Roadskater, Ph.D.

@roadskater
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Inline skating the mean streets of NYC since 1993 and still alive to kvetch about it.

During the day, webmaster for some scientists, Java netCDF dataviz and cartography coder.

Otherwise, a Jack Methodist, somewhere left of center and (sigh) a recovering Idahoan.

Plus various experiences and opinions of no merit.

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Roadskater, Ph.D.Jan 19
ClareJan 19

About last night.

I haven’t got to processing the short time lapse yet, so here’s a small taste. #CabinLife #Nunavut #Aurora #AuroraBorealis

Roadskater, Ph.D.Jan 17
evacideJan 16
Trying to protect everything from everyone all the time is a good way to drive yourself crazy. This is why we threat model. Here is EFF's Surveillance Self Defense guide to putting together your security plan, also known as threat modeling: https://ssd.eff.org/module/your-security-plan
Your Security Plan

Trying to protect all your data from everything all the time is impractical and exhausting. But, have no fear! Security is a process, and through thoughtful planning, you can put together a plan that’s best for you. Security isn’t just about the tools you use or the software you download....

Roadskater, Ph.D.Jan 17

Friday afternoon and late night were a fun experience of updating code to 1) override the code signature of a newly introduced 3rd-party native binary included in a Java library, and 2) extend a JNI class to add a new filechooser method. And I mean "fun" in the most enjoyable nerdy way, because I haven't been there in a while. Just working through both issues seems like work getting done, even if no one else will be able to use the result for (just, I hope) a couple weeks.

#Java #macOS #netcdf

Roadskater, Ph.D.Jan 16
Checking my #Strava feed and getting jealous of the peeps who were #InlineSkating in Puerto Rico Thursday night.
Roadskater, Ph.D.Jan 16
Empire Skate Club NYCJan 16

As cold and as windy as it was Thursday night, we encountered three other people #InlineSkating the WSBP. Hard core.

#NYC

Roadskater, Ph.D.Jan 12
Empire Skate Club NYCJan 12
Windy AF, but Sunday was such a beauitiful day for #InlineSkating #NYC, We rolled to #RedHook #Brooklyn. Missed the cruise ship sailing, but always good to see the Liberty Gal when the sky is clean.
Roadskater, Ph.D.Jan 6

National champions! By a whisker.

Last time the Bobcats won it all, I was OMG a college senior in Bozeman.

#MSUBobcats #FCS #FCSFootball

Roadskater, Ph.D.Jan 6
Empire Skate Club NYCJan 6

Hola, #NYC #InlineSkating folk. Happy New Year!

In case you hadn't heard, there's a new (okay, a few months old now) skate shop in town. It's small, but it's an honest-to-god skate shop.

The store is Mercado, on Clinton just barely north of Delancey. Despite the small size, they have a variety of skate brands on the shelf, including Rollerblade, Them, and Micro.

Roadskater, Ph.D.Jan 4

Skated to Red Hook hoping to watch the Queen Mary 2 set sail. But damn, it's down to 15-minute or less intervals. She was still docked at the Brooklyn Cruise at sunset. I was freezing while hanging about Valentino Pier and after 20+ minutes bailed the scene. She cast off about another 20 minutes later.

Sigh. It's so cool to be on Valentino Pier when one of the big ships passes by in frisbee range. But not Saturday.

#NYC #Brooklyn #RedHook #InlineSKating

Roadskater, Ph.D.Jan 2
Helen KennedyJan 2
This is a surprisingly entertaining and even charming interview. The Journal guy keeps trying to get Sliwa to trash Mamdani and he just won’t.

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