Hobbies
Graphic Design
I typically use Inkscape to draw these. Refer to this GitHub repo for the SVG sources.
Landscapes
Quote Drawings
These are also posted on Instagram @q.e.quotes
Drone
Filmed with a DJI Spark.
Modular Origami
Each object is composed of up to several hundred pieces of paper.
Competitive Programming
I have used these sites when practicing for competitions such as ICPC.
TypeRacer
Musings
Pronouncing My Name
Bryon is pronounced exactly the same as Brian. Notably, my name has been known to magically change its ordering to Byron from time to time.
Tjanaka is pronounced like chuh-NAH-kah. Just imagine the tj as a ch, and you’ll be well on your way.
Re: Mispronouncing my name
— Bryon Tjanaka (@btjanaka) August 21, 2020
~~ Phone conversation excerpt ~~
A: Hi, is this Byron Tanaka?
Me: Yes, this is __Bryon Tjanaka (pronounced like Brian chuh-NAH-kah)__
A: Ok Byron, I'm calling about...
Me: pic.twitter.com/cjhHBIfjqH
Quotes
Audentes fortuna iuvat.
Life is about waiting for the right moment to act. So relax. You are not early. You are not late. You are very much on time.
Success is about being at the right place at the right time, and knowing it.
You can do anything, but not everything.
David Allen
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Aristotle
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
If greedy doesn't work, the input is wrong.
Karthik Gajulapalli
The hardest choices require the strongest wills.
Thanos
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Aldrich Killian
We live in the age of information, not the age of knowledge.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Wayne Gretzky
Consistency and repeatability is a hallmark and pillar of all engineering, and I don't know if I could have seen a more inopportune time for something not to work.
Success is directly proportional to how many awkward conversations you're willing to have.
Tim Ferriss
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Robert Frost