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Watching America's Most Wanted with my parents (far too young) and the episode ended with "The murderer has not yet been caught and was last seen in Arlington, Virginia" (one town over).

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 21h

season finale of a primetime medical drama Coldplay's "Fix You" plays behind the final scene show is about veterinarians spaying pets

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 04/10/2026

They finally made the bunny face the front after years of requiring "a thumb in the bum" to get to the mac and cheese.

The side of a mac and cheese box with a smiling bunny over the words PUSH TO OPEN.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 03/10/2026

Watched Super Mario Galaxy with the kids. Great fan service for old folks, but viscerally exhausting for me to watch, like "downtime" has become a bad word in movie-making. (Kids loved it unequivocally though).

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Apologists still doubt that artists and original creators are not being ripped off by the slop machine: Left image is a Maitz oil painting commissioned as an anniversary celebration for a couple as period pirates. Right hand image is a cheat using the slop machine swipe version of the same image.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 02/10/2026

Bart Simpson prank call: "Is your computer running?" Alan Turing: "That's undecidable!"

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 02/10/2026

In this household we treat stickers like rare video game potions -- saved reverently in a pouch for a perfect opportunity that never comes.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 01/10/2026

The 9-year-old just realized that the Calvin and Hobbes "noodle incident" is never once explained in the comic.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 01/10/2026

Missing the days when the title bar of any given program wasn't completely cluttered with add-ons, and you could click-and-drag it around on the first try.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 01/10/2026

Dark Matter, S1 (AppleTV+) was great. It avoids the obvious tropes and its unpredictable path rewards patient viewing. Last 2 episodes are perfect.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 30/09/2026

Dark Matter S1E8 just went off the deep end and I'm here for it.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 28/09/2026

[sick guitar riff intensifies] was not a subtitle I expected to read in a nature documentary.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 28/09/2026

They should breed a chicken that's all thigh meat.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 28/09/2026

They should invent a LinkedIn where paragraphs can be longer than 1 sentence.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 28/09/2026

They should make a Fire Emblem game that's 90% tactical combat and 10% relationship management.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 28/09/2026

I get that the show's called "Dark" Matter but a few more ambient light sources in each scene would be great.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 27/09/2026

Thinking back fondly on the out-of-the-way BP gas station that sold gas for 79 cents per gallon in Salem, VA in the year 2000.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 27/09/2026

After a couple of puzzle-free months, I've started sketching out the arc of puzzlehunt Trek #16. Expecting it to be about 9 puzzles long and available towards the end of October.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 26/09/2026

Halfway through the season and it's morphed into WINE ALIAS. All it's missing is Michael Vartan speaking French.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 26/09/2026

Online passport renewal claims it takes 4-6 weeks, but I just went from form submission to passport in hand in 11 days. Nice to see a gov function still humming along effectively.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 25/09/2026

This might be the most beautiful, perfectly cooked, generously portioned delivery pizza I've seen in years. Nice job, anonymous Jet's Pizza worker.

A Detroit-style pizza with black olives, mushrooms, and pepperoni sits in a box.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 25/09/2026

Trying to convince the AppleTV+ UI that I don't actually have 2 more minutes of every episode to watch (the credits).

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 25/09/2026

nor'easter implies the existence of xor'easter

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 25/09/2026

Every day should be Take Your Kids to Work Day for that sweet HOV credit.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 25/09/2026

Visited my parents in West End ALX today. Yard was fortified against Holmes Run deer with soap bars, ultrasonic alarms, and netting. Two fawns were chilling in the driveway, inches away from an alarm, munching on flora.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 22/09/2026

Finally used up the last of my ancient CFL lightbulb stash. Not a single one ever lasted as long as advertised -- mostly only made it a few years.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 22/09/2026

My parents purchased Zork I for our monochrome 8086 in Fall 1986. I played it constantly then "programmed" my own game as a transcript in WordPerfect. This led to a book on BASIC programming in 3rd grade and the release of my own text adventure, Augmented Fourth, much later in 2000.

