Boris Mann’s Personal Blog

Apr 2021

I guess it’s tepache season again

Apr 2021

Easter on Bowen, continuing to help my parents move and settle in.

Forest walk with first bright pink salmon berry blossoms, mossy trees, and the reflective water at the bridge by the Meadow.

Mar 2021

I know, I know it’s the middle of the night.

But I had a ton of fun making a shopping list with @TiddlyWiki.

Thinking about migrating @ATBRecipes into this.

Thanks to marxsal for creating Tiddly Groceries!

Mar 2021

I gave a talk back in Oct 2019 about #opensource licensing evolution.

A good time to reflect about what you want from your software and your licenses.

Mar 2021

I have a Ghost Pro-powered links / newsletter / subscription thing now. I wrote a first post, and it has a couple of interesting links. Never mind about the monkey.

Mar 2021

Yesterday was spent on the North Shore. @rachaelashe has work in the art for kids show at Seymour Gallery in Deep Cove.

Then walked the Spirit Trail along the waterfront east to Cap Mall. A bit of sun sparkle & the view over to downtown Vancouver & port.

Mar 2021

It’s a rainy cold day, but the cherry blossoms are coming out.

Spent a couple of hours this morning inside, taking a course from Eikcam Ceramics. I made a bento box and side dishes.

Mar 2021

A walk to Prototype Coffee. They sell colourful potions & waffles, plus have a mirrored moss portal at their entrance.

Mar 2021

North: up Howe Sound towards Squamish

South: Passage Island, out of Howe Sound, across Burrard Inlet, UBC in the distance

West: Bowen Island, Snug Cove and Deep Bay, a short 20 minute ferry ride.

Mar 2021

Very interested in @resonatecoop’s work around Verifiable Credentials.

VCs are a DID linked “proof”, and they have a demo including a Discourse plugin to grant access to a private group. Image from technical overview flyer.

Mar 2021

Detail of @timbertrain Depot hand made coffe cups, and crocuses blooming in the park. Sunshine time ☀️

Mar 2021

My local park was gloriously sun-drenched today. The sun was warm on my face and my skin was just drinking it in.

I sat on a bench & ate some lunch, and walked some laps listening to music after 5 hours of calls.

Round two in the evening, with an energizing talk. Thanks Elty.

Mar 2021

Went for a walk along the Fraser and ended up over at the River District.

We biked there to see the murals as they were being painted way back in August.

Mural artist Fernanda Ribeiro, IG:littelost_fe

Mar 2021

After getting @mamrotynka to go to Pacific Bread Company, we went to for a walk today and stopped at the yarn store and the Polish deli, Polonia.

Mar 2021

I was surprised to see QR codes in the latest edition of Cook’s Illustrated.

It works pretty well, where this Armenian Vospov kofte recipe leads to a video of how to make it.

Mar 2021

The Pacific Bread Company has a delicious selection of pastries as always, and that’s without taking a picture of the other case filled with cakes and colourful macaroons.

Mar 2021

A walk around the neighbourhood after too much time indoors. It was a nice evening, I got to pet a dog, and the sunset light was lovely.

Mar 2021

Autonomic is a tech co-op that just announced “Co-Op Cloud”:

“using existing open standards to build a catalogue of apps, & a CLI client to read the catalogue and deploy those apps”

Co-op Cloud docs cloud.autonomic.zone

Feb 2021

The rain and cloud have moved in today on Bowen.

Plus, an incredible selection of fresh pastries & sandwiches at Artisan Eats.

Feb 2021

Robin Rendle, Inheritance, on the longevity (or not) of the web:

“the web forgets everything because you’re just renting space…In sixty years will my grandchildren read my blog?”

This is part of why I’m interested in IPFS.

Feb 2021

View from Artisan Suites on Bowen Island. We’re helping my parents partially move into their new place this weekend.

Feb 2021

I’m very happy to have my #secondbrain notes site auto-building and publishing to @fissioncodes with GitHub Actions.

I also have IndieKit running so I can post from my phone over Micropub to a git commit. Longer write up soon ;)

Feb 2021

Here’s a few photos from @bloedelconserv.

You book a 45min slot to wander among the plants & birds & warm air. It didn’t hurt that the sun was out & shining through the dome as well.

Feb 2021

A picture of me in the lobby of our apartment.

It’s my birthday today. We’ll visit the Bloedel Conservatory for some nice warmth, jungle plants, & bird life as an antidote to the gray Vancouver winter.

Feb 2021

Are you annoyed by #opensource Contributor License Agreements (CLA) assigned to a single corporation?

@kemitchell made a form of XLC that lets contributors pool and manage relicensing without a central entity: Cross License Foundations