Michael Traver

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Hello! I'm Michael. I ride bikes and climb mountains. I also program computers, often using Go.

Projects

• github.com/mtraver/environmental-sensor

  It's 21.75°C with AQI 3 (Good) in my apartment (as of 1m33s ago). Click here for more data!

  This uses Raspberry Pis, temperature sensor modules, and particulate matter sensors to log the temperature and air quality in various rooms of my apartment at regular intervals. It employs Google Cloud IoT Core for device management and communication, and Google Cloud Run for the service that handles data ingestion and display.

• github.com/mtraver/rpi-ir-remote

  This uses a Raspberry Pi, an LED driver circuit, the Linux IR Remote Control library, Google Home, and IFTTT to control an audio amplifier by voice. Its documentation has proven useful to others trying to configure LIRC > 0.9.0 on a Raspberry Pi.

• github.com/mtraver/gaelog

  Easy Stackdriver Logging in Go on Google App Engine Standard second generation runtimes, as well as Cloud Run.

• github.com/mtraver/qrbak

  Securely and durably back up your private key using QR codes printed on paper.

• guinanhats.com

  Guinan wears fabulous hats. What more is there to say?

• tmglyrics.appspot.com

  My favorite band is The Mountain Goats. Each refresh of the page displays a lyric randomly selected from their music.

Florilegium (flori what?)

Below are two randomly chosen items from my personal florilegium, placed together.

Your task: Read these excerpts individually, together, and in different orders, keeping your mind open to new meaning that emerges as you do so. Refresh the page for a new selection.

1. Tried to fight the creeping sense of dread with temporal things. Most of the time I guess I felt alright.
2. How much of what we do is driven by the vanity of gaining dominion over others, not to own them but with the purpose of shielding our beliefs from evidence that would contradict them? Reality has no way to force itself on us, and we can, in fact, alter what we think we perceive in order to suit what we want to believe. Listening to people is hard because you run the risk of having to change the way you see the world. We'd sooner destroy them.

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