iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Now that I finally have a phone that supports Android desktop mode, I'm finding out what it's like to do real work with a dang phone connected to a desktop display, a mechanical keyboard, and a desktop-grade mouse. It has plenty of rough edges but so far, it's quite credible.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm fine with "Ontario," but any body of water as big as that one has a lot of nerve calling itself a "Lake." It's like a middle-aged guy altering the tag on his size 38 jeans to make it look like a 32.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Working in the local library. As always happens when I'm all alone in the Quiet Study Room, I'm noting the irony that I've turned it into the loudest room in the whole joint. Until somebody enters, I'm listening to music through my MacBook speakers and sometimes singing along.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I don't know what's more surprising: that the porn industry managed to produce and release a parody so quickly, or that "Spider-Man: Brand New Day With Tony" is being screened at a drive-in of all places.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"But at least I kept my dignity."

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

(Okay, but seriously: this is a good time to remind everyone that CamelCamelCamel is your friend. I _have_ spent a bit this week…but exclusively on stuff that's been loitering in my Wishlist for weeks or months, waiting for a genuinely-good price drop.) camelcamelcamel.com

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Ugh! I keep telling people, "DON'T buy things on impulse during Prime Day!" And then what do I do? I click that Buy button without thinking! NOW what the hell am I going to do with a three-pack of sensible, comfortable socks that I know from experience to be well-made and durable? I'm such a DOPE!

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Every time I use the printer at my library and I click this button at the kiosk, I feel like Charleton Heston in "The Ten Commandments."

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I _think_ this footnote refers only to Googlebook features that integrate the laptop with a phone... for example, running apps and working with files on a nearby phone. My understanding is that you don't otherwise need to own an Android phone to use a Googlebook... just like a Chromebook.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It could have been! WHOZAGOODDOGGIE IS IT YOU YES OF COURSE ITSYOUUUUU

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

One of my favorite street interactions: when someone "apologizes" to me because their dog approached me for head scratchies during their walk, and I instantly sense that they're thinking "Yes, I _know_ my doggo is the most adorable and friendliest and most wonderful dog in the whole wide world."

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Spotted my first MacBook Neo in the wild today, at the library. Hard not to clock that Citrus, even from across the room…!

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Many of my friends here are fellow creators. They will experience some empathetic pity when I share that this weekend's goal is just to write an OK paragraph about myself and my credits. It is IMPOSSIBLE to accomplish this without feeling like a faded Southern belle in a Tennessee Williams play.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Example: when introduced, Galactus was an incomprehensible force threaded through our universe; we "see" him as a man only because our limited minds can't resolve his true appearance. Today, he's just a guy in a helmet. We've met his mom. He's been eaten by human zombies. He's been a kid's minion.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Among the most destructive things that comics writers do is to take something that's fantastical, exceptional, and/or inexplicable and make it mundane.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The latest in an ongoing series of prints entitled "**** it…I'm Going For 'Arty' On This One."

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Thanks! This makes me happy.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

(I'm sure that a classic Note Pad for Linux exists. The point is that after I couldn't find what I was looking for after 10 minutes, the idea of just writing the app I wanted from scratch became a practical option. 20 minutes > definitely had what I needed, vs. ? min on more searching and ?)

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Funny you should suggest that! Gemini recommended a few that weren't right. That's what inspired me to try vibecoding it instead of continuing the hunt.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The classic writer's dilemma: I spontaneously wrote a 1200 word thing, and an 1800-word thing. Yay! But I didn't write the 1000-word thing that I intended to write, and which I really wanted to get off my to-do list today. (Not a "boo" but maybe not ideal, either?)

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

A photo from the aforementioned Last Nice Long Walk of the workweek.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I took a last long walk before I'm likely to be shut in for two days. I picked up breakfast pastries for Monday and Tuesday, and groceries for a hearty Monday night dinner that will simmer low and slow in a pot all afternoon. I have a project to work on, a book to read…and a sense of resignation.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

David McCullough's Pulitzer-winning biography of John Adams is just FOUR DAMN DOLLARS on the Kindle store. One of my favorite books...he really brings a great man and that era to life. I wind up re-reading it every year or two. amzn.to/4rfwGpE

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

A triplet of Hooded Mergansers. No doubt they're quite grateful that at least _some_ of the cove is finally splashy again, instead of crunchy.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Today's discovery: if you google "Mustache," the Google logo sprouts a series of mustaches.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My range of emotions when I arrived at the library and saw the white smoke: (1) Surprise that I hadn't heard the sad news about the Library Pope; (2) Relief that the conclave had agreed on a new one so quickly; (3) Disappointment that I hadn't even made the shortlist (I checked my messages...nada).

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I'm very sad about it. I usually get to talk to my friend @alexlindsay.bsky.social a minimum of three hours a week. Do you have any idea how much that would cost, at his usual hourly consulting rate?

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Wishing a Very Messy Kindle to all of those who observe the holiday and who tap "Send" before realizing that autocorrect screwed up the greeting.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

TAKE DOWN THE ILLEGITIMATE REGIME THAT DROVE OUR BELOVED BULLWINKLE BALLOON INTO UNDERSERVED EXILE

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

About to record EPISODE 1000 of the MacBreak Weekly podcast on @twit.tv ! Does this mean we have tenure, and can never be thrown out of this institution no matter what we do or say? LET'S FIND OUT SHALL WE YES I THINK WE SHOULD

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

And every customer is a repeat customer. They're all going to want orange cones again when the leaves turn green after winter.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Business idea: a service that will go around at the start of Autumn and replace all of a client property's high-visibility orange cones with high-visibility green ones, in the interests of higher visibility when all the leaves are orange.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Ok, I admit that the password to the security cameras on _my_ crown jewel collection is "LOUVRE," too. So maybe I shouldn't be so judgy. But in my defense, I don't have that word literally on a big sign on my front door. It's a much more oblique choice.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I think this exhibit was some sort of art piece. Therefore, I chose to project my perceptions and preconceptions into it. @museumofscience.bsky.social

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Yup! I successfully attached myself to one of my favorite shows.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Q: Is there anything more cool than a two-story-tall working Van de Graaff generator? A: Possibly a two-story-tall working Van de Graaff generator with Elvis Costello performing selections from "My Aim ls True" inside the safety birdcage. Otherwise...no.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Nice guy. Kept asking me if I needed a place to hang up my hat. Big hockey fan.

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

It's the obligation of an artist to be patient and thoughtful, rather than accept the first furtive flash of inspiration. (Also, that @museumofscience.bsky.social exhibit is so large that a selfie with my hand up one of the nostrils wasn't really possible. So, to hell with it: I went with "arty.")

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Andy Ihnatko @ihnatko.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Thanks! I've bookmarked this video for later.

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aprilpvd.bsky.social @aprilpvd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Excellent talk and you presented technology very well.

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