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Screw It, I'll Host It Myself
A personal account of moving from cloud services to self-hosted alternatives — the motivations, the setup, and the tradeoffs. Captures the early-2022 wave of interest in digital self-sovereignty driven by concerns about SaaS pricing and data privacy.
Disaster Planning for Regular Folks
lcamtuf's level-headed disaster prep guide — practical, non-paranoid preparation for disruptions like power outages, earthquakes, or civil unrest. Written by a security researcher who applies the same adversarial thinking to personal resilience.
@ryantroyford Tweet
Personal tweet from @ryantroyford — saved without content, likely a data visualization or side project screenshot given the context of other saves from this period.
Personal Tweet — Willy Wonka Reference
Personal tweet from Ryan Orban to Rachel Binx, referencing a Willy Wonka comparison — saved from Pinboard, likely context from a conversation thread.
"Current Status" Tweet — May 2014
Ryan Orban's 'current status' tweet from May 2014, likely shared during the Zipfian Academy bootcamp period.
@adailyventure Zipfian Academy Tweet
Tweet from @adailyventure about Zipfian Academy, awarded 'best tweet of the day' — a social artifact from the early Zipfian community.
Everyone on MUNI is Playing 2048
Ryan Orban tweet about everyone on MUNI playing 2048 — a personal observation from May 2014 San Francisco, when the addictive tile puzzle game was at peak virality.
Web Rebels 2014 — Camille Speaking
Web Rebels 2014 conference speakers page, saved to note that Camille Founier (then @fulgenteft) was speaking. A personal connection to a friend/colleague appearing at a Norwegian web development conference.
Zipfian Fridge Stocked for PyData Happy Hour
Ryan Orban tweet of the Zipfian Academy fridge stocked with Speakeasy Beer for the PyData SV 2014 Happy Hour. A personal moment from the conference hosting effort.
Saturday Morning Cruise on the Bay
Personal tweet saved by Ryan Orban — a Saturday morning boat cruise around San Francisco Bay with friends. Personal memory from spring 2014.
@gstatton "No Truer Words" Tweet
Greg Statton tweet saved by Ryan Orban — a personal/community moment involving Zipfian Academy. Ephemeral Twitter memory from the 2014 data science bootcamp community.
A Tour of the British Isles in Accents
YouTube video touring the diversity of British accents — a linguistic curiosity saved after being shared by a friend. The accent differences across the British Isles are remarkably dense geographically.
Every Parking Lot Should Look Like This
Tweet by @illumynous of a parking lot that looks like it should — presumably a green, tree-covered, or unusually well-designed parking structure. Saved as a urbanism / design inspiration.
Zipfian Academy — Never Worked So Hard
Instagram post from a Zipfian Academy student (@adailyventure) about the intensity of the program — 'I've never worked so hard for anything my entire life.' A candid testimonial from the bootcamp experience.
Big Data — Dangerous (Hype Machine)
Hype Machine track save: 'Dangerous' by Big Data. The artist name Big Data was a wink at the tech world; the track got significant traction in 2014.
Zipfian Academy Hiring Day
Ryan Orban tweet after a Zipfian Academy Hiring Day — the event where student cohort members met with prospective employers. A proud moment from the program's job placement pipeline.
Finding a Zipf Distribution in a Personal Project
Tweet from a Zipfian Academy student (@adailyventure) who found a Zipf distribution in their personal project and asked Ryan Orban if that earned extra credit. A charming moment of applied statistics discovery.
Math Dance
Matt Massie tweet of a 'math dance' — a playful visual involving mathematics and dance. Saved as a personal curiosity.
"In God We Trust, All Others Bring Data"
Ryan Orban tweet of reading Hastie's Elements of Statistical Learning with the quote 'In God we trust, all others bring data.' A snapshot of the self-directed study that accompanied the Zipfian Academy period.
Winning! (Twitter photo, October 2013)
Ryan's 'Winning!' tweet with a photo, October 2013 — personal moment saved from Twitter during the Zipfian Academy period.
