Dr. Catherine Kehl
@tylik.bsky.social
Neurobio, biomech and roboticist - mad scientist. And apparently now CS Prof. Martial artist who lives in a cabin overlooking Puget Sound and loves to forage plants and mushrooms. Way into fiber arts.
I may even have find a good local source for bulk beeswax votives. (I had a great on in NC, but I like to work with local beekeepers.)
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I may even have find a good local source for bulk beeswax votives. (I had a great on in NC, but I like to work with local beekeepers.)
This is a little hard to see, because it was refreshed recently, but my starter has come into its own. Propagation mats for the win!
(Yesterday evening got away from met, so I refreshed it around lunch time, and will be using it soon.)
(Yesterday evening got away from met, so I refreshed it around lunch time, and will be using it soon.)
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is a little hard to see, because it was refreshed recently, but my starter has come into its own. Propagation mats for the win!
(Yesterday evening got away from met, so I refreshed it around lunch time, and will be using it soon.)
(Yesterday evening got away from met, so I refreshed it around lunch time, and will be using it soon.)
I am reviving a badly neglected sourdough starter.
This isn't really the season for it - cold weather does not a happy culture make. After a couple of days of very slow going, I decided to pop it onto my propagation mat.
This is clearly helping, and I'm hoping it might be ready this evening.
This isn't really the season for it - cold weather does not a happy culture make. After a couple of days of very slow going, I decided to pop it onto my propagation mat.
This is clearly helping, and I'm hoping it might be ready this evening.
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I am reviving a badly neglected sourdough starter.
This isn't really the season for it - cold weather does not a happy culture make. After a couple of days of very slow going, I decided to pop it onto my propagation mat.
This is clearly helping, and I'm hoping it might be ready this evening.
This isn't really the season for it - cold weather does not a happy culture make. After a couple of days of very slow going, I decided to pop it onto my propagation mat.
This is clearly helping, and I'm hoping it might be ready this evening.
This is my Ember (and you can see her flame tipped tail). We also fostered two equally friendly tortie sisters named Cinder and Ember.
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This is my Ember (and you can see her flame tipped tail). We also fostered two equally friendly tortie sisters named Cinder and Ember.
Y'know, I may not have power atm, but I have pretty easy cats. (Pic is off Elijah, the new foster, claiming the seat nearest to the fire.)
October 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Y'know, I may not have power atm, but I have pretty easy cats. (Pic is off Elijah, the new foster, claiming the seat nearest to the fire.)
Elijah has a clean bill of health, and is really coming out of his shell. And he's so cuddly! (That look is because I called his name to get him to look towards the camera. "What?!")
He still has another round of shots and a snipping before he's ready to look for his people...
He still has another round of shots and a snipping before he's ready to look for his people...
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Elijah has a clean bill of health, and is really coming out of his shell. And he's so cuddly! (That look is because I called his name to get him to look towards the camera. "What?!")
He still has another round of shots and a snipping before he's ready to look for his people...
He still has another round of shots and a snipping before he's ready to look for his people...
Today I am reminded of Purrberus, guardian of procrastination..
October 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Today I am reminded of Purrberus, guardian of procrastination..
Like my grandfather before me, I am antifa.
(Pictured, CDR William Fleming McLaren.)
(Pictured, CDR William Fleming McLaren.)
October 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Like my grandfather before me, I am antifa.
(Pictured, CDR William Fleming McLaren.)
(Pictured, CDR William Fleming McLaren.)
Meet Elijah, our new foster
October 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Meet Elijah, our new foster
So much commiseration.
September 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
So much commiseration.
Really, teaching CS is mostly a side gig.
My real job is opening doors for cats.
My real job is opening doors for cats.
September 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Really, teaching CS is mostly a side gig.
My real job is opening doors for cats.
My real job is opening doors for cats.
Anna Trippel's Miyabi.
September 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Anna Trippel's Miyabi.
Justin Rickey's "Boat"
(These are all undergraduates who took a summer class - and I'm not an animator. Many of them ran out of time to either render or polish.)
(These are all undergraduates who took a summer class - and I'm not an animator. Many of them ran out of time to either render or polish.)
September 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Justin Rickey's "Boat"
(These are all undergraduates who took a summer class - and I'm not an animator. Many of them ran out of time to either render or polish.)
(These are all undergraduates who took a summer class - and I'm not an animator. Many of them ran out of time to either render or polish.)
Byron Garcia's Rube Goldberg Alarm Clock
September 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Byron Garcia's Rube Goldberg Alarm Clock
Bryce Derus' fox shopping trip.
