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billmerrill
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bikes / mountains / sky / maps / oregon trail / seattle
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ruralindexing.bsky.social
Lottery
Calumet, MI
October 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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nicksattele.bsky.social
@seattledot.bsky.social Can you have the Graffiti Response Team fix this spray paint?
bikesnacks.bsky.social Andrew @bikesnacks.bsky.social · 27d
How hard do you think it would be to push these into the car lane
October 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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typewriteralley.bsky.social
A bar in an existing grandfathered corner store zone should create a cocktail called "recipe for disaster."
September 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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typewriteralley.bsky.social
Being the only transit rider at a transit related press event continues to be incredibly demoralizing when I wish it was embarrassing for the transit agency involved.
August 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
billmerrill.bsky.social
I took my first bike ride down the new northwest section of the waterfront trail.

I wish they had done that on the southeast section, we could leave the tetnus trench for the trike super heros (complementary). #seabikes
August 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
billmerrill.bsky.social
Corner 🎆 Stores 🎇 Everywhere 🧨
August 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
billmerrill.bsky.social
A month ago I was biking here, along a bike trail north of Winlaw BC, Canada.
A sunny, mostly blue sky day. In the distance, a steep hill covered in trees rises from left to right, climbing out of frame. Left side a 2 track gravel trail proceeds directly ahead, on the right, a bank with a variety of trees, and separating the two a wide, glassy smooth river, green like all its surroundings
July 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
billmerrill.bsky.social
This, but as a bumper sticker.
July 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
We beat the bus yesterday, but isn’t it time we elect someone who regularly rides transit?

WilsonForSeattle.com
Katie racing the L8 Katie riding the 8
July 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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typewriteralley.bsky.social
JUST ANNOUNCED: Sound Transit says that it expects to be able to open Federal Way Link earlier than expected. The 3-station line had originally been set to open in early 2026.

Moving up Federal Way will pave the way for a full 2 Line opening by spring.
July 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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sharethecities.bsky.social
Lunges to beat the L8 8

fixthel8.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
billmerrill.bsky.social
@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social
I want them to fix that as well, but I don’t use it anymore, there is a safer route.
A map showing the route using Marginal Place SW to cross West Marginal Way SW.
June 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
billmerrill.bsky.social
The most recent round of folks talking about using llms for coding has boiled down to one thing for me: I’d like to learn more about teaching folks to read code and change requests.

I’ve taught people to make better change requests but my skills at reading them are a result of doing it a lot.
June 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
billmerrill.bsky.social
A good start to the day:

Navigating by Aliveness

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With thanks to

everythingchanges.us/blog/alive/
The Imperfectionist: Navigating by aliveness
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May 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
billmerrill.bsky.social
It’s a three boat day today.

Ferry Cathlanet: cafe is closed. Robot coffee for breakfast.
A white paper coffee cup in a stainless steel alcove, brown liquid pouring in.
May 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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yourfriendlara.bsky.social
you GUYS! even LOWER tide on Alki around noon on Tuesday and Wednesday!! who wanna come look around with me???

SYZYGY!?!!! 🌞🌚🌎🌊🐚🦀

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
One of the lowest tides of 2025 will soon hit Puget Sound: When to look
Some of the year's lowest tides arrive next week. It's a great time to peer into tidepools, so look out for Seattle Aquarium marine life experts at the beach.
www.seattletimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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seattlebikeblog.com
They should add a bus lane to Denny Way when they are done repaving it.
typewriteralley.bsky.social Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · May 23
Give the 8 a bus lane you cowards
Metro 8 sitting in Denny traffic
May 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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ruralindexing.bsky.social
No exit
Friend, NE
May 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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spencexyz.bsky.social
New release for GoBikeCamping.com is out! You can now put a GPX route on the map and see how far away a POI is from your route. It also adds mile markers to the route to help you better estimate distance.
gobikecamping.com map with a gpx route on it. a POI popup showing the new distance field. A gpx route that shows the mile markers.
May 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
billmerrill.bsky.social
“With all of the above in mind, if you want to render text in a way that results in a squiffy looking raster image, doesn’t wrap like normal text, fails WCAG’s 1.4.5 Images Of Text, and requires you to write JavaScript (!), is my recommendation.”

heydonworks.com/article/the-...
The canvas element: HeydonWorks
An unofficial guide to the HTML canvas element
heydonworks.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
billmerrill.bsky.social
I’ve been thinking about this every since my friend gave a talk on different ways to distribute python-based maps. WASM as distribution gives me funny feelings!
simonwillison.net Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · Apr 28
If you want to create completely free software for other people to use, the absolute best delivery mechanism right now is static HTML and JavaScript served from a free web host with an established reputation.

Here's why think that in more detail: simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/28/...
Note on 28th April 2025
If you want to create completely <strong>free software</strong> for other people to use, the absolute best delivery mechanism right now is static HTML and JavaScript served from a free web …
simonwillison.net
April 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
billmerrill.bsky.social
Sadly, yes. Straight to jail.
sleary.bsky.social Stephanie Leary @sleary.bsky.social · Apr 19
I Will Fucking Dropkick You If You Use That Spreadsheet ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-...

“You don't have to live like this. … Just put the spreadsheet down and we can work with databases. Do you remember databases, and possibly happiness?”

(via @copystar.bsky.social’s excellent newsletter)
A sane engineer would come to you, palms upturned, arms wide, and preach the virtues of Excel in a conciliatory tone. "It really empowers non-technical staff"', they would say. "The democratization of data is an important element to the modern workplace, and it is an incredible testament to Excel's flexibility that it has enabled so many people to leverage the power of computing." But that is a mere sane engineer, the first to die in the revolution, and when you have seen enough of what happens when you yield to this blatant cowardice, you move beyond mere sanity, into righteous logic so cold that it burns like fire. I tell you now, if you suggest that we put that spreadsheet anywhere near any process, no force on this planet will save you from me. This Is Gatekeeping Yes. I have put this gate here and I am keeping it for a reason. The last time I stopped keeping this gate, I wrote a Python script that took a spreadsheet as an input, ran regular expressions in it against a database, spat out ten more spreadsheets, then used those to power a generic PowerBI template which had to have all ten spreadsheet targets repointed by hand. This became one of the most requested services my team performed for several months. Someone should have fucking stopped me, and I must pay for my crimes by keeping this gate forever. I swear to you, there is nothing good past this gate. Turn away. Turn away. I beg you, turn away. Beyond this lies naught but trying to work out why all the numbers are wrong, only to realize that Excel thought those IDs were integers and dropped all the leading zeroes. This death is a kindness.
April 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
billmerrill.bsky.social
What should I do in LA tomorrow?

Current top contender is the County Arboretum.
April 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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www.robinsloan.com/lab/five-yea...
Five years of home-cooked apps
Finished.
www.robinsloan.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
billmerrill.bsky.social
Shade
People hiding in the shade of a pole on grass.
April 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM