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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 30/09/2026

I like how we've had this XKCD cartoon for decades, yet "sending files" is something early adopters are still figuring out how to do. (It's been one of those mornings...)

A stick figure cartoon. The person is talking to someone over the phone running through a half-dozen options for sending a file to someone else, and what makes each of them impractical (or at least inconvenient), ending with the other person just driving over to their house with a USB drive.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 25/09/2026

I think about this panel a lot, since the kid tends to prefer Rube Goldberg approaches to just about everything. It's either that, or trying to remember the lyrics to that Avril Lavigne song. (For context, and why Daisy is calling him McJean: this is an […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

Disney's Uncle Scrooge with Daisy Duck as a child, sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. Uncle Scrooge holds the reins and is saying: Grumph. Fine! Why make life *easy* when it could be so *dog gone complicated?
Daisy is giving him a side hug, saying exuberantly, Thanks, Unca McJean!

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 11/08/2026

Gonna miss this phone. Still trying to decide if I should get the battery replaced (LineageOS at least still supports the Pixel 5) and repurpose it for...something... or just take it to the fire station to deal with the spicy pillow that's splitting it […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

Back of a smartphone, gray plastic with a depressed circle in the middle. A rounded glass square sits in one corner, with camera lenses, an LED, etc. looking sort of like the Southern Cross constellation.

The same phone, seen edge on, showing a gap between the glass display and the case.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 05/08/2026

Whoa, spell check, those are two VERY different things! (Though admittedly one can be a delivery channel for the other.)

Screen capture of a corner of a spell check dialog:
Unknown word: SMTP
Replace with: SMUT

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 25/06/2026

[(very early) timeline synchronicity]

Two posts in a social media timeline.

The first is an XKCD comic featuring a stick figure in conversation with a dot, representing 'the creator of the universe.'

The human is asking, 'What's the reason for baryon asymmetry? Why is most of the universe matter and not antimatter?' The dot replies, 'Crap. Did I forget the antimatter? One sec, let me just...' and then the final panel is just an explosion.

The second is a quote from one of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novels:

'In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.'

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 13/06/2026

10 years ago, a local Del Taco's mis-spaced sign offering FRE SH A VOCA DO gained immortality as "Free sha-VA-ca-doo" on Vine (remember those?). The restaurant even briefly changed their sign to offer FREE SHAVOCADO that summer. Someone at the restaurant […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

A square red DEL TACO sign stands on a post above two narrower signs, one with movable lettering and the other indicating that the 'DRIVE THRU' is open late. The custom sign between them reads 'FRE SH A VOCA DO'. Behind the sign it's a mottled sky, some white, some blue. A skinny tree tied to two support poles, with mostly empty branches (but a few leaves finally starting to bud), stands next to it. Cars can be seen on the road behind the signpost, and some low buildings across the way.

The other side of the sign. It's seen from a bit further away, so I used digital zoom and the image is a bit blurrier. The DEL TACO and drive-through (sorry, drive thru) signs look the same. At first it looks like the tree is missing, but it's just mostly hidden behind the signs. From this side the sky is a dull gray, and the sign reads 'FRE SH A GUACA MOLE' instead.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 18/05/2026

Reported a #NoMansSky bug today. Looks suspiciously like there was an integer overflow in the settlement economy.

Stats for a planetary settlement. Among other things, productivity is 1,724,470 units/day and maintenance cost is 617,581 units/day, which should yield around a million units surplus daily. And yet the production status indicates the settlement is in debt for -2,147,428,098 units, a debt which will be cleared in 2023371776 hours, 40 minutes, and -44 seconds.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 06/05/2026

Whoa, slow down there! At least start with dinner and a movie first.

App notification: Your Laundry. Your load in Machine 1 has completed. Please remove your clothes.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 04/05/2026

Saw this next to the pharmacy window today and all I could think was, "Have you confused your cat recently?" #cats #MontyPython

Top of a magazine cover titled Enriching Your Cat's Life. Two orange cats are playing on a post. Captions include: From Inside Your Cat's Mind -- More Joy. More Curiosity. More Confluence. -- Sniffari Adventures: Safe scents that light up the brain and boost mood fast. -- Hunting games that make cats happy -- Rooms done right. Vertical paths, scratch...

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 11/04/2026

Watch that first step...

Part of a concrete staircase, yellow visibility stripes painted near the edge of each step. Only two steps are visible in frame. On the lower one, someone has scrawled the word COVID inside the stripe.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 06/03/2026

I searched for a Latin phrase to check its spelling (as one does) and found the DDG summary of a Wikipedia article was...a bit confused. Though I suppose if any short story is going to have been written before its author was born, it should be a […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

Screenshot of a summary about the Poul Anderson short story "Delenda Est" (as in "Carthago delenda est") describing it as an "1855 short story by Poul Anderson" though at least it got his name right and correctly identifies it as part of his "Time Patrol" series. The 1955 publication date is correct in the longer part of the summary.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 18/02/2026

A couple of updates: 1. My newer e-ink tablet is fast enough to run the Bookshop.org app, so using it is actualy an option now. 2. The app _still_ has trouble launching when a device is offline. On my phone it gets stuck in a loop trying to load the […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

A cartoon drawing of a book with arms, legs and a sad face, slouching under a raincloud. It's captioned 'Looks like you're offline. Time to do some reading.' and has a button labeled 'View Library.'

