ian

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a discount bin full of returned children's Crocs
snippet from a book: arguments of diverse nature, to move to Arabia. The Sultana receives regularly each evening the stipulated quantity of fictional prose, no longer in the original editions, but in typescript fresh from the translator’s hands. If a coded message were hidden in the succession of words or letters of the original, it would now be irretrievable. . . .
Picture of NBA commissioner Adam Silver overlaid with the quote "Get ready to learn Chinese buddy."
screenshot of an earlier Bluesky post from myself that says "Anime Sickos Podcast"
pic of a weird spine cable organizer under a sit-stand desk
Cover art for PEAK
Cover art for Rhythm Doctor
Cover art for Expedition 33
Cover art for Skin Deep
Cover art for Absolum
Cover art for Blue Prince
cover art for Angeline Era
quincy endicott from over the garden wall
a top-down photo of my desk. There are two halves of a split wireless keyboard surrounding a separate trackball mouse.
an old tweet of mine from 2022: "All I want for my birthday is Dorohedoro season 2 and Kirby Air Ride for Switch"
a partial page from the manga "Sakamoto Days" the first panel shows a partially broken sniper rifle barrel saying "As far as I'm concerned..." the second panel shows a helicopter falling out of the sky, with the speech bubble: "...Everything in this world is a gun."
I bring a sort of reasonably-skeptical-of-AI vibe to work that the entire tech industry really dont like
A phone screenshot of a Gameboy emulator playing Pokemon (3rd-gen). It is currently a battle between a Jumpluff and a Gastly. In the top right of the screen is an overlay of a Northernlion VOD
A gray 3D-printed container holding a stack of cards, with 4 vertical slots on the front. Each slot is holding different colored circular tokens.
northernlion edited to have Ludwig's hair
A PC case fan sandwiched between two 3D-printed adapter pieces. There is a hose attached on one end.
email subject line: "founding eng at 'The Bear'-like startup"
I googled "Rankin Bass Pro Shop", and the Google AI response said "There are several Bass Pro Shops locations that may be related to Rankin, but they don't seem to be a single location. The most likely interpretation is that Rankin is being used to refer to a region or community where Bass Pro Shops may have stores."
An email that reads: Hi Ian, Are you open to new opportunities at this time? I wanted to share an exciting opportunity with Recharged, a startup that's revolutionizing the used electric vehicle marketplace. We're looking for a Founding Engineer to join our team and help build out our data-driven EV marketplace.
a series of tweets from me, desperately hoping for a new Kirby Air Ride game
Walton Goggins looking surprised, from White Lotus S3
sign for a restaurant called Shawarma Bay
Yelp: TOP 10 BEST Bags of Ice in New York, NY - Updated 2025
A screenshot of my Bluesky notifications, showing I'm being followed by "Alexandradaddario", an account with a Nico Robin avatar, and 1 other user with a bitcoin avatar
a Warhammer 40k T'au breacher team, assembled and unpainted
Warhammer 40,000 T'au Empire Combat Patrol box
A book titled: "Norwegian Wood: Chopping, stacking, and drying wood the Scandinavian way" by Lars Mytting
A box of candles that reads "Dripless & Self-extinguishing
A sticker on a construction vehicle. It reads "KEEP ME GREASED. KEEP ME CLEAN. CHECK MY FLUIDS. KEEP ME WORKING. Thank You"
Two phone notifications. One is for a new chapter of Hunter x Hunter. The other is for a new book by Miguel de Cervantes
Job form question: "What are your salary expectations?" Answer: "Market rate for a Senior SWE in NYC 😁 check levels.fyi if you need help"
Me from behind, but various body parts have been scaled and warped with photo editing tools to make the proportions closer to a bodybuilder
OUT: 📡 streaming 👶🏼 timothee 🥣 overnight oats 🦠 curvy neon furniture 🎲 TTRPGs 🛜 social media IN: 🏴‍☠️ piracy 🤐 zip up hoodies 🏁 ska 🐈 cats on leashes 👸🏼 LARPing 🕸️ making weird little websites
A sign that reads "heartiest potato soup in tri state area"
Nonstop thunderstorms and 90 degree temperatures
Brian Jordan Alvarez as his character, TJ Mack
Helmeppo from One Piece, with a speech bubble drawn to look like he is saying the quoted post
A food court store called Orange Brutus
A Lil Chihuahua curled up in a dog bed sleeping like an angel