{"id":7808,"date":"2024-02-26T21:32:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T02:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=7808"},"modified":"2024-02-26T21:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T02:32:30","slug":"finally-spotted-one-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=7808","title":{"rendered":"Finally spotted one in the wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2024\/02\/bsod_ip_0555.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2024\/02\/bsod_ip_0555.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2024\/02\/bsod_ip_0555-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2024\/02\/bsod_ip_0555-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I was driving on the east end of town the other day when I spotted something very bright, very blue, and very uh-oh along the road.  Naturally I had to pull in and take a closer look &#8211; not just because I&#8217;m curious, but also because I&#8217;ve never seen one of these in person.  It&#8217;s only been in memes or that sort of thing until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2024\/02\/bsod_ip_0557.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2024\/02\/bsod_ip_0557.png 333w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2024\/02\/bsod_ip_0557-100x150.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2024\/02\/bsod_ip_0557-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>BSOD means Blue Screen Of Death, and it&#8217;s a sure sign that something is amiss with your Windows computer.  I don&#8217;t know why these have such an allure&#8230;maybe it&#8217;s the idea of such a public fail, maybe its schadenfreude, maybe it&#8217;s relief that it&#8217;s not me&#8230;who knows.  In any case, I can check this off the Bucket List if it was ever there, because now I&#8217;ve seen a very large, very public BSOD.<br><br>Makes a guy want to come to town more often, see what other spectacular sights await&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was driving on the east end of town the other day when I spotted something very bright, very blue, and very uh-oh along the road. 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