Ken Ryan

@kenryan.bsky.social

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Husband, father, logic gate wrangler, liberal, space enthusiast, coffee drinker, purveyor of mediocre attempts at humor. He/Him.

McConnell "proof of life" photo, closeup of his right hand with a strange smear around the index fingertip and encroaching slightly on his middle finger. Photoshop or AI? You decide...
TK50 tape cartridge is grayish white rectangle about 5" on a side. There is a label on the front with "backup" handwritten. A small orange write protect indicator is also showing. It is sitting on a stack of printouts.
"Twitter is the only place where well articulated sentences still get misinterpreted. You can say 'I like pancakes' and somebody will say 'So you hate waffles?' No, bitch. Dats a whole new sentence. Wtf is you talkin about."
Frame from "dogs adopt humans" video, dog wearing an orange vest with "ADOPT ADO ME" on it and what looks like a segment of strap with no ends. Suspicious, it is...
Half a leg of lamb in a Dutch oven, prepared as best I can to Tom's directions. A bed of potatoes is tucked underneath.
Perfectly baked apple pie with a π cutout placed on top. Still in its box, mere minutes from the π losing its leg.
Two doggos wearing thundersocks and looking uneasy. On the left, grey and white parti poodle with a rainbow collar and pink sock. On the right, brown brindled puttie mix with a purple sock. Poodle has a tuft of fur sticking out the top like a lil babushka.
Flag on a stake stand with a yardstick taped to it. 6.5" snow depth. Flag is a snowman with "Let It Snow".
"I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty." - John F Kennedy Quote in the Art and Ideals exhibit at Kennedy Center, as it was in 2024. Who knows what's there today.
Dark brown brindle pittie mix on a green pillow, wearing a purple thunder sock (I think that's what it's called?) over her ears. Mournful look on her face "daaaaad make the sky booms stop!" Taken this past July 4.
Gray standard poodle head resting on my jeans-clad knee. She is looking off to the right, where there is a window to our front yard.
Pruse XL, with Z-axis plate all the way up. Dingus has his hand caught between the print plate and X-axis gantry.
Diagram showing Engineering process. Center box labeled "Engineer". Two input arrows, "Problems" and "Coffee". Output arrow labeled "Solutions". Additional output "Sarcasm (byproduct)".
Brown brindled Pittie mix lying on the grass, tongue hanging out and a big smile on her face.
Brown brindled Pittie mix with a grey muzzle, being sniffed by a soggy golden retriever. Shallow end of the town pool in the background.
Shallow end of the town public pool. Our brown and white parti poodle is in the center of the shot. Left to right is a black lab-like dog, a grey husky, a brown boxer with a pink vest, our poodle, an indeterminate black dog with a bright red vest, and the back end of two other dogs. Legs of a few people in the background behind the "dogs only" stancions. Overall a snippet of lightly controlled doggy chaos.
A pair of One Laptop Per Child OLPC-1 laptops, ready for use anytime now. Aaaany time...
Slightly scruffy black and white parti poodle sitting at attention for pets.
Dark brown brindled Pittie mix wearing a purple thunder sock on her head, snuggled up to me. 4th of July town fireworks are about a mile away. She is not a fan. (Ok I cheated a tiny bit, the actual most recent is the same pic but out of focus.)
Brindled pittie mix next to me on the couch, looking for skritches. Or boops. Your choice.
Pittie mix from previous post, snuggled against me for reassurance while fireworks happen in the background
Brindled pittie mix on a green pillow wearing a purple thunder sock covering her ears. Looking very annoyed about the whole thing (our town fireworks tonight are like 4 blocks away).
Homer and Bart meme. Bart: "Two gulf wars in my lifetime". Homer: "Two gulf wars in your lifetime *so far*".
Brown and white parti poodle with a blurry head, pittie mix looks over like wha?
Two dogs hanging out by the kitchen cabinets; a grey and white standard poodle (aka "murder poodle") and a dark brown brindle pittie mix with grey muzzle (aka "couch potato")
World map annotated with ground track of the SpaceX Dragon demo mission
Dark brown pittie mix with greyed muzzle, wondering when you're going to get on with the head skritches.
Pittie mix stuck under a deck
An array of hard drive platters, fanned out on a desk.
Joy, a brown and white Standard poodle (somewhat scruffy) offers her congratulations.
Black and white Standard poodle on the right, brown pittie mix on the left, looking for pets. Christmas tree visible in the background, behind a dog-resistant gate.
Training board for an 8080A microprocessor, with expansion board and power supply. Main board has a hex keypad and 8 digit 7-segment display. Rows of RAM and ROM chips are visible. Display is on and the numbers "8200" and "80" are visible (yes it still works). Expansion board is connected by a wide ribbon cable. It has rows of anonymous chips and a few screw terminals (for a tape recorder for storage, and a speaker).
Visitor's side of Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium. Packed crowd, mostly wearing orange. Top edge glow from stadium lights. Full moon partially obscured by trees so it looks gibbous, peeking over the top of the bleachers, blurred out to an orangish blob.
Loudoun County VA 2024 "I Voted" sticker Subtitled "Early in the Presidential Election 2024"
Black pittie mix with elderly gray muzzle enjoying a good head scritch
light oak finished kitchen island with outlet on the side that apparently is Not Good?
One cup of caffeinated goodness
Gadsden flag snake but with the words "Nobody is treading on you. You're weird."
Brown and white parti poodle lying on a winter-themed pillow with her head on a windowsill, sound asleep.
Screen cap of an emoji list (android flavor) with the red pushpin circles.
A glass with about an ounce of Lagavulin 8 left. Near, of course. Bare feet up on an ottoman in the background.
Grayish-brown and white parti poodle lying on a snowflake-themed pillow. Her head is resting on a windowsill, nose pressed against the sash. You need to fill in the sounds of gentle snoring yourself.
A rather scruffy brown and white poodle next to a dark brown pittie mix with grey muzzle. Both standing attentively while dinner is being made.
Meme: You keep using that word ... I do not think it means what you think it means.
Shuttle orbiter Discovery flying on its carrier 747, doing a flyby my office.
Mini size Johnny Walker Blue poured out into a Fender-logo lowball glass (neat of course). Today is a good day.
Cyber truck parked curbside in front of a local Target.
Partial eclipse through a colander. Hundreds of little partial eclipse arranged in concentric rings against black(ish) construction paper.
Dark brown brindle mix breed dog deciding the entire hotel queen bed is for her.
Deer, ready with bowl of popcorn, waiting for incoming math joke
Background booze shelves with quite a tasty assortment.
Two doggos, a parti poodle and a pittie mix. Pittie is mid-chomp on an airborne treat while parti looks on.
Kipper, a greying dark brown pittie mix, snuggled onto an ample belly getting lots of skritches.
IC and passive components on cellphone main board. Local power regulator maybe? One discrete element looks unhappy.
Connector with noticeably less gunk