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Notices by Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)

  1. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2020 13:11:20 EST Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    The "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" online course is free for the next six days with this link: https://t.co/Y8AnvZjYNV

    The course follows the content of the book, which is free to read online under a Creative Commons license: https://t.co/GngXmADppj
    #Python #MOOC
    In conversation Tuesday, 03-Mar-2020 13:11:20 EST from bikeshed.party permalink

    Attachments

    1. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Programming Course
      from Udemy
      A practical programming course for office workers, academics, and administrators who want to improve their productivity.
  2. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2019 22:42:18 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • copyright respecter
    • Brandon Hall
    @kai
    I haven't studied it much, but I am interested in there being something in the same general direction but I'm not sure that *income* is the right thing and I would want it to be voluntary pay-in. I recognize that we Americans lack a culture of voluntarily supported welfare systems, but I think that it would be good to establish and have versus a government-run one.
    In conversation Wednesday, 16-Oct-2019 22:42:18 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  3. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2019 20:53:30 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • copyright respecter
    • Brandon Hall
    @kai
    I truly don't know. I was listening to this over the radio and didn't catch their name. If it is, *immense cringe* she has some good ideas.
    In conversation Wednesday, 16-Oct-2019 20:53:30 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  4. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2019 20:31:47 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    One thing I heard in the Democrat debates last night that interested me was one candidate's proposal to provide credits to stay-at-home parents (they said mothers, but...yeah) to compensate/reward them for the labor that (presumably) they provide to the household. This is a fascinating proposal because it's been an issue in #economics that household labor isn't commonly accounted for in most economic models. One of my favorite papers ever is about this.
    In conversation Wednesday, 16-Oct-2019 20:31:47 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  5. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2019 23:59:07 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • lnxw48a1
    • Brandon Hall
    @lnxw48a1
    Aww I'm glad that you got that moment after all. :) #tzaf
    In conversation Monday, 14-Oct-2019 23:59:07 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  6. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2019 23:56:44 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    It was fun meeting up with Walt again! :D there wasn't too much time to just hangout, but we had a good time with talking and eating. He was very excited to get the equivalent of a Grand Slam. I was psyched to learn that what I ordered came with a pancake on the side. We both ended up with pancakes.
    We talked about our families, work, and that gaining weight gets easier with age.
    In conversation Monday, 14-Oct-2019 23:56:44 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  7. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2019 15:54:51 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    This is silly, but it'd be funny to have a system for putting googly eyes that realistically bobble around into a movie. Track motion for at least two points in a video clip, then use a physics model to determine where the eyes should move around to based on acceleration, and finally write the eyes to the video frames. See image for example.
    In conversation Monday, 14-Oct-2019 15:54:51 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  8. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2019 10:20:13 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    I just saw a poster that said "birds aren't real, they're government surveillance drones"
    In conversation Tuesday, 08-Oct-2019 10:20:13 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  9. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2019 14:21:45 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    I passed the DMV test! I have a permit now :D
    In conversation Saturday, 05-Oct-2019 14:21:45 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  10. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2019 15:58:45 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • copyright respecter
    • Brandon Hall
    • Commodore Sixty Bore
    @kai
    I have an account there from the early days, too, but their community was super lame.
    @sikkdays
    In conversation Friday, 04-Oct-2019 15:58:45 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  11. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2019 10:22:59 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    The host of this #podcast episode made it a pain to listen to, but I enjoyed hearing what the guest (Matt Mullenweg of #WordPress) had to say and how he responded to the host's off-base comments:

    Open Source and Power with Matt Mullenweg on Player FM

    https://player.fm/1xtLLx #nowplaying
    In conversation Friday, 04-Oct-2019 10:22:59 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink

