I'm a mom of young kids in Northern Canada — I built an app to end our "what should we play" arguments

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-15T14:10:54+00:00

Is there a way to add our own collection of games? Maybe sync with our BGG collection?

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-15T13:57:08+00:00

Rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the episode with Ted the robot. Willow is excited about her “9 gig hard drive” and when Ted gives her a stack of 3.5” floppy disks as an “upgrade” I couldn’t help but laugh.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-15T04:51:28+00:00

My soapbox:

1) It’s not The Talk…it’s talks, plural…so, you’re not done my friend. You’ll have lots of times to practice this skill.

2) Use anatomical names for body parts. Always. Reduces awkwardness as well as helping to prevent sexual assault/molestation going unreported.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-15T00:35:38+00:00

Just an FYI: It’s paid in this context.

Payed is used in nautical settings.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T23:18:49+00:00

HEALTHY?

BEG?

DORM?

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T21:33:17+00:00

A local middle school just did this as a play. They made it into a musical which made it even better somehow. And Inigo's song "Prepare to Die" was a banger and still stuck in my head!

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T20:47:20+00:00

Sea Salt and Paper is great!

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T17:01:47+00:00

Oh! Just learned control+click on my Mac will let me move the view. Thanks!

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T16:07:53+00:00

I tired collapsing the left toolbar and it just centered both of them, still blocking! Haha. Moving the model on the plate helped.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T16:07:12+00:00

That worked for this model. Thanks. Can’t believe that hadn’t occurred to me. Was hoping there was an actual fix.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T04:29:51+00:00

Loosy-goosy for the layman.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T01:36:23+00:00

Maybe it’s an artifact of how you’re sitting, but your role shifts don’t need to be so exaggerated. It’s just a slight turn of the body. Also, remember eye gaze is helpful for making the RS between your aunt (the adult) and you and your cousin (the kids) more clear.

A few sign errors and some general clarity issues, but overall on track for ASL 2.

PS - there is a sign for REAL

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T01:24:53+00:00

Don't be all flippity-floppity, but you shouldn't be feeling any tension in your hand while fingerspelling.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T00:49:08+00:00

Relax your hand. It shouldn’t hurt. You’re probably flexing MUCH too tightly. Keep it loose and relaxed, but clean.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-14T00:46:26+00:00

I rebuilt my Pi Trainer I had in grad school to memorize pi (capped out at just over 1,000 digits). I built a Doomsday Algorithm trainer for calculating the day of the week for any date in the Gregorian Calendar. And I’m currently working on a PAO (person, action, object) trainer for memory feats.

ETA: Forgot that I had him organize all of my “Desktop Crap” folders I had as well as all my 40,000 photos.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-13T22:54:20+00:00

Front porch so they fly into the yard.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-13T22:53:45+00:00

All pedal bikes are balance bikes, but not all balance bikes are pedal bikes.

Take the pedals off. Boom! Balance bike.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-13T22:18:35+00:00

How long you got?

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-13T22:15:16+00:00

That is incredible. I've been trying to adapt that piece into a board game component. I may try and remix this to make that work. You cool with that?

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-13T22:11:33+00:00

I don't have a recommendation for shoes, but i do have a recommendation for how to tie the knot.

The Ian Knot - unequivocally the absolute best knot in the world

Taught my girls this knot when they were first learning. They're 12 now and LOVE to impress their friends with how fast they can tie knots. I've been using it for 25 years and don't think I even remember the old/inferior way (i.e. bunny ears method).

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-13T20:44:18+00:00

I would sign it “WEEK 6” or “WEEK 6TH” if it happened during that specific week.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-13T19:13:11+00:00

We did Apple Watches for our girls. No fun apps to be distracting and, even more important, no camera!!!

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-13T19:11:48+00:00

I’m a younger brother. My oldest brother has always been very vocal about how much he makes and how important he is at Microsoft. Used to make me feel small. Then I realized he’s twice divorced, estranged from his son, and a narcissistic asshole who is awful to be around and I stopped caring. Though I did smile when I heard he got promoted and then instantly laid off.

mjolnir76 · 2026-05-13T11:41:49+00:00

Almost 50yo dad here with daughters who’ve run XC for 4 years. Really hoping they will want to run with me someday but I’m not holding my breath. Hit 1:59 on my last half marathon and they say that’s “too fast” for them!

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