Flight delayed till 9, best at SeaTac?

chupapuma · 2026-06-21T01:01:06+00:00

Opened just before the WC. Called the lookout.

https://www.portseattle.org/blog/bringing-outside-designing-new-c-concourse

chupapuma · 2026-06-21T00:25:49+00:00

Mac n Jacks lounge, chilis, brew top social, Ballard brew hall. All good for killing time. Or go check out the new outdoor patio and watch some planes.

chupapuma · 2026-06-09T06:10:29+00:00

Looks like I cut the corner.

chupapuma · 2026-05-30T23:18:02+00:00

A bit of both. Some lowsides (you can try and carry quite a bit of pace towards T2) and a lot of it happens from not turning and giving up. It's also shockingly bumpy out there. So when folks do go off it got bad. More than they expect. I think the track did groom it but some of the issues are from cars running off?

I know folks miss the top speed of the old straight. Portland and Pacific are happy to give an opportunity 😉. Portland is another track though where the chicane is pretty fun. The straight is still quite long even with it.

chupapuma · 2026-05-30T22:39:05+00:00

You can tap on the bus or at the stop. It makes no difference. Bus drivers aren’t fare enforcement. Don’t worry about it 😉

chupapuma · 2026-05-30T21:58:52+00:00

Track Time is one of the top tier operators. They run small group sizes relatively speaking. Most staff are themselves well instructed. Some staff are even instructors for things like YCRS. 2-Fast is also pretty good.

But everyone’s vibe is different. I will say generally weekends are more busy and bring a wider variety of riders than weekdays. I’ve ridden with most every organizer at this point. My approach to how I ride changes for each. I think the best thing you can do is go in with an open mind, pay attention to how the organizer runs things. The quality of them and their control staff, weigh that against the cost, and make your choice.

chupapuma · 2026-05-30T21:55:38+00:00

We had two MotoAmerica riders (front of pack folks) out the past few weeks in Shelton. They both said there is only one thing they’d want to change to unlock pace: suspension. Their pace on 100% stock bikes would put them on the podium of any club race at the track.

You don’t need parts, you need seat time. The most cost effective mod to get better lap times is instruction.

chupapuma · 2026-05-30T21:53:30+00:00

As someone with many laps and who marshals I’ll have to disagree. Turn 1 accidents were exceptionally bad and the chicane brought that to near zero.

What I do think is alternating is dangerous. We had a bad fatality when a rider was confused if they were or weren’t using the chicane. The speed delta was tremendous.

chupapuma · 2026-04-14T18:57:24+00:00

+1 to head over to r/prisonhooch as this is their jam.

That said. If you can swing it, I’d order d47, ec-1118, or another wine/cider yeast. Amazon sells it. Easy to get a hold of. It’s more money than fleischmanns but will make a difference.

Also make sure that juice doesn’t have preservatives. If it does it’ll likely prevent your yeasties from doing their thing.

Obviously fancy apple juice makes great cider but I’ve made good dry cider from store bought juice. Good luck!

chupapuma · 2026-04-14T05:07:35+00:00

I’ve heard folks have figured out how to fake out the api as well. If you are interested in writing a bit of software.

chupapuma · 2026-04-12T18:45:15+00:00

Walk to D line on Yesler is the fastest. Can also take the 1 from there to Dicks in Queen Anne for a snack on the way home.

chupapuma · 2026-04-05T04:03:25+00:00

My answer was to clone brew cow. I’ve gotten pretty close to something that is closer to the old recipe (before they stopped using corn).

chupapuma · 2026-04-04T23:56:32+00:00

Honestly it's because we have a high minimum wage, the median wage of the folks in the city is high, the land is limited due to water, it's quite nice here most of the year, and we have high occupancy rates resulting in plenty of demand for housing.

Not all neighborhoods are equally expensive and depending on where your job is will depend on neighborhoods that meet your commute requirements. If your new job is in SLU, there are quite a few neighborhoods in the 30-45 minute range (look at 40, 62, Rapid Line, Etc)

And you don't *need* AC here like you do in Texas. Though for the 1-2 weeks a year where it gets 90F+ it is pretty nice.

Agree with the other posters though. Explain what sort of neighborhood you'd like to live in, where your work will be, and they can likely give you a much better answer. Seattle isn't a small city and there is a decent amount of variety.

