{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Mike Gunderloy","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/ffmike","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1736181","username":"ffmike","bio":"Retired. SDAM and aphantasia mean that I've forgotten all the stuff you used to know about me. These days: Hiking, photography, house-husband, vegan, Linux, Oregonian.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":51,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/09/1736181.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"93554494","content_html":"

@manton Have we forgotten the whole spectacle of the FIFA Peace Prize? The dynamic pricing ticket gouging? This whole thing has been a codependent spectacle of corruption on all sides from the start.

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\n \"\"\n
\n

Ladybugs are sort of terrifying when seen close-up
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #insectphotography

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“Upper Quinn Lake”

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“Memory of a branch”

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“Washington Lily With Friend”

\n

This was about four miles up the Shale Ridge Trail - a single flower blooming without any others of the same species around that I could spot.

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The way pothos spreads in my house it’s a wonder the whole world isn’t covered by the stuff.

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A terrible picture because I didn't have a zoom lens handy, but the hummingbird was not going to wait for me to fetch one.\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #birdphotography #flowerphotography #hummingbird: larkfarm.com

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“Dog Vomit Slime Mold”

\n

Isn’t that just the most attractive organism name ever?

\n\"\"\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/05/dog-vomit-slime-mold-isnt.html","date_published":"2026-07-05T15:15:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-05 15:15","date_timestamp":1783264529,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116868025144888880"]}},{"id":"93478151","content_html":"

Close-up of the flagging tape in case you couldn’t spot it. This was a fun trail to follow!

\n\"\"\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/05/closeup-of-the-flagging-tape.html","date_published":"2026-07-05T15:00:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-05 15:00","date_timestamp":1783263616,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116867965486570604"]}},{"id":"93477986","content_html":"

“Creek Crossing”

\n

If you look really carefully you can see the tiny bit of orange flagging tape in the middle of the picture that marks this as the trail.

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“Crabby Time”

\n

A crab spider on a Cascades Lily

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\n \"a\n
\n

Moolack Lake
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #cascades

\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/04/moolack-lake-dailyphoto-oregon-cascades.html","date_published":"2026-07-05T00:24:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-05 00:24","date_timestamp":1783211082,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116864551331260630"]}},{"id":"93393624","content_html":"

@manton Ah, I forget to check whether it was dark mode only. Well, I’ll keep being dark mode QA for the web UI :)

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93393624","date_published":"2026-07-03T21:03:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 21:03","date_timestamp":1783112617,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93391114","content_html":"

“Pigeon in its Native Habitat”

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\n \"\"\n
\n

Predator and prey: a ladybug stalking a bunch of aphids on a thistle stem.
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #insectphotography

\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/03/predator-and-prey-a-ladybug.html","date_published":"2026-07-03T19:05:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 19:05","date_timestamp":1783105559,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116857654636096356"]}},{"id":"93385689","content_html":"

Screenshot from Micro.blog on the web (Firefox on Linux)

\n\"\"\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/03/screenshot-from-microblog-on-the.html","date_published":"2026-07-03T18:41:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 18:41","date_timestamp":1783104094,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116857511274339184"]}},{"id":"93385655","content_html":"

@manton On the other hand, your unfederated post doesn’t look very good in Micro.blog’s own web interface.

\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ffmike/93385655","date_published":"2026-07-03T18:41:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 18:41","date_timestamp":1783104060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93373639","content_html":"

“You Can’t Park There!”

\n

Or maybe you can.

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“Water Dream”

\n

Pre-dawn long exposure with a lot of post-processing.

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We have reached the “might as well laugh while everything burns down” stage of American politics.

\n

Park Service Warns Public To Avoid Breathing While Watching DC’s July 4th Fireworks

\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/02/we-have-reached-the-might.html","date_published":"2026-07-02T23:19:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-02 23:19","date_timestamp":1783034355,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116852940730772753"]}},{"id":"93324500","content_html":"

“No, mine!”

\n\"a\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/02/no-mine.html","date_published":"2026-07-02T18:03:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-02 18:03","date_timestamp":1783015382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116851697481441954"]}},{"id":"93319423","content_html":"
\n \"\"\n
\n

A sad photo today. Landscapers removing mature hedges so we can have the water service line replaced.
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon

\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/02/a-sad-photo-today-landscapers.html","date_published":"2026-07-02T16:16:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-02 16:16","date_timestamp":1783008980,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116851311775366736"]}},{"id":"93318235","content_html":"

The Social Security Administration just sent me an email about how they’re making things more affordable for seniors. I just went grocery shopping yesterday. SSA and the whole Trump administration can fuck right off. (I also object to using my SSA email for marketing presidential nonsense).

