Philip Tellis

I've noticed that ads for tools that make tech & the web simpler for older adults are still being targeted at 55 year olds, when we're now at a point where most of the folks who invented these things are over 55.

Claude: 100% code coverage of tested paths. Well Claude, ANYTHING can be a 100% if you just fudge the denominator to your liking!

If you want to know how it's going, today is the day after COVID & Flu shot day.

Duolingo still can't do basic math. Apparently 1+1+1 = 2

Not quite the same, but someone in Wholefoods once asked if I was the author of boomerang.

Broke a whole bunch of SVG charts by accidentally changing the namespace URL from http to https. The SVG element was no longer recognized as an SVG element and had no accessible style attribute.

Cities should treat trees as essential infrastructure, not decor: spacedaily.com/d-research-c...

The history behind Waka Waka: Jean-Paul Zé Bella: the cunning Cameroonian soldier who became a global music legend share.google/0UPNeXflcG9P...

Found the weirdest thing when we stopped for ice cream after a waterfall hike. Apparently it's the "first confirmed UFO experience" in MA (not independently verified by me).

Z80: www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr... #iykyk

Well @duolingoverde.bsky.social still can't do math. Finish 2 daily quests but they only count 1.

A member of the generation that can remember migrating all your code from cgi-lib.pl to CGI.pm

Interesting if we can build Data Centers without the water footprint and half the energy footprint. blogs.nvidia.com/blog/liquid-...

This was my entry. I used Einkorn which is a typically very hard grain to work with, but tastes amazing. I used pepitas and black & white sesame for my seeds. I didn't rack in the top 3, but am looking forward to feedback from the judges sometime in the next week.

Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain starts in East Cambridge in just over an hour from now. I dropped off my seeded sandwich loaf earlier this morning. #bread #sourdough #ecba #elmendorf #cambridgema eastcambridgeba.com/le-grand-pri... img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/6a...

Someone used my phone number to book a restaurant reservation for this weekend. What should I do with it? So far I've entered the "Anything else we should know" field for the booking to say that whoever made the reservation used my phone number and I hope they have some other contact info.

Seeded sourdough Einkorn sandwich bread.

The Pythagorean Theorem is older than Pythagoras: "Ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, Indians, and Chinese mathematicians were using the right-triangle rule long before Pythagoras was born." via @zmescience.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/05/14/p...

Watching Evelyn Hammonds in conversation with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (@chanda.blacksky.app) at Harvard University about Chanda's new book The Edge of Space-Time.

First attempt at seeded rye sourdough.

It's April 2026. Perhaps it's time to migrate my .cvsignore files to .gitignore. WDYT?

Grape Hyacinths and Forsythias in bloom. #spring #newengland #boston

Spiced whole-wheat sourdough fruit buns.

Is Marriott not interested in letting people book online? I don't think they're on bsky.

Halloumi is really squeaky when eaten

IYKYK.

Today in “Dudes Rock”: A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.

Apparently Google will not let you block X from your discovery feed. You can only block individual accounts. Support forums are full of folks asking how to block all of X from showing up in Discovery. Time to turn off discovery completely.

Barred owl at sunset.

Happy New Year to those who have a new year starting today. Bonne année.

Is this a thing now where the Korean text is just the English transliterated into Hangul?

Someone needs to tell Google Weather that snowflakes have 6 branches, not 4.

Tried to make Panettone but ended up with Volcanotonne. Apart from the shape, it came out well. 50% whole wheat and used my own strain of yeast extracted from the skin of a mango. The overflow was due to excessively deep scoring.

This week's sandwich loaf.

IT’S HERE!! Welcome to PyData Boston 2025! Experience 40+ engaging, exciting, and forward-thinking talks, tutorials, and keynote sessions over three data-filled days in Boston’s thriving tech hub. We hope you all enjoy!

PyData Boston 2025 (@pydata.bsky.social) -- Happening Dec. 8-10 at the Microsoft NERD Center. Details here: py- data.org/boston2025/ #PyDataBoston25 #PyData #NumFOCUS

Nobody told these tomatoes that the growing season is over. Just harvested and there are more on the plants.

Road to sunset

It's the month of sunsets.

My fingers smell of olives. I'm making whole wheat (70% Glenn/30% Spelt) Olive & Sun-dried Tomato sourdough bread.

Currently reading "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan. It talks about the issues with food industrialization and de-localization. I know many of you will enjoy it and learn from it.

@infrequently.org I can't seem to reply to your post, but yes it does, but my remote is also private like yours.