Angela Brett
@angelastic.com
macOS/iOS/sometimes web dev, mathematician, linguist, poet, former Cernoise, JoCo Cruiser, two-time fancy pants champion, three-time international mover (not shaker)
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Angela Brett
@angelastic.com
· Apr 25
For those of you who just came here from my mastodon/mathstodon on the promise of ephemeral stuff such as food and pants: I just had breakfast (cereal, yogurt, and a banana, all mixed together, and a cup of tea) and I’m wearing a skirt.
It's the seventh day of Christmas! Have some more birds. This time there is some twitter drama between dark-eyed juncos and chickadees.
December 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's the seventh day of Christmas! Have some more birds. This time there is some twitter drama between dark-eyed juncos and chickadees.
It’s the sixth day of Christmas! Have another bird. It’s a common starling, but it’s probably not named for the fact that much of its plumage looks like bright stars against a dark sky! In fact, ‘starling’ is probably cognate with another bird, ‘tern’.
I had no idea they looked like that. Neat!
I had no idea they looked like that. Neat!
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
It’s the sixth day of Christmas! Have another bird. It’s a common starling, but it’s probably not named for the fact that much of its plumage looks like bright stars against a dark sky! In fact, ‘starling’ is probably cognate with another bird, ‘tern’.
I had no idea they looked like that. Neat!
I had no idea they looked like that. Neat!
Scheduled a callback from my Austrian phone company in the hopes I wouldn't have to wait on hold, have now been waiting 40 minutes on hold. 😔 I hope receiving this call while outside Austria doesn't use up my international minutes. Good thing it's apparently also possible to end my contract by post.
December 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Scheduled a callback from my Austrian phone company in the hopes I wouldn't have to wait on hold, have now been waiting 40 minutes on hold. 😔 I hope receiving this call while outside Austria doesn't use up my international minutes. Good thing it's apparently also possible to end my contract by post.
It’s the fifth day of Christmas! There is some debate over whether the gifts on this day were actually birds. Anyway, have a squirrel’s ring.
December 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It’s the fifth day of Christmas! There is some debate over whether the gifts on this day were actually birds. Anyway, have a squirrel’s ring.
It’s the fourth day of Christmas! Have some more birds. (Two or three different Steller’s jays, a dark-eyed junco, and a golden-crowned sparrow)
December 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It’s the fourth day of Christmas! Have some more birds. (Two or three different Steller’s jays, a dark-eyed junco, and a golden-crowned sparrow)
It’s the third day of Christmas! Have some birds (a suspected house finch and a dark-eyed junco). I know you might have been expecting six birds today, but I’m not made of birds, you know.
December 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
It’s the third day of Christmas! Have some birds (a suspected house finch and a dark-eyed junco). I know you might have been expecting six birds today, but I’m not made of birds, you know.
It’s the second day of Christmas! Have three birds of two different species (dark-eyed juncos and I think a chickadee) It might be the same junco twice; I haven’t had time to look for one that definitely has two.
December 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It’s the second day of Christmas! Have three birds of two different species (dark-eyed juncos and I think a chickadee) It might be the same junco twice; I haven’t had time to look for one that definitely has two.
According to this song: youtu.be/p_KCe-gdvE0, if you sleep on Christmas, those hours of sleep are worth thousands.
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
According to this song: youtu.be/p_KCe-gdvE0, if you sleep on Christmas, those hours of sleep are worth thousands.
Yay, it's the Zunior Boxing Day sale! Lots of great Canadian music here at half price. zunior.com
Zunior.com - Canadian Music Originals!
Zunior.com - Canadian Music Originals since 2004 - MP3 and FLAC Digital Music Downloads, EBooks and Bite-Sized Art
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December 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Yay, it's the Zunior Boxing Day sale! Lots of great Canadian music here at half price. zunior.com
It’s the first day of Christmas. Have a bird. (I think this one is a golden-crowned sparrow.)
December 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It’s the first day of Christmas. Have a bird. (I think this one is a golden-crowned sparrow.)
I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
I know there'll be a day when I need to seriously optimise the code to do part 2 in a reasonable time, but this wasn't that day.
I know there'll be a day when I need to seriously optimise the code to do part 2 in a reasonable time, but this wasn't that day.
Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
I know there'll be a day when I need to seriously optimise the code to do part 2 in a reasonable time, but this wasn't that day.
I know there'll be a day when I need to seriously optimise the code to do part 2 in a reasonable time, but this wasn't that day.
Merry Thursday, those of you in appropriate time zones! thefump.com/music/song/t...
The FuMP - The Thursday Carol by Steve Goodie
[featuring Andy Corwin]
Andy Corwin and I, aka actual size, have come up with a Christmas Carol that you can sing anytime!
Music and lyrics: Andy Corwin and SG
Guitar, vocal: Andy Corwin
Bass, perc...
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December 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Merry Thursday, those of you in appropriate time zones! thefump.com/music/song/t...
