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Conor O'Neill 🐢Jan 8, 2018

Just to note that I moved over to mastodon.social/@conoro quite a while back due to stability problems here.

Conor O'Neill 🐢Nov 23, 2017

Back to getting 500 errors on image upload on this instance. Playing around over on https://mastodon.social/@conoro for the moment.

Conor O'Neill 🐢Nov 20, 2017

We're hiring for a Senior Data Visualisation Developer

https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/160799/senior-data-visualisation-developer-nearform?so=i&pg=1&offset=1&q=nearform

Senior Data Visualisation Developer at nearForm

What your day looks like You get home from the gym, you like to get there early to avoid the rush hour and it gets your energy levels up for the day. You turn…

Conor O'Neill 🐢Nov 19, 2017

My mini-project today was to re-write my Bandon FEWS Node.js code so it runs as an AWS Lamba function using the Serverless framework and uses a JWT instead of OAuth2. It was much easier than expected.

BandonFEWS-Serverless:

https://github.com/conoro/bandonfews-serverless https://mastodon.cloud/media/gO2O3GUvjmD-K58qYTI

conoro/bandonfews-serverless

bandonfews-serverless - A Serverless AWS Lambda function that runs every 15 minutes, checks the Bandon river level at http://www.bandonfloodwarning.ie/ and saves it to Google Fusion Tables.

Conor O'Neill 🐢Nov 19, 2017

My mini-project yesterday was Microcosm2RSS.

It runs on AWS Lambda and gives you an RSS feed for any Microcosm Forum.

I wrote it to monitor the Espruino News forum inside Feedly

https://github.com/conoro/microcosm2rss

https://mastodon.cloud/media/eqmQlli_HG-4mEd6vGQ

conoro/microcosm2rss

microcosm2rss - Microcosm2RSS gives you an RSS feed for any Microcosm Forum

Conor O'Neill 🐢Nov 19, 2017

Now that's how you do a proper apology. Well done Dale.

"My Apology to Naomi Wu and the Make Community"

https://makezine.com/2017/11/19/apology-to-naomi-wu/

My Apology to Naomi Wu and the Make Community | Make:

We've heard from the community, and we're moving forward with an action plan.

Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers

Conor O'Neill 🐢Nov 19, 2017

I've been following Colin for several months. Really delighted for him that he met his goal, but more importantly, got his running mojo back.

"Ex-world-class runner breaks 16:00 for 5K, avoids 17 tattoos as part of bet"

https://runningmagazine.ca/colin-mccourt-5k-bet/

Ex-world-class runner breaks 16:00 for 5K, avoids 17 tattoos as part of bet - Canadian Running Magazine

With PBs of 1:46 for 800m and 3:37 for 1,500m, Colin McCourt, who raced at international events including the Commonwealth Games, won a bet with his friends for breaking 16 minutes for 5K

Canadian Running Magazine

Conor O'Neill 🐢Nov 19, 2017

Nolan Lawson Nov 15, 2017

New blog post: Why I'm deleting my Twitter account https://nolanlawson.com/2017/11/15/why-im-deleting-my-twitter-account/

Why I’m deleting my Twitter account

When I first got on the Internet back in the 90’s, it felt like a cool underground rock concert. Later on, it seemed like a vast public library, maybe with a nice skate park nearby. Today it …

Conor O'Neill 🐢Nov 19, 2017

How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York’s Subways https://nyti.ms/2jBkX7W

How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York’s Subways

Disruptions and delays have roiled the system this year. But the crisis was long in the making, fueled by a litany of errors, a Times investigation shows.

The New York Times

Conor O'Neill 🐢Nov 19, 2017

Free Music Archive: MELLViNS - Live at WFMU with Todd-O-Phonic Todd, 9/26/2017 http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MELLViNS/Live_at_WFMU_with_Todd-O-Phonic_Todd_9262017#.WhF40lXcq6g.twitter