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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 19/08/2026

Welcome to the Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

A CD cover for Welcome to the Pleasuredome. A stylized photograph above the title shows the band members sitting around various wildlife taxidermy, looking intently at the camera.

🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 10/08/2026

How can the H2D, with all its sensors and cameras, fail to notice that the last job is still on the build plate? Instead, Bambu sent a nozzle clumping error after what could have been significant damage caused by attempting to print on top of the last job. #3dprinting

A mess of white filament is strung across the top of a black plastic grid sitting on a textured 3D-printed build plate.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 14/07/2026

@ridwell.bsky.social I’m forever switching plastics that should be in one bag but were inadvertently placed in the other. So I engraved this handy sign in my workshop. Problem (largely) solved.

A recycling sign differentiating stretchy vs. non-stretchy recyclables sites above two filled bags hanging on a door.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 21/05/2026

Finally starting to watch #uvinkfest after an otherwise crazy week so far.

From a man’s sitting perspective, a guy sits with legs extended, a tablet playing the UV Ink Fest conference kickoff video, and a dog’s head resting on his lap. In the background, a waterline appears behind a deck railing and a field of trees.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 26/03/2026

@quicken.bsky.social, a financial services company, sends out an email message with a button that will prompt for your account credentials to read a letter/post. Either this is fishing or [and this is what I'm betting:] they're more clueless about #infosec than I give them credit for. Bad form.

An unsolicited email message purportedly from Quicken prompts me to click a button to log in and read a letter from the CEO.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 03/03/2026

Not even 0900 yet, and I’ve already been called out by a @microsoft.com employee for a snarky comment I left about ADO on the developer community forums. I’ll take the win.

In a screenshot of an online discussion forum, someone writes…

“If folks are wondering why we do not respond often to tickets, this is why...”

An embedded screenshot shows another comment left by Richard Gunther:

“But hey...we got a calendar update that doesn't look like anything else in ADO and still doesn't understand the concept of taking days off that cross iteration boundaries!” [followed by a Tada emoji]

The main post continues…

“For everyone else, I wish I had better news, we are listening but it is very unlikely that we will prioritize this suggestion in 2026.”

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 19/02/2026

I'm old and boring, having left sugar cereals behind decades ago. But I'm in for these:

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 13/02/2026

New test materials arrived! Stainless steel, plywood, and acrylic. First order from Makerstock, and it arrived FAST. #engraving #laserenvgraving

A cellophane-wrapped pile of raw materials from Makerstock, including plywood, stainless steel plates, and a pack of scrap samples with a label saying "Cut the Scrap."

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 18/12/2025

Microsoft somehow implemented the only tooltip pattern I've seen that pops up IN FRONT OF and steals the focus away from the thing you're trying to click.

A "more actions" tooltip directly overlaps the button it's describing, making it more difficult to click the actual button.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 03/11/2025

I tried the cutting tool attachment on my Bambu H2D this weekend, and I'm kind of blown away by its accuracy. Far better than the cutting tool on my xTool M1. Hoping to try the drawing attachment later this week. #3dprinting #2dprinting

A printed red figure silhouette sits on the paper it was cut out of. The cut lines are almost perfect.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 29/10/2025

I may or may not have just finished off the remains of some Pistachio Pistachio right out of the container.

A (seemingly empty) pint container of Ben & Jerry's Pistachio Pistachio ice cream sits with a spoon in it.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 21/10/2025

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

A drawing of two cartoon lab rats. One is short and grumpy, and the other is tall and gleefully happy. They're Pinky...Pinky and the Brain (Brain, Brain, Brain...).

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 17/09/2025

Note to self: Don’t cover Seklema mat with parchment paper when storing. #laserengraving

A hand is seen pulling—more like ripping—paper off of a Johnson Plalstics Plus-branded Seklema mat. The paper is tearing and crumpled, since it is not coming off easily.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 27/08/2025

Really happy to learn today that the H2S is less desirable (to me, anyway) than the H2D. Especially since I recently added an H2D to my workshop! #3Dprinting

Two Bambu Labs 3D printers sit side-by-side. On the left, an X1C. On the right, an H2D. Both have AMS units on the top.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 11/08/2025

I picked up a thing this weekend. I'm gonna need a bigger workbench. #3dprinting

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 08/08/2025

I think Microsoft's/Open AI's new 3D modeling feature doesn't yet fully understand 3D. #3Dprinting #ai

A rotated model in a 3D model viewer reveals that the "3D" model is actually flat.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 24/07/2025

Well, this looks like one damn unspleasant week.