\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/02/the-social-security-administration-just.html","date_published":"2026-07-02T15:59:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-02 15:59","date_timestamp":1783007947,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116851210567646064"]}},{"id":"93308345","content_html":"

“Bon Voyage”

\n

There is so much art lurking around Eugene…yesterday I discovered that there are unique ceramic tiles inlaid in the pavement at every bus stop.

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“Free Speech”

\n

The administration got tired of protesters at the Federal Building in Eugene, so they fenced off the plaza. Now a Federal judge has given them until tomorrow morning to tear it down. Your tax dollars at work.

\n\"\"\n","summary":"","url":"https://larkfarm.com/2026/07/01/free-speech-the-administration-got.html","date_published":"2026-07-02T00:46:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Mike Gunderloy","url":"https://ffmike.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F09%2F1736181.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ffmike"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-02 00:46","date_timestamp":1782953208,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://c.im/@happilyretired23/116847623352284827"]}},{"id":"93278380","content_html":"
\n \"\"\n
\n

River Jewelwing at the rose garden today.
\n
\n#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #insectphotography

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I just want to say that dealing with a service line leak SUCKS.

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“Kreuger Rock”

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@manton I recently started experimenting with 52Frames, a social photo site. They have an interesting approach to likes: you can get a daily email telling you about likes on your photos, but they don’t total it all up, and likes don’t show on the site. So if you wanted to track your like numbers you could do it with some work, but there is deliberate friction there.

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@mitch I have always believed that there must be a good HOA somewhere. Just like I believe there is the occasional black swan somewhere.

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@mitch Trying to line up contractors for what is probably going to end up being a $5K+ plumbing emergency. Would be happy to trade with you.

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@mitch Alternatively, with my dog, smear a little peanut butter on and she’ll happily swallow a pill the size of a tennis ball.

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@digitalpardoe I think this is one of your best. Really captures the atmosphere.

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@manton Thanks! It was an experiment (both in lens and processing) but I think it turned out well.

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@dwalbert Alas, although I’m out hiking today, I don’t move that fast! Enjoy the fresh bread though. Maybe I’ll make some myself when I get home.

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@mitch My own internet is pretty free of AI slop. But: that’s because I only read a few carefully chosen sites, and never look at things like Facebook feeds. I’m not missing content that I already like. What I’m missing (and used to have) is the joy of serendipity and discovery of new things.

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@JohnBrady @dwalbert I could talk about bootstrapping the OS on to a Heathkit H89 I guess. Or the horrors of using cassette tapes for storage on a timeshare system. But we’re gonna drive all the kids out of the room at this rate!

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The long-term experience does tend to give some perspective, for sure. Also: I don’t see how anyone learns to code these days! It was easier when you could understand everything from the logic gates on up.

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@dwalbert Oh yeah, I remember those giant drive platters…used some at Wang Labs at my first real industry job. Also used punched paper tape there for data transfer…I got to know hanging chads long before they were a political issue.

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@manton Just realized that I did my first coding literally 50 years ago. It’s been interesting watching things evolve. I think overall programs have gotten both more capable & buggier as hardware capacity exploded and layers of abstraction stacked up.

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@manton There are times I wonder whether applications today are really 1000x better than the ones we used to shoehorn into 64K. But I should probably go out and yell at clouds instead of dwelling on that.

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@manton Or just skip the intermediate steps and get a payment chip implanted in your flesh!

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@MitchWagner I handcode. And only for Pixelfed posts (which are syndicated to micro.blog).

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@manton Way back when I used to run a print magazine, I offered lifetime subscriptions. They were priced high - so the value proposition was “you can show you support this project in a meaningful way” rather than “you will ever see this as a better financial deal than just subscribing every year.” Enough people bought them that it made a difference to me.

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@mitch Never has the word “autopsy” been more appropriate for a political party’s future.

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@johnjohnston Thanks! The Pacific coast is one of the reasons I enjoy living in the Willamette Valley….90 minutes in one direction to the ocean, 90 minutes in the other to snow-covered mountains.

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@genehack Well, thanks! TBH I missed the focus a bit, and I shouldn’t have had a CPL on the front of the lens. But it’s better than the other 20 shots! Always more to learn.

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@BonnieRue Thanks! I’m pretty sure this is the variety called “Tolmie’s Pussy Ears” and you can see why.

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@manton Convenient, thanks! For what it’s worth, looks pretty icky under dark mode in Firefox or Chromium (boxes get darkened, text doesn’t, so it’s black-on-dark-gray).

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@mitch A technology that already exists - just not widespread in general business/consumer environments (yet).

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@mitch Good luck.

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