Ellen Shapiro
@designatednerd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I never shut up about iOS and Android development. She/Her. Rochester, NY, USA and/or wherever I've convinced someone to let me come talk to people.
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Turns out we clean up OK
November 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Turns out we clean up OK
This is on my dad’s desk. Anyone who ever seen the chaos pile that is my desk will note that the apple absolutely did not fall far from the tree.
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is on my dad’s desk. Anyone who ever seen the chaos pile that is my desk will note that the apple absolutely did not fall far from the tree.
Every time there’s a giant solar storm that triggers aurorae way further south than usual, this is the cloud cover map here 🤦♀️
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Every time there’s a giant solar storm that triggers aurorae way further south than usual, this is the cloud cover map here 🤦♀️
@mergesort I love how your chaos sprite and mine are spiritual cousins
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
@mergesort I love how your chaos sprite and mine are spiritual cousins
Tonight’s weather in Rochester is “The Frosted Mini-Wheats Factory Exploded”
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Tonight’s weather in Rochester is “The Frosted Mini-Wheats Factory Exploded”
Ok I am glad Apple is acknowledging there is, in fact, an issue with TestFlight. It would be great after a day and a half to know what that issue *is* and when it may or may not be resolved.
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Ok I am glad Apple is acknowledging there is, in fact, an issue with TestFlight. It would be great after a day and a half to know what that issue *is* and when it may or may not be resolved.
LOL OMFG he looked through his pics and did the ENHANCE thing and…
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
LOL OMFG he looked through his pics and did the ENHANCE thing and…
We just discovered that one of my coworkers sat like 40 feet from me during Rochester's sad, sad eclipse fail last April.
The crazy part: This was ten months before I met him.
And I showed him a video I took of the crowd in the area and he was like...yep, that's me.
The crazy part: This was ten months before I met him.
And I showed him a video I took of the crowd in the area and he was like...yep, that's me.
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We just discovered that one of my coworkers sat like 40 feet from me during Rochester's sad, sad eclipse fail last April.
The crazy part: This was ten months before I met him.
And I showed him a video I took of the crowd in the area and he was like...yep, that's me.
The crazy part: This was ten months before I met him.
And I showed him a video I took of the crowd in the area and he was like...yep, that's me.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say whoever designed this icon has never seen a sanitary napkin in their life
October 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say whoever designed this icon has never seen a sanitary napkin in their life
Chillier weather has arrived and with that the chance to confirm what I thought: The T-shirt quilt I had made with all my conference tshirts up to the end of 2024 is big enough to fit a queen bed:
October 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Chillier weather has arrived and with that the chance to confirm what I thought: The T-shirt quilt I had made with all my conference tshirts up to the end of 2024 is big enough to fit a queen bed:
I rode past this middle train station for almost two years and I still can’t read it as anything other than “Murder Port Station”
October 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I rode past this middle train station for almost two years and I still can’t read it as anything other than “Murder Port Station”
New addition to my collection of baseball caps for European ⚽️ teams I’ve bought after losing the only hat I bought with me.
October 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New addition to my collection of baseball caps for European ⚽️ teams I’ve bought after losing the only hat I bought with me.
Oh no: The oliebollen/krentebollen stands are out. I think I can kiss my goal of eating less fried shit the rest of my trip goodbye.
October 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Oh no: The oliebollen/krentebollen stands are out. I think I can kiss my goal of eating less fried shit the rest of my trip goodbye.
I’m surprised this car needs to charge and doesn’t just power itself by being pulled back half a block and letting go
October 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m surprised this car needs to charge and doesn’t just power itself by being pulled back half a block and letting go
October 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It’s been quite a while and a massive fire since I last went to Notre Dame, and the work they did on the cleanup is jaw-dropping.
Just a festival of color even bigger than before from the stained glass, and the stone is SO BRIGHT I literally mumbled “oh holy […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Just a festival of color even bigger than before from the stained glass, and the stone is SO BRIGHT I literally mumbled “oh holy […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It’s been quite a while and a massive fire since I last went to Notre Dame, and the work they did on the cleanup is jaw-dropping.
Just a festival of color even bigger than before from the stained glass, and the stone is SO BRIGHT I literally mumbled “oh holy […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Just a festival of color even bigger than before from the stained glass, and the stone is SO BRIGHT I literally mumbled “oh holy […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Apparently these folks know Tim Apple’s next gig
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Apparently these folks know Tim Apple’s next gig
@mergesort I mean I highly recommend the multi void life
October 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
@mergesort I mean I highly recommend the multi void life
I forced @joshdholtz to stand in a long line for a funicular because I didn’t want to walk 200+ stairs up to Sacre Cœur and this is the thanks he gets
October 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I forced @joshdholtz to stand in a long line for a funicular because I didn’t want to walk 200+ stairs up to Sacre Cœur and this is the thanks he gets
Well that certainly explains the turbulence on the way into CDG
October 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Well that certainly explains the turbulence on the way into CDG
Me: Goddamn it how do I keep losing my glasses in this one floor house where I work from home?
Hank: No idea what you’re talking about.
Hank: No idea what you’re talking about.
September 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Me: Goddamn it how do I keep losing my glasses in this one floor house where I work from home?
Hank: No idea what you’re talking about.
Hank: No idea what you’re talking about.
Reason #37815 to use a formatter instead of trying to hard-code things: Sometimes countries change their currency.
September 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Reason #37815 to use a formatter instead of trying to hard-code things: Sometimes countries change their currency.
I present a short film called Maid of the Mist: A Fuck of a Lot of Water and Some Very Wet Tourists
September 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I present a short film called Maid of the Mist: A Fuck of a Lot of Water and Some Very Wet Tourists
Video, because apparently I can’t mix pics and video in the fediverse
September 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Video, because apparently I can’t mix pics and video in the fediverse
Highly recommend the Niagara Power Station’s tunnel out to a viewpoint by the horseshoe falls if you make it to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Just a spectacular view.
(Bring rain gear, even with a poncho I got drenched)
(Bring rain gear, even with a poncho I got drenched)
September 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Highly recommend the Niagara Power Station’s tunnel out to a viewpoint by the horseshoe falls if you make it to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Just a spectacular view.
(Bring rain gear, even with a poncho I got drenched)
(Bring rain gear, even with a poncho I got drenched)