Tom "spot" Callaway

@spot.bsky.social

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i remember useless things and solve weird problems i get paid to help AWS do open source things once, i co-wrote an O'Reilly book on raspberry pi hacks i maintain a lot of fedora packages, maybe too many

a very colorful chameleon sits on a finger
LEGO typewriter
Circular pins, one with the design of a firefighter, the other with a dumpster fire. Each has border text that says "The strongest steel is forged in the fire of a dumpster."
Picture shows a list of flights, notably, all the flights to Raleigh-Durham have been cancelled.
A handsome green tree frog strikes a thoughtful pose. Text says "What I think I look like"
The lovely view of the bulkhead from my airplane seat (18E). But I get legroom.
View from my first class seat (1B) on a Delta 757-200 to ATL.
Batman says yes.
A vaguely humanoid green dragon person wearing clothes says "I did it heat muffin! I haven't slain a single sentient being this whole week! I demand you honor our nuptual agreement and call me a good girl while using your warm mammal bits on me"
Piper, the family calico cat, rolls on her back, paws up, eyes closed, in a pose that signals that she wants attention.
On my desk, the LEGO Piranha Plant, behind it a monitor showing a screen capture of Super Mario Bros 1-2 where the first in game Piranha Plants appear. Also on my desk, Mirage from the latest Transformers movie, assorted papers and pens, an unplugged smart plug.
Meme, with Slowpoke (pink Pokemon with a goofy look on it's face). Text says "Hey hockey fans did you hear the NHL now has NFTs"
Ember, the reddish crested gecko, peeks out.
Picture of me (blue hair, Captain America shirt, black hoodie) sitting in my Comfort+ Delta seat, the middle seat next to me is unoccupied.
Piper looks up at me from her position next to me. Piper is a calico cat.
The blue drink at Paper Tiger, in Portland Maine. It's in a glass pineapple cup, with a wedge of pineapple, a slice of blood orange, and a green leaf.
Challenge coin from Monktoberfest.
Photo showing legroom from my Delta seat. Passengers are boarding to my left.
Piper, my calico cat, sleeps curled up with two legs sticking out.
A photo showing my knees pressed against the Delta airplane seat in front of me.
A screenshot of a video game ad for "Souls". The only other text is at the bottom, which reads "Tap To Sart"
View of the legroom from my Delta seat in comfort plus to Madrid.
Piper, my black white and brown tabby cat, is sitting on me as I lay under the covers of my bed. She has one paw out and one tucked under her. She's staring at the camera.
Ember the crested gecko, perched on top of his coconut nest.
Me with blue hair in my office! On the wall is my Red Hat Fedora, behind me are some 3d printers and various colors of Spot Irish Whiskey.
Piper, my calico cat (black around her eyes, brown and black and white patterns everywhere else) sits calmly.
A plush Totodile, a Pokemon. He is a blue crocodilian, standing upright on his back feet. His chest has a yellow stripe. He makes me happy.
A screenshot showing some of my recently caught Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon Go. It shows Yveltal, Unown A, Galarian Meowth, Shroomish, Gulpin, Slugma
The library lion statue in front of the New York Public Library.
First class seat on Delta CRJ900. Picture shows the blue "leather" seat back, and my cold bare knees. A half finished plastic bottle of Cheerwine is tucked in the seat back pocket.
Screenshot from The Transformers (1986) showing Hot Rod holding a fishing line with a fish attached. Top text says "Ignoring the main storyline to do side quests"
A bottle of Blue Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey, aged 7 years, Cask Strength. It is in it's cardboard tube and the tube has a picture of a wooden barrel with a blue paint "spot" on it. There is a dent at the top of the tube which it received from being in my checked luggage.
My tabby cat Piper who is heavily medicated and in a blue cat protective cone.
Picture showing the legroom from my current Delta seat.
Delta 767-300ER Comfort+ window seat. Picture shows the legroom, which is about 9 inches, not awesome, but better than zero.
A picture of me, with my newly cerulean blue hair, temporarily straightened.
My perspective from a hammock tied up to the porch support at my rented beach house.
The view from my beach chair, white sand, rough seas, and blue skies with a few wispy clouds. Oak Island, NC
Seat 21F, picture shows huge amount of legroom due to there being no seat in front of it.
Portland (PDX) airport carpet.
Photo showing legroom and seating space on Delta 757-200 aisle seat at the front of Comfort+. My knees are in the foreground, there is easily 12+ inches of legroom.
Piper, the sleepy calico cat, curled up in a chair.
A screenshot of an email from Look Human that has the subject "Welcome to Your Feral Girl Era 🐱" and has a stylized image of text that reads "FERAL GIRL SUMMER"
Finished LEGO skeleton Minifigure 3d print scaled to 500%.
My new blue Volvo XC40 Pure Electric EV!
3d printed LEGO skeleton minifig at 5x scale. Just skull and torso.
Finished Lego ship in a bottle.
The Lego ship in a bottle now has 284 translucent round pip pieces poured inside it. The ship continues to stick out of the top of the clear bottle.
The finished result of bag 2 of LEGO 21313, ship in a bottle. The bottle is mostly built around the ship, a bit of the front of the ship is sticking out the top.
Picture of the seat space of a window seat in Delta Comfort+ on an A321. My knees are in the foreground bottom. There is about 5" of space between my knees and the seat in front of me.
Exit row bulkhead seat on a Delta 757-300. My knees are visible in the foreground, a flight attendant "jump seat" is visible in the background right, folded up. The exit row door with slide storage compartment is on the left side. It illustrates that there are several feet of legroom available.
My seat on my flight from ATL to SFO today. It's an exit row seat with no seat in the row in front of me. This means I have 3+ feet of legroom and can stretch out, it is the best seat on the plane for long legs. The exit door is on the left side, and my knees are in the foreground. The seat back has a monitor embedded in the top of it. My black AWS Open Source backpack is under the seat in front of me.
An image taken from my Comfort+ class seat on Delta, my knees are in view and it shows how there is almost 18 inches of legroom. On the floor, my laptop bag with the AWS Open Source logo is pushed under the seat in front. The seat pocket has an information card for the B757-200(HD).
Me, with my new hair color and styling. I have long "cerulean" hair with dark blue roots.
A jigsaw puzzle showing drawings of cats playing chess. They are not good at chess.
A plastic controller which resembles a pair of bongos made from barrels. The input comes from hitting the bongo drum heads. The controller was made to play the Nintendo game series "Donkey Konga". You should definitely not use it to control a deep sea submarine.
An iridescent 3d print of an articulated axolotl, on the bed of a Prusa MK3s+ printer.