Bryan Robb

  • Waiting on that unlikely phone call after 2 interviews for a job I was actually excited about. I was supposed to know something by today. Trying not to continuously refresh my inbox for a rejection letter.

  • Skincare is not really a topic I’m accustomed to talking about as a dude, but I’ll be damned if my new moisturizer isn’t revealing more supple, radiant skin. Glycolic acid is the real deal. 😂

  • My car’s battery has been dead since Monday, likely because my son left the dome light on. On the one hand, feeling kinda lazy that I haven’t jumped it in a week. On the other hand, thankful that my current work/life situation is such that I don’t really need it very often.

  • I still have and occasionally use a couple of recorders, strangely enough.

    Mostly nostalgia, but they’re great for teaching my kid about physical media and forcing myself to listen to entire albums.

    There is a small but passionate community of users, too. Someone even developed a browser app to get music onto NetMD recorders without the need for Sony software. It’s awesome.

  • Me opening for the first time:

    “My god, why is the text so large? Oh…that’s my system setting.”

    *laughs in needs reading glasses*

  • I think I’ve reached my quota for # of software developers I follow. Now accepting for social workers, librarians, astrophysicists, and urban planners.

  • Well this is fun. Full list of license plates rejected by the Oregon DMV in 2022 koin.com/news/oregon/read-full

  • Just made the mistake of putting on HBO’s Velma for my 4-year-old Scooby-Doo addict. Pretty sure he now knows the word “bitch” from the opening monologue.

  • Our meal delivery service just sent us Hamburger Helper and billed it as French Onion Beef.

  • Can any Galaxy/Android users help me understand why, when I text short videos to my parents from my iPhone, the videos are tiny and super pixelated? Seems like this didn’t happen with friends who had Android. They’re on an unlimited data plan so this isn’t a concern. I understand the current war between iMessage and RCS, green and blue bubbles, etc., but is this the reason or is this a possible setting on their phones?

  • Alaska is the last of the 50 states I need to visit. Hard to fit that one in for a weekender, though. At least in any meaningful way.

  • I hope the Matter standard someday supports security cameras. Would be nice to not have to cobble together my own system with Scrypted, HomeBridge, Starling Home Hub, etc. It was nothing short of heroics for a non-tech guy like me to get my old Nest products to work with HomeKit Secure Video.

  • You know a site has problems when they still have links to Google+

  • I wish Redfin took better care of Walkscore.com after buying it. I remember being so excited about the idea 10 years ago. Not only does it look like the site has never been updated, I’m told the data is only updated every 6 months. It seems much staler than that in my area.

  • My 3100 gallon rain cistern is finally full as of this week. Last year it was full by the end of October, but we had a drier start start to the season this year. I use this water all summer long to water my 3 raises beds.

  • It’s been such a joy to watch you grow, witness your wobbly first steps, listen to your frequent giggling, and just take pleasure in seeing you as a happy, fun, and playful baby. Feeling all around pretty lucky to be your dad. Happy first birthday to our Annie.

  • The turnaround I’ve seen in Portland since moving here in 2015 is pretty dramatic. oregonlive.com/crime/2023/01/p

  • Finally saw my first in-line Apple Pay button on a paywalled news article. Now give us the option to pay you 25 cents per article instead of subscribing.

  • As I cooked dinner tonight, I was struck by the fact that I have almost no memories of my dad cooking dinner growing up. Unless it was fish or on the grill, it just never happened. Mom also packed his lunch every single day. My how things have changed.

  • Truly wondering if half my coworkers are using mouse jigglers today.

  • I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s the merging party’s responsibility to slow down or speed up when entering the freeway.

  • I like how we all just collectively ignore the fact that yoga studio ‘new student specials’ are predatory because it makes us feel good to have a 5-class pack we know we’re not going to use in the next 3 months.

  • One great thing about living in an oceanic climate: growing food year-round. Just pulled these out of my raised beds.

  • Dentistry feels like such a racket at times. My 70-something-year-old ex dentist said I definitely needed a crown on a tooth that had been giving me trouble. Said there was a crack that couldn’t be seen. Seemed extreme to me, so I fired the guy and had it fixed by someone else for a thousand dollars less. Havent had any problems with it since. Glad I got a second opinion.

  • I was never able to get Portland Radio Project to come in over the air on my car stereo or at home, so it’s nice to be able steam it in Apple Music now. Just wish there was support for displaying what song is currently playing from within the Music app.