Curtis Frye

@curtisfrye.com

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Online course developer, writer and speaker. My company, Technology and Society, sponsors Atletico London FC (Tier 5, Eastern Region Women's Football League). techsoc.com.

Cover image for the book Startup Hell by Caitlin Rozakis.
An example of timeline synchronicity on my Bluesky feed. The first post has a user named beetle moses saying: "Looking for some good horror book recommendations for my next read." The post just below it, posted by Asher Wolf and reposted by Amy Rae Hill, says: "Sarah Mansfield MP has made a little book about The Very Hungry Data Centre". The cover of The Very Hungry Data Centre is a parody of the children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. At the bottom right corner of the image is a green triangle with "The Greens" in white text, representing Mansfield's party affiliation.
An image that shows how Curtis Frye Microsoft Excel Author / Trainer appears in the weights for various large language models. He is in the top 9% with a 501 strength and GPT-5.5 says: Author and Microsoft Excel expert known for books such as Microsoft Excel Step by Step and data analysis training materials.
An image of a green gelatinous cube about to engulf an adventurer. The cube contains a skeleton, sword, and shield from a previous victim.
A blurb by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier on the back cover of Disneyland and the Rise of Automation
Sign at the Smith Berry Barn in Hillsboro, Oregon. WARNING Under Oregon law, there is no liability for an injury to or the death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if the injury or death results from the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities are risks of injury inherent to land, equipment and animals, as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity. ORS 30.671 through 30.677
An image showing the main characters from the animated CBeebies show Go Jetters.
An image of an abstract sculpture depicting a Viking long boat found in the Old Town section of Tallinn, Estonia. The boat's body is represented by a single metal beam that is curved to suggest a serpent or dragon. People on the boat are represented by metal rectangles, some of which are in the shape of a flag and mostly solid with a central cross cut out to suggest the flags of Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland and other Nordic countries and territories. One flag piece near the head of the ship is colored the same shade of red as the Danish flag in tribute to the traditional home of the Vikings.
An image of the book Zen and Slow Games by Victor Navarro-Remesal, published by MIT Press
A five-part image with a central character wearing a gold suit and helmet ringed by four other characters wearing magenta, purple, cyan, and black suits of similar design. The five characters form the team depicted in the video for the song "I'll Form the Head" by MC Frontalot.
An image of Blasty, the alternate uniform image of the Calgary Flames ice hockey team. Blasty has a pale gold face with black cheeks as well as red eyes and a flame mark on his forehead. He blows twin jets of flame out of his nostrils.
Image of a sad cat sitting up on its back legs. The text reads: I made you a cookie...but I eated it.
Atletico London warming up before their away match at Harpenden on 25 January. Several players wearing Atletico warmup shirts and jumpers send footballs around the pitch.
A photo of a street in Notting Hill, London. It is just after midnight and a light rain from earlier causes the streetlights to reflect from the pavement.
A poster image of the Portland Frog in the style of the Obama HOPE poster. The text under the image reads HOP.
An image of the first edition paperback of Turning the Tables on Las Vegas, by Ian Andersen.
An image of the book Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States by Miranda Yaver. Published by Cambridge University Press.
An animated gif showing a chess game. Black is at the bottom of the board and won after playing the Modern Defense against a king's pawn opening.
A photograph of the 2025 Malört advent calendar with days 1 through 7 completed.
A copy of the book Selling Out Santa with a square Christmas card obscuring the bottom half of the book
A photograph of Pope Leo XIV speaking into a microphone with his eyes closed. He is in a posture that suggest singing.
An image of the Malort advent calendar. The box cover has a red background, a yellow moon with Santa and his reindeer flying across it in silhouette, and a forest in silhouette at the bottom
A brass coin with a black and white enamel design of Frog by Matsumoto Hoji, 1814.
An image of Blasty, the nightmare horse that appears on the chest of the Calgary Flames alternate jersey. Blasty's face is a goldenrod yellow with red eyes, black highlights, and flames coming out of both nostrils.
An image of a credit card transaction result screen. There is a light gray circle with a white background that contains a green check mark near the top. Below that in large letters is the word Success. Below that is a message that says Something wrong, Please try again. At the bottom of the image is a clickable dark blue box with OK in white text.
A logo image with the text techsoc.com. Techsoc is all lower case on the top line, with .com on the bottom line in smaller letters and aligned to the right edge of the c in techsoc.
A video of a back garden in Portland, Oregon. There is a garage to the left with a purple door leading into it. To the right is hardscaping and a cedar fence. It’s raining. Of course it’s raining…it’s Portland.
A photo of Gazzo (Garry Osbourne) after the finale of his signature cups and balls routine. Gazzo is wearing a bowler hat, dark gray sport coat, and a white t-shirt with a red design on it. He is outside busking and is in front of a gray stone wall. He stands behind a performance table on which is his wand, three copper cups, six oranges, and a melon. He is pointing to camera left and saying something into his microphone. Probably asking for money.
An online chess game where black found a nice checkmate against an opponent of similar strength. Both players were rated about 1600 on Chess dot com at the time this game was played.
An image of a collectible coin featuring a colorized version of a frog drawn by Ito Jakuchu in 1790. The frog has a white belly and black back; it sits facing the viewer on a brass background.
A closeup photo of a slate gray Chartreu cat. She is sitting on a wooden floor that changes to tile a few inches behind her. She faces camera right and is looking up a flight of stairs.
