Brian :python: :flask: :html5:

Chemistry & web programming teacher, hobby web developer (#Flask, #HTMX), beekeeper, wannabe homesteader.

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#beekeeping

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2025-03-24 20:06:15

Besides being embarrassed about losing my temper, now I'm just hoping it didn't end up on tiktok or snap.
I needed to handle it completely differently and I let my emotions take over.

2024-11-14 13:06:37

"The problem with the pick and mix approach to the indieweb is that it’s inherently individualistic, almost consumerist – my choices, my approach to something, my technology, my thoughts – me and my blog...But simply stating your opinion in isolation lessens your ability to actually have an effect on anything – there’s strength in collective thought and action. What do we think."
@nprofile…lycd asks good questions about the community aspect of the #indieweb mindset.
https://www.thisdaysportion.com/posts/indieweb-in-the-age-of-trump/

2024-10-20 17:28:32

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@npub1sg4…xslc I liked it more than the Mars trilogy (admittedly, I never finished the Mars series). It's a good look at what it might _actually_ be like to live on and maintain a ship that needs to survive hundreds of years.

2024-10-20 17:23:49

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@npub1sg4…xslc I enjoyed Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's about the people aboard a generation ship.

2024-10-10 23:12:25

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And not just to go. "Oh no!" But to also consider how use of these tools and NOT talking about them with students contributed to the harm.
The trick is how to write it up so people actually come.

2024-10-10 23:11:31

The Michigan Science Teachers Association conference is in March and has open calls for submissions. I'm expecting sessions on AI in schools and I had an idea for a proposal:
We come in and instead of talking about how AI is so helpful, we look at data and evaluate like scientists.
Data on water use.
Data on electricity use.
Data on investments.
Data on AI in the wild (scientific publishing, hiring, etc).
And we analyze that data to understand just how nightmarish it is becoming.

2024-09-28 18:53:43

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@npub1nxu…4hun I'm not patient enough for mead...

2024-09-28 18:41:22

Halfway through jarring fall honey. I think we'll have ~120 pounds when all finished.
#beekeeping

2024-08-19 13:35:27

Back to school and the first thing I did this morning was move back over to @npub15c0…hxke as my default browser.
Now, time to print all the things and get the classroom back together.

2024-08-06 22:51:04

I got a cryptic text from an unknown number that just said, "Hello. Can I ask you a question?"
I'm really fighting the urge to reply and bait because this is my actual phone number and I don't want to bring harassment onto myself.

2024-07-19 01:43:04

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@npub1sua…szrk I'm considering more out of convenience than anything. My entire family uses apple, I'm the lone without and there's just friction in places I wish there weren't.

2024-07-19 01:08:52

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@npub1sua…szrk bummer. I can't remember who I saw recently making the switch...

2024-06-14 11:11:41

I already miss the lake.
#adirondaks #outdoors #nature
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/614/665/670/550/415/original/e4e56e2367251d7d.jpg

2024-06-06 10:47:38

Because goodness, _every_ song on this album is melancholy.

2024-06-03 16:55:13

End of year survey results are coming in from students and I definitely have some things to think about.

2024-05-23 11:07:39

One of the delightful side benefits of being a teacher is learning all kinds of new stuff either from what your students bring or from researching questions your students ask.

2024-05-17 00:41:06

I've noticed a big shift toward, "We should be teaching kids how to cite AI."
That's antithetical to citations. A citation points you to the original source. Citing AI is effectively erasing original sources in a misguided effort to "teach students how to responsibly use AI tools."
Responsible use is teaching people that AI tools are plagiarism machines. Period.

2024-03-24 23:04:12

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@npub1l3g…vu48 agreed. I actively avoid reading threads. Put it in a blog post where it belongs.

2024-02-01 12:24:17

Craaaaaaap...I just realized my grading scales weren't set correctly for the semester 😖
Ugh...student grades just went CRAZY when I fixed it.

2024-01-22 19:16:09

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@npub13w6…479m Leather water skins.

2024-01-20 20:38:41

I have a hard time writing reviews of books. I feel like I need to sound "reviewy" and I'm trying to just write a couple sentences about what I think.

2023-12-28 21:09:03

I painted my parents' house during our Christmas visit. Pencil and watercolor on paper.
#mastoart #watercolor
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2023-12-14 19:54:40

We discussed ecological footprints in class this week, starting with nations and ending today with our own. These are tough conversations for teenagers. Especially rural teenagers.
https://blog.ohheybrian.com/2023/12/ecological-footprints/
#science #teaching #100DaysToOffload 80/100

2023-12-10 11:52:46

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@npub1sg4…xslc @npub1v42…y7uh i have a similar memory. My uncle had a cabin that was about a 5 hour drive for us. Dad had a whole set of John Denver cassettes that would get us there and back.
Those and the Les Miserables soundtrack for some reason...

2023-12-08 12:24:50

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@npub1q5l…ywp3 Voicemail seems like one of the things that just hasn't improved. Ever.

2023-10-18 11:17:31

Prolonging the Magic (1998) by CAKE has _so many_ great songs on it. They manage to find the groove in every track.

2023-10-18 11:09:01

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@npub1q5l…ywp3 Yeah, we'll see what happens. I'm hoping that it'll help build some regulation skills more than anything else. If they can realize, "Oh, wow - I _do_ understand this better," then maybe we'll have a different platform for discussing phone use rather than, "put it away."

2023-10-17 22:53:39

Here's some more detail on the phone counter gimmick I pulled in class last week:
https://blog.ohheybrian.com/2023/10/the-phone-counter/
#teaching #100DaysToOffload 63/100

2023-08-18 03:06:57

First day in a while I've felt like writing something.
#beekeeping on the farm marches on this season with some new work on the horizon.
https://blog.ohheybrian.com/2023/08/more-beekeeping-adventures/
#100DaysToOffload 51/100
#homestead #farm

2023-08-11 17:45:02

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@npub1q5l…ywp3 ok, OpenTrack is sweet. Thanks for the tip!

2023-08-10 23:20:14

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@npub1typ…c8hh Yeah, I'd never used on before. A little rough.
It blows my _minds_ that Amazon tried to get these into schools as the iPad/Chromebook alternative.

2023-08-10 23:11:48

I was given an extra kindle fire as a "do what you want with it" surplus offload.
What I want to do with it is chuck it out the window. This thing is awful.
What I'll probably do is try to jailbreak it and throw stock Android on it if I can.

2023-08-10 21:20:00

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@npub1q5l…ywp3 I'll need to try out OpenTracks. I used Another Activity Tracker (AAT) today, but it paused a session unexpectedly (only recorded 0.5km) and then deleted the wrong one from my session list for some reason.

2023-08-10 13:19:11

Here's a blip about putting in effort up front to set up a single purpose app vs signing up for a mega service.
https://blog.ohheybrian.com/2023/08/lowest-necessary-requirements/
#100DaysToOffload 50/100

2023-08-05 11:53:55

I've been using #HelixEditor on a Chromebook for about a week now and I'm still battling LSP configs.
I need to spend some time on that today. Syntax highlighting works with paired brackets, tags, and attributes, but there's no auto complete or formatting, which is a pain.

2023-06-05 22:09:47

Remember how weird people got about Google glass and how "unwearable" they were?
This seems like a, "hold my beer" moment for Apple.