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Working in the intersection of data science & cyber security / I know more about x509 and TLS than your average person out walking their cat I collect hobbies like other people collect comic books, most recently bonsai and drawing
Wine tasting pro tip: schedule tastings as early as possible before anyone else shows up. Ask a ton of questions, listen and learn. Most places love to teach about wine if they have time and will open 3-4 extra bottles to show the differences between different vineyards or wine making techniques
I spent an hour this morning before work going through this Shimpaku juniper and cleaning out the dead 3rd year growth. It’s meticulous work but I love it. Saw some signs of spider mites so need to get that under control
We took our pup on his first swim of the summer and he rocked it. 850 yards, about half a mile. Current status is snoozing hard
The only thing I don’t like is the huge void of negative space; half the tree has no foliage. But if I repot at this angle the tree becomes much more interesting. Lots of options here
The idea is something like this in the end. It’ll probably take me about 376 tries to get close. I thought the stone kinda looked like a giant glacier floating in out the ocean, so that’s my vision for this
Who has two thumbs, doesn’t need another hobby but can’t help himself? This guy!! I found this cool stone and thought it would make a good Suiseki. Right now I’m just practicing carving out the wood so the stone sits flush, then I’ll get better wood and do it for realz
This is a good life lesson: even when you don’t think you are fucking things up, check that you aren’t fucking things up. So it is with bonsai, as it is in life
VSCode keeps asking for access for folders even after I deny the request. Looking this up the recommendation is to just give VSCode access to the full disk. That is some early 2000's Microsoft shit right there. "App cant update certain registry settings? Give it full admin privileges"
I wad planning on biking 30 miles, but got back to the car at 29.29 miles and my ass was done. Couldn’t bring myself to do the extra 0.7 miles 😂
Last year I potted a small upright fuchsia just for the funzies. Didn’t expect it to survive the winter but it did. It’s gonna pop with flowers any day now Pics: today vs last year
Saw this absolute unit of a Sequoia tree the other day. Trunk about 8’ in diameter and it’s small compared the old growth trees down in Cali
Did you know Seattle has a strawberry season? It does and this week is the start of it. We can mow though a flat a week until the season is over
Visited the @pacificbonsai.bsky.social this afternoon to see the azaleas and some different #bonsai rotated into display. The last picture is an absolute hulk of a black pine. What a beautiful beast