A picture of book text where the fictional characters made an error in their program mapping hex codes to color values.
Nothing like color hex code errata to get you screaming “YOUR IMAGE WILL BE INVERTED” at fictional characters.
Ah, that explains why I couldn’t access GitHub the other day! I saw my trace routes getting stuck somewhere in their domain, but then gave up troubleshooting and tethered to my phone.
Screenshot of my Cox homepage, welcoming "null" instead of my name.
Hmm, I wonder if my account balance can be nulled out as well.
You see this making the rounds the other day? Dream. lanparty.house
Join us August 6th for our HYBRID event presented by @bweissman.bsky.social in the flesh! He's coming all the way to Cleveland to deliver an exciting talk. We hope to see you in person or online!
Enhancing On-Prem and Multi-Cloud SQL Instances with Azure Arc
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I got my son a Polaroid camera for his birthday and am now watching him face an existential crisis about what kind of photographer he wants to be with his 5 remaining frames.
I spoke at PyCon 2023 in SLC on “Efficient Cross-Server Data Joins on Slow Networks”. The video, slides, and Python code is now available on my blog: bertwagner.com/posts/crosst...
Brushing the dust off the blog and getting a new post drafted has felt good.
“Rural domestic onshore outsourcing” - so, remote work? Why this wording?
The hood of a Subaru Impreza opened before I start digging for a starter motor.
Today’s office courtesy of the world’s worst Impreza. I cannot wait for this car to be gone in a few weeks. Let’s hope this starter motor is as easy to remove as it looks.
Digital synth, analog synth, digital piano, sequencer, and drum sampler.
It’s been a slow process, but I’m really happy with how the rig is progressing.
Venues are the killer for us in Cleveland. We are trying to get something together for 2024 and finding a venue that can support our needs (and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg) is challenging.
3d printed adapter going from a 2” shop vac hose 90 degrees to a 1.5” pool drain line
90 degree adapter hooked in use, hooked up to shop vac and pool drain line
This ain’t the prettiest thing I’ve ever designed and printed, but boy is it functional at blowing out the pool lines in tight spaces.
Anyone have tips on finding conference venues? We are struggling - everything is expensive. Have focused on high schools and tech schools, but not having much luck finding something where the price is right.
A dinner menu recommended by generative AI. The prompt was asking for a gluten free and nightshade free menu. The results of the menu include nightshades.
Generative AI is trying to kill my friend.
My neighbor putting up a “Wu Tang is forever” political lawn sign makes me want to better friends with him.
It only took 3 nights, but I finally got all the synth clocks synced up.
Over easy egg on toast with arugula and the best garden tomatoes.
My favorite breakfast of summer 2023
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