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Fixing a piano during an 8 hour layover

Aspiring piano tuner, Josiah Jackson, fixed a public piano in O’Hare Airport during an 8 hour layover.

On YouTube, his channel name is the Piano Doctor, and he posted a video of the endeavor.

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  • Fixing a piano during an 8 hour layover

    Aspiring piano tuner, Josiah Jackson, fixed a public piano in O’Hare Airport during an 8 hour layover. On YouTube, his channel name is the Piano Doctor, and he posted a video of the endeavor.

  • My 2024 best of list

    Originally posted to Instagram Now that we are in the final days of the year, here are 🎵a few of my favorite things 🎶 (TV, movies, music are all from this year. The book list are my favorites that I read this year, but may have come out earlier) TV Books Movies Music

  • Backing up government data sets

    Fascist bureaucrats don’t like facts that contradict their agenda. Backing up government data sets as an act of resistance.

  • 2024 in snacks

    Cabel Sasser does his annual year in review of snacks. Did you know there are:

  • 10 technologies for 2025

    MIT Technology Review posted their prognostications for what 10 technologies will make an impact in 2025. Maybe this will be the year of the robotaxi. Interestingly, cow burps, a significant source of methane, might receive relief. Cow burps are one of the largest sources of agricultural emissions—and one of the trickiest ones to solve. A…

  • Dyatlov Pass incident

    In 1959, nine experienced Russian skiers died under mysterious circumstances, referred to as the Dyatlov Pass incident. Bodies found in different locations with varying amounts of clothing and an array of injuries. The facts made for ripe speculation: stumbling on a secret government project, a sadistic murderer, American spies, and the supernatural. In 2021, Douglas…

  • Accessible seating should not be available to the general public

    A hill that I will die on: accessible seating tickets for events should not be available to the general public. These areas or sections are already scarce and by making them generally available increases the likelihood of scalpers buying them. Recently, I attempted to purchase Nine Inch Nails tickets for a show. And due to…

  • The best DeepSeek explainer

    Stratechery with the best DeepSeek AI explainer. It’s broad in describing the general applications and industry impacts, as well as parsing the technical bits of what they did.

  • Texas blade shop owner refuses to add Nazi symbol to knife

    Texas blade shop owner refuses to add Nazi symbol to knife. What stands out about this incident: The shop, https://www.thebladebartx.com/, is located in Edom, TX, and one of the owners, Jonathan Sibley, competed on Forged in Fire.

  • The Wiki Game

    A fun way to explore Wikipedia: The Wiki Game. Click article links to navigate from one article to another. It’s timed and scored like golf.