Curtis Frye

Through my company Technology and Society, my wife and I are sponsoring Atletico London for the 2026/27 season. Atleti are an independent women’s football club playing at Tier 5 in the Eastern Region Women’s Football League in England. This is our fifth season with the club, formerly London Seaward.

For the morning UK and Europe crew: Last week I showed you how to calculate the number of workdays between two dates, ignoring weekends and holidays. This week I show you to identify the calendar day that falls after a specific number of workdays. youtu.be/igG-0F0XSys

I don't know if the Calgary Flames are a playoff team, but they're on a roll!

One of our AKA participants wanted to know how to handle Not A Number (NaN) values in an exported CSV. Replacing them seemed to work, yet the query still reported errors that came up blank when clicked. 😠 I tested it live in #PowerQuery and found something interesting. 🧵

Extratrapezoidal puck handling in Calgary.

Last week I showed you how to calculate the number of workdays between two dates, ignoring weekends and holidays. This week I show you to identify the calendar day that falls after a specific number of workdays. youtu.be/igG-0F0XSys

If you missed it over the weekend, I posted my review of How Dungeons & Dragons Changed the Way We Play, written by @aarontram.bsky.social and published by @dukepress.bsky.social, on Technology and Society Book Reviews. www.techsoc.com/p/review-of-... #booksky

For the UK and Europe crew: I just posted my review of How Dungeons & Dragons Changed the Way We Play, written by @aarontram.bsky.social and published by @dukepress.bsky.social, on Technology and Society Book Reviews. www.techsoc.com/p/review-of-... #booksky

Summarize a movie using haiku: Darth Vader's famous "No, I am your father" line Is in the next one

Please help me reach my goal for my Birthday. 21 days left. www.instagram.com/linking/fund...

Pysanky in autumn colors🍁 Artist Ірина Дендак

I’m in Williamsburg and not watching, but Big Mike sent me the video! #CarolinaCulture

Nice double @wademinter.com name drops by Tripp and Mike on the Canes broadcast! Was in relation to the kid announcer auditions.

I just posted my review of How Dungeons & Dragons Changed the Way We Play, written by @aarontram.bsky.social and published by @dukepress.bsky.social, on Technology and Society Book Reviews. www.techsoc.com/p/review-of-...

Voted! #oregonvotes

a message from the future

I did a summer internship at the US Consulate in Calgary in 1989 (Go Flames!) and realized immediately that many Albertans see the province as being like Texas in the US...a whole 'nother country. I'm glad the sensible position won out over a misguided desire of some reactionary elements to leave.

For the morning UK and Europe crew: How much time do you actually have to finish a task at work? In this week's Techsoc movie, I'll show you how to calculate the number of workdays (excluding weekends and holidays) between two dates. youtu.be/9izTAE9HhDc

Have you booked your CAMEO? What are you waiting for? 5 Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews v.cameo.com/e/L1jV0naBn7b

City walls used to be universal; now they're almost unheard of. What happened there? To tell the reading public, the Big Think has been kind enough to publish an extract from the new book

How much time do you actually have to finish a task at work? In this week's Techsoc movie, I'll show you how to calculate the number of workdays (excluding weekends and holidays) between two dates. youtu.be/9izTAE9HhDc

A restaurant group used a Kalshi bet to hedge against potential losses, just like numbers bankers used state Pick 3 games to lay off their action on popular combinations.

A Tesla Roadster weighs 1.6 tons empty. Just to hover in place takes 16 kN of thrust, 20% of a fighter jet engine. If it's ejecting gas at the speed of sound, it needs 46 kg/s, just to stay in place. In 34 sec, it's used more than the car's entire weight in fuel. Gas jets will not make a flying car.

Every chapter of A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions provides substantial information on its subject with plenty of humor thrown in. There’s no weak link in the bunch. I recommend @jonnelledge.bsky.social's work without reservation. www.techsoc.com/p/review-of-...

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(3) do not amend the definition of gambling but explicitly clarify that paid loot boxes whose prizes are transferable between players are regulated as gambling, which would mean other paid loot boxes without transferable prizes will remain unregulated by gambling law (consumer law always applies).

Murray went on to found Endell Street Military Hospital in London, staffed entirely by women. One of the most successful military hospitals of the war. Its motto was: "Deeds, not Words." When the war ended, she ordered the suffragette flag raised, to the sound of cheers from the male patients.

Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.

For the morning UK and Europe crew: In this week's Techsoc movie, I show you how to calculate the fraction of the year a date range represents. This calculation is useful for pacing reports, which tell you where you stand in relation to annual goals. youtu.be/pK4EzLn0DXs

🚨🚨📣📣 I am proud to announce that my @ucalgary.bsky.social PhD dissertation will be published as " #FjordsDeepAndOceansBlue: Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian #Seapower 1945-2025", from @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social on 4 February 2027! Pre-orders available! www.bloomsbury.com/ca/fjords-de...

In this week's episode of "C'mon, Man"...

In this week's Techsoc movie, I show you how to calculate the fraction of the year a date range represents. This calculation is useful for pacing reports, which tell you where you stand in relation to annual goals. youtu.be/pK4EzLn0DXs

I grew up about three miles north of Mt. Sidney on Rt. 11. Not literally *on* Rt. 11. That would have been silly. And dangerous.

four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better

Wrote a more detailed explanation of the Trust Thermocline, and how it destroys businesses and products, here: every.to/p/breaching-...

That's your "Thanks for waiting for the Rule 34.1 announcement" cue, @wademinter.com!

I love reading this article every few months. Worth a look.

I just posted my review of Cloudy With a Chance of Starships, written by @toomanyspectra.bsky.social and published by @princetonupress.bsky.social, to Technology and Society Book Reviews. Dr. Rasmussen provides information required to evaluate the Drake Equation in full context. Highly recommended.

I'm back! Thanks to the Support team for restoring my account.

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

I enjoyed the Eric Carter series and am glad it had a long run.

Y'all ready for tonight's season opener and banner unveiling @wademinter.com?

For the morning UK and Europe crew: Not all data you import into Excel uses commas to separate values. In this week's Techsoc movie, I'll show you how to use the new IMPORTTEXT function to bring in external data stored as text into Excel regardless of the separator character. youtu.be/63hfQT3yPDo

This is Rudy Rucker erasure.

Not all data you import into Excel uses commas to separate values. In this week's Techsoc movie, I'll show you how to use the new IMPORTTEXT function to bring in external data stored as text into Excel regardless of the separator character. youtu.be/63hfQT3yPDo

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