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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 29/09/2026

you are rewarded with some pretty views

A photo of Sutro Tower bathed in the early morning sun shot from Golden Gate Park. In the foreground stand a silhouetted lamppost and a large Monterey Cyprus tree. The sun is just about to rise from the left of the picture and it's a glow of warm orange hues.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 25/09/2026

file photo of the anti-bot controls

a yellow security gate on a footpath, completely disconnected on either side from any fence or hedge that would make it an effective boundary or territory control.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 19/09/2026

this image is incredibly stressful and will soon be a thing of the past.

a photo of a T intersection on Alexander Avenue with 4 cyclists and no fewer than 7 cars on the road. It is both a very busy and stressful scene.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 17/09/2026

another day, another terraform PR

salesman slapping roof of car meme template with

*slaps roof of inline IAM policy*

this bad boy can fit so many policies inside

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 09/09/2026

It’s that week of the year where everyone in San Francisco wishes they had an AC unit 🥵

An Aranet4 air quality meter sitting on a desk and reading 30.4C ambient temperature (though thankfully only 468ppm CO2)

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 04/09/2026

Excited for this Dolly tribute livery that I put together for the team running a 24 hour @iracing.com event this weekend.

A top down photo of the same car in iRacing showing two boxes of text that read "If you can read this" and "then thank Dolly! <3" The text "We will always love you" runs over the top of the doors. "Working 9-5" appears in block capitals on the rear wing.

A 45 degree side shot of the car showing the long magenta racing stripes that run all along the yellow base. The inside front wings have "Dollywood" logos stenciled on them. Dollywood butterflies appear to be bursting from the front air intakes.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 31/08/2026

This second Gaussian splat turned out way better than I had expected. I took less footage than the first due to it being in the middle of a thoroughfare and not wanting to interfere with those running/cycling by. share.patrickod.com/tyre_v1.html

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 31/08/2026

share.patrickod.com/chair_v1.html the end result. Not too shabby for 5 minutes camera work.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 30/08/2026

trying my hand at making my first Gaussian splat today. the weather was perfectly overcast so I cycled into the park to capture some scenes from JFK Promenade. early results are looking very promising so far. this is very cool tech

screenshot of the "Spirula Studio" https://github.com/harry7557558/spirula-studio application in the middle of a Gaussian splat training run of a scene depicting a yellow wooden deck lounging style chair on a lawn in Golden Gate Park.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 17/08/2026

Whenever someone describes themselves as an “expat“

Scene from Michael Collins (1996) of Ned Broy taking notes

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 14/08/2026

Big Walk is good for the heart

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 10/08/2026

Graphs that make you go 😄

A series of three graphs side by side showing natural gas vs solar energy consumption in GWh in California for the months January-June for the years 2024 to 2026. In 2024 gas was dominant for the entire period. By 2026 Solar is now beating gas production in all but a short portion of late January / early February. The average solar production in 2026 is approximately 160 GWh to that of 110-ish for natural gas.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 09/08/2026

Have to imagine that Outside Lands weekend is like shooting fish in a barrel for tow truck drivers.

A grey SUV parked blocking a multi unit building driveway in the process of being towed as an SFPD parking enforcement officer looks on from their trike.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 04/08/2026

It’s a good evening to step away from the keyboard

A black single speed bike resting against a park bench beside Blue Heron Lake in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park with the lake and a number of ducks in the background. The scene is bathed in evening sun. You can feel the warmth.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 17/07/2026

For whatever reason SFMTA are no longer able to get warranty case numbers for their most recent parts failures as of December 2024 from all vendors. I suspect the quadrupling of their maintenance budget was them stockholding for the long term knowing that all will not be replaced.

Summary of drive shaft bolt failures in the 30 foot bus fleet covering 12 vehicles starting 11/10/24 most recent 01/28/25. The last 8 cases starting 12/13/24 have no ENC Warranty Case Number assigned with an * instead. The table note reads *ENC System not generating claim numbers, but claim was submitted via e-mail.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 17/07/2026

TIL that SFMTA were able to procure these _specific_ busses because the Georgia DOT had previously approved the vendor for their own purposes and SFMTA rules permit them to use the work of other public agencies if they consider it in their interest.

Page 1 of SFMTA-2021-07, an agreement between San Francisco and Creative Bus Sales for 30 hybrid buses. Recital C cites S.F. Admin Code Section 21.16, which lets SFMTA piggyback on another public agency's competitive procurement process (here, Georgia's) when it's found to be in the City's best interests

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 17/07/2026

it turns out that the brake bracket issue is just one of many fleet defects that SFMTA have issued, to the point that they've 4x'd their maintenance budget for the fleet (250k to $1MM).

Screenshot of a document list from a FOIA/public records response, showing PDF filenames for SFMTA fleet defect records. Documents SF-CBS-003 through SF-CBS-015 cover fleet defects and manufacturer defect responses for bus component failures including vapor doors, wiring workmanship, coolant leaks, surveillance systems, leaf springs, start buttons, drive shaft bolts, and differentials.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 09/07/2026

This tick tock where the RA emails here the original clean dataset 9 days after Gino has distributed an altered one is 👨‍🍳 perfection.

Table describing the chronology of events in the Francesco Gino case with respect to custody of the survey dataset and its altered vs unaltered form. The table shows that Gino's RA emailed her a clean copy July 16th 2010. Gino emailed an altered form of this dataset with additional entries to her coauthors 2 days later. 9 days after *that* the RA emails Gino again with the clean, unaltered dataset, suggesting that Gino not the RA is the source of the edits.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 28/06/2026

Absolutely love these adorable totes that the SF public library is giving out as part of its summer reading challenge. sfpl.org/summer-strid... it’s happening now through the end of August. Plenty of time to get your own 📚💜

A white canvas tote bag with the word READ in block letters followed by two read hearts. Beneath it is a cartoon depicting a bunch of cats and dogs reading while traveling on a San Francisco Cable Car. It’s cute af

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 22/06/2026

be safe on the roads everyone!

