John Payne @john@sackheads.social

TIL: you’re supposed to replace the central vac filter annually. I’m only 12.5 years behind schedule #mbaug

A couple of days ago we took the sound outside. An impromptu piano concert from the kids. #mbaug

I do not miss taking the train as transport to the office. #mbaug

Way back in the before times (early March 2020) we did a tour of An Unlikely Story bookshop. We were lucky enough to meet Jeff Kinney himself (he’s working behind the window in the group picture). This was a Tuesday. Little did we know that the kids last day in school was to be that Fri... https://jpayne.sackheads.blog/2020/08/10/way-back-in.html

Today’s #mbaug 📷 prompt is black-and-white. What else could I have used? 🤷‍♂️ 🐶 💕

The view from a house we used to rent in NH before it was removed from the market. This was 2012 and the first panoramic picture I took with the iOS 6 beta IIRC

In-laws are daytripping to visit us so I’m on grill duty. #mbaug

6 years ago… summer camp.

Apparently we find the line that bisects the two halves. Project for tomorrow #mbaug

Let the beer (and wine) flow! #mbaug

Finding somewhere peaceful to snooze during the day

The honor system didn’t work out so well. Teacher Dies of Coronavirus After Warning That Parents Are Violating Isolation and Sending Kids to School https://www.newsweek.com/teacher-dies-coronavirus-after-warning-that-parents-are-violating-isolation-sending-kids-school-1518882

I miss these snuggle bugs. We lost Rugby this year and the baby is now 11 yo and taller than her mom.

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Setting up mousetrap. After being outside in the sun and heat all day yesterday, taking a break in the AC today. #mbaug

A reminder that cloud service providers hold a lot of control over your systems and data. Contracts and SLAs can’t protect you. If they pull the plug you’re the one picking up the pieces. Choose carefully. https://twitter.com/dguido/status/1287800695836553218

Self propelled or kid propelled? (he asked for a summer job…)

I think we know how Carrot fared in that test…

Today we welcomed Curly to our family 🐶

If you chose to use a VPN provider because you don’t trust your ISP, how can you be sure you can trust? “No logging” really means logging but you will never know unless there’s a leak. https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/17/ufo_vpn_database/