September 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Bryce Derus' fox shopping trip.
A thread of animations from my Blender class that I've been given permission to share. First, Raelyn Brown and Zahi Asalman's stick figure duel (complete with blooper reel).
September 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A thread of animations from my Blender class that I've been given permission to share. First, Raelyn Brown and Zahi Asalman's stick figure duel (complete with blooper reel).
The second time, we added a version with the T-Rex on a Lyra.
This time, we're adding a whole new design. Ta-dah!
So, if this is your kind of mischief, the link is: www.bonfire.com/store/lauren...
(And my sister is at www.laurenkehl.com - she's really awesome.)
This time, we're adding a whole new design. Ta-dah!
So, if this is your kind of mischief, the link is: www.bonfire.com/store/lauren...
(And my sister is at www.laurenkehl.com - she's really awesome.)
July 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The second time, we added a version with the T-Rex on a Lyra.
This time, we're adding a whole new design. Ta-dah!
So, if this is your kind of mischief, the link is: www.bonfire.com/store/lauren...
(And my sister is at www.laurenkehl.com - she's really awesome.)
This time, we're adding a whole new design. Ta-dah!
So, if this is your kind of mischief, the link is: www.bonfire.com/store/lauren...
(And my sister is at www.laurenkehl.com - she's really awesome.)
As some of you know, my sister is an aerialist, an aerial instructor, and movement theory and biomechanics nerd.
Some years back, she made a post pointed out that if your arms happened to be short, there were some moves you simply couldn't do. This blew, and the T-Rex Arms Trapeze Club was born.
Some years back, she made a post pointed out that if your arms happened to be short, there were some moves you simply couldn't do. This blew, and the T-Rex Arms Trapeze Club was born.
July 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
As some of you know, my sister is an aerialist, an aerial instructor, and movement theory and biomechanics nerd.
Some years back, she made a post pointed out that if your arms happened to be short, there were some moves you simply couldn't do. This blew, and the T-Rex Arms Trapeze Club was born.
Some years back, she made a post pointed out that if your arms happened to be short, there were some moves you simply couldn't do. This blew, and the T-Rex Arms Trapeze Club was born.
Cricket and I are chilling on the deck.
July 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Cricket and I are chilling on the deck.
PNW hot is different than Piedmont hot.
Here, I spend most of the time with my windows all open, and sometimes the front and back doors, too, to get better breeze off the water. The cats still melt, but I have no complaints.
Here, I spend most of the time with my windows all open, and sometimes the front and back doors, too, to get better breeze off the water. The cats still melt, but I have no complaints.
July 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
PNW hot is different than Piedmont hot.
Here, I spend most of the time with my windows all open, and sometimes the front and back doors, too, to get better breeze off the water. The cats still melt, but I have no complaints.
Here, I spend most of the time with my windows all open, and sometimes the front and back doors, too, to get better breeze off the water. The cats still melt, but I have no complaints.
Do I know anyone who has a background in Blender (modeling in particular) who might be able to fill in for me with my class? Remote is a possibility.
...I seem to have mono. I'm on the mend, but I'm not sure if I have eight hours of teaching a week in me at the moment.
Cricket for cat tax.
...I seem to have mono. I'm on the mend, but I'm not sure if I have eight hours of teaching a week in me at the moment.
Cricket for cat tax.
June 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Do I know anyone who has a background in Blender (modeling in particular) who might be able to fill in for me with my class? Remote is a possibility.
...I seem to have mono. I'm on the mend, but I'm not sure if I have eight hours of teaching a week in me at the moment.
Cricket for cat tax.
...I seem to have mono. I'm on the mend, but I'm not sure if I have eight hours of teaching a week in me at the moment.
Cricket for cat tax.
For most of my robotics labs, I have students upload code, and some combination of schematics or a video of their board/bot doing the required behavior.
I could not run this course without broadband...
I could not run this course without broadband...
June 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
For most of my robotics labs, I have students upload code, and some combination of schematics or a video of their board/bot doing the required behavior.
I could not run this course without broadband...
I could not run this course without broadband...
Do other people have cats who are good at jimmy-ing the lock on their cat doors?
This isn't the first door I've had problems with, nor the first cats, but I don't hear about this!
This isn't the first door I've had problems with, nor the first cats, but I don't hear about this!
June 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Do other people have cats who are good at jimmy-ing the lock on their cat doors?
This isn't the first door I've had problems with, nor the first cats, but I don't hear about this!
This isn't the first door I've had problems with, nor the first cats, but I don't hear about this!