Yay. I got a cheap wand style metal detector and was able to find my wife's ring. Well worth the $30. Now I need to superglue the rings on her finger.
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@thechrisdantes@social.linux.pizza
mastodon 4.7.3I'm Chris. I complain. A lot. About everything. I also tell jokes.
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Dog's Diary - August 10, 2026
It has been nearly a week since father has taken me on the longest pee break ever. While I do enjoy owning trees in multiple states, he insists on treating me like an animal and forcing me to live off of this swill. It seems no matter how lovingly I look at him or how good my sit is, he refuses to give me filet mignon. I'd even suffer through some pulled pork.
But no. I must subsist on wet dog food. It is clear that father no longer loves me. My only option now is a hunger strike. Maybe once I've starved to death, he will realize the damage he's done.
Signed,
#MeraxesTheMenacing#DogsOfMastodon#Daschshund
Happy Massage Your Weenie Day, to #MeraxesTheMenacing
#Dachshund #DogsOfMastodon #RuffLife
#MeraxesTheMenacing helping me mow my fake mom's lawn.
#Daschshund #DogsOfMastodon
#MeraxesTheMenacing has given the weather the roll of approval.
#Seattle #Daschshund #DogsOfMastodon
Oops. Forgot cats are dry clean only.
This morning, while I was getting ready for work, #BalerionTheDread put himself to bed.
#CatsOfMastodon
My fiance took too long to get into bed. Fear not, #MeraxesTheMenacing was there to preheat her spot.
There is a cat that is not #Balerion on Balerion's land.
I decided to run updates. It turns out, #Proxmox had like 60+ updates. Clearly, I need to do this more often.
#selfhosting #homelab
#BalerionTheDread would like you to know that he's a cat and a mighty hunter and the weather is glorious.
#CatsOfMastodon
My dog, #MeraxesTheMenacing has a very particular sound. It's not his "I've been injured" bark. It's not his "there's a threat three miles away" bark. It's not his "the cat is getting into trouble" bark. It's very specifically a whine. The best translation is some variation of "I didn't get my way", "no one loves me", "my life is terrible", and "I might die from not getting what I want".
Anyway, someone got a b-a-t-h and is whining at me to undo it.
#Daschshund #DogsOfMastodon
Romeow and Juliet.
Is this not the cutest photo ever?
Happy Star Wars Day, nerds.
#May4thBeWithYou
Went to the Tulip Festival in #Skagit.
You know what would be funny? If Trump ran for a third term, so Obama ran against him. I mean, fair is fair, right?
Oh my gawd. Upgrading #Immich from 2 to 3 in #docker via #Dockhand is an absolute fucking nightmare.
The main problem is that Dockhand stores compose files within the Dockhand container itself. But you can also have it manage stacks you made elsewhere, like with #Portainer. Unless you delete portainer, which also deleted the compose files.
Then your stacks are in this limbo state where everything works, but you can't edit anything. I tried to create a new local compose file and load it into Dockhand, and that worked. Until I needed to edit it, and then it disappeared again. Because it's not saved within the dockhand container.
So I can only create a new stack. And reconfigure everything and rescan all my photo directories.
#homelab #selfhost
Replying to
@tom
When I was in art school, I had a lot of fun with CSS Zen Garden. It's the same HTML but with thousands of different CSS files, showing the power of CSS.
https://csszengarden.com/
You know how Dear Leader loves to put his name on everything? I think it would be hilarious if, after he's out of power and in prison, progressives named every progressive act after him.
A constitutional amendment granting trans people equal rights. The Donald Trump Trans Act.
Granting citizenship to anyone who asks for it who doesn't have a criminal background. The Donald Trump Immigration Act.
Burning Stephen Miller at the stake on TV. The Donald Trump Anti Hate Crime Act.
Made some more ties.
The two on the left are for the officiant at the wedding and the best man. The next two are for me. Those two are made from old Japanese kimono silk that I found at a gift shop on the Oregon Coast. Some of them are over a hundred years old. The third one from the left was a huge pain, because the fabric was crazy thick, and I didn't have enough for my normal pattern.
I met a new puppy friend, yesterday, named Charlie. He was a very good boy. He ran up to me and instantly rolled over to get belly rubs. And then I asked if I could give him treats and as soon as I said that word, he did a good sit.
When you think about it, beef wellington is just bourgeoisie turducken.
