Jason Alonso

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

A very telling neologism: "My computer is having an update."

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

@novysan Everybody knows they did.

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

@DeMarko My version of this story: a turkey roosted on my car (in the middle of Cambridge).

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

The three hardest things in software development: naming things, cache invalidation, and I forget what the third thing is called.

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

@irq_conflict In Lost, there'd be some implied significance to that.

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

@storborg Hmm. I think I'd feel the same way if there was some serious art, even an awesome logo, on the chip itself. Imagine, say, Nvidia's Pascal chips with portraits on them.

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

My 3yo is building a Lego house for a family of four suns. We've anthropomorphized almost everything under the... you know... But this is quite the storytelling challenge.

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

"I made the uranium train!"

- My 3yo #factorio fan

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

I other news, I just taught my 3yo his first keyboard shortcut: Ctrl-A. Also, printing a document he wrote.

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

I got my corona cut!

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

My 3yo wants to build a Factorio factory out of his Brio. What have I done?

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

Two Google devices in my home, I response to "ok Google", conspired to play "Send a message" on Spotify using "Living Room TV".

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

Besides, they can't elope!

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

But what am I supposed to do with the big fruit in the fridge?

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

@irq_conflict If I might ask, which ellipsoid of purgatory was it: 1 (you actually got those 40 minutes), or 2 (you didn't)?

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

@ninalikespi It also doesn't change if you become staff, or after you come back from being staff. Mine was issued as part of my undergrad application, and I had to use it to track my application progress.

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

I have 1337 unread messages in my inbox, but I'm not feeling 1337.

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

@catherinehavasi Our household has a new parenting expression: "Fewer exclamation points, please."

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

@novysan I did not watch SG1 in an orderly campaign, but I think I can offer a general principle for appreciating any entertainment property in these times: savor every drop.

Unless, of course, something is just plain bad.

[Jason Alonso @jbalonso]

Hot cross scones, hot cross scones!

(My 3yo learned a new song, but we're out of yeast.)