A graphic from a weather app shows the forecast for the week ahead: Friday: 98 and thunderstorms; Saturday: 93 and thunderstorms; Sunday 92 and thunderstorms; Monday: 94 and sunny; Tuesday: 97 and thunderstorms; Wednesday: 97 and sunny; Thursday: 88 and thunderstorms; Friday: 86 and thunderstorms.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 23/07/2025

I still don’t like that bulbous hood, but this is a much better looking QX80.

A gray Infiniti QX80 is parked in front of a wood fence.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 21/07/2025

I apparently failed this test three times already, so Walmart doesn't get my business today.

A screenshot from the Walmart site presents a challenge: Robot or human? It reads" Activate and hold the button to confirm that you're human. Thank you! A big button reads PRESS & HOLD.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 02/07/2025

🙄 The shit that companies disclaim…

A backing card presenting a Disney Vacation Club Member includes a disclaimer: Disney Vacation Club is not responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged magnets. Designs subject to change. (c) Disney

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 20/06/2025

While I prefer the 0.4 results, I can live with the 0.6mm. 0.8mm is no bueno. These were printed on a Bambu Lab X1 Carbon using Bambu PETG-CF. #3dprinting

Three 3D-printed objects with embedded lettering sit on a workbench for comparison. From left to right, they were printed with a 0.8mm nozzle, 0.6mm, and 0.4mm. The leftmost looks rough and disfigured, the right looks nearly perfect.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 19/06/2025

Running my first 0.8mm nozzle print job for strength. I've always convinced myself I wouldn't like the print quality of anything that large. We'll see how this goes....

A screenshot from Bambu Studio show a job to print three wall cleats sent to a Bambu X1 Carbon printer with a 0.8mm nozzle and smooth high temp plate.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 17/06/2025

I wasn't excited to see that this @marketplace.org swag is more of a trucker hat than a baseball cap. Whatever—it'll look good on a shelf. But what really bothers me is the syntax. If it's a sentence with a period, then capitalize it. If it's not capitalized, then why the period? #swaggrammar

A blue trucker hat reads "let's do the numbers." [sic]

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 29/05/2025

Oh congratufrakkinlations...IconScout's marketing team checked the #AI box. #uxdesign

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 28/05/2025

Feels like I’m setting up to print a bunch of shit for Google (I’m not). #3dprinting

A multi spool filament feeder for a 3-D printer shows four spools of filament in green, yellow, blue, and red.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 27/05/2025

Cool cool, @dropbox.com ... don't bother explaining what this means. Normies will absolutely understand the implications of this negatively presented option and act appropriately. #BUI #UX #darkpattern

A Dropbox setup screen presents the following option under the heading Dropbox on File Provider: Choose this to opt out of Dropbox on File Provider. This is followed by a single checkbox option with the label Opt out. A Done button follows that.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 23/05/2025

@marketplace.org You used the "'s" version of the TIPS jar on the Make Me Smart podcast episode image just to mess with me, didn't you? 🙈 @kairyssdal.bsky.social @kimberlyadams.bsky.social P.S. Bye, Kai! You will be missed on the show. 😢 Make Me Smart is how I came to know about Marketplace.

A tips jar on a countertop (incorrectly) reads "TIP'S"

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 19/05/2025

This was such a fun episode of @mollywood.co's Everybody in the Pool! "Projectile tree-planting with Flash Forest" pca.st/zvc3dt6f #reforesting #sustainability #ecology

A podcast cover image shows a globe juxtaposed atop a pool filled with water. It Reads Everybody in the Pool: A climate solutions podcast by Molly Wood. The Episode, E89, is named Projectile tree-planting with Flash Forest

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 16/05/2025

Mostly unrelated: I got a kick out of how my car demonstrated the very issue of emoji compatibility, consistency, and interpretation while I was listening to the @99pi.org episode about exactly that!

A car infotainment screen shows that an episode of 99% Invisible is playing. It's titled with emoji characters. The first emoji is happy crying, but the second two symbols are question marks in diamonds, indicating that it can't display the second emoji character.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 16/05/2025

Sometimes I feel like all I do all day long is react to badges.

A solid, monochromatic image of a generic icon block adorned with a notification badge

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 16/05/2025

Just finished reading The @99pi.org City in our work book club. Loved it so much and was so happy to share it with my colleagues!