An ancient letter on lined paper.

12/15/86

Dear infocom,
This is Brian Uri a zorker. I have Zork I. I have 330 points. I was thinking: how do you get to the "land of the dead". I tried to "ring the bell. light candles and read the black book, but it says that the bell becomes red hot and the candles drop and blow out. If you know please write back at 493 N. Pickett St. alex VA. I need to get the crystal skull and put it in the trophy case. Then I'll have 350 to go to stone barrow. I have the hintbook and map. A Master Zorker, Brian Uri

A crude line map of the Land of the Dead in Zork I is drawn below the letter.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

*MILLENNIAL BURSTS THROUGH WALL* BLOGGING IS BIG SCREEN ACTIVITY NOT SMALL SCREEN ACTIVITY

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 22/09/2026

Update: They spent 2.5 hours last night designing an adventure for me to play through after school today.

A Hero Quest board game covered in figurines. A piece of paper reads "500 gold, broadsword, chainmail".

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 21/09/2026

Perfect activity for a rainstormy afternoon: Letting the kids explore a dusty copy of Hero Quest (1989 edition).

Two children inspect the contents of the Hero Quest board game.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 21/09/2026

It's a good morning for adding things.

Trending box showing 3 headlines:
1. Disney adds ads to all plans
2. Trump adds snipers, drones to arch plan
3. Bluesky adds checkmarks to all accounts

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 21/09/2026

Still having fun with Avowed 15 hours in. The devs nailed the perfect world scale that feels spacious but also has fun little surprises around every corner. Companions make pithy remarks at all the wrong moments, Skyrim-style. Combat systems are interesting but shallow enough to go on autopilot.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 20/09/2026

Rolled up the last slice of pizza to fit in the tiny to-go box and now it's a calzone.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 19/09/2026

Nominating the lanternfly as Virginia's new state bird.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 19/09/2026

Jake Gyllenhaal's most Oscar-deserving role remains "Mr. Music" on John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 18/09/2026

Totally tried to wipe the food off this capital O on my Kindle before realizing it was a turkey emoji.

Close up on text on a Kindle screen, showing a turkey emoji presenting itself as a capital O covered by a booger.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 18/09/2026

Still unwilling to pay more than 15 bucks for an e-book.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 17/09/2026

The newest Ted Lasso episode ("Yes and Baby") dragged on and on, and felt like an unrelated chain of deleted scenes.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 17/09/2026

They should make a sliced cheese that isn't already moldy by Grilled Cheese Night.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 17/09/2026

Second impression: Did they really rhyme "cryogen" with "cry again"? Third impression: This is definitely a Muse album.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 17/09/2026

After growing tired of seeing the same fox, raccoon, cat, and 800 deer in the woods behind our house, we moved the trail cam to the mouse trap on the back porch.

4 stills from a trailcam pointed at a mouse trap. Upper left and lower left feature a tiny mouse. Upper right features a skunk. Lower right features a rat.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 17/09/2026

Liking Avowed (PC) so far. Feels like a nostalgic Skyrim clone with a rich claymation color palette and a bespoke theme park world that makes exploration enjoyable. (Refreshing after so many vast yet empty open world games).

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 15/09/2026

After giving it some careful consideration, I will not be performing with Ed Sheeran either.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 15/09/2026

Tossing these party wings with paprika so they taste redder.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 15/09/2026

Thankfully, the giant bags of SoKusa Shrimp Chips remain available for limitless consumption.

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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 15/09/2026

Really want to support the Steam Frame, but VR advancement has felt so stalled and niche since COVID and I no longer think that will change. This is as someone who bought a Rift in 2016 and still uses the Quest 2 for near daily Beat Saber workouts.

uploadvr.com

Steam Frame Is $1059 & Comes With Standalone Half-Life: Alyx, Reservations Open Now

BREAKING: Steam Frame starts at $1059 for the 256GB model and comes with standalone-capable Half-Life: Alyx. Reservations are open right now.

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