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 18/02/2026

And now I've finished reading the three novels based on the game (written by its narrative designer). The first two are just different enough that they feel like you've unlocked another path through the game. They do a good job of translating the experience […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 16/02/2026

Well, that was fast. At the grocery store today #HolidayCreep

High shelves piled with pastel plushies and other Easter-themed merchandise.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 10/01/2026

Boox makes e-ink Android tablets for reading and sketching. I really liked the Poke3, and used it as my main ebook reader for almost 5 years, but it's showing its age and struggling with newer apps. I finally replaced it with the Go 7 Color and it's been a […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

Two tablet devices, both with paper-like displays, both displaying a double-row of book covers. The first is a little shorter and wider than a mass-market paperback, and shows the book covers in black and grayscale. The second is a bit larger all around, plus it has a wider border on the right edge with a pair of buttons arranged vertically. It's also displaying its collection in color, if not very bright color.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 13/12/2025

Saw this today. Seems like it could be another term for an ambulance.

Pillar next to a driveway labeled, from top to bottom, URGENT CARE. The plants at its base have grown over the E, so it looks like URGENT CAR.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 09/12/2025

It's an air purifier, but I keep reading the name as the counterpart to Lindows (remember them?) #linux

An off-white plastic box with dithered holes in it, labeled WINIX

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 26/11/2025

[Minecraft, puns] "You got a what? A gas stove? Really, Steve..." (artist: Alenxa on Tumblr) #minecraft #puns #fanart

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 06/11/2025

[Question for macOS Tahoe users] Is "Apple Intelligence" still something you can turn off in System Settings? I don't even _see_ it in my VM under Parallels, but that might just be that it doesn't run under VMs, or doesn't run under VMs with my setup […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 04/11/2025

The teenager has been deep into playing and replaying _Deltarune_ since the new chapters dropped this summer, and we recently re-watched _Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle_ (and watched "Tokyo Revelations," for the first time). My wife got inspired to mash up […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 23/10/2025

Ooh, numberselection 1026! My favorite! 🤪

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 13/09/2025

Well, I certainly _hope_ they don't charge per flush! #signs

Sign for Walgreens attached to a sign pole, advertising free flu shots (walk ins welcome). The pole is blocking some of the letters so it looks like FREE FLUSH (walk-ins wee)

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 03/09/2025

[Coffee, guns, marketing, uspol, what] Spotted this brand of "Black Rifle Coffee" in the grocery store the other day. My reaction: "Someone's _really_ trying too hard 🙄." I sent this photo to my wife, who also noticed the full shelves and repeated […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 02/09/2025

Also saw this snarky political #skywriting over the weekend.

Clear blue sky, one palm tree and the upper floors of a squarish building visible. Skywriting is visible, with dots of cloud spelling out: ELON SHOW URANUS.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 02/09/2025

Saw this at a fast food place over the weekend.

Sticker on a wall: Employees must wash hands before returning to wok. A small drawing of a wok-style frying pan with flames rising from it punctuates the pun.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 29/08/2025

I don't know if that's better or worse than if it said "lorem ipsum" #ux

Email preview for a parking reservation, showing "this is placeholder text" as the preview.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 21/08/2025

My wife wrote up how she made the trans flag cake for my sister's visit last month: feraltomatoes.com/trans-flag-cake #cooking #recipe #howto #cake #transflag

Side view of a rather tall circular cake that's been sliced not quite in half, and an individual slice lying sideways on a plate. The cake's layers of blue, pink and white form the pattern of the trans pride flag.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 25/07/2025

Spotted this yesterday. That was something unpredictable.

A low, boxy, brick retail building at the side of a street at night. Trees and a telephone pole are silhouetted against a darkish purple sky. Glowing red letters above the entrance read out: GOOD RIDDANCE.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 08/07/2025

Well, that narrows it down. #ux

A notification with an alert siren and sad face icons, and a Report button, reading: Problem Reporting (Just now). Oops! We're sorry, it looks like a problem occurred. If you's like to help resolve the issue, please send a report.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 07/07/2025

Spotted at lunch today. To be fair, this turned out better than most of my attempts to take close-up pictures of butterflies. #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #fotofails

Several bunches of tiny orange flowers against a background of narrow green leaves. At the top of the frame you can see the edges of a butterfly's wings, black with white spots along the edges, orange with black veins along the interior, as it flies away.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 03/07/2025

Of course, I'll still need to update after I update the updates, but what if the updates still aren't up to date?

