Blake

just a guy doing his best to improve software by day, baseball players by night, and himself somewhere in between.

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

i long for the day that i understand jake’s infosec jokes.

[Jake Williams @MalwareJake]

When the attacker compromises the primary in a high availability (HA) gateway pair and synchronizes the payload to the secondary.

[ColeIsKing @ColeIsKing_]

COME OUTSIDE CAL RALEIGH FC AND JUDGE HATERS

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

Can’t wait to see him in Pinstripes

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

It’s 2025 and @MLBTV crashes on opening day. Solid prep, folks.

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

Millennials like myself watched 9/11 live in science class.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Blue Jays fan caught an Aaron Judge home-run and gave it to a young Yankees fan

[Mike Salvatore @MikeSalvatore10]

Mr. Suarez, it’s very unfortunate you tried to put a hit on Aaron Judge

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

@jackrthomps lights

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

❗️❗️❗️❗️

[Prospect Wire @ProspectWire]

NextGen Spring Break Bash
13U Division - Gold Bracket
#PWBaseball🌼🏖️

🏆: SWFL 13U Davino

🥇: Saby Cruz

💪🏼: Keegan Garrison

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

One of the most American moments in history

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

@CraigRCummings i’m actually mad you have that many resources to check off as unavailable.

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

@ryanday @JakeSucky this is so accurate.

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

@CraigRCummings Can’t wait to see this.

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

@supertanskiii @Frank_Strong @Kirsty_Hulse https://t.co/Od3CnTYtOT

[Em Sheldon @emshelx]

@Kirsty_Hulse A girl was sat in my boyfriends window seat and refused to move. She was so rude to him when he politely explained she was in his seat. He just let her get on with it as she wouldn’t move. Seems to happen all the time now.

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

@PaulTassi i’m shocked people attach themselves to a single console when PCs exist. i assume these people just write off titles like God of War bc it’s a PS exclusive?

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

@l3e5o7n8 @Broussky @GreyGaming_ i’m convinced these self-identifying “tech enthusiasts” actually mean they look forward to new iphones and Marques Brownlee uploads lol

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

@ObeezyLive I only wish it were that easy for all of us.

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

@mckaywrigley @parksmusic @OfficiallyIce

[Blake @JBBirdwell]

@PaulTassi @DawgFan4Life826 don’t exercise your right as a taxpayer, Paul.