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I wrote about my not so amazing experience with a QMK macro pad…
https://rasterweb.net/raster/2026/02/19/megalodon-no-macro-pad/

Megalodon (No) Macro Pad
I blame the hardware... probably the EEPROM?

For caturday here is an elderly kitty who thinks she owns the sofa. Periodically I need to go out and show her the heating pad is on so she stops howling. If I just click it and do not show her the green light she will begin to howl again shortly after I leave the room. Her main goal in life appears to be sleeping on a warm heating pad.
I want to teach her what a squirt gun is for but the wife will not allow it. Says she is to old to train. OK at 20 she is technically older than m…

The #ArtemisII stack arrived back at the pad today, with a launch on April 1st (Europe: April 2nd) still a possibility: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/03/20/nasas-artemis-ii-rocket-arrives-at-launch-pad-39b/ and https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/03/Artemis_II_rolls_again and many more roll-out pictures in https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/albums/72177720332614865/

FUCK YES
I finally managed to open my Steelseries Arctis Pro headset (fuck you, product manager who signed off to use the softest security torx screws known to man. Luckily a drill will solve that problem permanently...)
Headset wouldn't turn on anymore.
Because a hair thin wire broke and the power button press didn't pass through to the main PCB anymore.
Annoyingly, BT still doesn't work, because a tiny capacitor broke off at some point and took its pad wi…

Look what the intern did to this poor SOIC!
First they forgot to put a soldermask aperture on one of the pads (challenge 6). While trying to rework it, they lifted the adjacent pad (challenge 07).

A the press conference #ArtemisII launch after the WDR went so well - see also https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/19/nasa-begins-artemis-ii-launch-pad-ops-after-successful-fuel-test/ issued just after it had ended - but this will not be confirmed before the Flight Readiness Review late next week.

POL-DEL: Landkreis Oldenburg, 2 Diebstähle aus Pkw in Wildeshausen Delmenhorst (ots) - In der Zeit vom 17. auf den 18.04.2026 wurde aus einem in der Straße Am Rapsacker in Wildeshausen abgestellten Pkw ein Rucksack mit Unterlagen und ein I-Pad entwendet. Das Diebesgut konnte letztlich im Seitenraum der Straße ... https://www.

I got a Megalodon Triple Knob Macro Pad running QMK last year, mainly for a potential project for a client which didn't pan out so I decided to start using it.
Sadly, it's a piece of shit that bricked itself for macros, so I have a macro pad that cannot macro.
I have a way to make it work (hack!) but it's a pain in the ass.
I want to blame the hardware and not the firmware for this. Seems like it might be an EEPROM issue since even reflashing does not fix it.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
George Frideric Handel, Nóra Ducza, Alíz Ballabšs, József Csapó, Attila Sebők, Szabolcs Hšmori, Budapest Radio Chorus, Zoltšn Pad, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Všclav Luks:
🎵 Dixit Dominus in G minor, HWV.232

Open Banking VRP (variable recurring payments), the API expected to supplant Direct Debit, is now being referred to as "Bank on File".
(I think I experienced a moment of metaphoric reversal when I pictured this as a series of physical filing cabinets a la Gilliam's Brazil.)
https://

TrueLayer: Bank on File is on the launch pad
Bank on File is launching to bring recurring payments (VRP) to Pay by Bank. Get faster settlement, lower costs, and secure, consumer-controlled subscriptions.

Changing NOTHING ELSE, here's what happens if I try to pad to:
- 10 mm
- 2.1 mm
- 2 mm
I must stress to you that the ONLY change I am making between these three outputs is to open the Pad editor and change the number of mm of extrusion. The solver is absolutely schizo.
Mind you that I already built a partner shape for this elsewhere in the model, which is dimensionally identical, and it went fine!

De #trike reed, terwijl ik erop lag en mijn benen bewoog zijn inmiddels gebruikelijke rondje. Ineens staan overal de paardenbloemen te bloeien. Prachtig! #regel17

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
George Frideric Handel, Nóra Ducza, Alíz Ballabšs, József Csapó, Attila Sebők, Szabolcs Hšmori, Budapest Radio Chorus, Zoltšn Pad, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Všclav Luks:
🎵 Nisi Dominus, HWV.238
https://open.spotify.com/track/4XF2jpPw40HFLUsCkrOMhg

Maxx Crosby trade grades: Ravens address struggling pass rush with superstar, Raiders pad rebuild assets https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/baltimore-ravens/news/maxx-crosby-trade-grades-ravens-raiders/1411ab81bc801286d0b2…

RE: https://pad.venzano.fr/@wikipedia_image_day_bot/116305271705155654
CS: https://

How spicy do I like my food? Well...

I didn't think that it was possible to wear out the gel wrist rest on a mouse pad, but my wrist seems to disagree.

Series D, Episode 08 - Games
VILA: What happened to that rest we all needed?
AVON: It just got too damned expensive. [Shot of Scorpio revolving on launch pad]
[Belkov's quarters]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/408/37 B7B4

https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/pipelinestargetett/?source=direct_link&
I wrote a letter for the Leadnow letter campaign: Demand your MP: Homes, Not Pipelines.
As the government contemplates handing over billions of our public money to pad Big Oil’s…

Demand your MP: Homes, Not Pipelines - Leadnow

I read someone's post about their job where Agentic AI use is tracked for performance reviews, so they’re now dumping every question they can into the LLM just to pad their metrics and burn as many tokens as they can in the process.
All I can say is... I think maybe a lot of people have had the same idea. 😇
#AgenticAI

