Podcast appearances and mentions of patrick weston

Zinzy and Patrick W join the Flores boys to recap the highlights of season one and talk about how Vine & Fig can do its part to work for change during the Black Lives Matter uprisings around the world. Plus we hint at what big changes are coming in Season Two!Vine and Fig websiteSupport this podcast via PatreonTwitterInstagramSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/vineandfigco)

Fiancés Pat & Jacob sit down with Vine & Fig co-founder Patrick Weston for an epic conversation covering everything from parents to talking animals to sex to tattoos. It's our first annual Thanksgiving Day Queer Family Dinner, and you need to go for a walk and take a break from your crazy family, throw on Tabard Inn and spend an hour with us. We are happy to be your chosen family today and every day!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/vineandfigco)

Dr. Khalilah M. Weston is a pain management specialist, board certified in both Neurology and Interventional Pain Management. She holds an MD from Howard University Medical Center and completed her training in Neurology from the University of Chicago Medical Center where she served as Chief Resident. She continued on to sub-specialty training in Pain Management at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Dr Weston is the proud wife of Dr Patrick Weston and the proud mother to baby Harper and fur baby Marlowe.

Rev. Patrick Weston

Pat Gothman, Michael Vazquez, and Patrick Weston are on a mission to create a robust set of resources for queer Catholics. They've started Vine & Fig, a fully inclusive and affirming collaborative seeking to elevate the lives of queer Catholics. In this episode, they talk about their journeys as queer Catholics and what they are doing to create more resources for their queer siblings. Pat Gothman is a former seminarian, former theology teacher, and former religious brother.  He lives in Seattle with his fiancé and is the editor of Reaching Out, a collection of LGBTQ stories from people of all faiths. He can be found at @pgothman Michael Vazquez is a public theologian, community organizer, storyteller, and educator advocating for social equity and liberation in the academy and the church. Michael is an M.Div. student at Duke Divinity School, and is the founder and Co-Executive Director of Brave Commons, an LGBT advocacy organization and inclusive Christian campus ministry. He can be found at @mvsebastian Patrick Weston grew up in farm county going to mass with his family and holds Catholic values - especially social justice for society’s most vulnerable - close to his heart. While it took some time to figure out, he’s realized he can be gay and Catholic at the same time. He lives in Columbus and develops websites for socially-good clients. He can be found at @patrickfweston Vine and Fig can be found at vineandfig.co and on Twitter at @vineandfigco Queerology is on Twitter and Instagram, @queerologypod

