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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 03/09/2026

Getting storms in #RochesterNY. We're fine, but I did see this on radar. I think this is the first time I've ever seen a target-like shape on radar before. I suspect there's a radar dish at the bullseye. #weather

A radar with several yellow and red circles surrounding a center point near Buffalo, NY.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 30/08/2026

Saw Coyote vs. ACME today at @thelittletheatre.bsky.social. If you grew up watching Looney Tunes, go see it!

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 29/08/2026

Did a drone experiment with a #Meshtastic node strapped to it. I don't think it really helped with getting messages out, but it did seem to help with reception. Next time, I think I need a better antenna, and maybe angle it vertically somehow.

A drone flying slightly off the ground with a Meshtastic node strapped to it.

A drone sitting on a landing pad with a Meshtastic node strapped to it.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 28/08/2026

A couple of photos of the lunar eclipse last night via my phone camera through binoculars.

The moon with about a quarter of the bottom left missing due to the Earth's shadow.

The moon with about half of the bottom left missing due to the Earth's shadow.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 19/07/2026

I always wanted an indoor waterfall, but not like this. Remember to clean your gutters every so often! One we cleaned them during a break in the rain, they stopped overflowing and no more waterfall!

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 12/07/2026

Made the pilgrimage to the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum today!

An old diesel locomotive that says Beebee station on the side.

An old orange electric trolley behind a railroad crossing sign.

An old Conrail box car. It says NYC 21273 on the side.

A diesel locomotive. It says "Livonia Anon & Lakeville" on the side. It is number 20.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 19/06/2026

My local #ScoutingAmerica council is hosting an adult Pinewood Derby race tomorrow. My entry, a replica of a Siemens Charger locomotive with @amtrak.com's paint-job 🚆

A small Pinewood Derby car with Amtrak's paint design on it. Instead of paint, it uses a lot of reflective tape.

A small Pinewood Derby car with Amtrak's paint design on it from the back. Instead of paint, it uses a lot of reflective tape.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 10/06/2026

Went to Buffalo today to see #BigBoy. It was worth the wait!

A giant stream locomotive surrounded by a small crowd of people.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 31/05/2026

The Little Theatre in #RochesterNY played Detective Pikachu today! I forgot how fun that movie is!

A marquee sign that says "Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Sunday May 31, [S] Science on Screen".

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 25/04/2026

#ImagineRIT had a "Retro Computing" exhibit. They had this old iMac. ... I had one of these Macs growing up... Am I old now 😭

An iMac from the mid 2000's. It has a domed base with a monitor that spins around the base.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 06/04/2026

Finally installed a mobile #AmateurRadio setup in my car! Running the wires was painful, but I made it work. Only thing I'm unsure about is the antenna... It's on a magnetic mount on my roof with the wire going through my sunroof. I didn't want to drill holes in my car 😅.

View from the driver's seat looking down towards the petals. There is a BTECH handset attached to the side of the center console.

A box that says "BTECH" with a coaxial cable coming out from the front, right side. This is located just behind the back seat, but in this picture the seat is folded down.

View from the trunk, which has the radio mounted to the ceiling of the trunk, with black and red wires connected to it, coming from the left side of the trunk.

Roof view, featuring a Signal Stick NMO antenna connected to a magnetic mount. The wire is going through the sunroof.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 16/03/2026

I tried playing with @avaloniaui.net 's re-create UI MCP server. I threw it a curve-ball; trying to recreate the Wii's Forecast Menu UI. I don't think AI is taking my job yet, but it did give it a good attempt!

The Wii Forecast channel menu! It shows a five day forecast for Anchorage with the high and low.

An Avalonia UI that tried to recreate the Forecast. The scaling is all wrong, and it is missing days (it only shows Saturday). But, it does have the colors right and the city correct.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 14/02/2026

Some LLM fun today. The last sentence is great 😂.

A messaging window.

Me: I need to get my car washed, but the car wash is just 300 meters away. Should I walk or drive?

The LLM:

Walk.

Reasons, quickly:

- 300 m is extremely short; by the time you start the car, you’re basically there.
- Engine wear and fuel use are high on very short cold runs; it’s actually worse for the car than a normal drive.
- You avoid any hassle with parking, traffic, or queuing space around the wash.
- It’s a bit of extra movement for you and zero extra emissions.