Wow. Applying for a wedding license in #Seattle was super easy. We did it in person. There was no line. They printed it out there. We were in and out in 15 minutes. So now all we have to do is have the ceremony and sign it. And mail it in.
42 days to go.
I took the dog for a walk, and at the end of the block there was another puppy. She saw Meraxes and was like "OMG he's so cute. I must smell him." So she did a good sit and just waited. Refused to move. Waited until Meraxes got to her. Then they went in circles smelling each other and wagging their tails.
And the bad parking job of the day award goes to...
Replying to
@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social
I don't know. My guess is the rain. More people wanted to drive to work. Maybe there was an accident. Also the express lanes are locked on northbound, so they couldn't help.
Mostly it's because Seattle is designed for like 100 cars on the roads at the same time. Max.
Replying to
@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social
Apparently, I5 South is backed up from Downtown #Seattle all the way to #Shoreline.
Replying to
@RikerGoogling@mas.to
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@redsad@ohai.social
As Dan Cumins said, "All ants are British. Because they colonize."
Yaarrrr. Happy #InternationalTalkLikeAPirate day to all ye landlubbers.
Yesterday, I was telling a coworker about it, and she asked how I could possibly know that. I was like, "how do you NOT?"
Here's today's idiot parker.
I think the cat walked across my face at some point last night. It could have been a dream, though.
I've been having back issues, because even though I have extra monitors, I don't use them. I just plugged them into an old Debian box and had them play the Matrix digital rain screensaver. So I'm always hunched over my laptop.
I decided to actually use the monitors, and see if leaning back will help my posture and back pain. I got the mount today and spent all day moving and rearranging everything.
The dock should be here tomorrow, so hopefully it works.
Yesterday, I took my car to the dealer for an oil change. I got a text reminder a few days before. That makes sense to me. 5 minutes after I dropped the car off, I got a text asking if I wanted to sell the car and lease a new one. Then I got texts letting me know they started working on the car, a video of them explaining what they found, a text about them finishing the car. Today I got a text thanking me for bringing my car there. And another text asking to fill out a survey.
Jesus fucking Christ. It's an oil change. Calm the fuck down with the texts.
Replying to
@digitalsnow
Aww. Poor dog.
I used to hate people who dodged in and out of traffic, but it's really the only way to get anywhere in #Seattle, because 2/3 of you idiots have no fucking clue how to drive.
I don't know if you're on quaaludes or what, but you don't know where you are or where you're going or how to get there. So you just casually meander aimlessly, backing everything up.
Today, I was stuck 3 cars behind some fuckwit going 10 goddamned miles an hour in a 25, for like 4 blocks, until they ended up making a right turn from the left lane.
Like, seriously. What the fuck is wrong with most of you?
Replying to
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social
Oh cool. A fire barbeque.
I seriously hate bike and scooter riders in #Seattle. They're all assholes. They left them by the traffic circle, this time.
*looks out the window at the biblical rain*
Happy Spring, Seattle!
Replying to
@RikerGoogling@mas.to
I am 1000 percent sure that if he ever did this it would be for sex. There is no doubt in my mind.
New Rant: Bicycles and Scooters https://chrisdantes.com/bicycles-and-scooters/
#BalerionTheDread would like you to know that he's a cat and a mighty hunter and he got to go outside for hours, and then came back in and had a bunch of freshly cleaned laundry to refur and it's the best day ever.
#CatsOfMastodon
Well, my home made router flattening jig is working. Sort of. I had to cut some notches out of the sides to accommodate the router handles. I don't think it will cut all the way to the end of the table, but hopefully I can get the bulk of it flattened.
Yay. Got the dock and everything hooked up. It is quite temperamental. Just barely tapping on a cable will cause the video to cut out for a second. Everything is firmly in place. I wonder if the cable itself is bad. Oh well. I'll just have to be gentle.
And deal with the cable management
#BalerionTheDread would like you to know that he's a cat and a mighty hunter and he was forced to get his fangs of destruction cleaned and he's furious and he will have his revenge.
#CatsOfMastodon
I'm trying to learn a phrase in #Swahili for my wedding. Kuhudhuria is a stupid word and I hate it. It is cursed. Transitioning from the u to a dh sound is unbelievably hard for my mouth to do.
Omg. I'm now less than a month away from my wedding. I'm so excited. But I also want it to be over with so I can stop worrying about everything going smoothly
I did a silly. My coworker had an empty wall. So I put up a painting. A very tiny painting.