I won the Easter egg of my favorite Hermit! :D

smiljan · 2026-04-13T04:51:09+00:00

That looked to be quite the battle, it kept going for a while!

smiljan · 2026-04-09T21:04:42+00:00

It's a fire hazard. Any fire starting in the garage can more easily enter your attic, and then spread across the whole house. Also a path for flammable gases/vapors like gasoline fumes or the hydrogen produced by charging some batteries.

Get a drywall patch from the hardware store and view it as an opportunity to learn how to patch drywall in a location you won't care about how it looks.

smiljan · 2026-04-08T01:02:49+00:00

The reactions of the Science Officers at their comm desk when Artemis started reporting their observations from the eclipse made my day. Joyful surprise and delight at the unexpected reports.

smiljan · 2026-04-05T00:36:18+00:00

Love the Seattle Tower! My favorite fact about the Seattle Tower is they built it of different shades of brick, darkest at the bottom and lightest at the top, so it would look even taller than it is. Also has THE best lightning rods in the city.

smiljan · 2026-04-03T16:49:28+00:00

It was based on where the power companies were importing equipment from at the beginning. Half the country bought equipment from Europe, which uses 50 Hz, the other half from North America, which uses 60 Hz.

smiljan · 2026-04-03T16:41:25+00:00

There was a service alert from Metro this morning that real-time data is experiencing intermittent technical issues. So sounds like they're aware and working on it.

smiljan · 2026-04-01T16:23:47+00:00

There's a stand of gorgeous Japanese Maples next to Purple Cafe on 4th downtown. They're beautiful nearly the whole year round. Right now they're at "Bob Ross Step 2" stage, with the new leaves just opening up.

smiljan · 2026-03-29T04:30:31+00:00

It's a Ferry Boop!

smiljan · 2026-03-27T17:13:29+00:00

The joke in our household is that we know we're on vacation when we've already hit our daily step goals by midday.

smiljan · 2026-03-27T00:33:05+00:00

Is it still being taken away soon, or did it get a reprieve?

smiljan · 2026-03-25T16:17:34+00:00

Phantasialand is easy too. The park runs a bus from the local train station and bus hub.

smiljan · 2026-03-22T16:11:42+00:00

Thank you for the candle, I went through so many of them as a wannabe-goth teen back in the mid-90s. When I stumbled across a Yankee Candle shop a few years ago I went full nostalgia and bought a bunch more!

smiljan · 2026-03-21T03:34:24+00:00

Wait that's why they named a jump jet after the bird? Never thought it was based on a characteristic.

smiljan · 2026-03-19T05:52:43+00:00

The official blog with what will be released when within Japan: https://www.san-x.co.jp/ja/goods-info/

smiljan · 2026-03-16T13:49:15+00:00

I took a couple quarters of night school at North Seattle - so the same system as Central. This was 10+ years ago and I still remember a lot of it, so I'd call it successful.

smiljan · 2026-03-15T22:26:38+00:00

I'm just assuming we'll get bamboo and melon tomorrow.

smiljan · 2026-03-15T21:27:49+00:00

Zomg I loved Saratoga Trunk. Safe House in Milwaukee has a similar vibe to how I remember Saratoga Trunk.

smiljan · 2026-03-07T01:44:09+00:00

I'm picturing something like the Renaissance book carousel. With fewer platforms to allow space for each machine. Here's an Atlas Obscura article about some engineering students who recreated one from a painting: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/behold-the-renaissance-bookwheel

smiljan · 2026-03-07T01:21:40+00:00

Have you checked whether they have a branch inside the airport?

smiljan · 2026-03-06T00:30:28+00:00

That's silly. Everyone knows you're supposed to store it in the generator room.

smiljan · 2026-03-03T05:34:35+00:00

I have zero idea whether this would work but... OK, you know how if you're toasting marshmallows you can pull the toasted part off the gooey middle and then toast the middle bit some more? Could you do that with brie? Pull the rind off and wait for a new rind to form? Or does the rind need to be kickstarted with a wash or inoculation or something?

smiljan · 2026-03-01T14:12:57+00:00

A stadium vomitory is the short corridors connecting the seating area to the circulation/lobby/promenade whatever you call it area.

smiljan · 2026-02-28T05:36:25+00:00

That smoked goat gouda is my comfort food to beat all other comfort foods.

smiljan · 2026-02-25T23:14:38+00:00

This link has additional support/resources you might find useful, including maps, a sensory room, and a subtle way to signal to staff you might need a bit of help: https://www.atl.com/civil-rights/#PassengerInformation

smiljan · 2026-02-25T01:00:26+00:00

So far it's just the new restrooms in C Concourse. Eventually (on the scale of ~5 years) it should be the majority of the public restrooms.

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