Ben Bleything

@bleything.net

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pacific northwestern computerist. you may know me from such as he/him

a photograph of the waxing gibbous moon against a dark grey sky with even darker grey clouds in front of and around it. thin clouds and haze make the moon seem to have a bit of a corona
a hole cut into a piece of plywood so you can fit your fingies in there to pick up the box. The hole is … misshapen
a plywood box on top of dry grass, being stood on by someone wearing bright yellow crocs
a different brown tabby standing in front of some bushes and looking toward the camera. this one has a smaller, whiter face and less pronounced mackerel markings
a brown tabby walking toward the camera. their eyes are a lil bit squinty and their pouch is a lil bit swingin'
Screenshot of the bluesky muting UI showing that I am muting “USMNT” forever
a circuit board mostly covered by a shiny heatsink. there's an io shield on the left edge, an m2 ssd just inside that, and then it's heatsink all the way to the other edge where you'll find a cmos battery and some power headers it's basically a gpu with a hard drive
a raspberry pi 4 model b sitting on top of a cork trivet. There is a micro hdmi cable attached
a dark and blurry photo showing the silhouette of a cat’s head peeking above the edge of a mattress. You can’t make out any details but you’re sure the cat is staring at you
a rubber banana labeled “(for scale)” sits next to a white tape measure blade that is sitting flat. On the bottom edge of the tape is a blank space for writing. I have written “BANANA” and drawn lines to indicate a length of ~6-7/8 inches
a tortoiseshell cat on a wooden gate, standing on her hind legs, front legs dangling t-rex style, staring intently at a hole in the arborvitae that she believes contains a bird (it does not)
Close selfie of a man with a black cat draped over his shoulder
a hand holding a silicone banana in front of OP’s banana art showing that they are the same size. The silicone banana has “(for scale)” printed on the side
a large black cat walking towards the camera but not looking at the camera
two black cats laying in rectangular beds on the seat of a bay window. The small one on the left is looking at the floor. The large one on the right is licking his nose
a three-tier cat tree with a sort of organic shape made of wicker in the corner of a room. The top two baskets contain curled up black cats. The lowest basket contains a handmade plush of a grey and white tuxedo cat
A slice of cold pizza resting on top of a man’s hand, obscuring the thumb
a photo of Mt Baker Station with the upper deck circled and many arrows pointing at it
A black cat curled up against the side of a bay window as though trying to get as much sun exposure as possible. She is looking at the camera, skeptically. Her fur is brown from sun exposure and thin in places from overgrooming. We’re working on it.
Two black cats sleeping next to a window. They are both laying on their sides with their heads near to each other but not quite touching. The large cat on the left is resting his front legs on the edge of the bed. The small cat on the right is all tucked in and cozy.
a can of Waterloo sparkling water in Root Beer Float flavor, a special collaboration with Guy Fieri’s Flavortown. It’s pretty alright.
a screenshot of the Bitwig Grid showing a label that says "Prime" and two node setups for input and output above the label is a three node setup that allows you to send cv to the module. a value knob set to 23.5% feeds into a value scaler set at 0% and 56%. from there it goes to a cv out module below the label is a more complex setup. a CV in module and a level module set to -26db are fed into a `>` comparator module. the logic output of the comparator goes into an AND gate along with a button, creating a mute circuit. the logic out of the AND gate goes into a gate length module set to 100ms. the gate length module's output goes the gate of a Note Out module with the note set to C1
a large square image with a white background. most of the image is a large black blob. you can see bits of emojis scattered throughout it, and on the edges you can see that it's made up of words it is completely useless as a chart
screenshot of a rudimentary dashboard showing various statistics. text follows: starter packs in database: 10314 in queue: 0 last created: 0.135026 seconds ago lists in database: 2030 in queue: 8488 last created: 0.027527 seconds ago list items in database: 74254 last created: 0.012027 seconds ago
screen shot of the same post showing up twice consecutively in my timeline after being retweeted by two people I follow post is not relevant but it's from @pbump.com saying "what if we made the whole country out of ballroom"
