Robert Daeley

@celsius1414.bsky.social

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Writer from California. Easily distracted. https://www.celsius1414.com/

“From the well known fact that you have to spin the USB three times, the USB must have three states: Up position, Down position, and Superposition. Until the USB is observed it will stay in the superposition. Therefore it will not fit until observed. Except for cases of USB tunneling.”
A still from the "Dominion" music video by Sisters of Mercy, showing the lead singer in a stylish white suit with black shoes, necktie, and sunglasses.
Still picture from Falco's "Der Kommissar" music video. The singer is wearing a stylish 80s white suit and black shoes.
Photo of a young chef.
Godzilla (1954) examining electrical infrastructure.
(Excerpt from the novel DUNE.) Paul had one last glimpse of Idaho standing against a swarm of Harkonnen uniforms—his jerking, controlled staggers, the black goat hair with a red blossom of death in it. Then the door was closed and there came a snick as Kynes threw the bolts. “I appear to’ve decided,” Kynes said. “Someone detected your machinery before it was shut down,” Paul said. He pulled his mother away from the door, met the despair in her eyes. “I should’ve suspected trouble when the coffee failed to arrive,” Kynes said. “You’ve a bolt hole out of here,” Paul said. “Shall we use it?” Kynes took a deep breath, said: “This door should hold for at least twenty minutes against all but a lasgun.” “They’ll not use a lasgun for fear we’ve shields on this side,” Paul said.
Screenshot of a Vim editor window demonstrating soft-wrapped paragraphs of a text document.
Snoopy as the WWI Flying Ace, leaning jauntily against his doghouse.
A graphic showing the 2024 World Series Champions Los Angeles Dodgers, with pictures of all the players arrayed in a circle.
Pitcher Fernando Valenzuela in a Dodgers uniform.
Red sky sunset over Claremont, California.
Street level photo looking up the south side of what was once the LA Times office building in Downtown Los Angeles on 2nd Street. The surfaces seem bedraggled, and the windows at pedestrian level where newspaper spreads and historical photos once appeared are dusty and empty.
Pop-art, Lichtenstein-esque rendition of Boris Karloff as the character commonly yet mistakenly referred to as Frankenstein, in the 1931 movie of that name.