🏳️‍🌈 Richard Gunther

@richardgunther.com

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Richard Gunther. Aging geek. Twitter emigrant. Mastodonish. Acronym wrangler. Retirement adjacent. Laser/3D maker. Vacation rental owner. Proud anti-fascist.

An engraved, green sign on the wall has the recycling logo in the middle with the (stretched out) word “Stretchy” on one side and “Not Stretchy” on the other.
Four radio buttons are stacked with sentence-case labels that aren't properly aligned. Underneath those, a checkbox is accompanied by a yet another misaligned label, this one in title case.
From a man’s sitting perspective, a guy sits with legs extended, a tablet playing the UV Ink Fest conference kickoff video, and a dog’s head resting on his lap. In the background, a waterline appears behind a deck railing and a field of trees.
An unsolicited email message purportedly from Quicken prompts me to click a button to log in and read a letter from the CEO.
In a screenshot of an online discussion forum, someone writes… “If folks are wondering why we do not respond often to tickets, this is why...” An embedded screenshot shows another comment left by Richard Gunther: “But hey...we got a calendar update that doesn't look like anything else in ADO and still doesn't understand the concept of taking days off that cross iteration boundaries!” [followed by a Tada emoji] The main post continues… “For everyone else, I wish I had better news, we are listening but it is very unlikely that we will prioritize this suggestion in 2026.”
A box of Crispix cereal
A cellophane-wrapped pile of raw materials from Makerstock, including plywood, stainless steel plates, and a pack of scrap samples with a label saying "Cut the Scrap."
A "more actions" tooltip directly overlaps the button it's describing, making it more difficult to click the actual button.
A printed red figure silhouette sits on the paper it was cut out of. The cut lines are almost perfect.
A (seemingly empty) pint container of Ben & Jerry's Pistachio Pistachio ice cream sits with a spoon in it.
A drawing of two cartoon lab rats. One is short and grumpy, and the other is tall and gleefully happy. They're Pinky...Pinky and the Brain (Brain, Brain, Brain...).
A hand is seen pulling—more like ripping—paper off of a Johnson Plalstics Plus-branded Seklema mat. The paper is tearing and crumpled, since it is not coming off easily.
Two Bambu Labs 3D printers sit side-by-side. On the left, an X1C. On the right, an H2D. Both have AMS units on the top.
A rotated model in a 3D model viewer reveals that the "3D" model is actually flat.
A graphic from a weather app shows the forecast for the week ahead: Friday: 98 and thunderstorms; Saturday: 93 and thunderstorms; Sunday 92 and thunderstorms; Monday: 94 and sunny; Tuesday: 97 and thunderstorms; Wednesday: 97 and sunny; Thursday: 88 and thunderstorms; Friday: 86 and thunderstorms.
A gray Infiniti QX80 is parked in front of a wood fence.
A screenshot from the Walmart site presents a challenge: Robot or human? It reads" Activate and hold the button to confirm that you're human. Thank you! A big button reads PRESS & HOLD.
A backing card presenting a Disney Vacation Club Member includes a disclaimer: Disney Vacation Club is not responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged magnets. Designs subject to change. (c) Disney
A podcast icon with white text in Craftsman-stylized lettering on a stark black background reads "The Smart Home Show"
Three 3D-printed objects with embedded lettering sit on a workbench for comparison. From left to right, they were printed with a 0.8mm nozzle, 0.6mm, and 0.4mm. The leftmost looks rough and disfigured, the right looks nearly perfect.
A screenshot from Bambu Studio show a job to print three wall cleats sent to a Bambu X1 Carbon printer with a 0.8mm nozzle and smooth high temp plate.
A blue trucker hat reads "let's do the numbers." [sic]
A graphic with (likely AI-generated) images of people looking through search glasses shows the Figma logo, a plus sign, and the IconScout logo. It's used in a sentence structure so as to spell out "Figma with IconScount is now powered by AI."
A multi spool filament feeder for a 3-D printer shows four spools of filament in green, yellow, blue, and red.
A Dropbox setup screen presents the following option under the heading Dropbox on File Provider: Choose this to opt out of Dropbox on File Provider. This is followed by a single checkbox option with the label Opt out. A Done button follows that.
