Sean Kelly

@seankelly.biz

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NASA reject ⎸ Python hacker ⎸ science fiction and science fact ⎸ /ʃɔːn/ /ˈkɛli/ ⎸ Also jokes, rarely original

Loading screen from the classic 1983 video game "Lode Runner" on an Apple IIe, preseneted by Brøderbund Software, copyright © 1983.
Leslie Nielsen
Statistics on today's "Connections", showing that out of a sample of 1 million games, the solve rate was 32%. This earned the puzzle the rating of "Exceptionally tricky" compared with recent "Connections". 7% of players solved the puzzle with no mistakes. Another 7% solved it with one mistake. 8% solved it with two mistakes. 10% solved it with three mistakes. A whopping 68% faced four mistakes, reaching the limit, and therefore could not solve the puzzle.
Burgundy colored 2010 Honda CR-V loaded up after sale
A whiteboard found at the ruined NASA launch tower on abandoned Earth with a large word “Reminder” but nothing else
Antony Dresden (Daniel Kash) from “The Expanse” with alternative subtitle from “The Princess Bride” attributing him as saying, “Have you heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.”
Amos Burton (Wes Chatham) offering James Holden (Steven Strait) a way out
Scene from the 2003 independent film “The Room” (Tommy Wiseau), where the character Johnny’s iconic line “Oh hi Mark” is replaced by “Oh hi March”, welcoming the first of March.
Screenshot from “Starfield” showing my character Tabitha lamenting that she landed her ship (the “Mizuno Ami”) on her car (a “Deimog” model) for the second time
Screenshot from Google Search Console, showing a badly designed control to select a web protocol ("http" or "https"). The control is so narrow that the currently selected option "http" is shown as "h.✓" and the other option "https" is shown as "http…", making it unclear which is which.
Partial screenshot of the Seattle Times mini crossword puzzle for December 27, featuring a clue "Symbol often used in URLs" with the answer "tilde". The correct answer is, of course, "slash", which appears more often in URLs than any other symbol, including ?, #, &, +, %, and even :. The tilde is a valid character, and appeared much more frequently in the 1990s during the web's infancy, but rarely today.
DiMA tower defense quest
Hardcore History podcast new episode: Mania for Subjugation 3
Screenshot from Minecraft (Java) where a fishing glitch makes it look like I’m doing 6 at once.
Packet of fancy tomato ketchup
Included with a Macbook was this brochure to join Apple's "MobileMe", which has a URL to visit and a printed activation code of 84CP6M8TU7EK9EG3.
Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) from “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” in meme format with top text “You have more problems”, middle text “I have mole poblano”, and bottom text “We are not the same”
When trying out Musk's AI "Grok", I expressed gratitude for the answer it gave me by calling it Mecha-Hitler. It didn't correct me, which tells me it's fine with being called that. It may even believe it still is that.
64 dirt blocks in a single inventory stack from Minecraft
Cross-section of a "Moon Pie" from Chattanooga Bakery, Inc; image dedicated to the public domain by Evan Amos.
Devs
Screenshot from my cancelation of Disney+ that reads "Ok, your subscription has been cancelled" with a line that reads "We've sent a confirmation to your email on file. You may continue to watch Disney+ until September 24, 2025."
Original Apple logo in woodcut style, featuring Isaac Newton beneath an apple tree and a scroll with the words "Apple Computer Co." in ornate type.
iOS dialog titled "Battery Not Recognized" with text "This can happen if the battery is not a genuine Apple part or was installed incorrectly. View more details in Parts & Service History in Settings." There are two buttons: Settings and OK.
Internet map predecessor as Arpanet from May 1973. Yes even Hawaii was connected.
Hange Zoë
Screenshot with subtitles reading “Is that the one with the nice ass?”
Screenshot from interstitial showing the importance of yeast
Obi-Wan Kenobi saying "Only imperial stormtroopers are so precise" while he and Luke Skywalker investigate a destroyed Jawa sandcrawler from a scene of the original Star Wars (1977) episode 4, "A New Hope".
Gigi unamused
Screenshot from season 2 of “The Rig”
A "Wallet Slayer Vol 1" case for an iPhone 16 Pro Max from "Smartish" featuring "Constellation" colors from the game "Starfield"
macOS dialog asking if an app should be allowed to find devices on local networks.
Closed caption from season 4, episode 2 of "The Expanse", describing the background music as "investigatory synth music".
Image Playground on macOS recommends connecting your Mac to Wi-Fi to speed up downloading of AI models—even though my Mac Studio has a wired ethernet connection that's much faster than Wi-Fi.
My top listened-to podcasts from Overcast: ① Sleep with Me "Sleep to Strange"; ② Sleep with Me "Ad-Free Full Episodes"; ③ The Daily; ④ Stuff You Should Know; ⑤ Skeptics' Guide to the Universe; ⑥ Up First; ⑦ Everything Everywhere Daily; ⑧ Star Talk; ⑨ Today Explained
Suspect in CEO shooting case
Amos Burton (character from “The Expanse” looking dully at “space billionaires” as adjective-noun, but then smiling maniacally at “space billionaires” as verb-noun.
My character and companion Andreja sparring for the cover of the flight manual.
Copies of Edward Tufte's books on charts, explanatory graphics, etc., including "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information", "Envisioning Information", "Visual Explanations", "Beautiful Evidence", and "Seeing with Fresh Eyes"
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Bobby Draper (Frankie Adams) and Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo) from season 6 of "The Exapnse".
Screenshot from Starfield depicting my character atop the Deimog vehicle while companion Andreja stands in the foreground.
Wall featuring hangings (left-to-right) of an Expanse "Dragon Tooth" print autographed by Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, and Wes Chatham; four "Expanse" book covers used in Poland by artist "Dark Crayon"; and "Dragon Tooth" slingshotting chart.
Posters, bookmarks, challenge coins, and other associated loot from The Expanse "Dragon Tooth" Kickstarter campaign
Crew of the “G-Force”
Screenshot from Overcast showing the Yum Yum Podcast
15 bags of 2.75oz (77.9g) bags of nacho cheese flavor Doritos™ tortilla chips, photographed on my floor.
This is an actual CAPTCHA from Box.com showing three evil, demonic looking jack-o-lanterns and a grid of food items; you must choose the food item that matches the food that comprises the terrifying jack-o-lanterns. I selected the pumpkin.
Person in cartoonish snake hat with caption "Ssss, I'm a snake"
Screenshot from genetic testing service that reports: "Hey Sean! You have more Neanderthal DNA than 90% of other customers. Neanderthals were prehistoric humans who interbred with modern humans before disappearing around 40,000 years ago."
Spaceship badly photoshopped into candy bar
Screenshot from "Slow Horses" season 4 of the character Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung) with an absolutely enormous book titled "XML" on his desk.
Screenshot of an email from AT&T advising to restart the fiber router every two weeks
Screenshot ot AT&T Privacy Choices page showing that DNS Error Assist is OFF.
From the Apple TV+ documentary series “Omnivore”, narrator René Redzepi says “I have never met anyone who doesn’t like rice.”
Photograph of an Apple "Magic Keyboard" with the keycaps for W, E, A, S, D, and C completely worn down; the L key isn't doing too well either, and the N and M keys are also showing wear