Dan Crank

@danno.org

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[he/him] Maker of rockets, robots, tacos, and usually messes. Recently retired from Microsoft, but I had nothing to do with that thing you hate. "I can take apart the remote control, and I can almost put it back together." -Flobots

A tabby cat snuggling comfortably in my face while I lie on my futon; the cat's front paw is on my neck.
A grey tabby cat with black stripes, stretched out sound asleep on a grey futon. Full disclosure: he was sleeping off his sedative after a trip to the vet, because he is an unholy terror without it.
The left front wheel of a Volkswagen GTI encased in mud.
Two high-power rockets - a yellow four inch diameter Big Bertha and a green three inch diameter Torellian Invader - under a black canopy tent in a farm field. It is briefly sunny.
A green model rocket with tube fins and science fiction details, three inches in diameter and about six feet long. Beneath it is a small version of the same rocket, one third the size of the big one. The rocket is on a workbench in a cluttered workshop.
A photo of a Star Wars "Greedo" action figure, with a flat spot sanded on his ass.
The main characters of "What We Do in the Shadows" (TV series): Guillermo, Colin Robinson, Nadja, Lazlo and Nandor.
Log text from World of Warcraft: Valeera Sanguinar has learned a new ability: [Blood Contract], Valeera Sanguinar has gained 3800 experience, Valeera Sanguinar has reached Level 3, Valeera Sanguinar cheers at you, Valeera Sanguinar says: I'll be more helpful now.
A screen shot of World of Warcraft showing a goblin dance club with a DJ and a light-up dance floor, populated by "Crapopolis Citizens."
A World of Warcraft zone map of "Crapopolis," a junky looking town with a quest marker in the center. The top key reads: World, Azeroth, The Maelstrom, Kezan, Crapopolis.
Tweet from "KrangTNelson": "no no no you misunderstood. I said 'fuck YOUR feelings'. MY feelings are very important and must be handled gently, like a tiny baby hummingbird"
Tweet by Noah Smith: "We thought we had defeated the natural world because we defeated the animals and plants, but it turned out that they were only our fellow-travelers, struggling to survive. The real natural world is dust and fire and flood and hard radiation. It never sleeps and it always hungers."
English folk musicians Martin Carthy and his daughter Eliza Carthy on stage at the Focal Point in Maplewood, Missouri. Martin is sitting on a wooden chair with an acoustic guitar on his knee and his hat is on the floor by his feet. Eliza stands to his left with her violin, smiling at Martin while speaking into a microphone. Behind them is a blue curtain and the Focal Point sign.
A silver Volkswagen GTI in a home garage, lifted on jackstands with the hood open and a red creeper on the floor in front of the car.
From season one of The Good Place, Jason is telling Eleanor, "there's so much thoughts in my brain it's like my head is filled with rocks."
The band "Dr. Fünke's 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution" from Arrested Development.
The cover of "The Straight Dope" by Cecil Adams.
The cover of "Tell Me Why" by Arkady Leokum.
The cover of "The Fourth Dimension" by Rudy Rucker.
The cover of "Every Tool's a Hammer" by Adam Savage.
The cover of "The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers.
The cover of "The Java Programming Language, Second Edition" by Ken Arnold and James Gosling.
The cover of "The Food Lab" by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt.
The cover of "Chaos: Making a New Science" by James Gleick.
The cover of "How to Be Perfect" by Michael Schur.
The cover of the first edition "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook" by Gary Gygax.
The cover of "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" by Richard Feynman.
The cover of "The Art of Star Wars" edited by Carol Titelman.
The cover of "Salt Fat Acid Heat" by Samin Nosrat.
The cover of the novel "Anathem" by Neal Stephenson.
A tabby cat lounging sleepily on the top level of a cat tree, in front of a yellow wall and next to a patio door with vertical blinds.
The cover of "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff.
Two yellow rocket tail sections on a table. The tail on the left is traditional construction with cardboard tube, wood fins, and delrin rail buttons. If you look closely, a cracked fin is visible. The tail on the right is very similar but 3D printed, with the tube, fins and rail buttons in a single piece.
A screenshot of the CDC's COVID wastewater data map, showing all of the sampling sites in Missouri in grey. The legend at the bottom indicates that grey means "no recent data." A graph to the right shows a decline between 8/15/2024 and about 11/1/1024, then a slight rise, and the graph appears to end at 11/29/2024.
A screen shot of a modded game of Baldur's Gate 3 with a party of eleven characters: "Mini Minsc" the halfling barbarian and all ten of the named companions: Minthara, Astarion, Gale, Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Karlach, Halsin, Minsc, Wyll and Jaheira.
Cover of the novel "Anathem" by Neal Stephenson. Through an archway, a monk can be seen walking away from the viewer, and an analemma is visible above the arch.
An illustration of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in costume as, and displaying the powers of, Mister Fantastic and The Invisible Woman. The caption reads: "See Marvel's First Family Like Never Before in 'Marvel & Disney: What If...? Mickey & Friends Became the Fantastic Four' #1."
Another Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 screenshot showing that DarthViggen (old bald man with glasses) has leveled up to level 3 with 4040 out of 17500 experience points.
Screenshot from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 showing that DarthViggen (an old bald guy with glasses) has passed his private pilot certification.
A month-old tabby kitten drinking from a baby bottle.
The golden d20 in Baldur's Gate 3, the reward for finishing honour mode.
The absolutely wrecked middle section of Gortash's room. The entire floor is covered with cinders, and everything that was once furniture is now splinters. An extremely dead Gortash is splattered at the foot of a large bookcase.
A screenshot of four Baldur's Gate 3 characters in endgame gear. Halfling ranger, human wizard, half-elf cleric, tiefling fighter.
Steam achievement from Baldur's Gate 3: "Foehammer. Complete the game in Honour mode. 0.1% of players have this achievement"
A one-year-old tabby cat looking at the camera, under a quilt.
A tabby cat with yellow eyes, his head poking out of a hole in a grey carpeted cat tree.