https://ryanbooker.com/ en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:29:28 +1000 https://ryanbooker.com/2025/10/24/before-the-fall.html Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:29:28 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2025/10/24/before-the-fall.html <p>As usual, Colorado didn’t disappoint…</p> <div class="flex flex1"> <p><a href="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2025/99493f802f.jpg"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2025/99493f802f.jpg" alt="Moroon Bells, Colorado. Snow capped mountains in the background, golden fall trees in the foreground." border="0" width="2016" height="1512"></a> <a href="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2025/a5f9b48d8d.jpg"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2025/a5f9b48d8d.jpg" alt="A creek winding through the dry fall grass and golden leaved trees. Blue skies and mountains in the background." title="IMG_4650.jpeg" border="0" width="2856" height="2142"></a></p> </div> https://ryanbooker.com/2025/05/05/skyline.html Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2025/05/05/skyline.html <p>Skyline. <video controls="controls" playsinline="playsinline" src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2025/movie1.mov" width="640" height="360" poster="https://ryanbooker.com/uploads/2025/skyline.png" preload="none"></video></p> https://ryanbooker.com/2025/05/04/the-little-guy-was-one.html Sun, 04 May 2025 09:00:20 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2025/05/04/the-little-guy-was-one.html <p>The little guy was one this week.</p> https://ryanbooker.com/2025/02/07/i-was-greeted-by-this.html Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:30:17 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2025/02/07/i-was-greeted-by-this.html <p>I was greeted by this fella on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hills_Hoist">Hills Hoist</a> last night. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawny_frogmouth">Tawny Frogmouth</a> keeping watch.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2025/9d1f2ee451.jpeg" alt="A close up of a Tawny Frogmouth sitting on the apex of a Hills Hoist. Rain clouds fill the night sky." border="0" width="1294" height="970" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2025/02/07/kids-been-out-longer-than.html Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:03:58 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2025/02/07/kids-been-out-longer-than.html <p>Kid’s been out longer than he was in. That seems like a worthy milestone.</p> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/12/19/rocky-mountain-high.html Wed, 18 Dec 2024 07:42:41 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/12/19/rocky-mountain-high.html <div class="flex flex1"> <p><a href="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-1128.jpeg"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-1128.jpeg" alt="A beautiful sunrise view across fields and houses to a mountain ridge featuring Mount Sopris." border="0" width="4900" height="1886" /></a> <a href="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-1336.jpeg"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-1336.jpeg" alt="A beautiful snow covered view across fields and a few houses to a mountain ridge and Mount Sopris." border="0" width="4900" height="1886" /></a></p> </div> <p>We had our first real Thanksgiving this year. An amazing two weeks with family in the Rocky Mountains—snow, games, and food. So much delicious food.</p> <p>Can&rsquo;t wait to go back.</p> <div class="flex flex2"> <p><a href="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-1134.jpeg"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-1134.jpeg" alt="A beautiful view of Mount Sopris after fresh snow. Clouds, a view across fields, a few houses, onto the mountain. A foot or more snow covering everything." border="0" width="2016" height="1512" /></a> <a href="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/c406881371.jpeg"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/c406881371.jpeg" alt="A beautiful view of Mount Sopris after fresh snow. Clouds, a view across fields, a few houses, onto the mountain. A foot or more snow covering everything." border="0" width="2016" height="1512" /></a></p> </div> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/11/17/we-found-this.html Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:34:47 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/11/17/we-found-this.html <p>We found this deranged kangaroo toy today at Craft cafe in Basalt, CO.</p> <p>Amazing food if you’re in the area.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/3bc1f84818.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="A small, detailed sculpture of a kangaroo with reddish eyes is placed in front of green-framed sunglasses."> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/10/31/dont-eat-too.html Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:00:14 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/10/31/dont-eat-too.html <p>Don&rsquo;t eat too much candy. 🎃</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/ps5-o-lantern.jpeg" alt="The corner of a sleeping PS5, a glowing orange grimmace in the dark." title="PS5-o-lantern.jpeg" border="0" width="1512" height="2016" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/08/18/great-coreint-manton.html Sun, 18 Aug 2024 08:57:58 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/08/18/great-coreint-manton.html <p>Great <a href="https://micro.blog/coreint">@coreint</a>, <a href="https://micro.blog/manton">@manton</a> and <a href="https://micro.blog/danielpunkass">@danielpunkass</a>. Thanks.</p> <p>So many people equivocate re Apple:</p> <p>e.g. “They deserve to make <em>something</em> for building dev tools.”</p> <p>… and it just strikes me as a bullshit argument.</p> <p>That’s their cost of doing business. They <em>do</em> make money from it. They sell squillions of devices.</p> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/08/13/sleepy.html Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/08/13/sleepy.html <p>Sleepy.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-2093.jpeg" alt="A close up of a sleepy Koala sitting in an old gum tree contemplating life." border="0" width="2016" height="1512" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/06/20/my-inlaws-were.html Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:11:40 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/06/20/my-inlaws-were.html <p>My in-laws were asking about the yellow buoys we can see out from the beach where we&rsquo;re staying, which reminded me of a shark net explainer I drew a few years ago…</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/shark-nets.png" alt="A drawing of how shark nets work. The sketch shows a beach and buoys linked together with nets—untehtered from either the coastine or the sea floor." border="0" width="800" height="1000" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/06/19/my-office-for.html Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:12:38 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/06/19/my-office-for.html <p>My office for the next few days.