Robey ☠️ @robey@mastodon.technology

we could improve spreadsheets dramatically if good coders were willing to stoop to working on things that normal people use...

today i discovered that the "iferror" function in a spreadsheet doesn't squash missing cells, it also squashes *syntax errors in the formula*

my bit is calling thanksgiving "black friday eve"

even tho we're not having our traditional big thanksgiving party today, i've still found a way to be totally stressed out by failing to time-manage a very small batch of dinner rolls 😓

biden has really good speech writers. (i just watched the thanksgiving address)

they hit this note somewhere between jesus and mister rogers and a mythical grandfather figure that works well with his voice. past presidents would be mocked for saying that what makes america work is "love"... but somehow he sells it

it was after watching "get out", and after pardoning a turkey, that trump had his "eureka" moment and started calling neurosurgeons...

the problem with yall tooting so much on holidays is that i can't keep up and this server doesn't keep more than about 200 toots :(

someone is finally making an FTDI-free USB adapter https://www.tindie.com/products/nsayer/ftdi-be-gone/