Scott Boehmer

Category: Miscellany

  • National Taco Day

    National Taco Day has been widely celebrated on the 4th of October since a Del Taco marketing campaign popularized it in 2009. Then in 2024, Taco Bell petitioned to abandon the traditional date and shift the holiday to better align with the popular Taco Tuesday movement. Now, taco lovers are torn between the orthodox date of October 4th and the reform calendar that places the holiday on the first Tuesday of October. Which side of this schism do you support?

    Personally, I just plan to celebrate with tacos on both dates this week.

  • Quebec

    Quebec

    I spent a week in Quebec in the middle of September for work. I had two days in Montreal and then the rest of the week in Mont Tremblant. Here are some pictures from the trip.

  • Shenandoah

    Shenandoah

    Earlier this month, my family did a weekend camping trip to Shenandoah National Park. The three of us met up with my brother and sister and their families. We had three adjacent camp sites and got to spend our time there hiking and hanging out.

  • Hocking Hills

    Hocking Hills

    Last weekend, we took a trip to Hocking Hills in Ohio to meet up with my mother-in-law. We got in some hikes to see waterfalls and rocks in the state park.

  • Photos from Portugal

    Photos from Portugal

    Last week I was in Portugal for a team-building trip for work. While there I got to do some sight-seeing, both as part of group activities and on my own. Most of our time was spent within walking distance of our hotel near Rossio, but we also took trips to Arrábida Natural Park, Setúbal, and Oceanário de Lisboa.

  • A Trip to Florida

    A Trip to Florida

    We spent last week in Florida. On the way down, we stopped at the Kennedy Space Center where there was a lot of stuff for the Artemis II launch that was only a few days away at that point. Then we visited the Miami Zoo, Biscayne and Everglades National Parks, and some family on the Gulf coast.

  • New Job

    Not quite two years ago, I left my job at GitHub. It was not bringing me any joy, and I was lucky enough to be in a position that I was able to take a long break from having a day job.

    A few months ago, I started entertaining the idea of working again, and saw a job posting that seemed like it could be a good fit for me. The interview process went well, and last week I started a new job at DuckDuckGo working on their browser for Windows.

  • Praying Mantis

    On my walk this morning, I saw a praying mantis on the trail. At first, it was fighting with another bug, but I think my approach distracted them and the other combatant was able to fly away.

    A praying mantis

  • Beach Trip

    Last week, we took a trip out to the Atlantic coast to visit Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, and the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher.

    Bald Eagle
    Rays
    Sea Turtle
    Otters
    Waves
    Waves
    Fireworks
    Beach from Above
    Bird on the Pier
    Waves
    Looking Inland
    Waves

  • Star League at 1,000

    Back in 2021, I was one of the founding moderators for a new BattleTech fan server. At the time, the big existing fan communities for the game tended to allow open bigotry and other unwelcoming behavior, and there wasn’t really much in the way of an alternative. After finding each other on twitter, three of us decided to set up a new server with the goal of being a welcoming place, particularly for LGBTQ fans.

    It’s been four years now, and the server recently hit 1,000 members. Over the years, it has grown into a great fan community. There have been growing pains along the way, and all three of us founding members have stepped away from moderation over the years – it’s a lot of work to keep a big community running smoothly, and we’ve moved on to other projects. I am really proud of what I helped build there though, and I look forward to seeing it continue to thrive.

    If you’re interested in BattleTech, here’s a link to the server: Star League.