My son just asked me, "Daddy, what does Scroll Lock do?" (referring to the key on the keyboard).

I responded, "Son, I am 43 years old, I'm a software developer, and have been using computers my entire life, and I have no idea what Scroll Lock does."

My 8-year-old runs up to me today with his tablet, showing a QR code on it. He was excited and said, "Daddy, I made a QR code. Why don't you scan it?"

The decoded text was:

Hay daddy I love you 💕💕💕

Screenshot from QR code app. QR code is displayed at the bottom. A search button in the middle, and the decoded text at the top, which reads, "Hay daddy I love you 💕💕💕"
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Screenshot from QR code app. QR code is displayed at the bottom. A search button in the middle, and the decoded text at the top, which reads, "Hay daddy I love you 💕💕💕"

Dan Jones shared 20 days ago

If you would like to protest Trump's unconstitutional seizure of power, consider finding a No King's protest near you this Saturday. Instead of the news focusing on his military parade on his birthday, nationwide protests will help steal his thunder and hopefully bring the focus back to the people, instead of this would-be monarch.

No Kings No Kings
Two, nervous, Spanish-speaking dinosaurs are having a conversation. 1: "¿Cómo se dice 'ojos' en Inglés?" 2: "Eyes." 1: "¡No! Ice es hielo." 2: "¡No, yellow es amarillo!" 1: "Ahhh."
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Two, nervous, Spanish-speaking dinosaurs are having a conversation. 1: "¿Cómo se dice 'ojos' en Inglés?" 2: "Eyes." 1: "¡No! Ice es hielo." 2: "¡No, yellow es amarillo!" 1: "Ahhh."

Jesus Christ, preaching during the Sermon on the Mount, says, "Love everyone. No matter what." A follower asks, "What if they are gay?" Christ responds, "Yes, even if they ask stupid questions."
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Jesus Christ, preaching during the Sermon on the Mount, says, "Love everyone. No matter what." A follower asks, "What if they are gay?" Christ responds, "Yes, even if they ask stupid questions."

The Klingon, Korax, from Star Trek: The Original Series, is in a bar. The barkeep is out of focus in the background behind him. Korax faces the viewer and says, "I didn't mean to say that the Cybertruck should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away *as* garbage!"
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The Klingon, Korax, from Star Trek: The Original Series, is in a bar. The barkeep is out of focus in the background behind him. Korax faces the viewer and says, "I didn't mean to say that the Cybertruck should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away *as* garbage!"

Dan Jones shared 22 days ago
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Dan Jones shared 22 days ago

I recently got a smart watch (at the recommendation of my cardiologist). The default watch face was awful, so the first thing I did was change it.

The Play Store had a Pride category up front, and the very first watch face I saw was perfect.

Screenshot of watch face. Along the top it reads "Star Trek". Along the bottom, "Steps: 656". The time is 12:00, in a slanted block font. Taking up most of the right side is the Star Trek logo (the Starfleet badge) in rainbow colors. Around the outside is a rainbow circle.
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Screenshot of watch face. Along the top it reads "Star Trek". Along the bottom, "Steps: 656". The time is 12:00, in a slanted block font. Taking up most of the right side is the Star Trek logo (the Starfleet badge) in rainbow colors. Around the outside is a rainbow circle.

I wish I could afford a mid-life crisis. I'm definitely due for one.

My five-year-old daughter: "If they don't have a beard, they're not a real dad."

But, by dad, she meant man. She refers to all adult men as dads, and all adult women as moms.

So, my five-year-old, through no instruction on our part, has concluded that without facial hair, you can't be a real man.

By the way, we did, of course, correct her misunderstanding.

Summer time means that I have to kick my kids off Netflix from time to time because we only have a two-screen maximum account, and I want to use it.

Dan Jones shared 28 days ago

Oh, man. I got Intro Skip set up on my Jellyfin this weekend. I've been slowly migrating away from Plex. On Plex, intro skip is a Premium feature, but on Jellyfin, it's just a plugin.

Anyway, I just finally tried it out, and it works fantastically. Just like a regular streaming service. Sure, it took a few hours to build an index for all my library after I installed the plugin, but honestly, that wasn't that long.

I should've fully switched to Jellyfin ages ago. As long as my wife is cool with the Jellyfin interface (at least, in the Roku client), I can fully delete Plex Media Server and forget about it.

The only feature that Plex has that I don't see any way to make work easily with Jellyfin is sharing my library (or shows from my library) with people outside my household. I never actually used that feature on Plex, since it also requires a Premium subscription, but it would be cool if Jellyfin could figure something out like that.

Dan Jones shared a month ago

Any time I want it to rain, all I have to do is water my lawn, and within the next day or two, it will rain.