Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 08/10/2026It's true. There's a box in my garage that has to be maintained at 9/8th capacity or else the world will stop spinning on its axis. 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 24/09/2026When the boss says "follow the instructions exactly as I wrote them" and I do: 001
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 22/09/2026One of my favorite pastimes on social media is blocking Trump supporters. Say something that supports him, I block you. Click the like button on a post supporting Trump, I block you. So as you can imagine I see a lot of profiles of guys holding dead fish […] [Original post on social.taupehat.com] 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 13/09/2026Here's how I imagine the conversation went: "Your time is up. You're eighty years old, you've had at least one stroke, your health is failing, your final term ends in two years, and you are in competition with Vladimir Putin as the most despised person […] [Original post on social.taupehat.com] 001
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 11/09/2026At least this one is solvable, even if a bit too much so... 010
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 11/09/2026I feel bad for people who need diesel for their work vehicles. On the other hand I am enthralled at the impact this has had on the coal-rolling douchebags around here. Gasbuddy, filtered for diesel fuel: 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 09/09/2026I was always a big fan of Spock's approximate precision. #startrek 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 02/09/2026In this episode of "Stuff you don't see every day" or, why it's good to have an ear for unusual aircraft noises 010
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 26/08/2026This has been puzzling me. Not that I care much about this dumbass rich guy or his inability to get laid without paying $140 to someone working out of a trailer park in Ohio but... based on my experience rich guys have a fixer to procure prostitutes […] [Original post on social.taupehat.com] 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 22/08/2026[uspol] I finally figured out who Scott Bessent reminded me of. 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 19/08/2026Rohnert Park, California. Holden SS-V. Rebadged or real? #cars 010
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 17/08/2026[#uspol mention of drug abuse] The President of the United States is a crackhead. 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 12/08/2026I'm so sick of this stupid fucking thing. Shouldn't it go in for a C-check or something? It's CONSTANTLY in the air over downtown. How much fuel cost does it absorb? 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 06/08/2026So the other day I actually read the sign at the gym about locker room rules (sign is outside the locker room, don't worry). One of those rules is not like the others, all I can say. 001
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 31/07/2026This thing kept alerting tonight and it's a browser-only interface. Turns out I don't have the right browser for it though, so I took it out of production. #sysadmin #bofh The right browser: 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 27/07/2026One of my favorite places in the world, still lovely after all these years. 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 25/07/2026The bureau at this completely lovely vacation home is making me go 😦 Tell me this isn't OCD... 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 18/07/2026Beancounter: "We can save buckets of money by using AI to pick thumbnails for news headlines." Bari Weiss: "Ship it!" 003
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 10/07/2026My daughter asked me if I was still at the gym. My reply: 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 15/06/2026When #git tries to tell me I should do a "git pull" right after a rebase. #sysadmin 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 15/06/2026Pretty sure Steven Cheung wrote that response to The Weather Channel. He can suck it lol. 131
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 12/06/2026[uspol, also kinda gross (but very funny!)] The Texas GOP apparently thought it would be a good idea to bring the symbol of their party into the convention hall. Said creature clearly expressed its opinion of the experience. #uspol 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 10/06/2026Some #dogs are terrified of the robot vacuum. Ours is an obstacle alert. He's pretty permanent, so I'm not sure if he's an obstacle at all... 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 08/06/2026"aunty and them" shoulda known better. Guess which finger. 😅 #genx 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 28/05/2026Today in "Fuck you Atlassian" we have "haha can't type a perl module without it getting turned into a smiley haha, isn't that great for communication?" #sysadmin #angrysysadmin 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 22/05/2026Does look like the face of a man who would deliberately drive his Cybertruck into a lake? Does this look like the face of a man whose actual government name is "Jimmy Jack McDaniel?" If you answered yes to both, you're right! […] [Original post on social.taupehat.com] 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 13/05/2026The office free table today. I'll note that what we do has absolutely nothing to do with automotive repair. Nor do I know what this alternator would fit. 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 08/05/2026Classic #dog move: put what's important to him with the things he believes are important to his people. I thought he was just nosing around in the dirty clothes hamper like he often does. Nope - he was sharing! 101
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 30/04/2026(found media elsewhere) This is actually accurate, in the sense that the white streaks in the sky you see behind airplanes are pretty much pure dihydrogen monoxide. #avgeek 102
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 23/04/2026How dare I try to mount a 2.5GB ISO image from a vendor? Fuck #Windows - if this software ran on literally anything else it would be. 010
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 22/04/2026"I am an extraordinarily brilliant person." Dunning and Kruger nod and take notes... 010
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 22/04/2026[uspol/antisemitism] #california will always live up to its reputation. This is in the paper voter's guide for the 2026 election. Yes, this man is on the ballot. Sorry ladies and gents, he's taken! 😂 011
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 21/04/2026Official topic item for this week's meeting agenda. Gotta slow our roll a bit, getting sloppy. #sysadmin 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 19/04/2026I mean, goatse is still a thing right? No need for computer malware, wrecking the brain of some asshole works even better! Put that on your QR code t-shirt for extra good times. Meta creeptacles not required. 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 19/04/2026Somebody put this out at my daughter's birthday party. I've been wanting to do this for years. (See alt text for clue if needed) 000
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 17/04/2026I just want to thank the archaic stuck-in-the-1800s-literally US banking system for making this the most reliable way to pay for a used car that you're not financing. It was hella fun carrying this on BART, let me tell you. 102
Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 15/04/2026Today in "stuff you probably don't see everyday" we have a helicopter suspending a basket with line workers maintaining a transmission tower. 100