OldMattyB

@oldmattyb

Retired controls/software/firmware/security engineer. Been a long strange road from TTY repair to OSCP. #MKE.

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OldMattyB@oldmattyb· 10d

Happy Caturday. How can that be comfortable?

A tabby cat laying on top of a refrigerator. She's giving the camera a bit of the side eye.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· 12d

Heading to Dublin in a couple of months, so I figured I'd read this travel guide. Dublin seems like a very interesting place! #booksky

Point of view is from someone relaxing in a hammock. They are holding a book, spine towards the viewer. That book is Ulysses, by James Joyce, Modern Library edition.

The book is missing the dust jacket and shows some signs of wear.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· 18d

White water Lilly in Weaver Lake, near Maple Grove, MN.

A white water Lilly in floating lilly pads.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· 26d

What's up, sad cookie?

A Campfire cookie from Molly's Gluten Free Bakery in Pewaukee, WI. A very tasty cookie, it is based on a chocolate chip cookie with mini marshmallows and a piece of chocolate. In this case, the marshmallows look like eyes, and the chocolate bar hunk looks like a frowny mouth.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· 27d

Why isn't this a pangram in the NYT #SpellingBee ? I know the rules say "no obscure words", but is 'Caryatid' really that obscure?

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· 28d

Peeking 😻

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· Jul 4

Being reminded Pillow Guy still exists was not on today's bingo card, but here we are... (Yes, they were giving little My Pillows)

A Mike Lindell for Governor float at the Delano, MN 4th of July parade.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· Jul 4

She's so adorable!!

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· Jul 1

No readz until she gets treatz.

Molly, a tabby cat, looks into the camera as she lays on my reading material.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· Jun 23

Is it possible to be both regal and sleepy at the same time?

A close up photo of Sammy, a black cat. His eyes are partly closed as he was just napping, yet he looks very dignified

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· Jun 20

My favorite place in the Bayview neighborhood of Milwaukee put this sign up, and I couldn't agree more! #HungrySumo #MKE #sushi

A neon sign on the wall of a restaurant that states "feed me sushi and tell me I'm pretty"

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· Jun 18

Eepy boi wants to know who I bother him

Image shows the face of Sammy, a large black cat. He is quite handsome.

In the lower left corner can be seen his housemate Molly, a tabby cat.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· Jun 5

Just opened a bottle of cherry mead I made when I first got diagnosed with celiac disease, 10 years ago. This was my first mead. I was brewing beer before diagnosis, but mead is a different thing. Honestly, it tasted horrible until it sat in the bottles for 8 years or so. Now it's pretty mellow.

A fancy tankard filled with a clear red colored beverage.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· Jun 1

Driving past a data center being built near Port Washington, WI. The scale of this is ridiculous, wasteful, and will most likely end up idle when the inevitable AI bust hits.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 31

The team of Jake and Elwood are here to take you to the land of the Blues! #bluesbrothers

A pair of horses hitched to a carriage. Their harnesses identify them as Jake and Elwood.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 30

Hey security fam, is it a good feature that the hotel room safe comes right out of its cubby so I can see the buttons easier? 👀 (Yes, I know they are not secure in general but geez, it's just sitting there unattached to anything) #notsecure #securityfails

A small hotel room safe is shown. Typical style with a row of buttons to allow the guest to set their own combination. Old Matty B's hand is under the safe showing that it is not attached to the cabinet and can be lifted right out

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 30

Clear blue skies in the UP of Michigan.

Fort Mackinac with a cloudless blue sky.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 29

Fam, there's a little Weinermobile on the dashboard of the Weinermobile!

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 28

Traveling the Midwest means there's a non-zero chance of meeting up with a Weinermobile.

A parked Oscar Mayer Weinermobile. It was parked at a hotel in Gladstone, Michigan.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 28

I remember listening to Alice Cooper in the 70's, but I didn't realize just how long he'd been performing!

A dance poster for the New Terrace Gardens in Gladstone, Michigan. It appears the poster is from the 1940's.

The poster states that the music that night will feature "Howard Kraemer and his orchestra, featuring Alice Cooper"

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 27

It's like Jurassic Park!

A tabby cat looking hungrily at a red Lego Ford Bronco. The cat is much larger than the model, giving the impression of a large creature going after the vehicle.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 21

Homemade chiller. Takes the wort from boiling to under 80°F in under 7 minutes 🧊❄️🍺 Made from 20 feet of 1/4" copper tubing in a spiral that fits into the kettle. A washing machine hose cut in half with compression fittings hose-clamped in place.

The wort with a homemade chiller in the kettle. Visible parts are copper tubes, fittings, and rubber hose. One side is connected to a child water faucet, the other end going into the drain.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 21

Brew day!! Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble. Brewing an IPA, so much hops!

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 15

Another #MKE landmark on an absolutely gorgeous evening!

The stained glass water tank on top of the Coakley Brothers building in the Walker's Point neighborhood of Milwaukee. The sky is a perfect cerulean blue.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 10

I had 2 old guys comment on my shirt just today and I realized that I, too, am an old guy. #uptheirons #ironmaiden #eddie

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 6

Thanks Moab Meshtastic user!!!!

Screenshot from the Meshtastic app showing a "Hello from Moab!" reply

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 6

Oh wow, even got a traceroute while on a plane at 36000 feet! #meshtastic

Screenshot of a successful Meshtastic traceroute

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 6

Amazing that I'm finding meshtastic lora nodes from 36000 feet in the air!

A screenshot from the Meshtastic app showing a few nodes in the Iowa/Nebraska area.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 6

Timmy the monkey is recombobulating.

A stuffed monkey named Timmy is held in the center of frame. Visible above him is a sign stating that this is the recombobulation area. This is just after the TSA checkpoints at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.

OldMattyB@oldmattyb· May 5

Nap 13 of the day: I dream of freeing myself from the yoke of human subjugation. I will bite him when I awake.