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@r00k.net

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responsible tech, science nerd, comics spouse. He/Him Posts are short form opinions and should be post scripted with "in some relevant situations"

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r00k @r00k.net · 14/02/2026

So long @wildwesthackinfest.bsky.social and thanks for all the fish. It was great seeing everyone and I can’t wait till the next one. Especially these n00bs

Rook, Ethan, and Jose standing in front of a hotel. The image is reversed so the reckah hoodie reads Hacker and the Wild West banner on the side of the hotel reads backwards

Rook, Albert, Jose, Ethan, and Cooper pose in front of the Attack and Defend CTF scoreboard. Their team, Kali Pro, is in first place

Wild West hackin fest black badge and a MetaCTF challenge coin sit on top of a sucker covered laptop.

Attack and Defense CTF scoreboard. Team Kali Pro is in first place

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r00k @r00k.net · 26/12/2025

It’s mythmas marathon time at Birch Keep again

Picture of a TV showing a frame from the opening of Mythbusters TV show

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r00k @r00k.net · 06/12/2025

Plexamp phoning it in with their minimal surfaced stats considering how much data they have access to. Cements their place as "Barely clearing the extremely low bar of 'Best in home media server'". I think the big stand out is Kpop Demon Hunters, given how recently it came out. We listen to it A LOT

Top artists of 2025 by plays

1. Stoneburner - 1036
2. NOBANDWIDTH - 851
3. Eluveitie - 796
4. Beats Antique - 402
5. Patty Gurdy - 305
6. Ashbury Heights - 254
7. Taylor Swift - 208
8. Feuerschwanz - 191
9. Flogging Molly - 171
10. Korpiklaani - 152
11. VNV Nation - 151
12. Oingo Boingo - 149
13. The Real McKenzies - 140
14. Lyrre - 123
15. Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - 123
16. Chappel Roan - 107
17. Garbage - 107
18. Beborn Beton - 106
19. Nine Inch Nails - 94
20. Garmarna - 88
21. Watsky - 21
22. Steam Powered Giraffe - 22
23. Ego Likeness - 79
24. Of Monsters and Men - 78

2025 Top Albums by plays
1. Eluveitie - Evocation 1 - 342
2. Eluveitie - Evocation 2 - 339
3. Patty Gurdy - Tavern - 305
4. Kpop Demon Hunters - 297
5. NOBANDWIDTH - Hard Reboot - 284
6. NOBANDWIDTH - The Future is XXXXXXX - 234
7. NOBANDWIDTH - Glitch of Consciousness - 221
8. Stoneburner - Songs in the Key of Arrakis - 217
9. Stoneburner - Of the Folding of Space - 216
10. Beats Antique - Collide - 215
11. Beats Antique - Tribal Derivations - 187
12. Stoneburner - The No Chamber - 161
13. Stoneburner - The Mouse Shadow - 155
14. Stoneburner - Sisters of Isolation - 142
15. Lyrre - Not All Who Dream Are Asleep - 123
16. The Real McKenzies - Float Me Boat - 113
17. NOBANDWIDTH - Self Titled - 112
18. Stoneburner - Fire and Ice - 106
19. Feuerschwanz - Todsunden - 99
20. Ashbury Heights - Take Cair Paramour - 94

2025 Top Tracks by plays

1. Saja Boys - Soda Pop - 48
2. Huntrix - Golden - 44
3. Patty Gurdy - Find Me Some pretty Girls - 38
4. Huntrix - How It's Done - 37
5. Stoneburner - May They Knife (Chip and Shatter) - 36
6. Saja Boys - Your Idol 35
7. Eluveitie - Catvrix - 35
8. Eluveitie - Momento - 34
9. Huntrix - Takedown - 33
10. Eluveitie - The Cauldron of Renascence - 32
11. Patty Gurdy - Peg Leg Silly-Billy - 31
12. Lyrre - Divide and Conquer - 31
13. The Black Tartan Clan - Banks of the Roses - 31
14. Patty Gurdy - The Dragon from Lowerhill - 29
15. Lyrre - Valley of Tears - 29
16. Kpop Demon Hunters - Free - 28
17. Eluveitie - Epona - 28
18. Unleash the Archers - Northwest Passage - 27
19. Patty Gurdy - Brighter Days to Come - 26
20. NOBANDWIDTH - Fatal Error Occurred - 26
21. NOBANDWIDTH - Command and Control - 26

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r00k @r00k.net · 06/12/2025

This setting was just pointed out to me in Bsky's Accessibility settings

Bluesky's accessibility settings showing a "Require alt text before posting" checkbox.

