Kohacon18 : Portland Oregon

ranginui — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 06:44:49 +0000

As always this was the best Kohacon yet, I will write up a more technical post over on the work site but I wanted to write up a more personal one over here. Kohacons are different to any other conferences I have attended, it feels less like a conference and more like a reunion. One of the other attendees remarked that there was a certain something that he couldn’t put his finger on. I replied that I thought it was whanaungatanga. And I really think that is what it is. The conference has a really great gender balance, and there were attendees from Pakistan, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland, UK, New Zealand, Germany, Kenya, Guyana, Mexico, France, Canada, Turkey, Brazil, Argentina and of course USA. But despite our many differences, new friendships were quickly made and old friendships renewed. Before the conference had even started people who had never met each other before drove off to look at Mt St Helens together. Others went to the zoo, others to the beach. Every night communal meals were organised, and over breakfast tales shared of the night before. One of the traditions we have is a day between the conference proper and the hackfest after where we all do something together. This year there were walking tours, jet boat rides, tours of Powells bookshop and tours of the Japanese gardens. Another of our tradition is sharing treats from all around the world at the hackfest.

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Foods what I ate in the last 10 days

ranginui — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 05:29:54 +0000

Raspberry margarita

Chicken and tortilla soup, and a crab and shrimp sandwich

Sous vide ribeye
A “small” salad
Dirty fries (mushroom, beer cheese and jalapeno)
Cuba libre slushy
Chili
Heirloom tomato pizza
3 cheese, mushrooms and truffle oil pizza
Biscuit and sausage gravy
A ‘brewben’ and tots
What it says on the packet
Lobster and shrimp enchiladas
Voodoo donuts
Buffalo chicken mac and cheese (and tots)
A vodka drinking board
Turkey sandwich
Burger and tots
Another burger and totsWings

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Kohacon18 : Portland Oregon

Foods what I ate in the last 10 days