This is the home of Mahlon E. Smith. It houses random bits of miscellaneous debris that somehow involve him.
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#libera (IRC) | mahlon |
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Mastodon | @mahlon@tilde.zone |
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Projects | Local, Github, Rubygems |
PGP Public Key | [here], or keybase |
I sometimes make music under the moniker "fastachee".
I hate looking down at my hand and realizing I've lost a ring at some point because it's winter and my fingers are freezing
11 months ago
I just realized I made some minor financial decisions 2 days ago while I was fairly deep in a high covid fever. If this works out well I think I might be onto something
12 months ago
How do you effectively a) communicate a message, and b) find and consume quality content - with billions of people? Maybe it isn't a perfectly solvable problem. Maybe you just don't participate in a pool of billions. I am gearing up for the comeback of the BBS. /4
17 months ago
CENTRALIZE! ... DE-CENTRALIZE! [cycle repeats] I really am enjoying the excitment right now around the "fediverse", but it's really a nice discovery/sync protocol over what the internet was intended for - and a growing rejection of those walled gardens. ... finally. /3
17 months ago
Looking forward to compelling, competitive alternatives, not looking forward to having to go out and "collate for productivity" again. Will need an RSS equivalent for the twitter/reddit clones. /2
17 months ago
The Walled Gardens are really busy strengthening those walls right now. I get the need to combat AI gold-rush content scraping, but this hostility to 3rd party integrations exposes some deep misunderstandings of why users build for you. /1
17 months ago
Trying for a song a month. I shouldn't say that out loud. This song is late. Shut up. It's fine. I'm only a disappointment to myself. Enjoy. Hopefully. https://fastachee.bandcamp.com/track/cautionary-tales
18 months ago
I'd like to "mute this video" now
4 years ago
I just had to explain to my daughter that browsers once didn't have tabs as a built-in feature. Felt like I was describing cassette tapes.
8 years ago
Any moment now, Donald Trump will peel back his mask to reveal that he has been Sacha Baron Cohen the whole time. Best Ali G prank ever.
9 years ago
1st deadly sin. 4 rooms. 5th element. 6th sense. 9 yards. 12 monkeys. 16 blocks. WTF is the deal with Bruce Willis.
9 years ago
The worst/best items to fill a pinata with: 1) mayonnaise 2) bees
9 years ago
In 100 years, everyone will prefer emoji to words, and future generations will believe our hieroglyphics were based on eggplants.
9 years ago
Urinals are less inviting when you're wearing flip flops.
9 years ago
"It just seems so overcomplexified." "Overcomplicated?" "Shut up".
9 years ago
"Let our proprietary snacking algorithm select your next snack!" oh god oh god the bubble is going to pop again
9 years ago
Cranked up a 1964 Silvertone after a 20 year hiatus tonight. The tubes. THE TUBES. So good. http://bit.ly/1EuzfLz
10 years ago
Areas labeled "no cellphones" ABSOLUTELY extend to Skype calls. It's not the device, it's your conversation no one wants to be part of.
10 years ago
Correction: "Ass satchels"
10 years ago
From this point forward, all "Fanny Packs" shall hereby be referred to as "Heinie Bags".
10 years ago