bitprophet

bitprophet, 1 day ago to random

Was chatting about #YokoKanno at dinner one PyCon evening (pretty sure with @davidism) and it struck me today (as my “anime OP/ED" playlist was playing) that we never brought up one of my favorite Kanno works, the #TurnAGundam soundtrack.

Especially the main theme, "Moon”, whose vocal performance is credited to one Gabriela Robin…eventually revealed to be a pseudonym of Kanno herself! Turns out she can compose /and/ sing (and how.)

https://youtu.be/y4imRkny0iM?si=pLDdR53qbiylcdn_&t=12

bitprophet, 1 day ago to random

son of a—

bitprophet, 2 days ago to random

Home, tired. Downside of mere 6-day trips (especially ones where 2 full days are travel) is they're /just/ long enough to get used to the new context, and then BLAMMO, it gets taken away again.

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Also, Pennsylvania is very pretty to drive through…IF you can ignore the repetition of

• Jesus billboard
• Gun billboard
• Child abuse billboard
• Trump billboard

in various combinations.

And? Highly amusing: as soon as one gets within 20 miles of the NJ border, /all/ the drivers speed way up.

bitprophet, 2 days ago to random

ME: yikes this non-sweet iced tea has like 36g sugar! JFC. Let's move on.

ME: oh man I haven't had Vanilla Coke in a long time, maybe one last dietary cheat for the road?

VANILLA COKE: ayyy!!! I've got 70 grams of sugar!! ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

ME: tea-time it is!

bitprophet, 2 days ago to random

OH (typo): "sweat tea”

bitprophet, 3 days ago to random

If there's anyone else at #PyConUS I haven't bumped into (or haven't bumped into enough) I may be up for one last outdoor meal and/or drink in a little while, assuming any restaurants are open. HMU!

bitprophet, 3 days ago to random

As I remove the tasty but sulfurous pineapple bits from a pineapple/cranberry/almond/cashew/macadamia trail mix, it belatedly occurs to me that I could just, like. make my own goddamned trail mix from bulk ingredients?????? #genius

bitprophet, 3 days ago to Pittsburgh

So far, #PyConUS 2024 in #Pittsburgh has hands down been the best ever PyCon for railfans. Got conf lunch on the third floor balcony just in time for a Norfolk Southern consist to roll by.

bitprophet, 5 days ago to random

Woof. Was only out and about for maybe 6h but feels like twice that long. Old friends, new friends, faces only seen in passing here on the Fedi.

Also a nice birdwatching & trainspotting (no, not that kind) session from the CC's third floor balcony.

Think I'm gonna hole up now & try recharging my metaphorical batteries for tomorrow.

bitprophet, 5 days ago to random

What's Eating Gilbert Grape
#MovieTitlesWithFruit #AmIDoingThisRight

bitprophet, 5 days ago to random

Disturbed to realize a significant portion of my incidental “heh, so” conversation fodder, revolves around:

• misreading something, amusingly
• misunderstanding something, amusingly
• going off on a bizarre, yet amusing, mental tangent

Or similar.

🥴

bitprophet, 5 days ago to random

Really feeling my failing eyesight now that I'm having to choose between foggy glasses and no glasses. Wish some of the fancier masks I tried had actually fit me.

bitprophet, 5 days ago to random

Super not used to actually wearing my backpack. It's been purely a convenient method of carrying stuff to and from my car for the last 5 years.

bitprophet, 5 days ago to random

Surprising number of unmasked (and not eating/drinking/selfie-ing) folks scattered around #PyConUS . I guess they're betting on the rest of us being conflict-averse introverts?

bitprophet, 5 days ago to random

“Suffer FOMO, or attend PyCon?”

Why choose? You can have both!

By attending, but then missing a keynote because "sleeping" and "eating” (and now, having seen some photos of the audience, “that is FAR too many people for 2020s-me first thing in the morning”) took priority 🫠

bitprophet, 6 days ago to random

Hotels which only have one size/style pillow and only one thickness of comforter: are they even /in/ the hospitality industry?

Don't get me wrong, I'm equally confused by places with a literal /pillow menu/, but like. no middle ground? really?

If I seem grouchy the next 4 days, it may be due to lack of sleep 🫠

bitprophet, 6 days ago to Pittsburgh

Portland, OR: "we have lots of bridges!”

#Pittsburgh: “hold my Yuengling 🤣”

(attached photos are, idk. maybe 1/2-2/3 of the bridges immediately near downtown? There's at least another 5 or 6 not visible crossing the Allegheny on the other side of the skyline, and another just down the Ohio to the left.)

(Other #PyConUS attendees: the jaunt across the river to the inclines is SUPER WORTH IT. Grab nearly any bus or hop over to the old train station near the Westin to catch the light rail.)

bitprophet, 6 days ago to TeslaMotors

Saw my first #CyberTruck in person today!

Yup: boy they're ugly. What the fuck.

bitprophet, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random

You know a conference cares about its marginalized attendees when a random short elevator ride includes not one, but two stenographers. Was too shy to say hello, but if y'all see this, you are APPRECIATED. #PyConUS

ETA: the stenographers were /using/ the elevator, they were not /doing stenography/ at the time 🤣

bitprophet, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to classic

Was worried about: rain.
Shoulda been more concerned with: sunburn.

#classic #oops

Anyway, that's today's exercise sorted, and then some. I think XZibit would like #Pittsburgh; it heard u like hills, so it put hills on its hills, so you can hike while you hike^W ride the funiculars.

bitprophet, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random

#PyConUS tip: apparently to register and get your badge, you CANNOT go straight from the Westin skybridge to the CC third floor (security will stop you at the third floor elevator if you're not badged).

Gotta enter from street level and make your way up to the second floor via escalator.

bitprophet, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random

#PyConUS food trip report:

• Westin hotel room service surprisingly tasty. You can also save $5/pop by requesting pickup in the lobby. They may end up delivering to your room anyways, but…
• BaeBae's Kitchen a half block down Liberty from the conf area: very tasty hipster Korean-inspired food. Will have to try their "tofu steaks” sometime (got chicken this time because Fuckit, It's Travel™).
• BaeBae’s seaweed salad is of the leafy variety, uncommon to see! 😋

bitprophet, 6 days ago to random

Explored the #PyConUS venue, got my badge (ok, not in that order), said brief hellos to a few friends randomly encountered, and reaped the benefits of having parked immediately adjacent to the hotel elevators last night (fetched a forgotten umbrella 😅).

You know how oftentimes our brains "know" something but our bodies or hearts do not? That was me with "you're gonna be socially anxious as fuck, back around large groups of strangers after 5y hermitage”. One thing to know, another to confirm 😬

bitprophet, 7 days ago to random

Boy howdy, I don't understand folks who willingly use a laptop all dang day when they have the opportunity to use actual peripherals.

This shit isn't just "not ergonomic", it is /anti/-ergonomic.

(Bonus points for “hotel desk/chair is designed for tall people” 😩 I guess I need a travel booster seat now, like a child at a family restaurant.)

(Or I need to take a page from some tweeps earlier today and simply stop bringing the laptop altogether.)

bitprophet, 7 days ago to random

Either my N95 stealing skills are still crap, or they don't do much against industrial strength cleaner fumes. Guessing the latter.