Mark Eichin

Ooh, I got *some* shiny autumn leaves today and yesterday but nothing quite this vibrant (just inside 495; I think we got colder cold snaps earlier which "starts the clock" for at least some of the trees.) Maybe I should head inward and hit Mt Auburn Cemetery this week :)

11 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2sJsder [Cloverdale Conservation Land,Massachusetts,Littleton,bluebird,starling,takeoff,album cover,silhouette,power line,In flight,boardwalk,preening,autumn,leaves,colors,trail,crow]

23 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2sJjLbR [Massachusetts,Acton,Assabet River Blue and Green Trail,autumn,leaves,great blue heron,colors,Reflections,In flight,Red-winged blackbird,Knox Trail Road,canada goose,camouflage,silhouette,cormorant,boardwalk,Raccoon,flock,bench,trail,sky]

I thought the same thing so I made that

If ever there was a project that needed to be "shelved for a tax writeoff" it sounds like it's this one

21 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2sHXh8T [Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge,Massachusetts,autumn,leaves,canada goose,In flight,Red-winged blackbird,colors,composition,sunset,flock,Wood Street,mallard,ducks,moon,woolly bear caterpillar,great blue heron,Concord River,album cover,Reflections...]

FYI, a recall on a BUNCH of compounded medications for pets from a particular location: www.avma.org/news/recalls...

About time we got some *proper* mad science in this space

Jaju Pierogi is coming to Gracie’s in Union Square, Somerville on Tues 10/27 from 5-7pm for a pierogi pop up. And the best part? We made a sour cream and chive ice cream to put on top. (Or on the side). $15 for 4 pierogi and a scoop of the tangiest sour cream and chives ice cream you ever had.

10 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2sHxNvm [Wood Street,Concord,sunflowers,seedlings,trailcam,infrared,night,recipes,porch,apple crisp ice cream,ice cream machine,coffee ice cream,french press,coffee milk,measurement,birdfeeder,woodpecker,whole milk,cuisinart,squirrel,bluejay,opossum,sparrow,Rabbit...]

now look at them yo yos that's the way you do it use number 4 as your private key that aint workin thats the way you do it kill all computers via PHP

If you don’t know what these words mean don’t ask your LLM to implement your crypto idea for you Am I being elitist? Sure, in the same sense that I’m being elitist when I tell you not to cover yourself in gasoline and light a cigarette

On a technicality, my shortest job (and longest interview cycle) was Apollo - Interviewed, they "went dark" leading up to the HP acquisition, I got an actual offer six months later - I ended up working for Apollo for about a week before becoming an HP employee :-)

COMIC: William Carlos Williams (retweeted)

11 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2sFzW55 [Mass Wildlife's Delaney Wildlife Management Area,Massachusetts,Stow,leaves,autumn,colors,canada goose,formation,In flight,sparrow,sky,solar panel,nest box,contrast,bluebird,berries,clouds,flock,pond]

8 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2sF9oej [Massachusetts,Mass Wildlife's Delaney Wildlife Management Area,Stow,colors,Wheeler Field,Concord,leaves,autumn,Reflections,sunset,birds,Red-winged blackbird,canada goose,silhouette,Pine cones,nest box,landing,sparrow,clouds]

mmm, there's Not Enough Popcorn for this one :)

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

Great, another grudge to hold about GenAI: it caused me to be reminded that PewDiePie exists. (thanks fireship)

To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try

This is delightful. Read the article. Everybody has a nickname and the whole thing was a Safer Streets fundraiser

Heh, when I commuted on the T I always used to joke about the "first underground" signs with some form of "yeah, they installed this in 1896 and haven't touched it since"... www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeyM... when they pull plans for a relay cabinet dated *1946* :-)

11 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2sEbMY1 [Assabet River NWR,Massachusetts,Sudbury,Reflections,goldfinch,mallard,turtles,sunset,ducks,painted turtle,canada goose,woodpecker,In flight,formation,scenery,camera,colors,autumn,fluffy,geese,flock,nest]

News -- Mixue Ice Cream & Tea to open locations in Allston and Quincy. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2026/10/mixu... #allston #boston #quincy

TODAY'S COMIC: Crabby

8 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2sDMX75 [Acton Arboretum,Massachusetts,flowers,duckweed,frog,sunshine,berries,scenery,leaves,autumn,holly,bees]

16 new pix http://flic.kr/p/2sDLqD5 [Massachusetts,Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge,Concord,great blue heron,canada goose,feeding,In flight,mallard,ducks,fish,flap,parking lot,Whole Foods,camouflage,wood duck,formation,pouncing,tricycle,nest box,Bedford,berries,autumn,colors,leaves,shiny...]

We have understood these principles for a very long time in network security. Giving a software-and-cybersecurity-genius-that-can-move-at-superhuman-speed a command prompt and a network connection is not a "sandbox" it is a "launchpad".

Most people I know, know better than to use facebook at all, but just in case: Don't Use Muse.

Engineering ethics are complicated and imperfect, but I will always vividly remember how my Materials Science professor opened the course by showing us pictures of the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse and then walking through the free body diagram diagramming the exact mistake that caused the disaster

But does the gallery gift shop have a desk-scale version! (Wouldn't be cheap but should be *doable*...)