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Shadedlady/115994257483604253
"Maar omdat Mandy de enige Nederlander daar was, was ze daarnaast verantwoordelijk voor alle taken die normaal door verschillende mensen worden uitgevoerd."
Hoe kun je in vredesnaam eem team van -1- in zo'n situatie op pad sturen?
'...maar zodra de aanvallen vaker of dichterbij kwamen, trek je je toch terug in je eigen team. En dan moest ik het alleen zien te rooien. '

There's something about the new radiator bed that drives these two into a squidging frenzy. They don't do it on the other one. Sparky in particular slobbers all over it. Sound up if you want to hear slobbering purring cats 😄

Europa kan alles (!) wat ze nodig heeft militair op termijn ook zonder de VS ontwikkelen. Er is alleen tijd nodig. Alle opmerkingen "Europa kan niet zonder de VS" kunnen we negeren. Discussie moet gaan over het pad naar meer onafhankelijkheid.
#EU #Europa

Breakfast in Bangkok. After a week of Vietnamese food, this pad krapow is strong on the pow. Good cure for gummed-up eyes.

I wonder if trivial code libraries (like the cliché left-pad) are going to mostly disappear because it's fewer tokens for a LLM to just inline that code than to manage the dependency, and advanced/experienced programmers aren't going to use that kind of thing anyway…

Lighthouse at the end of the Cayuga Lake Inlet Near Stewart Park and the municipal golf course
#photo #photography #lake

So the #ArtemisII FRR went "go" on all counts, they hope to roll out the stack to the pad again on 19 March and be ready to launch on 1 April at 22:24 UTC - the table of possible launch dates in April https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/artemis-ii-mission-availability.pdf just had another one added for 2 April.

Another very cool Artemis launch photo.
https://x.com/erikkuna/status/2040052781591974318?s=20

Erik Kuna 🚀 (@erikkuna) on X
Here’s another behind-the-scenes look into remote camera setups for launches like Artemis-II. I set this camera up days before launch about 1,200 feet from the rocket. Locked the composition, dialed in my settings, walked away, and hoped for the best. That's how pad remotes work.

Meme from a good, wise friend. She just happens to still log into (PTUI) Facebook.
#Joke #Meme #Politics #KittyCat

Ook vandaag weer een rondje met de #trike, nu voor het eerst voorzien van steun in de nek, voor vertrek nog wat hoger gezet en bij thuiskomst weer iets lager. Door de Almeerse rand van de Oostvaardersplassen, langs de uitspanning, waar het best druk was. Voor het eerst een pet op. Ik overweeg een zonnebril op sterkte. Al dat gefietst jaagt een mens wel op kosten.

🎶I probed my board today
To see why it went bust
I focus on the clock
The only thing I trust
The needle on the pad
The old familiar wave
Try to make things work again
But the noise will not budge or give

Due to weather, NASA now is targeting early Wednesday, Feb. 25, to roll the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for #ArtemisII off the launch pad and back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/23/nasa-targets-artemis-ii-rollback-on-wednesday/ - cold temperatures and high winds are expected Tuesday, and rolling on Feb. 25, gives teams enough time to complete preparations at the launch pad that were limited today by high winds in the area.

Series D, Episode 03 - Traitor
TRACER: It reads that way, sir.
QUUTE: That Hunda and his rabble are becoming more than just a nuisance.
[Scorpio]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/403/234 B7B3

I've been in pain (of various states) for over a month now, and I'm trying different techniques to deal with it.
Since it's not an injury I am now trying to "push through the pain" and by that I mean instead of lying on a heating pad trying to relieve the pain I get up, get moving, and do things.
And... it hurts like hell. But yesterday it only hurt like hell for like 90 minutes, so I could deal with that.
Contrast to 6 hours lying in bed the day befor…

Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
AVON: A mess.
VILA: Never mind. We're still here. [Avon touches the bandage on his arm.]
VILA: It's not serious. The pad'll take care of it, if you don't fiddle with it. You did very well there, I must say.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/490…

The #Artemis stack on the pad in a good image from the ISS: https://x.com/Astro_ChrisW/status/2018365716181705015 - processed with IrfanView, using AutoAdjustColors and contrast adjustment. Meanwhile the Wet Dress Rehearsal is in trouble because of - you guessed it - a hydrogen leak. Since the updates on https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/ have become super-sparse it's hard to tell how serious the problem is.

Guess the cat is proud of herself. Wife was in the other room so I placed a fried egg and small piece of ham on a plate by her chair Cat was asleep on the sofa on her heating pad. Figured she would not notice and had never seen her express interest in eggs before.
Went into the other room and a few minutes later heard the wife yelling at the cat. Came out and found the cat had taken her egg and ran behind the sofa with it.
Kitty will be 20 in May and apparently still has some ki…

These militant geese
Staking out the gravel path
As their nesting pad.
#dailyhaikuprompt - geese
#haiku
#poem

A live view of the #ArtemisII stack on the pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCrPD7tfcr0 - where the countdown for the Wet Dress Rehearsal has begun at 1:13 UTC; see https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/31/countdown-begins-for-artemis-ii-wet-dress-rehearsal/ for the timeline and https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/generalprobe-wet-dress-rehearsal-fur-artemis-ii/ for maaany Artemis-related links going back to 2023.

#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
VILA: It's not serious. The pad'll take care of it, if you don't fiddle with it. You did very well there, I must say.
AVON: Must you?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/492

The Wet Dress Rehearsal for #ArtemisII has begun in earnest with the tanking of the SLS Core stage now underway as planned: frequent updates on https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zDlM8d4Q7g (the pictures here from https://images.nasa.gov/ show yesterday's sunrise and moonrise behind the stack on the pad).

20"-wide keyboard tray when a typical full-size keyboard is a bit over 17" wide and a mouse pad is about 8.5" wide. ⌨️🖱️🤦‍♂️
#design #utility #ergonomics #accessories #technology #business