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Corey Peterson
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Ed tech, climate, space. Open source developer @ UCF. Opinions mine.
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The Ft Pierce rest stop broke my record for fastest DC charging: 234kw. This was preceded by an earlier stop in Pompano, but the chargers there (same network: FPL) provided a measley 40kw by comparison. I've seen a few 350kw stations around, but haven't tried them yet.
A screenshot of an EV charging app. The battery is 40% full and being charged at a rate of 234kw. In under two minutes, the car has already received 3.5kw of energy.
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Hopped... sparkling water? This was a new experience, but a delightful one.
A photo of a can of "swamp water", or carbonated water with hops. It was non-alcoholic and surprisingly tasty.
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Beeps and boops
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Yes, definitely a convert now. I snagged an Ioniq 6 in the rare-but-excellent digital green color. It's been a thrill so far!
A photo of a Hyundai Ioniq 6 parked at a charging station. It is a dark green color that looks nearly black in the shade.
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Still thinking about this cozy beer garden in southwestern Maine from last weekend. Pizza, beer, 70 degrees, 45% humidity. Just incredible.
An outdoor beer garden with a rustic vibe under party cloudy skies near sunset. A wooden barn, pavilion, outdoor recliners, and barrels fill the scene. An outdoor beer garden from the perspective of a bench under a wooden pavilion. A large wooden barn fills the center frame.
September 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Hi. I don't have anything of substance to add to the current discourse, so here's a loon on a lake.
A wide angle photo of a picturesque lake in Maine, with a low rolling mountain on the horizon under blue skies. A tree juts into frame from the shore on the right, behind which a floating wooden platform for swimming sits and nearby, the distinct profile of a loon.
September 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Pleased to snag a signed copy of Al Reynolds's new novella. This is now my second signed book by one of my favorite authors.
A red hardcover book sits on a black coffee table. The title reads "the dagger in Vichy" by Alastair Reynolds in a medieval style. A hardcover novella is opened to the first page where the signature of the author is visible.
July 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Sleepy boy
A black cat lies asleep on a green carpet. His coat shines impressively with the bright light coming into the room. The head of a snake toy peeks out from under his chin, implying he was playing with it before falling asleep.
July 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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From one of the local protests in Casselberry this morning. Overheard organizers estimate about 2000 in attendance, by far their largest turnout yet.
Selfie of a guy with red hair and a beard, sunglasses, and a bucket hat holding a sign that says "NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL" Wide angle photo of protestors along the edge of a street holding signs and American flags towards passing vehicles. A crowd is visible stretching away from the close side of the street as well as the opposite side.
June 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Block Island views, from a nice little mini-vacation this weekend to rendezvous with family.
A view of the north side of Block Island from offshore. Sand-colored cliffs are topped by a thin layer of green, situated between radiant blue water and a sky filled with scattered clouds. An elevated view of a well-maintained field bordered by vegetation. Several New England-style homes pepper the vegetation in the distance and further out, the shore island curves away revealing a town several miles distant. The sky is clear with only faint wisps of cloud and the sea stretches out to the horizon on the left. A long wooden staircase descends in moderate fog to a distant beach. Thick, stout vegetation surrounds the stairs on either side. The atmosphere is gray and moody.
May 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Sometimes I think about resubbing to @washingtonpost.com but then they put out utterly humiliating garbage like this, an absolutely embarrassing double standard, and I only wish I could cancel my sub again and again and again
The U.S. presidency is the biggest, most taxing job there is, demanding an almost superhuman level of basic intelligence, clear thinking and wisdom. In addition to managing a policy agenda, negotiating with foreign leaders, making legislative deals and representing the nation at home and abroad, the president also must be prepared to handle an unexpected crisis at any hour of the day or night.
May 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Returning to Kerbal Space Program to get my mind off.. y'know. First time playing with far future tech + interstellar mods. What a treat - I should have done this sooner. Experimenting with nuclear salt water drives and an antimatter torch ship.
A screenshot of Kerbal Space Program: a spacecraft festooned with dimly glowing radiators glides past the rings of a nearby gas giant, sandy colored and reminiscent of Saturn. A screenshot of Kerbal Space Program: A large torch ship's antimatter drive emits a glowing beam of violet as it decelerates around an Earth-like moon that nearly fills the frame. Rising beyond its night-side, a gray, ringed gas giant looms. Another screenshot of Kerbal Space Program: a Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO) vehicle enters the atmosphere of an Earthlike moon, surrounded by glowing hot plasma. In the distance, a half-lit gray gas giant with dust rings looms. A screenshot of Kerbal Space Program: A green Kerbal stands on brightly lit sandy flats, next to a parked SSTO spaceplane. Behind him, a large lander stands tall next to a flag. The sky is turquoise blue with a distant ringed gas giant rising above the horizon, dimly visible.