A tips jar on a countertop (incorrectly) reads "TIP'S"
A podcast cover image shows a globe juxtaposed atop a pool filled with water. It Reads Everybody in the Pool: A climate solutions podcast by Molly Wood. The Episode, E89, is named Projectile tree-planting with Flash Forest
A car infotainment screen shows that an episode of 99% Invisible is playing. It's titled with emoji characters. The first emoji is happy crying, but the second two symbols are question marks in diamonds, indicating that it can't display the second emoji character.
A solid, monochromatic image of a generic icon block adorned with a notification badge
The hardback book cover of The 99% Invisible City. There's a sleeve over the cover, which shows the subtitle: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design.
A wood sign sits in a window in front of an art glass panel. It reads "I'd rather be engraving something"
Google search for “amazing race asshole husband” shows an AI Overview that says “The user is likely referring to Jonathan Towns from Season 37 of The Amazing Race, who received backlash for his behavior towards his wife and teammate, Ana Rivera Towns.”
A movie poster for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. A man (Luke) stands in dark clothes, wielding a light saber, In a collage of imagery from the saga. The image includes pics of Yoda, Darth Vader, Jaba the Hutt, some Ewoks, Leia, and Han Solo. A partially built Death Star looms in the background.
A macOS file transfer dialog shows that Finder is copying 23,967 files to a location called Richard. At 175.6 MB of 180.3 GB in, the estimate to complete the task is 4 days.
A glass-front 36" refrigerator reveals multiple shelves of neatly aligned beverages, all faced forward. Beverages are organized by type and size.
A bag of Butterbeer flavored Goldfish cookies features gold lettering on a black bag.
The Olight Ostation X battery charger is a rectangular box that looks something like a transparent orange cinderblock standing on end. In the center, a silver sleeve includes a button and a small drawer.
In a rare appearance on Twitter, I had some things to say last night: In a tweet to all, I say “I haven’t been around here for a few years, but I have a few politicians to tell off.” In a Reply to @LindseyGrahamSC praising Trump barely hours after applauding Zelenskyy, “Once again kissing the ring. You’re a traitor.” In a tweet to @marcorubio, “RESIGN!” In a tweet to @SenatorWicker who deleted a tweet from earlier in the day showing him shaking Zelenskyy’s hand, “Coward.”
A black lab is craning its neck up to lick the face of a middle-aged man wearing a grey hoodie. The hoodie has the emblem for Station 6 of Corolla Fire and Rescue in the Outer Banks.
A yellow t-shirt with blue, capital block letters reads "WHAT ABOUT MORE HEALTHCARE, & LESS GUNS?" The price of the T-shirt has been marked down from $25 to $7.
A screen capture shows the icon for the Remote Desktop app (two chevrons pointing toward each other in a circle) with an arrow pointing to a new icon with just the Windows logo (four squares arranged to suggest the form of a window). The text underneath reads “Remote Desktop is now Windows App.”
A Reddit post asks "What went wrong with my benchy?" It has 801 upvotes and 100 comments. The picture shows a model where it appears that a 3dbenchy (benchmark boat test) has split in half, sunk, and melted into a pool of filament. But it's designed to look like that.
A screen shot of the Bluesky Social app on an iPad shows that it only runs in iPhone mode.
A plate of cut sushi roll sits in front of a beer. On the right, a dish of soy sauce and some wasabi.
A half printed 3-D print Benchy lies on its side in a flower pot
A screen capture of a web page shows a series of information cards with images. Each thumbnail image is stretched out of proportion to fill the space.
A spool of dual color, green and red GEEETECH filament sits on a workbench in front of a 3D-printed Christmas tree
An inline fan is mounted on a window frame just behind an xtool M1 engraver. The fan is connected to both the engraver and a panel in a window to its left.
A green Christmas tree, 3D printed with droopy overhanging loops, sits on a red base in a Bambu Lab 3D printer.
An interior-lighted bambu lab printer is making a Christmas tree.