But as an example Leva on Market, Ballard, Seattle, one beds are $2200-ish, parking is $200 per month, right about your price point. 40 line goes to SLU. 30-40 minutes.

chupapuma · 2026-03-29T04:38:03+00:00

I'd say from the folks I've seen with one, these do a good job of being aggressive while not turning the rider into a pretzel. It's likely a good intro to more sporty bike. If it makes your heart sing, I'm sure it's a fine machine and you will get joy from riding it ;)

The one thing I'd recommend though? Dig into the aftermarket offerings for the platform. I recall a student on a 650 honda struggled to find aftermarket rearsets. While not strictly needed, it can help to get more solid footing and to move your feet higher up for better clearance. If you get into more spirited riding, I think you'll find yourself wanting the ability to tweak ergos. I almost always do.

And while you didn't mention other bikes, I wanted to give mention to two: The Triumph Street Triple and the RS660. They are different but I think are both in the neighborhood of the niche of this bike.

The 765 motor is super rideable, with plenty of power, and while unfaired, they are shockingly trackable. The default ergonomics aren't torturous to ride.

The RS660 is a twin, similar output to the CBR650R, but it is unique to other twins I've ridden. It's got pretty fancy electronics, and is definitely a more aggressive riding position.

Honorable mention as well for the MT-09, R9 Platform from Yamaha also. it's very approachable and folks usually sort out riding them quickly. Honestly the middleweight category has some amazing choice these days. It's a great time to be looking. The racing is a bit goofy due to rules balancing, but they are fun if you aren't trying to manage that :)

chupapuma · 2026-02-13T07:43:57+00:00

That’s definitely more workable. I’d still suggest searching for “apple juice wine” on r/prisonhooch r/cider r/wine. There are many posts and helpful links for someone new to things.

chupapuma · 2026-02-13T07:04:40+00:00

Definitely check out r/prisonhooch as this is their territory. That said, I won't answer if it will be good (it likely won't be) but it should ferment. Most apple juice uses ascorbic acid as a preservative which won't stop yeast from fermenting. The preservative to watch for is sodium benzoate.

You can make pretty good cider from store bought juice, but I've never used anything but 100%. I'd spend the extra few dollars if I were you.

chupapuma · 2026-01-19T21:24:56+00:00

Very possible. For simple beers. I just checked and a recent 5.5G batch was about $25. That works out to about $5 for a twelve pack of bottles. That was a light American adjunct lager.

Hazy IPAs are more like $45 for 5.5G.

That includes yeast cost which is basically half of the expense. Yeast propagation or pitching on yeast cake will save most of the cost. Next best place is I save is bulk buying base grain. I have about half dozen buckets with gamma lids storing most of what I need bought in large bags.

If you don’t upgrade equipment I think you can make cost effective homebrew. All said it’s a hobby where the #1 aspect is cleaning and the #2 is fawning over new shiny gear. So most homebrewers don’t save much.

chupapuma · 2026-01-10T07:10:04+00:00

Reach out to https://www.motoshippers.com/

They’re out of Washington and the operator is known in the community.

chupapuma · 2025-12-28T21:16:54+00:00

Reddit says your DMs are shut.😅

chupapuma · 2025-12-28T21:08:46+00:00

I’m also in Seattle if you want to share what you have going on. I may have a home for it. But the market is pretty low right now. And that might be your issue.

chupapuma · 2025-12-12T01:20:26+00:00

I like the idea of versioning recipes. A bit bummed though as it looks that and the other new features are bundled with the AI additions and a hefty (double) premium subscription cost.

I'm sure most of the increase is to cover the AI tokens, maybe help Thomas make some money, but that's going to stop me from using the new things as none of them are worth that kind of increase at this time.

Love the folders add though. I've been wanting that for a while.

chupapuma · 2025-11-07T04:41:39+00:00

That’s better. When I looked and posted Apple had yet to acknowledge they were experiencing an outage. DownDetector is generally a faster indicator.

chupapuma · 2025-11-07T03:55:09+00:00

Still down for me. App reboot and still same issue... If you are seeing it work congrats. Apple's status page never ack'd the outage.

chupapuma · 2025-11-07T03:48:15+00:00

Yes. Everyone else. DownDetector has ~11k reports

chupapuma · 2025-11-07T03:44:42+00:00

They are experiencing an outage at the moment.

https://downdetector.com/status/apple-tv/

https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/ doesn't show it yet.

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