A photo of a bumper sticker with block white lettering on a red background that reads “I BRAKE FOR SIMPLE TWISTS OF FATE”

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 06/06/2026

do you live in SF and have a dog who eats this kibble? we had to change our Sophie’s diet recently and so are left with an unopened 30lb bag free to a good home.

A 30lb bag of Purina Pro Plan sensitive skin and stomach salmon and rice dry dog food.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 24/05/2026

sat for many minutes at this question on the DMV's license renewal form and realize I can no longer hide the truth

Form on the CA DMV website asking "what color is your hair" with the option gray selected.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 25/04/2026

had the true joy of finally seeing @cmatbaby.bsky.social live last week at the newly renovated Castro Theater and it was _amazing_ 😍 my head has been bouncing since. A generational talent. If she's touring nearby I cannot recommend it highly enough

CMAT and the CMAT band rocking it on stage at the Castro Theater in San Francisco basked in red light beneath a Euro Country-themed 1 Euro Coin stage art.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 11/04/2026

SOC 2 like nobody is watching

an SFMTA bus in San Francisco with a livery for Delve.co with the title text "SOC 2 at MACH 2"

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 06/03/2026

Aston Martin 🤝 Glenfiddich shaken, not stirred #f1

A promotional sign outside a bar in Melbourne advertising a collaboration between Glenfiddich whiskey and Aston Martin

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 27/02/2026

I absolutely adore the texture that the climate and weathering leaves on older buildings here in Australia

A photograph of a weathered old vertical name sign for "Patersons" furniture store hanging on a building on Smith street in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. The green backing paint is chipped and mostly flaked away exposing cream underneath. The letters are bold and golden. The white paint on the exterior of the building is flaking with years of high humidity weathering having taken its toll.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 11/02/2026

the parts shortage claims another victim. thanks AI!

a screenshot of the Valve store page for the Steam Deck showing that they are now out of stock for all models.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 31/12/2025

building management to all the properties that they manage

Christopher Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglorious Bastards asking “your harboring li-po batteries are you not?!”

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 30/12/2025

always love checking out the new stickers outside Andytown in the Sunset. Today’s winner

a holographic sticker depicting a smiling earth wearing a baseball cap riding a skateboard under the banner “caring is cool”

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 20/12/2025

another great game made possible by public funds in Australia. They know how to support independent games like this and we could learn a thing or two.

a screenshot of the credits section of the game Mars First Logistics with the text
> Supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria as a Freeplay 2021 Series Commission
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> We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which this game was made, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation and pay our respects to their elders past and present.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 20/12/2025

picked up Mars First Logistics again after some time away and thoroughly enjoying it. A puzzle / exploration game with very fun physics and plenty of charm. A++ would recommend, also currently $12 on Steam which is a steal. here's a photo of my tall son.

a screenshot of the game Mars First Logistics depicting a thin and tall robot with a clamp for a head posing with some astronauts on a construction site on Mars. The art style is that of ink-lined cartoons with a flat texture and a colorful palette.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 13/12/2025

the recent San Francisco cold snap evidenced in homelab graphs

a screenshot of Grafana showing a plot of hard disk drive temperatures for the last 4 months. They hover pretty consistently around 38C, until recently where they took a noticeable dip towards 33/34C

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 04/12/2025

a little something I put together last week as my first multi-color 3D print.

a close-up picture of the front panel of a Framework Desktop computer. The panel has a square matrix of multicolor tiles that can be rearranged per the user's preference. In the center there are two 3D printed tiles with Tailscale logos, one apiece of the light and dark-mode variant, stacked one on top of the other.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 29/11/2025

happy two year anniversary to all who celebrate

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 28/11/2025

SEKTORI is a great find and recommendation by the noclip_2 crew. pure video game juice goodness.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 27/11/2025

I love the weather this time of year in San Francisco but I hate that it is to routine accompanied by such poor air quality due to fireplaces producing smog. It’s not even that cold!

A graph showing air quality index over the last 7 days with the most recent 3 spend nearly exclusively north of the 100 mark. There is a lot of orange and red.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 31/10/2025

graphs that make you go 😊

A screenshot of the RunKeeper iOS app showing a chart of running pace over 2025 with a downward trend

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 17/10/2025

was feeling down this week and decided to talk a walk to one of my favourite spots in the city. A++. I can think of few park benches with a better view than this. as a bonus I made a new neighbor friend and was rewarded with some incredible evening light for a selfie with @sutrotower.bsky.social

A photo from atop Grandview Park (aka Turtle Hill) in San Francisco showing a park bench and its view from atop the park of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, Marin county and beyond. There is not a single cloud in the sky. It's a beautiful day.

a sun-filled selfie of OP taken from the south side of Grandview park and with Sutro Tower in the background. The OP is wearing a hat with art by Amos Goldbaum, a local artist, depicting Sutro Tower with a row of Victorian houses in front.

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 11/10/2025

I think about this tweet often, and of its wisdom

Social media post from Thing Bad (@Merman_Melville):

"Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day"

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Patrick O'Doherty @patrickod.com · 10/10/2025

I'm absolutely dying at the extent to which everyone at home will just not give this up (nor should they really, it's yet another in a long line of examples of looking-down-nose attitudes towards renters and their concerns)

Irish times website primary headline
LIVE: Jim Gavin repays former tenant the unpaid EUR3,300 debt that cost him the presidential bid

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