PyCon 2016 Dates
I blanked on the dates for PyCon 2016 the other day, and Google was strangely silent on the subject, so here, for your reference (and my SEO benefit), are the dates for PyCon 2016: Tutorials: May...
View ArticleUsing Python to Get Out the Vote
After taking a year off from PyOhio due to a scheduling snafu (off-by-one errors apparently aren't just for software), I was delighted to be back this year, and with a fresh talk to boot. This spring,...
View ArticleText Me Maybe: Smarter Real-World Integrations with Python
Gosh, it's been a year since I last posted! Let me try to make it up to you... I took some existing talks on the road last year (to CodeMash, PyCon, and OSCON!) but I've once again put together...
View ArticleI Should Maybe Blog Sometime
Is this thing still on? Gosh, I should maybe blog sometime. I actually do have a couple things that I've been meaning to write about, and it's a little embarrassing that I've barely posted a handful of...
View ArticleDaypack Shootout: North Face Borealis vs. Osprey Quasar
Once upon a time in 2016, I was getting ready for my first trip to the United Kingdom, and I found myself in need of a proper daypack. It would need to not be awful to carry through airports, manage a...
View ArticlePyCon 2018 & 2019 Dates
Since I've been asked a few times about the dates for the upcoming PyCons in my lovely city of Cleveland, Ohio, and there is surprisingly little about it in Google results, and I wouldn't mind an SEO...
View ArticleRey & Kylo's Greatest Hits
Disclaimer: This self-indulgent post mainly serves as a way to collect a bunch of silliness into a single place for convenience, while also offering a platform for extra context--a sort of "director's...
View ArticleRey & Kylo's Greatest Hits, Volume 2
One post wasn't enough to contain all of the Praetorian Guard fight mashups that I made over the weekend, so here's volume 2. As with part one, this post is chock-a-block full of spoilers for The Last...
View ArticleD&D 5E Essentials Kit Unboxing and Hot Takes
Hey, folks! One of the reasons I haven't been blogging much over the past few years is that I have gotten back into Dungeons & Dragons in a big and time-consuming way. D&D and I go way, way...
View ArticleInside the PyOhio Program Process
It has been my privilege to serve as the Program Committee Chair for PyOhio 2018 and PyOhio 2019, and I'll probably do it again for 2020. I've had a lot of positive feedback about the program we've put...
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