weights of yarn with a mid-gauge machine. I agree I would definitely miss the ribber though!

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The makerspace has a standard gauge with a ribber! It's also an electronic, although it's electronics don't with work anymore. It took me awhile to get it to produce usable fabric with the ribber, it's much more sensitive to weight.

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

And here comes the lack of restraint: an electronic bulky machine (Brother KH-270) with ribber!

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Well, I made it almost 3 months between "learn to use makerspace knitting machine" and "buy my own knitting machine"

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Noooooooooo I have to itemize my taxes, what a disaster

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I've started a beta blocker (finally got to see a cardiologist about POTS) and my insurance actually approved dupixent the third go around for the hives!!!

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

It's a good thing that I understand that pharmacy benefits and medical benefits are often separate and the medical benefits provider will deny pharmaceutical requests because the benefits coordinator at my doctor's office benefits coordinator sure didn't seem to know this!!!

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

WOW uhc processed my appeal for my September OON claim which means...I am finally all caught up? Once the direct deposit goes through it will be the first time in 18 months that my insurance company has not owed me THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS???

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Coordinating someone else's long distance travel to/from new haven is a logistical nightmare, there are many options of plane + train(s) and they are all kinda terrible

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

My new apartment has a beautiful gas stove with like an enamel interior and I HATE it because the heat goes everywhere and I get hives and it exacerbates the POTS and cooking is already hard enough

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

To be fair, I dropped with my masters! 😁

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Oops, bad editing there. (...Because so many people have told me I'm doing it wrong.)

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

🫂 honestly it is very fucking annoying and I am frankly terrible at dealing with it. Even well intentioned questions of "have you tried x" get me on the defensive because.

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I redid alllllll the sleeve cap, underarm, neckline, and shoulder shaping on the sweater I'm currently sewing together because I got ROW gauge but my stitch gauge was wildly off. I'll know how it works out once I finish sewing it up and I can tell how it fits! But that seems reasonable to me

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Yes exactly this, it is most of the work of mentoring with zero rewards that come from actual human connection, thanks I hate it

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I spent 10 minutes of a sync meeting explaining knitting machines to my coworkers today, surely a good use of all of our time

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Despite the fact that "makerspace knitting machine a 5 minute walk away" is absolutely the correct amount of knitting machine for me to have in my life I have set up alerts for used ones for sale in my area

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

To the surprise of no one I have become OBSESSED with knitting machine

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

There are so many actual cheeses that are produced in this country, I don't understand why this abomination is called American cheese

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Alas, an almost great breakfast sandwich, foiled by the unfortunate texture of American cheese

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Sometimes your (my) body just needs to sleep for 20 hours straight for no apparent reason, normal part of having a body

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

After 16 years of hand knitting I was getting a little bit too cocky, time to feel like an absolute beginner again

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Learning to use a knitting machine so I can feel incompetent at knitting again

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I mean I do like connections but it is not the crossword

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"your most played game is connections" LIES

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

How does the NYT "year in games" LEAVE OUT THE CROSSWORD that is the entire reason??? I have an nyt games subscription? The other games are like a cute sideshow

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Best thing about working with people from SF, Europe, Argentina, and India from the east coast is that I am the least likely to be asked to join a meeting at either my 7 am or my 8 pm. Worst thing: I very frequently have a giant block of meeting from like 11-2 so I have no time to eat lunch

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Harrison Briner @harrisonb.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

It makes me so happy to hear you getting back life's small but important pleasures like freshly baked 🍪!!

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