a photograph of the moon. the left half is in shadow. the terminator is tilted about 10 degrees to the right of vertical
a large black cat lays facing away from the camera on top of a green blanket. His hips are between my knees and his head near my feet, because large cat is large In the upper right you can barely see small cat peeking out of her heated bed in the corner of the room
color swatches showing all three variants of the rosé pine theme arranged in three rows of 15 swatches each. the swatches are surrounded by a thick white border
Two black cats sitting on top of a stainless steel kitchen garbage can. On the left is a smaller cat in the Ready Loaf position. On the right is a larger cat sitting upright. Neither cat is looking at the camera
a photo of the moon on a black background. it is currently in waning gibbous and approximately one third of it is in shadow
a large black cat in loaf format facing to the right. he is sitting on a creamish carpet in front a TV stand
A can of Fort George’s yuzu flavored Früt Lüp sparkling hop water
a still from The Taking of Pelham One Two Three showing Walter Matthau as Lt. Zach Garber speaking into a microphone. He is wearing a red, navy, and yellow plaid shirt with a bright yellow tie. The top button is undone and the tie is VERY loose. It's a good look.
a rectangular laundry hamper lays on its long side blocking one doorway and partially blocking another. a small black cat is sitting inside like she’s steering the dang thing
A small black cat sitting on a window sill, looking at the camera. Her fur appears brown where the light is hitting it
A 32oz / 907g squeeze bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup (57 varieties)
Top down view of two black cats sleeping on a green blanket. they’re sort of cuddling a little bit
Two black cats sleeping on top of a green blanket on either side of my leg. Large cat is curled up on the left, small cat is in monorail format faint away on the right. My real human foot has been obscured by a foot emoji
Promoted post from u/redlobster Post image: flyer for Lobsterfest Title: “I do not expect this many lobster options on one menu” Text: “There’s a build-your-own lobster plate situation with choices like baked lobster pasta and crispy teriyaki lobster, a lobster-only seafood boil with different butters and spices…”
video of my front yard showing that it really is snowing at a respectable pace but it’s not sticking to anything
An upside down metal sheet pan sitting on a deck. It is covered in liquid water. There is no snow in sight
macro photo of a pile of icy slush surrounded by drops of water
An unremarkable photo of my front yard. The sky is grey and the light is cool. There is snow falling but it’s too small to see in the photo. There is no accumulation on the ground
Two black cats sitting on top of plastic crates next to a screen door. Both are looking sort of vaguely in the direction of the camera
screenshot of the keyboard layout selector in macos sequioa
Screenshot of the bluesky preferences screen. I’m adding “newsom” to my list of muted words
closeup of a small black cat with wide pupils crouching over the tail of a fish-shaped catnip toy
Screenshot of the Letterboxd UI showing my four most recent films: - The PriceMaster rated 4 stars - To Live and Die in LA rated 3.5 stars - Margin Call rated 3.5 stars - Charlie Wilson’s War rated 3 stars and with an icon indicating I’ve seen it before
A closeup of a black cat’s face resting against my shoulder. She is curled up on the couch half asleep
A screenshot of an email subject line that reads “Your Nitro subscription has been canceled”
screenshot of my post about zendesk next to a post from @davidcel.is that is also about zendesk
a photo of the HBO UI showing the poster for Eddington in the “all the LOLs” category between The Boondocks and a documentary about Mel Brooks
a fantasy illustration of a wizard pondering an orb with jcoglan.com's avatar's face photoshopped in
Top and bottom view of two small PCBs about 1.5in / 3.8cm wide and 3in / 7.6cm tall. There are two 1/4” s 6.35mm jacks at the top and two at the bottom. Between the jacks is a small switch.
a side view of a large black cat silhouetted against a pink wall
overhead view of two black cats sleeping next to each other. They are both laying with their heads resting on outstretched legs. Their legs are overlapping and intertwined. There might be a tail in there too, it’s hard to tell
A black cat laying in a bed in a bay window. The sun is shining through her fur, making it appear brown
Two black cats sitting on the floor in loaf format
A black cat’s head and arm are visible poking out of a pink bed sitting on top of a stainless steel fridge. The cat is lounging with his arm dangling as though out a window