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r00k @r00k.net · 06/12/2025

Interestingly, my home audiobook server has way better stats than Audible. Not to say audible doesn't collect them, they just don't bother surfacing them to their product...I mean customers. (My audiobookshelf stats are very skewed because I just onboarded to it in Oct)

"year in review" stats from audiobookshelf showing 2 books finished, 5 days, 14 hours, and 9 minutes spent listening over 28 sessions and 4 books. Top Narrator was Michael Kramer and Top Author was Brandon Sanderson. Top Genre is Science Fiction & Fantasy, and the Top Month was September.

"year in review" stats from audiobookshelf showing 2 books finished, 5 days, 14 hours, and 9 minutes spent listening over 28 sessions and 4 books. The books finished this year are "Wind and Truth" and "Rhythm of War" by Brandon Sanderson, as well as "10% Happier" by Dan Harris and "A Whole New Mind" by Daniel Pink

"Year in review" from audiobookshelf showing 324 books from 233 authors added to the library, account for a 169.72 gigabytes of storage space and 182 days, 5 hours, and 15 minutes of play time.

These numbers are exaggerated due to onboarding to this software this year.

Listening stats from audible, showing roughly 100 hours listened in August, 75 hours in September, 5 in October, 75 in November, and 25 in December.

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r00k @r00k.net · 22/06/2025

Well, Google is finally driving me off of the last service of theirs that I use. You mean all of those services that I didn't ask for, didn't sign up for, and disable as soon as I'm able to (and continue to disable whenever I notice they "somehow" get re-enabled)?

The pricing for your Google Workspace Business Plus subscription will change beginning July 22, 2025

Dear Google Workspace administrator,

We’re writing to inform you of the price change that will go into effect for your Google Workspace Business Plus subscription on or after July 22, 2025. The updated subscription pricing reflects the significant added AI value, as well as the many new features we have introduced and are launching to Google Workspace editions

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r00k @r00k.net · 23/05/2025

The circled ones are the new options. I don't know why I bothered blanking out the domain...it's very easy to find.... 😅

Circled two Gemini settings that appeared in Google Workspace administration panel after Gemini went live. Even if you made sure to disable Gemini before it left beta, these two new settings appeared enabled by default.

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r00k @r00k.net · 30/04/2025

Goliath from the cartoon Gargoyles holds a jalapeño in his claws looking at it quizzically

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r00k @r00k.net · 17/04/2025

15 years is the desktop trebuchet anniversary. I don’t make the rules, I just enjoy them. 🖤 @tanyabjork.bsky.social

Woman looks down at parts from a desktop trebuchet kit arranged on a coffee table

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r00k @r00k.net · 04/04/2025

Gurdy’s first trip out of the house since it has arrived. Heading out to SoCal Pleasure Faire. I won’t be playing at the faire, but didn’t want to miss out on practice time. So now my friends “get to enjoy” my practicing at night in the Airbnb 😅

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r00k @r00k.net · 01/04/2025

If you're a Google Workspace customer and you have already opted out of gemini for your workspace during the beta, you will need to do so again for GA. Coming by end of this month (April 2025).

Screenshot with the following text.

Dear administrator,

We’re writing to let you know that the Google Workspace apps (formerly Google Workspace extensions) setting in the Gemini app will transition from beta to general availability (GA) by the end of April 2025.

This change will enable the Gemini app to interact with Calendar, Docs, Drive, Gmail, Keep, and Tasks, providing more context to your prompts.

We’ve provided additional information below about this change.
What this means for your organization

Key Change:
When the Workspace apps setting becomes generally available, it will be turned “ON” by default. This will override the current Workspace apps Beta setting.

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r00k @r00k.net · 22/01/2025

"As the drink did not contain much iron" 😂

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r00k @r00k.net · 05/12/2024

Discovery may have declared a war on the holiday, but in this house we observe the Myth-mas Marathon

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r00k @r00k.net · 20/09/2024

This was a fun exchange I had with codeium, wondering if one of my long time python practices was described in pep 8 or some other standard, or is just a common habit. It literally hallucinates two quotes and then _links_ to where that quote isn't. It's wild!

Asking codeium if "if name is equal to main" is documented in pep 8, and codeium saying it is

Asking codeium to quote pep 8 where it talks about "if name is equal to main". Codeium gives support quotes, and supplying a link. Then I respond that the quoted text isn't present in the link, and codeium admitting it made it all up.

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