Cory McIlroy @mcilroyc

RockHillWGHSTrumanWWTAppirioAdobeWifeTwoKidsTinkerer St. Louis, MO Joined July 2009

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Cory McIlroy @mcilroyc

3 months ago

Know any backend engineers that would want to work with me and a small team? I personally think it’s fun stuff

Neynar @neynarxyz

3 months ago

Know any backend engineers that would want to work with me and a small team? I personally think it’s fun stuff

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We're hiring a staff / senior staff backend engineer Top things we're looking for in terms of expertise: - indexing blockchains and scaling large databases - distributed systems - devops (nice to have) Other requirements: - physically based in North America, no exceptions -…

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Cory McIlroy @mcilroyc

4 months ago

Can confirm

Gary Weinstein 🛡 @Gary_Weinstein_

4 months ago

Can confirm

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Cameron Arcand @cameron_arcand

a year ago

Ah yes the two party system

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Cory McIlroy @mcilroyc

a year ago

Verifying myself: I am mcilroyc on Keybase.io. EW_KHBP1Wvo5uHxa4kRBz7gtoMUmweKVlhzh / keybase.io/mcilroyc/sigs/…

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kottke.org @kottke

3 years ago

Back of Your Hand, a map-based quiz game that tests your knowledge of your local roads. backofyourhand.com

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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

4 years ago

If you could fly airplanes in space, Earth > Moon would be a 16-day flight. Earth to Mars would be a 7-year flight. And it would take 17 years to fly to the Sun.

Nick Martin @naturenick

4 years ago

If you could fly airplanes in space, Earth > Moon would be a 16-day flight. Earth to Mars would be a 7-year flight. And it would take 17 years to fly to the Sun.

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kottke.org @kottke

4 years ago

An intentionally homeless traveling shepherd gives a fascinating tour of all the little gadgets & techniques he uses to stay warm, healthy, and happy. Screw preppers & vanlife, this guy is the real deal. kottke.org/21/09/guerilla…

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Vincent Alexander @NonsenseIsland

5 years ago

THREAD: Lots of us learned classical music from watching old cartoons, so I’m going to identify the pieces that frequently popped up. One of the most recognizable is Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2,” performed by those great piano virtuosos Bugs Bunny and Tom & Jerry.

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MO Conservation @MDC_online

5 years ago

TIME TO ELIMINATE BUSH HONEYSUCKLE. Bush honeysuckle is a very invasive plant and now is a good time to eliminate it because it is leafing out, earlier than many native-plant species. More at mdc.mo.gov/trees-plants/p…

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600

6 years ago

If you are looking for cool historical maps of your local area in the US you will enjoy the topoView tool by @USGS. The interactive map allows you to pick your location and it spits out relevant historical maps. Lovely tool! Source: buff.ly/36xTR4A

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Lin-Manuel Miranda @Lin_Manuel

6 years ago

Gmorning Jeez lower your shoulders, roll em around Did you even realize you were holding em like that

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

6 years ago

An interesting fact about Fibonacci numbers is that you can use them to convert miles to km & viceversa. If you need to convert from km to miles, you need to find the preceding Fibonacci number. Bonus: there are 1.609 km in a mile, almost the Golden ratio ow.ly/VG1v30nghZt

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The Atlantic Photo @TheAtlPhoto

6 years ago

Photos of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair - 42 images from what was officially known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, an expo of grand scale that welcomed nearly 20 million visitors over 8 months. theatln.tc/nyxPTwni

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

6 years ago

The Andromeda galaxy is 6 times bigger in the sky than the full Moon: it's just too dim to see with the naked eye. This is what it would look like at night if it was just brighter ow.ly/sWGK30n7m7J

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Nathan W Pyle @nathanwpyle

6 years ago

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

6 years ago

The Oriental Lion was carved from a single redwood tree trunk over the span of 3 years. Finished in December 2015, it was transported to Wuhan’s Fortune Plaza Times Square, China. It's 14,5 m long, 5 m high, and 4m wide buff.ly/2zJ1ry4

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Matthew Highton @MattHighton

7 years ago

It had been over 20 years since Elmo had last set foot on Sesame Street. Here he was again, clutching a wooden stake, frozen with fear at the steps of the Counts mansion. Here to finish what once he could not. Sunny days, he whispered and stepped into the dark.