April 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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It'll always be Denali to me.
The peak of Denali, swept with wispy clouds, stands high above a series of snow-covered peaks in front of a clear blue sky. The red edge of a plane wing is visible in the foreground.
January 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Keeping an eye out for aurora tonight - here's to a warm and happy New Year's to all of you.
January 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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The Maritime Museum and the adjacent Bath Iron Works are well worth the visit if you find yourself in coastal Maine.
A photo of the foyer of the Maine Maritime Museum, featuring brick walls, a well-lit arched ceiling, and a recovered decorative prow of a sailing ship produced at the adjacent yard. A wide shot of the grounds of the Maine Maritime Museum and the adjacent Bath Iron Works, partially obscured by fog. In the foreground, a variety of wooden and metal structures occupy the yard, including a tall white structure representing the keel of the Wyoming, a massive sailing ship. Behind a treeline, the dry dock of the Bath Iron Works sits along the river. A close-up photo of a reproduction of a flyer advertising the launch of the Wyoming, briefly the largest sailing ship in the world and the longest wooden-hulled ship ever built. The advert is from the early 20th century and solicits visitors about various amenities in Bath.
December 31, 2024 at 1:48 AM
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I haven't toyed with Pixel phones' astrophotography mode a whole lot, so it's interesting to see it consistently produce modest streaking during a few attempts tonight. I'm not sure if it moderates exposure duration for individual frames based on light level or if it sticks to a fixed timer.
A cropped section of a photo of the night sky taken with a smartphone. Limbs of trees peek into the frame from the top and right sides. Stars dot the rest of the image, with modest streaking due to a fixed lens and longer exposure time.
December 24, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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Winter wonderland at the cabin.
December 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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White Christmas in Maine. In the single digits today, expecting snow overnight.❄️🥶
A wide angle photo of a partially frozen lake from the shore. Trees, a mixture of barren and evergreen, angle their branches over the water from the periphery of the photo, while the lake is covered in various patchwork sheets of ice, indicating it is still in the early stages of freezing. The sky overhead is overcast, lending a gray, desaturated feeling to the scene. A selfie of Corey, bundled in a thick winter coat and beanie cap. Behind him, out of focus, is a log cabin with a green roof covered in a modest layer of snow.
December 24, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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This Florida boy still knows how to get a wood stove going, despite only occasionally being able to practice. 💪
A scenic photo of a log cabin interior, featuring an old-timey wood stove front and center, flanked by the chimney and various stove accoutrements. The vibe is rustic and cozy.
December 23, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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Despite working on OSS I don't lend a lot of value to the heat map on GitHub, but it is very satisfying when you merge a big update to master/main and watch the tiles fill in accordingly.
A heat map of commit activity on GitHub, visualized by a grid of colored tiles representing days of the year. The heatmap here is characterized by a relatively significant percentage (at least 50) shaded in green, indicating commit activity on those days. Activity appeared most intense during the summer and again in late November/early December.
December 12, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Got lucky during my afternoon circuit around the office yesterday and spotted a sundog! Don't see these very often.
A photograph of a partly cloudy sky filled with wispy cirrus clouds, the sun obscured by trees that stretch across the bottom of the frame. A sundog, or a brilliant refractive halo around the sun, is prominently visible on the far left.
December 11, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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Predictably, one of those most phenomenal weather days of 2024 in Orlando arrives on one of my in-office workdays. 😠
A screenshot of a weather app, indicating a current temperature of 58 degrees and sunny with a high of 62 and low of 41.
December 3, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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Miami things.
A long distance shot of a condo or hotel in Miami, white with red accented elements, where artistic structural renditions of two eyes and a nose add an eccentric flair to the building above the balcony of a top-floor suite.
November 29, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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Thanksgiving, the most notorious of crucibles for every T1D.
A screenshot of a CGM graph showing blood glucose values for the past several hours. The graph indicates BG values are climbing from a low of 74 to 179 and higher, despite a considerable amount of insulin being delivered over the past hour.
November 29, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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Introduce yourself with four video games
The logo and title card of Mass Effect, featuring a canonical Shepard flanked by Garrus and Ashley, with a striking orange and blue backdrop. The logo for Kerbal Space Program, atop which sit Jeb, Bill, and Valentina Kerman, three of the default Kerbals from the game. The original logo for World of Warcraft, featuring gold letters in a blue backdrop with an ornate border. The logo for Outer Wilds, featuring orange text on a black backdrop. The "O" visually represents a planet and the "I" a pine tree.
November 18, 2024 at 5:09 AM