Screenshot of a notification: Updates Are Out of Date. Please check for available updates.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 27/06/2025

My favorite types of #PokemonGo postcards are those with highly appropriate stickers attached and those with highly ironic stickers attached. This one's both! (It would be better with the "Greetings from..." preamble that appears when you open a gift the […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

A line-art postcard with a photo of a very elaborately wrought set of double doors. It's labeled as Gates of Hell in Zurich, Switzerland. A cute, happy cartoon fire lizard (a Charmander, for those in the know) appears at the corner of the postcard, as if a sticker placed on top of it, with a cheerful label saying 'Hi!'

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 09/05/2025

The feral peafowl population on the nearby peninsula has grown enough that they're going to strat trapping them again: patch.com/california/palosverdes/pe… They were all over the neighborhood I had to drive […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

A bright blue bird with green feathers sticking out and a crest sticking out from its head, walking along a dirt trail between grass and some bushes.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 09/05/2025

There's always something amusing about seeing wildlife using human transportation infrastructure as intended, like this pair of ducks crossing the street at the crosswalk outside the grocery store last night. Both this car and out of frame on the other side […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

Marked crossing (series of horizontal stripes) across a road at twilight. On the far side is a parking lot, lamps lit. A car is stopped, waiting at the crosswalk, for two ducks - mallards, one male (green head, yellow bill, gray body) and one female (brown all over) - walking along the crosswalk toward the curb.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 08/05/2025

Unpretentious. (Also seen on a lunchtime walk) #signs #divebar

A small, blocky building with one door, two windows, and a sign reading: COME IN AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL DIVE BAR.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 07/05/2025

I remember when I was growing up, hearing about how horrible it was to have oxalis in the lawn, and what a pain it was to get rid of. When I started sending observations to iNaturalist a few years back, I noticed flowers like this, mostly yellow, mostly […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 04/02/2025

[Food, silly] Um...for what? I mean, I'm now imagining Junior holding it like a thermal detonator and demanding more cookies or something. Or maybe he's just misread Lincoln and concluded that "In onion there is strength."

Screenshot from Duolingo language learning app. A cartoon child is jumping in excitement with his arms raised and eyes closed. The sentence to translate: Tengo una cebolla y la voy a usar. Which translates to, in English, I have an onion and I'm going to use it!

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 10/01/2025

What do you think, should I?

Screenshot of a dialog box on a phone, asking, Allow Contacts to access your contacts? (Buttons are available for Allow and Don't Allow)

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 05/01/2025

[food, cupcakes] This baking project is a little sus: feraltomatoes.com/cupcakes-among-us #cupcakes #AmongUs

A tray of cupcakes. About half of them are double-height and frosted to look like the crewmates from Among Us (bright colors and a plain white faceplate). The others are single-height with a fondant bone sticking out of each.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 18/12/2024

I still think it's rude to write an open source plugin for an open source project and then make it actively refuse to run on forks of that project. wordpress.org/plugins/no-self-ping Fine, you don't want to "support" the plugin on forks of […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

Screenshot of an error message:

No Self Ping has been deactivated

Reason:

- A fork of WordPress was detected.

The author of No Self Ping will not provide any support until the above are resolved.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 11/12/2024

Placing a grocery order before work to pick up after. Checkout page has a "Forgetting Something?" section with tabs for stuff I've bought previously and "Seasonal Favorites." I figure, just for kicks, I'll look through the second tab. Candy, candy, coffee […] [Original post on notes.kvibber.com]

Part of a list of items to purchase, labeled Seasonal Favorites, with arrow buttons on either end. The four visible items are peppermint coffee creamer, Hershey's kisses, a bag of Reese's candy...and a FlowFlex COVID 19 Rapid Antigen Test.

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Kelson @notes.kvibber.com · 10/12/2024

Some photos from a walk at the botanic gardens up in the hills the weekend before last. We don't get a lot of fall color in southern California, but there are some trees that change. #trees #nature #hiking #California #squirrel #autumn #FallColors

A wide vaguely conical tree with deep red leaves. A dirt road runs in front of it, with a wooden bench facing the road. Behind it are a bunch of trees with green leaves and a clear blue sky. A signpost stands near what looks like another dirt road.

Dirt road curving away to the left, lined by trees and bushes of different types. Some are still bright green, while others are bright yellow. A clear blue sky and the tops of some palm trees are visible in the distance.

A brown squirrel with a bushy tail is sitting up on a narrow branch, its front paws at its mouth, its face lit by sunlight and its body in shadow. Whatever it's eating is hidden, because it's looking slightly away from the camera and to the right. The branch is covered with twigs with small, oval-shaped leaves, mostly green with red edges, some lit and some shaded. The background is a blurry, more bluish-green, with a few vertical brown blobs suggesting trees.

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