Only real reasons to drive 300 m would be:
- Mobility or health issues
- Bad weather / unsafe walking conditions
- You need the car immediately afterward for a longer trip

If none of those apply, I’d absolutely walk, get the wash, then drive away clean.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 01/02/2026

Some #AmateurRadio radio fun this afternoon. Tried out making an antenna out of two metal slinkies. It worked better than I thought! I was able to make four contacts with FT8! #HamRadio #FT8

A rope strung across a house connected to curtain rods. Wrapped around the rope is are two metal slinkies, connected together to a coaxial cable.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 17/01/2026

The things I need to do to try to hit a nearby repeater... (that is, in fact, my HT in a tree) #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

A hand-held amateur radio transceiver in the air attached to rope that is wrapped around a tree branch.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 03/01/2026

Honestly, though, given the terrain, I'm *shocked* I can receive anything to begin with. RF is gonna RF I guess.

A sideways view of the elevation between two points. One represents my house, the other the repeater. There are several large hills in the way.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 03/01/2026

Built a DIY Yagi Antenna in an attempt to reach a nearby repeater. Alas, my transmissions don't seem to be reaching it. The repeater hears *something* since I hear the curiosity tone, but thats it. The good news is that it can receive just fine 😁. #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

An electrical PVC pipe with 7 bare copper wires 4 sticking out from both sides, four inches apart from each other.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 22/11/2025

Last night, FT8 on 20 meters was busy! Managed to make a few contacts 🎉 #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

An amateur radio setup. On the left is a power supply. On the right is the SBitX V3 radio, featuring an FT8 waterfall on it.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 16/11/2025

Today was the Rochester #MakerFaire at @rittigers.bsky.social ! My two favorite exhibits were the Lego Donkey Kong set, and the plush train the RIT model railroad club had.

A Lego set featuring the first level of the original Donkey Kong arcade game. It has the classic red beams, Pauline, Jump Man, and DK!

An orange stuffed train. There is one locomotive and four passenger cars behind it.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 01/11/2025

. @thenaterhood.bsky.social and I were "That House" again last night. One kid even said "I remember this house from last year!" Made my evening 🎃👻.

A Halloween bowel filled with king-sized Reese's cups and Rice Crispie Treats.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 26/09/2025

Made an #APRS digipeater recently, and put it in my attic. It detects APRS from folks driving near my house and forwards them to aprs.fl! It is powered by a Raspberry Pi, a SHARI and software called Direwolf. I also made the antenna for it out of some copper wire. #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

A Raspberry Pi with a SHARI box connected to its USB ports inside of a case with a see-through top. There is a small hand-held antenna poking out the left side.

A ground plane antenna made up of 5 copper wires sitting on a PVC pipe in an attic.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 01/09/2025

Visited the Port of Rochester and Charlotte Pier today with @thenaterhood.bsky.social ! #RochesterNY #Boats

A sailing boat with two masts and all sails down on the water.

A lighthouse at the end of a pier made of concrete.

A old-style sail boat with two masts docked. The sails are down.

A skinny building that says "Port of Rochester" on the side.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 22/08/2025

After working there for a decade, yesterday was my last day at #L3Harris. I leaned a lot in my time there, and grew as a software engineer. While I will miss my co-workers and friends, I am excited for my new role at Safran Federal Systems! I start there Monday!

Me, outside of a brick building with a sign that says "L3Harris" on it.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 03/08/2025

Built a Slim Jim antenna with @thenaterhood.bsky.social recently! We walked apart from each other and could hear each other clearly 1.5km away on the 70CM band. Need to try further away next time! #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

Me holding a PVC pipe with a SlimJim antenna connected to it in one hand. In the other hand is me holding a handheld radio.

A PVC pipe being stood up by a couch. It has a SlimJim antenna connected to it, and a handheld radio connected the antenna.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 13/07/2025

. @amtrak.com's Empire Service Train 281 arriving at Schenectady, NY yesterday. #Trains #Amtrak

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 13/07/2025

. @amtrak.com's Maple Leaf #64 leaving #RochesterNY a couple of days ago. #Trains #Amtrak

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 16/06/2025

I officially have two #Meshtastic nodes up and ruining! One is Raspberry Pi powered, and connected to the antenna on my roof. The other is a bit more mobile. I'm the only nodes in the area by the looks of things, though 😕.

