Gabe Wachob

@wachob

Low Key Loki I'm gwachob most everywhere. He/him Nerd (tech, but all kinds). Recent immigrant to Seattle area from my native bay area. Karaoke. I talk about tech, music, politics and other stuff. I write code, got my J.D. for fun(?)

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Gabe Wachob@wachob· 3d

This is my astronaut training rig!Pi

Picture of vic 20 and c64 and accessories on top of a bookshelf.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· 8d

It's so Christmas-ay!!!

A graph of uptime for various parts of Claude - with many indications of downtime in various red and green and yellow and gray colors

Gabe Wachob@wachob· 9d

The orange sun this morning is beautiful and ominous... #wawx #DuvallWashington

Orange sun peeking through tall PNW trees

Gabe Wachob@wachob· 10d

Washington State is on fire (east of the Cascades) and now we are getting the reminder here west of the Cascades. You can see the air turning yellow and brown minute by minute out here in the Snoqualmie valley. Time to inhale and hold your breath Seattle. #wawx #airquality #smokemap

Gabe Wachob@wachob· 11d

A shrine to my nerdy younger self. In my parents storage for probably 37 years... Now it will be the background for my video meetings! #c64 #vic20 #c1541 #c1520 #commodore #300BaudModem #TapeDrive

Commdore vic 20 and commdore 64 along with floppy drive, tape drive, and a random selection of commodore related and newer books. All on display on the top and inside the shelves of a bookcase.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· 20d

AI tooting it's own horn and then providing a disclaimer. I love it.

Ai generated summary of an article saying self driving cars have 68% fewer accidents, but with a warning that is generated by ai, which can make mistakes.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· 27d

Sure, the mercator projection makes the scale of the smoke look larger in the ARTIC OCEAN!!!! fire.airnow.gov#2/60.8/-72.95

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Jun 8

I'll give you a 2-fer -- this is the Tolt River merging with the Snoqualmie river, taken in January of this year a few weeks after the massive flooding. I'm going to vote for the Snoqualmie river as my favorite, but the Tolt river holds its own!

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Mar 21

We had a full-on winter wonderland here one week ago!!

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Mar 21

Man, the hits keep coming. The Snoqualmie river here in #DuvallWA is at about 41.2 feet (the epic flood in December 2025 was about 45 feet). #pnw #wawx #flood

River flood water covering a path and small park near the normal path of water.

Another view of a small park near the river edge covered in water, with trees poking up through the water and brush in the foreground.

A park area covered in feet of water. A water height pole (for measuring flood heights) is largely underwater, in the distance.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Mar 13

Awwwww our doggos first snow-potty. She's from SF and having a hard time adjusting to cold wet rain but she didn't seem to have any issue with 2 inches of snow (and climbing!) on the ground here in #DuvallWA #pnw #wawx

Picture of backyard covered in 2 inches of snow with dog and human footprints

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Feb 12

Seen... Waymo car with a human test driver NB 405 in Snohomish county just north of the King county line. It's getting real, Seattle! #waymo #seattle #pnw

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Feb 10

Meet Fluffy. She was my dad's close companion for the last 10 years. And now she's coming to live with us. And she apparently loves SF Mission burritos as much as I do... I guess it's good she's moving to the PNW because burritos aren't good for dogs...

Small grey and tan mixed breed dog with front paws on table looking as if she wants to be fed food from the person taking the picture.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Jan 31

It's true. Waymo is officially at SFO. Sorta (car rental). And not for everyone.

Sign reading "autonomous rides. For access to waymo, proceed to level 1 curbside"

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Dec 29

This is the view across the street from home. Still ice/graupel and such on the ground, from Friday night. Nothing new, just hasn't melted in 2.5 days. Doesn't look anything like this a 1/4 mile in downtown... Nothing on the ground there. #wawx #duvallwa

View of a front yard covered in white icy precipitation and distant roofs still covered in similar white precipitation.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Dec 27

We got snow!!!

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Dec 13

Was just at #MoPOP last weekend (designed by Frank Gehry) the day after he died (didn't know it at the time). And then I'm loading up #Battlefield6 and noticed... He's referenced in one of the main locations in one of the maps... #Kismet (BTW, www.mopop.org is great every time I go!)

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Oct 20

A picture of one of the wings of sutro tower being worked on. I took this from Golden gate and Franklin. Taken on 100x zoom on a #Pixel10pro from 2.4 miles away. #zoom #ai #sf

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Sep 13

When did they paint the undersides of the freeways in SF royal blue? They've been that weird teal green my entire life going back to the 70s and I've only been gone a couple years....

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Sep 8

We took the long way:

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Sep 8

Been living here in Duvall for a couple of years, and this is the first time we did a Sunflower maze, at a local farm. I can't believe this is real and I was there today. #DuvallWA www.loraleesfamilyfarm.com

A view of a sunflower farm with sunflowers from side to side, trees and rolling green hills in the background.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Sep 1

The western half of the US and Canada, outside the coastal areas, is covered in wildfire smoke. And having just returned from Eastern Washington, it's hard to imagine how we can really accept this long-term. Super-unhealthy, and extremely gloomy, IMHO. www.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Aug 25

There it is!

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Jul 22

So here in our little #pnw town of #DuvallWa the neighborhood park got a refresh including a new sign.. Apparently they and us vampires in mind. Finally someone thinks of the vampires!! Don't mind me, I'll be posted up waiting for Salma Hayek to appear... #FromDuskToDawn #vampire

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Jul 12

It's 9:20pm, 68F and the pink clouds are overhead. This is amazing. #pnw #duvallwa

Pink clouds in front of a blue sky before sunset. Houses and a street in the foreground.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Jun 21

Doh I meant to post video.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Jun 6

I have newly gotten a) a heat pump (first time with central A/C in decades) b) an IR camera for my phone and c) hot feet. You're welcome.

Foot prints in the foreground disappearing as they get closer to a air conditioning register/vent (on the floor), as taken by an infrared camera, demonstrating that my feet are significantly hotter than the air coming out of the register.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· May 24

There's a guy in my neighborhood who power walks and sings at the top of his lungs (I think wearing headphones). I caught him behind the hedge behind my house singing Weezer's "Island in the Sun" and I thought I'd share a snippet of the audio I caught (on this video).

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Apr 25

I think I got this tip from @rickklau.com, but if not then consider it a gift, Rick. #HotelHack

A clothes hangar used to ensure curtains in a hotel room are closed to block light.

Gabe Wachob@wachob· Apr 24

Took this picture today...