Stephanie

Doing my thing (cold plunging, hot pots, northern lights watching, river crossings) solo in iceland rn

i did not think i would ever be in a position to say "yeah i saw them live at a hacker camp" about a eurovision entry "i took photos"

i bikepacked solo from berlin to copenhagen in wind & storms over the last 6 days! i camped half of that time, including a scary night of high winds and downpours on the southern danish coast. total distance: 551.7km

Did a short 55km ride of my fully packed bikepacking setup today! it's in preparation of an upcoming solo trip from Berlin to Copenhagen 🚴‍♀️🌧️💨🍂

my only favorite thing about the test sirens in berlin today is it activated my little wolf 🐺 arooooooooo

officially a dual passport holder now

i did it! i became a german citizen today!

Made some more fidgety tactile button (& a few dip switch) rings.

Tactile sound at #futurefrontend @stephaniecodes.bsky.social

If you’ve sent me a text and I didn’t respond please know that I didn’t forget you, you’ll live on in my subconscious as a vague sense of dread forever

i made some tactile button rings tonight

worst part of being neurodivergent as afab for me? PMDD at least after getting late diagnosed as adhd, i now know why every month my inner voice won't shut up trying to convince me to unlive myself, but still. this month's focus is on how i can't maintain long-term friendships. i hate this so much.

a week ago i completed my first bikepacking trip, 3 days/2 nights camping, ~300km along the Mosel River from the 🇩🇪🇱🇺🇫🇷 border to Koblenz! i did the first half of the trip solo! i'm hooked now on slow travel & carrying everything i need on my bike 😍🚴‍♀️

Packed and ready for my first bikepacking trip (~300km) tomorrow. Will be solo for the first night of camping!

Did a fun 32km gravel ride through the forest down to the Lahn & Rhein rivers yesterday. Preparing for my 1st bikepacking overnighter (200km+) this week. Didn't know I was capable of doing this stuff without the aid of an e-bike, have surprised myself with my grit & capacity to power up hills.

Did a wunderschön 55km gravel bike loop today, including 2 ferry crossings over the Rhine River.

sound art piece update: I finished wiring & mapping the 240 individual interactive plushy nodes. touch is detected using 8 Bela trill craft boards & nodejs. currently working on the sound design in puredata. will be bringing the project to @futurefrontend.bsky.social in Helsinki next month!

I submitted my application for german 🇩🇪 citizenship!!!! 🛂 🤞

I'm on my way to Berlin for @hackadayofficial.bsky.social Europe. Who else??? On Friday from 6pm I'll be hosting the Bring a Hack pre-event party at Jockel Biergarten, just ten minutes walk from the venue. Bring a project to show, stickers to swap, or just bring yourself 💖

ernie the crow ❤️

I got a new gravel bike! I had an e-bike previously cuz i was convinced i was past my prime to cycle any kind of distance unassisted, but learned that's not true! Did first small ride (30.2km) on this beautiful bike to go jump in a cold lake!

i finally befriended a second pair of crows during the evening dog walk and i was able to hand feed one of them! i'm gonna nickname this duo, Udo & Ute. I'm hand feeding 2 different crows now!! 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

They should invent a job that doesn’t burn you out

Ernie is my sassy little crow friend that I hand feed everyday 😍✨

Unfinished projects, procrastination, guilt. What if you could take some of those projects and finish them? These are the themes that @stephaniecodes.bsky.social and Sebastian Obel will examine at #FutureFrontend (27-28.5, Espoo, Finland). futurefrontend.com/speakers/#st...

i passed my B1 german language test with a grade of "sehr gut" (scored 293/300)!!!! ✨🎉 I'm in shocked i did that well! And i got my results 3.5 weeks after the test! Just waiting on the Einbürgerungstest results to apply for german citizenship 🤞

TIL there are ticks active in winter in northern Germany! 😱 Wilbur & I each had one on us after a walk at the campsite! Luckily they hadn't attached & wilbur takes bravecto.

become ungovernable like my 14 yo dogson

Disassembled the kitchen in my campervan today to fix some stuff that was annoying and/or was broken after my 2 week trip in remote iceland. Planning to do a trip in December with the dogs, but not sure where yet! 🏞️ 🤔 I just wanna be somewhere far away from people & computers in nature!

Booked the german B1 language exam & naturalization exam in January! Manifesting dual citizenship & a german passport in 2025 🙏✨🛂

I drove my campervan onto a ship in 🇩🇰! (🔜🇮🇸) Having a special interest (off-road camping) that women don't typically do, I have felt too perceived by men everywhere-on the road, campsite, ferry queue, etc in the last 24hrs! I don't wanna be gawked at & i certainly do not wanna talk to random men!

this summer i have happily learned to love going by myself on gravel biking trips outside of berlin, thru forest & fields to lakes where i can take a little swim as a treat. today: 76km/4hr

Small update: I adopted a second dog! He's from a shelter in Portugal, this is his first (and only) home 🥹 & his name is Heiny :)

Chuffed that my new camping table has a unintentional dog hammock for Wilbur 😊😍

took my dogson on a date to my favorite bar for a boba tea cocktail.

watching art installations at a secret underground location in berlin ✨

hamster surgeries in progress

i used up all the yarn, so i stuck an arduino inside it and cut the giant pompom. 🤞 fingers crossed that it indeed works as a conductive touch input when i test it tomorrow.
 this thing is hefty!

i have a vintage german oscilloscope now 😍