Evening of Design, Typography, and Tech
Personal photo from a design and typography meetup in San Francisco with @shashashasha (Sasha Greif), @somerandomdude (Chris Bowler/Nick Disabato?), and @stewf (Stephen Coles). Ryan received a book.
Wearable Technology at Chartio
Personal photo from a wearable technology gathering at Chartio in San Francisco, June 2013. Chartio was a BI startup; this was a community event around the early wearables movement, about a year before the Apple Watch announcement.
SF to San Jose Bike Route
A bikely.com route map for cycling from San Francisco to San Jose — saved as Ryan was planning a group bike ride down the Peninsula with colleagues. A personal logistics artifact from 2013.
Dan's Vine of Nutanix Preview
A Vine video from Dan Fallon showing something Nutanix was building in mid-2013 — saved by Ryan with 'Beautiful!' A personal artifact capturing product development excitement during Ryan's time at Nutanix.
Maker Faire 2013
Personal photo from Maker Faire 2013 in San Mateo. Maker Faire was the annual gathering of the hardware hacking, DIY electronics, and maker culture community — a 2013 snapshot of the scene before maker culture went mainstream.
Bay Area Motorcycle Training — San Francisco Calendar
Bay Area Motorcycle Training's San Francisco course calendar — bookmarked for their MSF Basic RiderCourse. A personal reference bookmark for motorcycle license preparation.
Internet Major Outages — January 2013
Personal tweet from January 2013 noting simultaneous major internet service outages affecting Twitter, Amazon, and Facebook — a memorable moment when multiple major platforms went down in close succession.
Brian Mount — Happy Zeroeth Birthday, Luisa
Personal social media post — congratulating Brian Mount on the birth of his daughter Luisa. A personal bookmark with no knowledge graph significance.
May 2012 Solar Eclipse — Personal Viewing
Personal Instagram photo of watching the May 2012 annular solar eclipse using shade 14 welding glass. Shade 14 is the appropriate filter density for direct solar viewing during partial and annular phases.
Maker Faire 2012: Robotic Orchestra
Personal video of a robotic orchestra at Maker Faire 2012. Automated instrument installations have been a staple of Maker Faire — robots playing real instruments is a rich space at the intersection of mechanical engineering, music theory, and software.
Maker Faire 2012: Bike-Powered Stage
Personal video from a 100% bike-powered stage at Maker Faire 2012. A human-powered stage is a recurring Maker Faire installation — a literal demonstration that a crowd's collective pedaling can power a music performance.
Maker Faire 2012 — Souvenir
Personal Twitter photo of a souvenir picked up at Maker Faire 2012. A personal memory note from the May 2012 Maker Faire weekend in San Mateo.
Maker Faire 2012 — Personal
Personal photo from Maker Faire 2012 in San Mateo. Maker Faire 2012 was the year the maker movement felt like it was at the top of its cultural arc — Arduino everywhere, MakerBot on magazine covers, and a genuine sense that DIY hardware had arrived.
TacoConf 2012
Personal photo from TacoConf 2012 in San Francisco — an informal tech conference organized around tacos and bikes, emblematic of the playful, anti-corporate conference culture in the early SF tech scene.
Home from San Francisco, May 2012
Personal Path check-in at SFO returning home from a San Francisco trip in May 2012. A personal memory marker from a trip that included TacoConf and Maker Faire.
Ferrari Race Day, May 2012
Personal Instagram photo anticipating a Ferrari race day event. A personal memory marker from May 2012.
Only in San Francisco — SFO, May 2012
Personal Path photo at San Francisco International Airport with the caption 'Only in San Francisco!' — a personal memory from a May 2012 SFO transit.
Gogo Inflight Wifi Speedtest at 10,000 ft
A Speedtest.net result from Gogo inflight wifi at 10,000 feet. In 2012 Gogo was the dominant inflight internet provider, offering air-to-ground connectivity via cell towers — usable speeds but with high latency and bandwidth limitations.
Bioprinter Project at BioCurious
Personal photo from BioCurious in Sunnyvale documenting the early stages of the DIY bioprinter project. BioCurious was the community biology lab where members built a functional bioprinter from CD drive parts and an Arduino.