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-1585.jpeg" alt="A view out over palm trees and beach houses to the beautiful Pacific Ocean, not a cloud in the sky, a pale moon rising." border="0" width="2805" height="2100" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/05/11/good-morning-my.html Sat, 11 May 2024 09:48:37 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/05/11/good-morning-my.html <p>Good morning! My partner received her first <em>first Mother’s Day</em> flowers from <em>her</em> mom this morning. 🥹</p> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/05/03/hey-there-mate.html Fri, 03 May 2024 20:00:00 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/05/03/hey-there-mate.html <p>Hey there, mate… It&rsquo;s been a big couple of days.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-0839.jpeg" alt="A B&amp;W close up of a newborn baby&#39;s foot, toes splayed apart, a hospital ankle band just visible." border="0" width="2016" height="1512" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/01/18/a-cat-riding.html Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:02:11 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/01/18/a-cat-riding.html <p>&ldquo;A cat riding a pig&rdquo;</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/tabby.png" alt="A tabby cat dressed in a blue t-shirt and brown overalls rides a motorbike through the desserted streets of a post apocalytic town. It might be roughly the 1930s or 40s." border="0" width="512" height="512" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/01/09/some-friends-and.html Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/01/09/some-friends-and.html <p>Some friends and I were having a laugh trying to <a href="https://github.com/huggingface/swift-coreml-diffusers">generate images</a>. This was supposed to be one of them in the gutter with a parrot on his shoulder.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s just great.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/cluck.png" alt="An AI generate illustration with comic panel vibe, of a giant blue parrot with human legs sitting in the middle of garbage strewn inner city street." border="0" width="512" height="512" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/01/07/ive-been-checking.html Sun, 07 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/01/07/ive-been-checking.html <p>I&rsquo;ve been checking out <a href="https://pijul.org">Pijul</a>, an <a href="https://pijul.org/manual/why_pijul.html">interesting approach</a> to version control. I really like it. At this stage it has limited tooling and I missed <a href="https://github.com/woefe/git-prompt.zsh">git-prompt.zsh</a>, so I forked it and made <a href="https://github.com/ryanbooker/pijul-prompt.zsh/">pijul-prompt.zsh</a>. Now things feel a little more like home.</p> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/01/06/some-christmas-parrots.html Sat, 06 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/01/06/some-christmas-parrots.html <p>Some Christmas Parrots and a Cockatoo.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-0406.jpeg" alt="A green parrot giving me some side eye." border="0" width="2016" height="1512" /> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-0413.jpeg" alt="A perplexed red and green parrot sitting on the railing of a second story verandah, eucalypt forrest in the background." border="0" width="1767" height="1325" /> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-0360.jpeg" alt="A sulphur crested cockatoo sitting on the railing of a second story verandah, eucalypt forest and power lines in the background, saying g&#39;day." border="0" width="1934" height="1450" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2024/01/05/happy-new-year.html Fri, 05 Jan 2024 20:30:00 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2024/01/05/happy-new-year.html <p>Happy New Year!</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2024/img-0429.jpeg" alt="A closeup of hot cross buns. On New Years @#$%ing day." border="0" width="678" height="508" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2023/12/02/im-sure-i.html Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:59:56 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2023/12/02/im-sure-i.html <p>I&rsquo;m sure I could make your hand fit mine, if I deliver these custard trays on time. <video controls="controls" playsinline="playsinline" src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2023/video.mov" width="640" height="360" poster="https://ryanbooker.com/uploads/2023/poster.png" preload="none"></video></p> https://ryanbooker.com/2023/11/29/fluffy.html Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:36:15 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2023/11/29/fluffy.html <p>Fluffy.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2023/img-0269.jpeg" alt="Grey skies and fluffy clouds stetching meeting at the horizon." title="IMG_0269.jpeg" border="0" width="2016" height="1512" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2023/11/25/after-days-my.html Sat, 25 Nov 2023 07:55:45 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2023/11/25/after-days-my.html <p>After 5 days my fingerprints have returned sufficiently that Touch ID works about 5% of the time…</p> https://ryanbooker.com/2023/11/17/the-end-of.html Sat, 18 Nov 2023 11:21:06 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2023/11/17/the-end-of.html <p>The end of a great week of <a href="https://www.gue.com/diver-training/explore-gue-courses/cave/dpv-cave">GUE DPV Cave</a> training in <a href="https://ginniespringsoutdoors.com/dive-sites/devils-spring-system/">Ginnie Springs</a> with <a href="https://www.gue.com/diver-training/gue-instructors/instructor-resume?id=1411">Kirill</a> and my teammate <a href="https://www.instagram.com/boribennett/">Bori</a>. The most fun class I&rsquo;ve taken in ages.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/666/2023/img-0237.jpg" alt="Three happy divers in black drysuits after a week of DPV cave diving in Ginnie Strings." border="0" width="1512" height="2016" /> https://ryanbooker.com/2023/11/16/an-update-i.html Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:40:16 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2023/11/16/an-update-i.html <p>An update, I have one &ldquo;Ginnie Finger&rdquo; today. Limestone is grindy. 😬</p> <p>We made it to 3700 feet in the Heinkel section of Devil&rsquo;s in Ginnie today. I think the hardest part was dealing with a bouquet of empty stages and multiple scooters in the Eye for deco.</p> <p>One day to go… we dropped everything before the Heinkel and swam through today, but tomorrow we&rsquo;re taking scooters through.</p> https://ryanbooker.com/2023/11/13/while-i-dont.html Mon, 13 Nov 2023 22:59:20 +1000 http://ryanbooker.micro.blog/2023/11/13/while-i-dont.html <p>While I don&rsquo;t have &ldquo;Ginnie Fingers&rdquo;… after a week of diving in High Springs I can no longer use Touch ID to unlock my Mac. 🫵😬</p>