A meshtastic device with a screen that says "2 of 2 nodes online".

A Raspberry Pi zero w2 that has a hat on it allowing it to use Meshtastic.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 08/06/2025

And, most importantly, got a patch for being in the costume!

A round patch that says "Baldy the Eagle Scout" with Baldy standing to the right of the text.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 08/06/2025

Yesterday, I volunteered for a #ScoutingAmerica recruitment event with my local council. I got to dress up as Baldy the Eagle Scout! 🦅

Me holding a deflated eagle costume who is wearing a Class A uniform.

Baldy the Eagle Scout, a giant inflatable eagle costume who is wearing a Class A uniform, standing to the side of two young kids.

Baldy the Eagle Scout standing next to a woman.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 18/05/2025

Today was my town's Memorial Day parade! The town showed off all of their shiny toys. #RochesterNY

A front loader with a plow in front that says "Town of Henrietta, A town for all!"

A giant vacuum truck that says "Vactor 2100i"

An old fire engine that says "Henrietta No 1 Fire Co".

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 26/04/2025

Went to #ImagineRIT today! As usual, it was a lot of fun and there was so many amazing things to see! Good show, @rittigers.bsky.social !

A wacky wave inflatable tube man that says "Hot Wheelz" on it.

A sign hung between two brick buildings that says "Imagine RIT creativity + innovation festival. Saturday April 26 ,2025.

Belt sanders on a wooden track. They are used to race. When a button is pushed.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 13/04/2025

Wegmans had a cute balloon of a diversity dinosaur a couple of days ago!

A balloon in the shape of a brontosaurus.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 28/02/2025

In Command and Conquer Renegade, you could unlock hidden characters in multiplayer by typing "extras fnkqrrm". The CRC-32 of "fnkqrrm" is 65729409, which the source code requires to unlock the extras (for a little bit at least, looks like newer versions of the game don't require the password).

C++ code that says the following:

CNCPurchaseMainMenuClass::Enable_Secrets(false); // Just to scramble code
CNCPurchaseMainMenuClass::Enable_Secrets(false); // Just to scramble code
bool onoff = (CRC_String(input) == 65729409);
CNCPurchaseMainMenuClass::Enable_Secrets(onoff); // Just to scramble code

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 23/02/2025

I saw a swasticar at my local Lowe's today. Im surprised it's not rusted out due to the salt.

A Tesla Cyber Truck parked in a parking lot.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 15/02/2025

Took my #drone out a couple of weeks ago when the weather was somewhat nice for February. It was cold, but worth it! Video coming soon.

A view of Tinker's gravel parking lot covered in snow. There are footprints in the snow, and the back of a sign is visible.

A view of Tinker Nature Park's pond that is frozen. It is surrounded by leaf-less trees.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 02/02/2025

I've officially stopped posting @bettadelic.art 's daily Betta fish to Twitter. Configured my Rau configuration to scrape bettadelic.art's RSS feed every day at 8PM, so posts should start showing up on @bettadelic.art as early as tonight.

Code that says:

stage( "Notify Twitter" )
{
steps
{
...
}
when
{
expression
{
// Disabled the Twitter Account. Fuck Nazis.
return false;
}
}
}

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 11/01/2025

I got a drone for Christmas. Today was the first day where it wasn't terribly windy. These are some photos I took. Annoyingly, the app that came with the drone doesn't seem to work well on my phone, so these are completely blind. Oh well, maybe I'll figure out how to get the app working next time.

A bird's eye view of a park with a lot of white snow on the ground.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 04/01/2025

I've officially been at L3Harris for 10 years! My plaque arrived in the mail today. I didn't think I'd be working for the Military Industrial Complex™️ for this long, but life is funny that way.

A plaque that says:

L3Harris

Fast Forward

Seth Hendrick

In Sincere Appreciation for 10 years of dedicated service. Congratulations!

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 29/12/2024

One last Christmas tree, from my boyfriend's aunt and uncle's house.

My boyfriend's aunt and uncle's Christmas tree.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 28/12/2024

Even more Christmas Trees! From my boyfriend's Grandma's house this time.

A smallish Christmas tree on a table. There's an angel on top.

A tiny Christmas tree on a table. There aren't a lot of branches.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 27/12/2024

Christmas trees from all the houses I've visited over the past few days!

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