Feb 25, 2026 from The Autodidacts It’s surprisingly hard to reliably paste the current date at the cursor on Linux Long, long ago, in a dotfiles directory far away, I had this snippet: bindsym control+semicolon exec date '+%Y-%m-%d' | tr -d "\n" | xsel -i -b && xdotool sleep 0.5 key "ctrl+v" Isn’t it a beauty? ...
Feb 25, 2026 from The Autodidacts Paste clipboard contents in places where you can’t paste Use AutoKey send_keys() to put clipboard content places where it can't normally be put
Feb 25, 2026 from BIX dot BLOG Hype Mode Speaking, as I was, of hype: SmugMug and Flickr are launching something called Mode, or perhaps MODE. It claims to be “the next big thing in photography”. Their welcome email says it’s “the biggest...
Feb 25, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Shiroi Printer – Visual Novel Review My review of a very short 2018 Japanese horror visual novel called Shiroi Printer. It was released with an English-language version ("White Printer") that can be selected on the title screen.
Feb 25, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Your Race Card Has Been Declined Read Your Race Card Has Been Declined A customer comes in to collect a take-out order. As I'm bagging it up for her: Me: "And would you need utensils with that?" Customer: "Uh… yeah! What, you thin...
Feb 25, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Row-verruled Read Row-verruled Girl: "Wait! I have an E-scooter!" Me: "Okay… and you have ID in the scooter?" Girl: "No, but they only give those to you if you're fourteen and up!" Read Row-verruled
Feb 25, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Supporting Your Tech Support Read Supporting Your Tech Support Me: "Yes, ma'am, the cord is plugged in at both ends." Representative: "W-Wait... Did you actually just check the cord?" Me: "Yes? That's literally what you asked ...
Feb 25, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Have You Tried Not Being Ableist? Read Have You Tried Not Being Ableist? Boss: "Why don’t you just control your ADHD? Just focus on the problem, it's easy!" Several people in the office laugh. One coworker says out loud: Coworker #...
Feb 25, 2026 from BIX dot BLOG On Contradictions And Confidence In an insightful post about being a contradiction because in actuality “everyone holds contradictions”, there’s one contradiction in particular that Greg seems to reveal along the way that I’m havi...
Feb 25, 2026 from tenticle Tech Interview: Aftertaste Interviews take a lot of energy. In general but this one in particular. And getting through it also deserves a little celebration. Whatever the reason, it is sort of a ritual to go to a nearby food...
Feb 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com When They Say It Takes A Village, They Also Mean Supporting Bosses Read When They Say It Takes A Village, They Also Mean Supporting Bosses Manager: "[Coworker], are you drunk?" Coworker: "No, but I am sleep-deprived, and there's not much functional difference." Re...
Feb 24, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy Doctor Who: Oh, My Giddy Audio! – The Second Doctor At Big Finish, Part 1 After the first and second seasons of The Companion Chronicles test-drove the concept, Big Finish would regularly return to the Second Doctor era in the context of that series – a special format de...
Feb 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com This Story Is Angering To Read But Ends In Some Nice Change Read This Story Is Angering To Read But Ends In Some Nice Change Customer: "I'm calling to tell you that my pizza was cold. I want a new one." Me: "Ma'am, I took your pizza first on my run, and it ...
Feb 24, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Dave Cowens’ 1995 NBA Comeback That Wasn’t After learning that 1972-73 NBA MVP and Hall of Famer Dave Cowens apparently considered making a comeback with the San Antonio Spurs in 1995, 12 years after his last game, I had to conduct an inves...
Feb 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Not Exactly On A First Name Basis With History Read Not Exactly On A First Name Basis With History Coworker: "Did Hitler have a last name, or was it just one name, like Madonna?" Read Not Exactly On A First Name Basis With History
Feb 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Shellfish Expectations Read Shellfish Expectations Caller: "Yes, I’m there for dinner tonight, and I’m allergic to shrimp." Me: "Thank you for informing us. Our waitstaff are trained to check for allergies when you order...
Feb 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Notes of Arabica, Not Bacteria Read Notes of Arabica, Not Bacteria I didn’t recall any of the coffee pots being cleaned in the last three years, so I peeped inside one and holy Hell, it was beyond disgusting. Like, I was about t...
Feb 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com We Wonder What He Does When He Sees Something He Doesn’t Like On Wikipedia? Read We Wonder What He Does When He Sees Something He Doesn’t Like On Wikipedia? Customer: "Well, Google says it’s 9 PM." Me: "Oh, well, that’s incorrect, sir. We can’t always control what Google s...
Feb 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read (I’m at a famous coffee shop and the worker says “can I help you?” I say that I want a medium coffee, and can hear garbled background noise plus my own voice. It sounds like he’s on the phone ...
Feb 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read (I was working in a hardware style store where this conversation came up. Both colleagues at this time were university students. We stock lifting jacks that are described as a number of tonnes...
