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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 30/03/2026

I have a show of my watercolors at Happy Goat Coffee in Ottawa on Main St. in April. I got everything back from the framers over the weekend. Super psyched to put everything up!

A collection of 15 framed watercolor paintings that will be on display at Happy Goat Coffee.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 26/03/2026

Some of my recent figure studies from life.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 12/03/2026

Not thrilled with the cone.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 01/02/2026

This is who runs this account.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 22/12/2025

I wrote about a painting I did last night: fieldtheories.blog/posts/checki...

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 03/12/2025

Apple Music with a late entry for worst UX of the year.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 01/12/2025

Schwing! github.com/t-eckert/adv... #advent-of-code #aoc2025

2025-12-01T19:39:14.268Z DEBUG [advent_2025::day_01] Day 1
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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 17/07/2025

I’ve been painting so much this Summer. Here are two moon studies: “Deux Lunes”.

Two greyscale watercolor paintings of the moon. The left is more blue-cast with a moon hovering over misty water. The right has more contrast with pine trees silhouetted against a bright white moon.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 16/06/2025

I know Google is doing some great AI stuff, but I am repeatedly astounded at how bad their integration into Docs is.

This image shows a conversation interface with a user's message and an AI assistant's response.
The user's message reads: "Every heading with the pattern INC #### should be made into a link to 'https://app.incident.io/redpandadata/incidents/####' Where the #### is the number from the header. For an example. Look at the INC 2157 header and replicate that."
Below that is the AI assistant's response: "I am unable to directly modify the document to create the links as you've described. However, I can provide you with instructions on how to manually create these links in your Google Doc."

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 19/04/2025

Welsh folklore tells of Corgis carrying fairies on their backs through the forest. We discovered a fairy garden on our walk the other day and Winona knew exactly what to do.

Winona, a corgi, takes interest in a fairy garden on our walk.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 17/03/2025

I think this is an undercover cop.

Car parked with the license plate “CAWP 199”.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 09/03/2025

If you enjoyed the game, try the book!

Cover for "Thinking in Systems: A Primer"

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 27/02/2025

What my phone sees when I’m scrollin

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 24/01/2025

If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery

The Tacoma Narrow Bridge, as photographed from Amtrak.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 24/01/2025

Playing around with a new idea around RFC management.

A page showing a technical document under review.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 24/01/2025

We used to be a proper Internet. With ribbons.

Screenshot of a Web 2.0 website with multiple ribbon iconography, a popular style at the time.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 20/01/2025

It may not feel comfortable, but we have to watch the inauguration in order to understand this moment in history.

Emperor Palpatine speaks to the Galactic Senate on the formation of his empire.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 03/01/2025

Looking good in our coats. It’s -14°C!

Thomas in his big winter coat. Winona the corgi in her pink coat. They’re in an elevator coming back in from a cold walk.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 02/01/2025

The Simulation didn’t render textures correctly on my morning walk.

On snowy ground, a slab of styrofoam sits. It looks like snow at a lower texture in a video game.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 31/12/2024

Falling asleep on momma’s lap.

A corgi rests her head on a soft blanket. Slowly falling asleep.

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Thomas Eckert @thomaseckert.dev · 30/12/2024

The "Wrapped" started a conversation with some of my dev friends. I shared mine and they were all like "wait, what is this thing? I need to start using it."