Dave

@starwad.bsky.social

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Cars, rockets, electronics, 3D printing, gaming, TTRPG. Just a weird dude doing weird things.

Five Canadian Geese chilling in the landscaping. A couple are sitting nearby on the patio. They’re all alert but not reacting.
Two Christmas cookies lying on a table. There is a gingerbread man cookie on the left, he has the end of a candy cane sticking out of his head where his left eye would be and the hook of another candy cane sticking out of his abdomen. There is red icing around and dripping down the candy canes simulating blood oozing from his mortal wounds. To the right is a crazed Christmas tree with wide eyes that have red pupils. The tree is wielding two candy canes that are both covered with “blood” and the left eye of the gingerbread man is stuck to the cane in his left “hand”.
Snapshot of the instrument cluster in my Ford Maverick after my commute home from work, in heavy traffic. The trip took a little over one hour and I averaged 40.5 miles per gallon. The trip was 32.5 miles total, of which 11.8 miles were driven in EV mode.
the tail of a Lufthansa airliner peeking up behind the jetway that I’ll be using to board the plane.
coffee cup with a sun wearing sunglasses and lots of sunrays, the caption on the mug is “ENGINEER, keep out of direct sunlight” The coffee mug has a can of beer in it, the top of the can is visible above the rim of the mug.
Monstera plant sprouting in a large pot covered with tan bark. The larger plant is unfurling its first leaf. The leaf is dark green inside and is showing its trademark lines and marking. A much smaller plant is coming up next to it, from a second bulb that I was sure was no longer viable.
A small succulent sitting in a plastic container on my desk. The leaves are light green and healthy looking. It has a small 3D printed drip tray.
a smol orange kitty named Mabel loafing in a pot that has an avocado tree growing out of it. She’s mostly aloof but also keeping her ears out and looking to the side at something.
Close up shot of a hot pink cactus flower blooming in June. The plant has been trimmed recently and is starting to grow back.
Spiky haired goose with a somewhat worried expression on his face. He's wearing pantaloons and a frilly belt and an outrageous collar. He has a very slender neck that doesn't really fit his body. He's not sure what that thing sticking out his backside is, it's always just been there.
Mr Bean (played by Rowan Atkinson) looking sneaky as he peers out of a partially opened doorway
I am holding a new mug with a picture of a haunted house and the phrase “mentally I am here” written below it. Just above the mug, though a bit blurry in the background is my 3D printed dragon showing his approval.
A picture of me leaning against a giant turbine blade at a hydroelectric dam, I'm reading a plaque about the blade. I'm tall and scrawny, about 16 years old, wearing large glasses, a jean jacket, jeans and white sneakers.
A cute, cuddly little orange tabby furball curled up inside a cubby in her tree. Her paw is covering her face.
Snapshot of several lines of C++ code I’ve written. One line defines a constant named ZOMGICantUseMagicNumbersSoICreatedThisStupidConstantSoICanCheckIfThePortValueIsLessThanOneK out of spite for the annoying error reported by clang-tidy. Also pictured is the exactly one line of code that the constant is used.
The greatest threat to the galaxy, JarJar Binks
My grey and white shorthaired cat, Fiona, laying on me as I lay in bed. She has already been fed so this is a social visit.
My cat sitting on the arm of my chair. Just sitting, staring downward, probably with eyes closed.
A couple enjoying the moment. Ocean in the background, toes out in the sun, glasses of sangria clinking together.
A container ship in the Atlantic Ocean framed by a glass panel guard rail on a cruise ship.
Picturesque view of the Atlantic Ocean from an upper deck of a cruise ship. A pair of feet are kicked back and relaxing.
picture of our bed aboard our cruise ship, with two towels wrapped up to look like swans kissing
A lovely purple dahlia plant that is tall enough to be mistaken for a small tree
Orange sitting on a wall, staring up into a tree. Grey and white cat sitting in the yard staring at nothing in particular.
Screenshot of the roadways around SFO international airport hourly parking, in the shape of a penis.
My new 2024 AMG C43 parked in my driveway.
Selfie taken in front of my shed. All the contents of the shed are strewn about the lawn because .. reasons.
Orange cat looking up dubiously as I reach my hand down to pet her.
A very large Dahlia plant growing amidst surprise potatoes and lavender.
A very large 20 sided dice cast in resin containing a large number of smaller dice.
Christmas, or maybe Easter cactus blooming, in June.
Sign listing distances to points of interest along the Sierra Line Trail. We made it to about 0.2 miles of the top of Vernal Falls.
our feet propped up on a small patio table as a river rages by in the background
zoomed in picture of a hummingbird nest atop an avocado tree
Our hot tub covered with pea sized hail. Not shown is thunder and lightning which is a rare occurrence here in the Bay Area.
Picture of a patio chair that got blown over in last nights storm.
Boxes containing a Prusa XL 3D printer and five tool heads.
Winter cactus fully loaded with hot pink blooms
Navigation ball from Kerbal Space Program 2, showing an apoapsis of 85km and a periapsis of 63km, barely suborbital.
The business end of a Russian RD-107 rocket engine
Little orange kitten wearing a bee costume.