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 23.35°C with AQI 4 (Good) in my apartment (as of 1m32s 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. These codes are old but we shake hands
   'Cause I believe that they're the good guys
2. [He] did not make reassuring sounds, did not contradict me with the groundless optimism of someone reassuring himself as much as another—that was never his way. He simply listened. (Some years ago, he explained to me his belief that that kind of hollow consolation was disrespectful because it presumed that the person being consoled wouldn't see or care about the absence of reason. The thing to do first and foremost, he believed, was not to talk but to listen, and listening, like anything difficult, is easier said than done.)

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