It’s hard to know which type of image will best help you optimize your site’s performance. Front-end Developer Patrick Weston breaks down four different image types and assesses the function and benefits of each kind. TRANSCRIPT Allison Manley [AM]: Hi and welcome back to this week’s Secret Sauce, a short podcast by Palantir.net that offers a quick tip on some small thing you can do to help your business run a little bit better. I’m Allison Manley, an Account Manager, and today’s advice comes from front-end developer Patrick Weston, who has some thoughts about dealing with images on the web. Patrick Weston [PW]: Hi, I’m Patrick, and I’m going to be talking about images on the web. The web is really progressing forward and evolving, and as developers we tend to take data and speed for granted. We normally work at businesses and offices with really fast broadband connections, but that might not always be the case for all users. Responsive web design has really focused on mobile first, and a lot of times these mobile users are data capped or have their data limited. And they can also be in remote locations on slow connections. Images are often the largest asset on web pages. So if you make improvements with images, you can really make large improvements with your site speed and performance. I’m going to talk about different types of images, when to use which, and some general tips for improving your site with regard to images. First, I’m going to cover two different types of categories. There are: Lossless vs. lossy compression Lossless as the name implies, is no loss of data. So these are images where the source feed is the exact same as the outcome. But lossy compression allows you to lose some quality at the sake of file size. There are also vector graphics vs. raster graphics Vector graphics are defined mathematically. For example, a line starts here, and ends here 10 pixels over. But Raster is defined pixel by pixel, so you can think of it as kind of a 2D grid with different colors at each pixel.So now I’m going to talk about the different types of images that there are. There are four main types: PNGs JPEGs Gifs and SVGsI’m going to go through each one and kind of talk about their strengths and weaknesses, and then I’ll recap about when to use each type. PNGs are the first type I’m going to talk about. They are a lossless file format, so you don’t lose any quality. And they are also raster, so they are defined pixel by pixel. But the benefit with PNGs is that they have what’s called an alpha channel, so this allows for transparency. If you’re using transparency on the web, it’s likely a PNG. And this alpha channel is a scale of transparency, so it can have different values of how transparent the image actually is. The next are JPEGs. These are kind of the workhorse. This is one of the most common file formats, and it’s a lossy file format, so you can have some loss of quality, but also save image size at the same time. They are raster, so they have a 2D grid of pixels, and they don’t have an alpha channel, so there’s no transparency. The next type are GIFs. They are also lossless and raster. They do support transparency, but it’s  kind of an on/off switch, so the pixel is either transparent, or not transparent. So you do lose some quality here with the transparency. But the main thing that makes them famous on the web is that they support animation. So if you’re looking for kind of a simple animation, GIFs are a good way to go. Last you have kind of a newer file format that’s beginning to be more popular on the web , and that’s SVGs. They are vector graphics, so they are defined mathematically. You have shapes and sizes, different line widths, thicknesses, colors . . . they’re really versatile. These four file formats are kind of confusing, and there are different approaches to when you want to use each of them. So the real key is to kind of figure out what image is best for you. If you need any sort of animation, GIF is the only option. It’s the only one that provides animation without using a video format. If you need any sort of transparency, PNG is probably your best bet because it gives you that alpha channel for transparency that is a nice scale rather than just an on/off like GIF provides. But if you have an image that’s a photo or a scene, a JPEG is probably your best choice. And JPEGs are probably your best choice just by default (unless you don’t want to lose image quality, in which case a PNG is also a great choice). The great thing about JPEGs is that you can set the quality. If you have something that needs to scale well . . . a logo, or something with simple shapes and colors . . . then go with an SVG, because they can have really small file sizes. Other alternatives that you can use include CSS. A lot of times you can do gradients or background images, and you can avoid images all together. Or if you have a logo you can use text or a web font. And there are also some great approaches that are starting to come out, and become more popular, for responsive images. One is called  “Srcset.” It allows you to define different images depending on the width of your browser. There’s also the picture element. And Drupal also has a great responsive image module that’s new in Drupal 8. You set up different images sizes and styles, and then tell Drupal when to apply each. But all of these really depend on having a really good source image to begin with. You can do all sorts of responsive tricks and things. But if your source image isn’t the right type and isn’t optimized, it’s not going to be a good result. There are lots of types of images out there. But with a little thought, and with the help of some new best practices and automation (like Drupal’s new responsive image module), you can create a great, fast-loading site for all users regardless of screen size or internet speed. AM: Thank you Patrick. That’s it for this week’s Secret Sauce! For more great tips, follow us on twitter at @palantir, or visit our website at palantir.net. Have a great one. Helpful links Image types and when to use them: https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/optimizing-content-efficiency/image-optimization?hl=en Configuring Drupal's new responsive image module: https://www.advomatic.com/blog/adding-responsive-images-to-your-drupal-8-site

We were a little busy, so we missed our opportunity to present this recording as a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Dystopian Future, however it's just as apt and we're totally fine with presenting this as the death rattle of 2015 (good riddance).  Beauty Pageant closed out the third installment of Way Out Weirdo Wednesday with a special trio performance (Mr. Ben/Sam/Rick) which came on like an awesome and terrible storm.  It was frigging rad and rattling.  Join us for the next WOWW on 1/6/2016 at the Way Out Club with performances by Patrick Weston (first solo set since the dissolution of Ou Où), Biggie Stardust, Freq E. Steve, Alex Cunningham, and a improv collab by Matt Muslin and David Bell.  Killer first show of the year.  Be there.  Have fun. Don't be dumb tonight.

You see now, THIS is what you miss when you skip a pterodactyl party.  Joe Hess (Complainerr, Hardbody, Sun Bros., Hess/Cunningham, Wrong Division, etc.) hit some drums, David Bell (Jaded Evil Lambs, Fry 13, Anhydrous Man, Ventriloquim, Paradoxal Pterodactyl, etc.) processed said drum hits and provided additional synthesis.  Special guest appearance by a suicidal xmas ornament.  Hope you asked Santa for a new stereo this year, because this shit right here is about to crush your speakers.  Thanks as always to Bob & Sherry at the Way Out Club.  Come start the new year right on January 6, 2016 for Way Out Weirdo Wednesday #4, featuring Biggie Stardust and Patrick Weston.  More acts to be announced soon, keep an eye on the PP facebook for details.