Kenneth Bouman

Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

It’s been 8 years since I last worked on this model of the @stratfest Thrust Stage, but quarantine is as good a time as any to break out the wood glue and get building!

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

@WillWWMT Ooh, looks like cross-crossing tracks! Is there a reason for this?

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

Philadelawarephia

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

There’s the technically correct answer and there’s the answer you probably actually say, and some 77% of people were either lying or confused or trying to be smug when I voted.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

I have a bunch of dice

I have one…

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

@AnotherBionicle I bought all 12(?) that came out. Figured a way to fit them all in an insanely small box (pods and all) with a brick separator too! Definitely my favorite line from childhood!

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

@DrBlackDeer I’ve been two chapters from the end of a book since December 2020, though I have finished several others since.

[tern @1goodtern]

Suppose you have 100 health beans in your health bag.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

Gonna set some new goals for next year, but I think this might be it for this bird app for me. Follow along on Instagram @/birds.kmb

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

Dinosaur, errrrrr, bird identification! 52 species in 52 weeks. The motivation:

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

Find yourself a spouse like @RachelEBouman, who spotted a hobby coming from a million miles away - before I had any idea. She worked with her mom to get me a guide to the birds of Michigan and some nice binoculars for Christmas.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

Final day of 2022: +6 species (100/120; 83.3%)
- Barrow’s goldeneye
- Horned grebe
- American coot
- American wigeon
- Red-breasted merganser
- Brown creeper
Quite proud of this past year.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

@mollybackes @BlairBraverman @esp1371 @MaeNena73 This reminds me of a series of calendars my wife made me several years in a row, that all started with this concept:

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

As @RachelEBouman says: "We need to start work soon…this is what we do 😂"

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

Much better, 10.5 months on.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

“I wake up and choose chaos.”
- this kid 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

Follow-up: she did a bit better.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

@GeorgeGilliatt I’ve done this with bigger sets from time to time. It was a great activity early in the pandemic!

[Jay Foreman @jayforeman]

🎄🎁🎅🏻

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

@Penkid11 It might be this. Motion is transferred internally to the structure across ~40 studs using only System pieces and with minimal visual impacts on the model. The smoothness and strength of the reaction is very appealing, and the mechanism is very robust.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

@HiredCam @andygen21 @stellarwind_dev @smartereveryday The one I’ve studied the most extensively is an eMMC. So yes: a flash chip.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

@andygen21 @stellarwind_dev @smartereveryday I work in automotive electronics. Without periodic patrolling and rewriting memory chips, electron diffusion will eventually lead to data corruption and component failure (sometimes temporary, sometimes permanent). I’m not sure on the time scale though.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

Lake Superior is and forever will be the greatest lake.

[The G.L.O.A.T. @LakeSuperior]

COLD TAKE: Snowfall is not "bad" weather.

Quit talking about how bad the storm is going to be and start talking about how good it's going to be.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

Surely I am not the first to find this and point it out, but el*n m*sk has a legacy verified account, which may or may not be notable 💀💀💀

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

Communities are strongest when we can imagine our neighbors as complex people. Any opportunity to help coax a neighbor away from the mindset of “they’re all out to get me”feels like it might be worthwhile.

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

I view it as a civic duty to remind people on Nextdoor that it’s not kids cutting their lights, it’s animals. It’s policies (or rabbits in this case), not people. Copy/paste your response for maximum efficiency!

[Kenneth Bouman @bassKMB]

@MrBwulf He talked about this when I saw him live - it was Hysterical!