Lessons from the ITE Student Leadership Summit
For several months, I was part of the Student Leadership Summit (SLS) planning team with USC’s chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), a professional organization for transportation planners, engineers, and enthusiasts. (I fit …
IISE Western Conference at Cal Poly
This past weekend (March 3-5), I had the pleasure and fortune of attending the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers’ Western Regional Conference, hosted by Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. As the name …
I recently found out about GlobalPing from a post on a web development forum that I frequent. It’s a service created by the same people that made jsDelivr, the super popular CDN for NPM packages. …
US Transit Fare Media You Can Order Online
For some reason, I have a collection of various public transit fare media – mostly smartcards issued by US transit operators. Take a look: As part of this, I’m interested in expanding my collection without …
Los Angeles isn’t exactly known for its outstanding public transit, but I also don’t think transit in LA is as bad as many say it is. In fact, I’d say it’s pretty underrated — so …
Canadian bank accounts for non-residents
I recently needed a Canadian bank account to complete a Government bureaucratic procedure. As a Canadian I thought it would be a pretty trivial process, despite being a nonresident. Little did I know how wrong …
Elaborate Roblox “3D Model” Scam Attempt
Recently I received an interesting DM from a random user on Discord. Somehow the user found my Roblox username and offered me 8000 Robux for “[using] my avatar as the main character in a thumbnail …
Offline-first PWA with Svelte & Vite
I’ve always been a big fan of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). They offer app-like functionality without the development / labor overhead that comes with building a traditional app. Plus, I don’t need to learn new …
Google Workspace/MXroute split delivery
I’m a happy Google Workspace (G Suite) user – I love the convenience of being able to use Google Drive, Gmail, and other Google services on my own domain. I’m also a happy MXroute user, …
Confluence “System favourite colour”
I was recently debugging something in my Confluence install when I discovered this interesting bit: Now, why might my Confluence server have a favorite color and favorite character? (Also, who’s Rose?) I did some Googling …