Foods from other countries I’ve lived in that I’ve made or helped make in the USA:
🇳🇿New Zealand: Pavlova
🇨🇭Switzerland (actually from neighbouring France, but I lived in Switzerland when I had it): Tartiflette (we have this often for dinner, with Brie instead of Reblochon)
🇦🇹Austria: Vanillekipferl
🇳🇿New Zealand: Pavlova
🇨🇭Switzerland (actually from neighbouring France, but I lived in Switzerland when I had it): Tartiflette (we have this often for dinner, with Brie instead of Reblochon)
🇦🇹Austria: Vanillekipferl
December 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Foods from other countries I’ve lived in that I’ve made or helped make in the USA:
🇳🇿New Zealand: Pavlova
🇨🇭Switzerland (actually from neighbouring France, but I lived in Switzerland when I had it): Tartiflette (we have this often for dinner, with Brie instead of Reblochon)
🇦🇹Austria: Vanillekipferl
🇳🇿New Zealand: Pavlova
🇨🇭Switzerland (actually from neighbouring France, but I lived in Switzerland when I had it): Tartiflette (we have this often for dinner, with Brie instead of Reblochon)
🇦🇹Austria: Vanillekipferl
Trying to figure out who the intended audience is for this chart of "all 46 romaji characters" www.etsy.com/listing/1808...
www.etsy.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Trying to figure out who the intended audience is for this chart of "all 46 romaji characters" www.etsy.com/listing/1808...
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
Well here’s a relationship with Jesus I wasn’t expecting this Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Well here’s a relationship with Jesus I wasn’t expecting this Christmas.
Reposted by Angela Brett
Merry Christmas Eve Eve, everyone. paulandstorm.bandcamp.com/track/christ...
Christmas Eve Eve, by Paul and Storm
from the album It Might Be Xmas
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December 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Merry Christmas Eve Eve, everyone. paulandstorm.bandcamp.com/track/christ...
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“Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars — and halting them in their tracks. Riders and pedestrians posted videos of Waymos stuck at intersections, long lines of drivers behind them.” missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams across San Francisco after a PG&E outage hit 1/3 of the city.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars — and halting them in their tracks. Riders and pedestrians posted videos of Waymos stuck at intersections, long lines of drivers behind them.” missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
I spent some time thinking it wasn't working the right way because the log buffer wasn't big enough to have what I was expecting to see, but then I tried the final result and it was right. 😂
I spent some time thinking it wasn't working the right way because the log buffer wasn't big enough to have what I was expecting to see, but then I tried the final result and it was right. 😂
Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
I spent some time thinking it wasn't working the right way because the log buffer wasn't big enough to have what I was expecting to see, but then I tried the final result and it was right. 😂
I spent some time thinking it wasn't working the right way because the log buffer wasn't big enough to have what I was expecting to see, but then I tried the final result and it was right. 😂
Things that are surprisingly hard to find in countries I’ve lived in:
Switzerland: Fake moustaches — couldn’t find them anywhere! 🤷🏻♀️
Austria: Puffed rice cereal — I had to use what I’d brought from Switzerland to make Rice Krispie treats.
USA: Yoghurt that isn’t super thick (so I buy kefir instead.)
Switzerland: Fake moustaches — couldn’t find them anywhere! 🤷🏻♀️
Austria: Puffed rice cereal — I had to use what I’d brought from Switzerland to make Rice Krispie treats.
USA: Yoghurt that isn’t super thick (so I buy kefir instead.)
December 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Things that are surprisingly hard to find in countries I’ve lived in:
Switzerland: Fake moustaches — couldn’t find them anywhere! 🤷🏻♀️
Austria: Puffed rice cereal — I had to use what I’d brought from Switzerland to make Rice Krispie treats.
USA: Yoghurt that isn’t super thick (so I buy kefir instead.)
Switzerland: Fake moustaches — couldn’t find them anywhere! 🤷🏻♀️
Austria: Puffed rice cereal — I had to use what I’d brought from Switzerland to make Rice Krispie treats.
USA: Yoghurt that isn’t super thick (so I buy kefir instead.)
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
In the brief snatches of time I've had to work on this, I kept getting part 2 wrong and reworking it, before eventually realising I'd forgotten to add it to the number from part 1 🤦🏻♀️
In the brief snatches of time I've had to work on this, I kept getting part 2 wrong and reworking it, before eventually realising I'd forgotten to add it to the number from part 1 🤦🏻♀️
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
In the brief snatches of time I've had to work on this, I kept getting part 2 wrong and reworking it, before eventually realising I'd forgotten to add it to the number from part 1 🤦🏻♀️
In the brief snatches of time I've had to work on this, I kept getting part 2 wrong and reworking it, before eventually realising I'd forgotten to add it to the number from part 1 🤦🏻♀️
We just sat down to listen to the rest of a podcast episode we started the other day, and the first thing that came up was an email from me, which I’d almost forgotten I’d sent! www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Pastini, Ratites, and Tudum - Hello, Puzzlers! | iHeart
<p>Hello, Puzzlers! Today: Greg invents new pasta, A.J. tests Greg on his onomatopoeic knowledge, and we read some listener mail!</p><p>Join host A.J. Jacobs and his guests as they puzzle–and laugh–th...
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December 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We just sat down to listen to the rest of a podcast episode we started the other day, and the first thing that came up was an email from me, which I’d almost forgotten I’d sent! www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Reposted by Angela Brett
Man,game 7 of the 2013 series, when the Bostoo Yook Yarters walked it off in the 57th inning against Chicago City was something I will never forget.
And I say that as a Logeeles Dodgers fan for LIFE.
And I say that as a Logeeles Dodgers fan for LIFE.
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Man,game 7 of the 2013 series, when the Bostoo Yook Yarters walked it off in the 57th inning against Chicago City was something I will never forget.
And I say that as a Logeeles Dodgers fan for LIFE.
And I say that as a Logeeles Dodgers fan for LIFE.
Reposted by Angela Brett
