Kai
@kaiho
balding man yells at clouds by day, loves cats and loud riffs by night. ✶✶✶✶ Chicago by way of lots of the world. Software by way of academia, beer and accidents. And by software I mean my last gig was devops shizz but if you hire me I'll do whatever.
When you keep emailing about "honest, we're gonna start charging you soon. Honest." and pushing back that deadline, what does that say?
I'm in Białystok pub (well overdue) and the lady insisted on speaking English with me even though she's talking polish at the end of the bar lol.
Isn't the brain weird? Sometimes you're in an amazing bar in Chicago, a city you love, and go "but I guess I could be in London" which, incidentally, I also no familial or genetic connection to, though I did spend years there. Anyway, hug your loved ones, drink the things you love, etc etc
The Finnish news photo prizes for the year were announced today. This isn't one of the winners but depicts a medical student writing care instructions for the boy's toy bunny at a day designed to lessen kids' fears about doctors and to train junior doctors on approaching kids. I just thought it cute
Alright assholes, you're going to come at me with "well it's dark and loud and has scary shouty music" or whatever else makes shit "weird" for your lame ass? Here's the "seasonal drink options". Notice MULTIPLE YEARS of Rev beers etc etc
The next time some chump calls Delilahs a "dive bar" or god forbid "divey", show them this picture and ask what dive bar has Krug, Dom Perignon, Trappistes Rochefort, and Orval in the fridge. Then wait.
Sometimes you need to stop and take stock of the fact that you can get an exquisite Rauchbier made within minutes of your own house, with attention to detail and authentic ingredients. And then drink the fucker.
Speaking of Chicago, I'm leaving beautifully spring-blossomed London for, err, this drunk-ass weather
"there's too much happening too fast." Trying to keep up with the rate of change is nuts, and you need management to support you to spend time learning and assessing things.
Opening remarks by @monkchips.com for #monkigras has the room in stitches. "A conference about being prepared.... So we're running late... But time is relative, so whatever"
Hell yes, Side Street Saloon standing firm against "tavern style" though what they are is a tavern and what they make would be called that by many. But it's just Chicago style thin crust.
Look at this fucking Guinness. Marvel at its goodness. Imagine being served it and having the Tipperary brogue of "would there be anything else, sir?" accompany it. Slainte, DB Cooper's NYC. You know where to get them.
My god my knees are taking a whacking with the kid sat in the seat in front of mine
What's the ABV of the Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA? Because your boy MIGHT need bang for his buck
Fuck it we ball. Guy sitting a little ways away is shocked his new friend who is finishing her margarita is going to go on the blue line to get home
This is my jam to the absolute maximum. Like the dirtiest daiquiri possible: sugar, lime wedges, smash that shit up, pour a fuck load of Guadalupean rum over it and stir once served. It's awful. It's wonderful. It's fucking me up 5€ at a time (It's called the ti' punch)
The next time some self-confident but ultimately terribly mistaken person says "Delilah's is a dive bar", remember that you have seen this picture of the NYE Champagne menu, and mock them mercilessly. Deal?
Sometimes you cough up $50 you don't really have for an airline lounge to make the next 9 hours more bearable. No, the hangover won't be great, but both the food and drink beats what's on board
"git is a time travel machine that allows us to explore parallel universes. Oh and it stores source code" @mdwayne-real.bsky.social #bsideschicago
Oh wonderful. Instagram and I presume meta more widely will force personalization of ads in a unilateral move. No more opting out. It's just there from when the new terms and conditions take effect.
Whoah boy the AWS outage from last night has a long tail. Todoist kicked me off my session on my laptop, and when I tried to log back in, I got a plain "Perhaps you're a developer who didn't get things right?" in the window.