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    1. File without filename could not get a thumbnail source.
      Open Source and Power with Matt Mullenweg
      from Rework
      DHH on Twitter - 00:53
      Matt Mullenweg's website | Twitter - 00:57
      The Twitter conversation that started the debate - 1:07
      WordPress.org - 1:40
      Automattic website - 1:45
      Automattic's Series D funding announcement - 1:54
      Matt Mullenweg's interview with TechCrunch - 3:30
      "Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: Sleep Is Our Competition" (Fast Company) - 9:19
      A 2005 demo by DHH on creating a blog engine in 15 minutes - 16:49
      "The deal Jeff Bezos got on Basecamp" (Signal v. Noise) - 24:16
      Benevolent dictator for life (Wikipedia) - 46:21
      DHH on the Django Chat podcast - 46:37
      "Richard Stallman resigns from MIT over Epstein comments" (The Verge) - 47:15
      Automattic Acquires Tumblr from Verizon - 56:17
  12. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 18:14:22 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    All tick, no talk
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 18:14:22 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  13. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 18:07:03 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    Trying to have a phone appointment with my doctor during my break at work, but I'm getting more tick tock than ring ring if you know what I mean mean
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 18:07:03 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  14. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2019 15:01:28 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    I've finally put together good plans for Leah and I to celebrate our second anniversary together this weekend. We'll have fun and eat a little too much good food. 😚
    In conversation Saturday, 28-Sep-2019 15:01:28 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  15. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2019 21:24:15 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    This article might let me understand the parts of #networktheory necessary for me to make my idea of #RSS for #wiki systems, determining which parts of a wiki's network of entries have changed significantly and posting them to a feed. It's already helped by informing me of the term "temporal network analysis."

    https://programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/temporal-network-analysis-with-r #sna #graphtheory
    In conversation Friday, 27-Sep-2019 21:24:15 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  16. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2019 20:36:23 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    Wow! #BeeWare received a grant from the Python Software Foundation!

    > The BeeWare Project wants to make it possible for all Python developers to write native apps for desktop and mobile platforms. We have solid support for most desktop operating systems and iOS, but we know our Android support is lacking. The BeeWare core team knows what needs to be done to address the problem - what we’ve been missing are time and resources.

    > Thanks to the PSF Education Grants group, that’s no longer an issue. We’ve been awarded a US$50,000 grant to bring BeeWare’s Android support to a level comparable with our iOS support. We currently don’t have the time to do the work ourselves, so we’re calling for contractors to help us deliver this support.

    > This is a paid contract, which we anticipate lasting 3-6 months (depending on the experience of the winning contractor). You don’t have to be based in the US or Europe, either; the opportunity is open to anyone who can meet the requirements of the contract.

    See more here: https://beeware.org/news/buzz/beeware-project-awarded-a-psf-education-grant/
    #python #PSF #opensource #android #crossplatform #software #funding
    In conversation Thursday, 26-Sep-2019 20:36:23 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  17. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2019 18:32:12 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    • Commodore Sixty Bore
    @sikkdays
    Oh, from their Twitter bio:

    > I am a search engine for older style pages, lightweight and based on a subject of interest

    😞
    In conversation Thursday, 26-Sep-2019 18:32:12 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  18. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2019 18:29:21 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    • Commodore Sixty Bore
    @sikkdays
    I thought that Wiby.me is more for personal/pet project websites, not just simple sites...?
    In conversation Thursday, 26-Sep-2019 18:29:21 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  19. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Sep-2019 13:18:49 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    • Brandon Hall
    I know I keep waffling about learning R, but I think I'll just do it soon to get it over with. I keep running into stats stuff explained with #Rstats and I want to be able to follow it.
    In conversation Wednesday, 25-Sep-2019 13:18:49 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
  20. Brandon Hall (bthall@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2019 15:53:56 EDT Brandon Hall Brandon Hall
    in reply to
    • lnxw48a1
    • Brandon Hall
    @lnxw48a1
    I've seen it on the menu at a number of places in #Sacramento. :o Maybe try some from a local place?
    In conversation Tuesday, 24-Sep-2019 15:53:56 EDT from bikeshed.party permalink
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