sean @ssoper@mastodon.technology

Hanging out at Bear Chase brewery

it’s durian’s time to shine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/02/durian-foul-smelling-fruit-make-malaysia-millions-export-china

Oh the amazing things we’ll cut, slice and dice together! 🔪

Monads coming to Swift 5? One can hope… https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0235-add-result.md

TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED 🛰#InSight #Mars

T-20m until we find out if Insight landed successfully, here's an Oatmeal comic to entertain you in the meantime https://theoatmeal.com/comics/insight

Someone brought back a bag of Singapore’s greatest export and I can’t stop eating them 🐠🐣

After growing several massive scobys I’ve decided to reboot my kombucha brewing with smaller batches so I can hone in on my flavors before trying to scale again

What if instead of an endless stream of marketing emails trying to get you to take a survey, dealerships instead sent you a receipt for the work done 🤔🚘🛠

Definitely got the gamification vibe from Duolingo, opting to pay for classes was the best decision I made for learning Mandarin 🇨🇳🇹🇼 https://apple.news/AtMw4zWvsQ7KlhGHZPk7toQ

Already watching the first ep, it’s so good 🇲🇽

being in a similar situation to the author (worked at old Post building, walks by new Midtown building every day) this article sums up my feelings pretty well while also offering some architectural insight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/a-new-building-erases-the-last-physical-traces-of-a-newly-vibrant-newspaper/2018/11/14/fba8eaf0-e6ae-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html

The new standard for the kilogram is currently located in Gaithersburg, MD https://apple.news/AESQ0Aho4QSmxaemYa8RFJw #kibble #nist

Books like The Windup Girl would definitely be better categorized as “Cli-Fi” https://apple.news/AVZtFpYcmNUKGF1KeG-emtw

I love buying Android phones from around the world, today saw the arrival of a new Nokia 7.1 (awesome phone btw) and this beauty, a Vivo V9 from Taiwan 🇹🇼

Voting in 2016 took all of 5 minutes. For 2018 midterms, it took 30 minutes thanks to the crowds.

I want to believe

✅ Game of Thrones themed
✅ Sour
🍺🍺🍺

If you’re as plane crazy as I am you’ll dig this NOVA special on Concorde and the challenges it had to overcome to succeed. It also briefly dives into the short-lived American and Russian SST programs https://www.pbs.org/video/flying-supersonic-y0oteu/

Finally gave my new oven a go having just converted from an electric to a 15k BTU gas stove w/6 burners. It’s an absolute dream to cook with.

This was a brand spanking new 737 MAX only in operation since August https://apple.news/AU_q7DL30RA-YlMDWwARZzQ