The hardback book cover of The 99% Invisible City. There's a sleeve over the cover, which shows the subtitle: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 16/05/2025

Been thinking a lot lately about retirement. And the more I hear about companies (often unnecessarily) adopting AI, the more I feel that next step in my life can't come fast enough. I remember when my stepdad retired early because he didn't want to learn Windows. Now I kinda get it. This me now.

A wood sign sits in a window in front of an art glass panel. It reads "I'd rather be engraving something"

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 10/04/2025

Post a movie from the year you turned 18 (I saw it three times the weekend it released)

A movie poster for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. A man (Luke) stands in dark clothes, wielding a light saber, In a collage of imagery from the saga. The image includes pics of Yoda, Darth Vader, Jaba the Hutt, some Ewoks, Leia, and Han Solo. A partially built Death Star looms in the background.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 31/03/2025

The slog continues. These initial file transfer estimates kill me.

A macOS file transfer dialog shows that Finder is copying 23,967 files to a location called Richard. At 175.6 MB of 180.3 GB in, the estimate to complete the task is 4 days.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 27/03/2025

I'm 100% guilty of fridgescaping. Arguably important with glass door refrigerators!

A glass-front 36" refrigerator reveals multiple shelves of neatly aligned beverages, all faced forward. Beverages are organized by type and size.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 23/03/2025

@itsathing.bsky.social I came home to find these in the pantry last night! 🧈🍺

A bag of Butterbeer flavored Goldfish cookies features gold lettering on a black bag.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 23/03/2025

Received the new Olight Ostation X smart battery charger to test out. This Innovation Award winner was one of my favorite devices at CES this year!

The Olight Ostation X battery charger is a rectangular box that looks something like a transparent orange cinderblock standing on end. In the center, a silver sleeve includes a button and a small drawer.

Front view of the Ostation X shows the button surrounded by a blue LED. There's a (charged) battery in the dispenser tray, ready to be used.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 01/03/2025

Yesterday’s embarrassing spectacle in DC lured me back onto Twitter to share my disgust with some specific politicians…

In a rare appearance on Twitter, I had some things to say last night: In a tweet to all, I say “I haven’t been around here for a few years, but I have a few politicians to tell off.” In a Reply to @LindseyGrahamSC praising Trump barely hours after applauding Zelenskyy, “Once again kissing the ring. You’re a traitor.” In a tweet to @marcorubio, “RESIGN!” In a tweet to @SenatorWicker who deleted a tweet from earlier in the day showing him shaking Zelenskyy’s hand, “Coward.”

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 08/02/2025

Post a picture of you from last February. No Cheating. [you didn’t say I couldn’t include my dog…]

A black lab is craning its neck up to lick the face of a middle-aged man wearing a grey hoodie. The hoodie has the emblem for Station 6 of Corolla Fire and Rescue in the Outer Banks.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 06/02/2025

I'm guessing this is on clearance because of the blatant #grammar and #punctuation errors.

A yellow t-shirt with blue, capital block letters reads "WHAT ABOUT MORE HEALTHCARE, & LESS GUNS?" The price of the T-shirt has been marked down from $25 to $7.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 19/01/2025

Like most Microsoft rebranding efforts, this seems entirely unnecessary. On multiple platforms, this has been Remote Desktop for literally decades. #Microsoft #Windows #branding #marketing

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 16/01/2025

Mastodon apps, created by independent developers, support phones, tablets, scale to any size/orientation, and support multi-tasking. Bluesky Social, initially funded by a billionaire, only runs in “phone” mode on any device.

A screen shot of the Bluesky Social app on an iPad shows that it only runs in iPhone mode.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 11/01/2025

#CES is over, so now it’s time for some wonderful sushi for dinner.

A plate of cut sushi roll sits in front of a beer. On the right, a dish of soy sauce and some wasabi.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 28/12/2024

[reposted with pic:] Found my failed Benchy "shipwrecked" in one of our planters 😂 #3dprinting

A half printed 3-D print Benchy lies on its side in a flower pot

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 09/12/2024

With a market cap of about $210B, @americanexpress.bsky.social apparently has no one on its web to review and notice that all these card benefits images are stretched out of proportion.

A screen capture of a web page shows a series of information cards with images. Each thumbnail image is stretched out of proportion to fill the space.

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🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther @richardgunther.com · 06/12/2024

Ooh…just in time! I’m going to throw this in the dryer for a bit, though. It’s freezing from sitting on the front porch all afternoon.

A spool of dual color, green and red GEEETECH filament sits on a workbench in front of a 3D-printed Christmas tree

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