Was between a 20 mins bus ride, or a 50 mins walk...I picked the walk. Sunday morning in Brentwood:
Kevin de Youngster
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I'm excited by long walks, cycling up mountains, MTBing down them, LEGO, thoughtful writing, and playing with geospatial data. http://kevindeyoungster.com 📍 Vancouver, BC
The sword dangling over my head had lowered a touch over night. Still not close enough that I was freaking out but I could sense its movement.
quickest way to sound wise is to share a paradox to show you get it™️ "to be fast you must be slow" see? see?!
the only time I speak to my neighbourhood friend is when we walk around the block. our texts are just this:
first time in SF next month to visit a friend. any recs (events, things to try?) will be doing a lot of walking for sure
friend's going through a breakup, says she'll be doing a lot of mental-health walks. told her she might as well cover street in Hastings-Sunrise while she's at it
something absurd about dealing with data fusion problems while building a social fitness gameshow app. like, it makes sense, but of all the things...
Kevin de Youngster@kevindeyoungster.com · 2w agoworking with some midlayer wearable APIs and I have even more appreciation for Apple Watch (dedup, agg, etc.) some other wearables (esp. those rings!) are just sloppy
working with some midlayer wearable APIs and I have even more appreciation for Apple Watch (dedup, agg, etc.) some other wearables (esp. those rings!) are just sloppy
curious, where are the techno-optimists whose salaries don't depend on it?
Jaadugar's my fav airing anime rn, reminds me ousama ranking (quaint art-style, fresh plot)
calling instagram the true facebook marketplace with all these ads I'm seeing
had many 'reality has a surprising amount of detail' moments this weekend at spin instructor bootcamp
Kevin de Youngster@kevindeyoungster.com · 4w agogot it! 🥳 yours truly is officially a spin instructor (well, in-training)
when I spoke about quitting my job without another lined up, some people reacted very strongly to it. since then 2 of them have also quit, just found out about another yesterday. how much of their "you can't do that"s was really them struggling with themselves?
these people have figured out short-form, commentary on paintings Attenborough-style www.tiktok.com/@bymuseum
ByMuseum's Creator Profile
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it's nice noticing repeat characters in the neighbourhoods I walk. last month it was the 'blue grandma' (everything was blue even scarf, hat, earrings). saw her again today on Hastings St, this time all white
for fellow freaks who want to render sheet music by writing plain text inside of markdown inside of Astro, well, I made something for you! astro-lilypond converts text to SVG and works in markdown or with a <LilyPond> component. zero client-side JS. 🎶 docs and install: lilypond.ky.fyi
Astro LilyPond
Render LilyPond music notation to images with Astro.
lilypond.ky.fyi
keeping an eye on @petewarden.bsky.social's moonshine project petewarden.com/2026/07/14/l...
Launching Moonshine Micro
Long-time readers will know I’m convinced local voice interfaces and sub-$1 embedded chips will fundamentally change how we interact with everything in the physical world. That’s why I&…
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one piece anime taking too long, time to go back to the manga
just felt it in my bones, my next walking expedition will be from downtown vancouver to the top of grouse mountain to spread the ashes of my bonsai
The tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology
The tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology
The discovery of a new nitrogen-fixing organelle could change the way we eventually grow food.
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long morning walk to Deer Lake Park*. picked roads I hadn't walked, judged some balconies. lake was good! *first in a while without earpieces
wormery check-in! - 2x more walkers (had to actually optimise the SQL query this time, haha) - also, interesting how the Vancouver/Burnaby divide emerges on the map
Kevin de Youngster@kevindeyoungster.com · 12mo agojust visited the wormery and there're more 🪱
only reading articles I saved for later on my kobo has been a great practice if my sleep-deprived or just-woke-up self doesn't find sth interesting, chances are I won't even like it
Kevin de Youngster@kevindeyoungster.com · 9mo agoopening saved articles on my kobo: did i save these because they're interesting, or because i was in the mood for collecting articles?
"Pokemon" is short for "pocket monsters". "Digimon" is short for "digital monsters". Therefore, "salmon" is short for "saltwater monsters". (You might object: salmon spend a big part of their life in freshwater. But pokemon spend a big part of their life outside pockets too!)