Photo of Atletico London players stretching before training at the techsoc.com Stadium. Half the players are stretching while standing, with the others on the ground or kneeling. Most players a peach short and blue shorts.
Captains for Atletico London and Hutton meeting the match officials before kickoff at Hannakin Community Centre in Billericay. The match officials wear all black, Hutton an all-red kit with red-and-white striped socks, and Atletico a slate blue kit. In the background appears the Atletico dugout with several coaches and available substitutes. The substitutes wear bright yellow vests over their uniforms.
A view along the canal next to Keizersgracht in Amsterdam. The sun has set but there is still good light. The water is a midnight blue with small boats along the sides of the canal. Row houses line the street on the opposite side of the canal. In the foreground is the bow of a blue boat, a wooden piling, and the corner of a cafe table. A glass of beer, La Chouffre, is visible on the table.
A photograph of the pitch at The techsoc.com Stadium, Barkingside, London. A coach sits in a dugout with a Techsoc sign visible to the right of the image.
A photo showing the diverse backgrounds of players for Atlético London, which mirrors the diverse nature of the club's East London home. Manager Jason Murray sits at the right end of the top row. The photo is taken in the stands of The techsoc.com Stadium, Barkingside, where the club plays its home matches.
Several players from Atlético London, standing in front of an on-field dugout and wearing examples of the home and away shirts.
A closeup shot of the badge for the home shirt of women's football (soccer) club Atlético London for the 2025/26 season. The badge features the letters AL in a circle extending beyond the top edge of the main badge, a dragon representing the London City flag, and the red-and-white vertical strips of Atlético Madrid. A broad, jagged line of red extends down the shirt against a white backdrop. Part of the techsoc.com sponsorship crest appears below the badge.
Five players (four standing, one kneeling while holding a football) representing Atletico London, a women's football club playing in the Eastern Region Women's Football League (Tier 5). The players stand in front of a dugout and are wearing the new home kit. Their shirts are red and white with a jagged red stripe down the middle of the shirt's front and their shorts are electric blue. The team sponsor's website, techsoc.com, appears in the same blue as the shorts on the shirt's front. The players in the photo represent the diverse backgrounds of the club's roster.
A photograph of a tuxedo cat sleeping on a concave cat tree platform.
Movie poster for Living Oblivion by Tom Dicillo. The poster has the text Living In Oblivion in large yellow letters in front of Steve Buscemi, who has just been punched in the stomach and is collapsing against a black-and-white checkered background.
A photo of the rear of a small bus owned by Kline’s Dairy Bar in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The vehicle is white and the text Kline’s Dairy Bar Premium Ice Cream is written in rounded letters in shades of bubblegum pink.
A man with salt-and-pepper hair and facial hair wearing glasses has his right arm around a women with red hair. He is wearing a black polo shirt with a gray collar. She is wearing a black sweater over a black and white-checkered shirt. As of 2 July 2025 they have been married for 20 years.
Image of a medical receipt that displays the text Counseling: Not Required
An image of a Microsoft Outlook dialog box accessed by clicking File, Options, and Mail. Scrolling down to the Tracking section lets you uncheck the Automatically process meeting requests and responses to meeting requests and polls box. Doing so helps prevent spammers from adding meetings to your calendar without your permission.
An image that shows a solution to the Quordle puzzle for June 16, 2025. The player completed the four words in four, five, six, and seven guesses.
An image of a baseball field taken from beyond the left field fence. The grass is newly mown and the infield has been dragged to smooth the surface and remove rocks. Behind home plate there is a covered stand, two utility buildings, and light poles with floodlights. A stand of trees sits about twenty yards behind the buildings.
A middle-aged guy stands in front of a garage with a purple door wearing a winter coat, baseball cap, and shorts. There is snow and ice on the ground. He stands on a tiled patio holding a carbon-black fireman's axe. The axe, manufactured by Tradlabs and no longer available, is made of steel and was cut using a high-pressure water jet.
An image of the movie poster for Short Circuit. The poster shows a robot with torso, arms, and head standing near the edge of a cliff at the Oregon coast. The robot is being struck by lightning. About one quarter of the way down in the center of the poster against storm clouds is the text "Something wonderful has happened...No. 5 is alive."
A Calgary Flames third alternate jersey with a black background, red and gold trim, and a nightmare (evil horse with a gold head, red eyes, and flames coming out of its nostrils) in the center. The nightmare is named Blasty.
A still image of Harvey Keitel as Winston Wolfe, a character in the movie Pulp Fiction. The Wolf wears a tuxedo and is holding a coffee cup in his right hand.
A tuxedo cat in loaf of bread pose on a gray towel in front of a computer monitor.
An image of the "Inside you there are two wolves" meme based on Pinky and The Brain, where a dark gray wolf is The Brain and the white one is Pinky. There is a cloudy nighttime sky with a full moon partially visible between the characters in the background. Beneath The Brain is the caption "One is a genius"; beneath Pinky is the caption "The other's insane."
The bottom left corner of an envelope with the text #MinterMail added using a rubber stamp.
A close-up image of Exit 240 off I-81 near Mt. Crawford, Virginia. The map shows the Buc-ee's location to the east of the highway and the Sheetz locations to the west. Further to the southeast is an orange dot indicating the house where this post's author grew up. The orange dot has an arrow pointing to it with the label "The ancestral Frye estate."
A close-up image of Exit 240 off I-81 near Mt. Crawford, Virginia. The map shows the Buc-ee's location to the east of the highway and the Sheetz locations to the west.
A zoomed-in map of Buc-ee's and Sheetz locations that sell truck diesel fuel. The two chains had no directly competing stores through 2024, but as of mid-2025 there will be stores directly across Interstate 81 at Exit 240 near Mt. Crawford, Virginia. The new stores have been added to the map and circled for emphasis.