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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...

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Using 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,...

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Text 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...

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I 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...

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Daypack 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...

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PyCon 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...

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Rey & 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...

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Rey & 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...

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D&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...

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Inside 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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