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2022-12-23T20:55:17Z	****
The rain was just starting to turn to snow here when the precipitation ended -- hopefully for the night. No accumulatiion so far, I'm cautiously optimistic. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109564979944656279)
2022-12-20T20:00:44Z	****
When the system won't let you disable the automatic screen lock/suspend and you need to run a long job... ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109547778511214713)
2022-12-20T02:22:17Z	****
My 11 year old son broke one of my shot glasses (don't get any ideas, he uses them to mix his Thai iced tea). He felt really bad about it, so today he bought me a new one.

It's made of silicon, which is weird. But this incident reinforces my opinion that he's a really good kid. ❤️😁 ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109543616526142565)
2022-12-19T01:04:07Z	****
And we got a Christmas tree! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109537646845991299)
2022-12-18T19:26:57Z	****
Twitter has been dead to me for several years, now, but I must confess I'm astonished to see the vigor with which Musk appears to be burning his multi-billion dollar purchase to the ground. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109536321028722106)
2022-12-12T14:53:06Z	****
I wondered if she was an NPC or was actually having the same dream at that time. I asked her about it this morning, she said she wasn't. Of course, she might simply not remember... ;-) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109501270392210732)
2022-12-12T14:52:42Z	****
I occasionally lucid dream. I'll realize that I'm dreaming and think, "cool! I'm dreaming! I can have some fun!"

Last night I had one. I dreamed I was lying in bed with the wife (which I actually was). I told her "hey, this is a lucid dream. Watch this, we can fly!" and grabbed her and proceeded to fly us both around the room. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109501268801898427)
2022-12-04T16:40:36Z	****
**Content warning:** fediverse etiquette suggestion

* * *

If you like to post about largely non-controversial things like your family or your hobbies, and you also like to post about more divisive things like politics or culture wars, consider using an alt.

By partitioning your posts in that way, you can have a lot of constructive engagements with people you might otherwise alienate if they had to deal with your opinions that they strongly disagree with, or even that suggest that you're "on the other side." ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109456394585620826)
2022-12-01T02:21:52Z	****
And the grand finale, week 4:

[https://youtu.be/fiEVENh6f-w](https://youtu.be/fiEVENh6f-w) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109436030959537478)
2022-11-25T15:57:14Z	****
And here's week 3's creation. Almost there...

[https://youtu.be/3IoIaUl1NNM](https://youtu.be/3IoIaUl1NNM) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109405263245984911)
2022-11-25T15:29:39Z	****
I've been synchronizing mixed audio and video tracks by hand and it only now occurred to me that there might be a tool to do this. Sure enough:

[https://github.com/bbc/audio-offset-finder](https://github.com/bbc/audio-offset-finder) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109405154774445773)
2022-11-22T17:51:05Z	****
Currently getting a kick out of imagining Lori Lightfoot accompanying Gordon Lightfoot for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109388724040288559)
2022-11-21T19:59:53Z	****
Just added a "style selector" to [https://0x0x.dev](https://0x0x.dev). What's neat about this is it relies entirely on client-side state. Pages render a style element based on the value of a cookie. You don't need to be logged in, and the style selection page (since it doesn't modify server state) is just a GET method.

You can even specify your own custom stylesheet, though this isn't yet supported through the web form -- just hack the setStyle URL like a pro! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109383568143670411)
2022-11-20T18:23:42Z	****
I've generally avoided video in my music-making efforts. Dealing with digital audio is challenging enough (especially when you're a hard-core command-line geek who writes his own audio tools).

However, I finally spent some quality time with kdenlive yesterday and I have to say I think I'm getting the gist of it.

I'm not so sure about publishing videos showing myself playing all of the parts in songs where I do that, though. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109377527663002639)
2022-11-20T14:30:07Z	****
Songvember continues! Week 2:

[https://youtu.be/GiFkMkv8r-A](https://youtu.be/GiFkMkv8r-A) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109376609151573300)
2022-11-19T16:12:21Z	****
There are few culinary tasks as satisfying as slicing an onion. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109371348838129069)
2022-11-13T20:42:58Z	****
Finally got a dynamic webserver going on [https://0x0x.dev](https://0x0x.dev)

It doesn't do much at this point. The URL shortener works. I'm thinking about getting chat going next. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109338439097555872)
2022-11-11T23:00:09Z	****
I've decided that for the month of November I'm going to write one song a week and record a video of it. Here's the first.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssfrEHJtcCA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssfrEHJtcCA) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109327653874034269)
2022-11-04T21:04:01Z	****
Lovely hike around Lamb's Hill and Mt Beacon today. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109287561039498984)
2022-10-23T01:13:23Z	****
When you're jamming Metallica on your guitar downstairs and both of your kids come down and start playing air guitar along with you, you know you've done something right as a parent. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109214931588317100)
2023-01-02T15:19:17Z	****
Last day of vacation. Not sure what to do with myself. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109620281841167237)
2023-01-02T21:12:11Z	****
Ok, guess I went with "first hike of 2023" ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109621669518098897)
2023-01-04T01:00:29Z	****
And... coding yet another blog generator. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109628229484883387)
2023-01-20T12:15:08Z	****
RIP David Crosby. Thank you for 60 years of great music!

[https://apnews.com/article/david-crosby-dies-obit-3a1142b65616fa95c34c837a94f2c69f](https://apnews.com/article/david-crosby-dies-obit-3a1142b65616fa95c34c837a94f2c69f) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109721479305873900)
2023-01-20T21:36:49Z	****
I've had quite the week. Mom's been suffering with Covid; I was down with flu or covid or bad cold or something; two of my favorite musicians died and then my employer decides to decimate our workforce. I suppose there's still time for somebody to shoot my dog, if I had one. ☹️ ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109723687964994760)
2023-01-21T18:14:28Z	****
Thinking of aliasing "sudo" as "simonsays":

$ kill -9 115412

kill: kill 115412 failed: operation not permitted

$ simonsays kill -9 115412

$ ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109728554575654390)
2023-01-22T19:20:55Z	****
Got generated blogs and RSS feeds working on 0x0x.dev!

[https://0x0x.dev/news/2023-01-22-generated-blogs-and-rss](https://0x0x.dev/news/2023-01-22-generated-blogs-and-rss) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109734478162272782)
2023-01-24T12:05:58Z	****
When your only tool is a browser, every problem looks like a web page. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109744092499244274)
2023-02-11T18:57:17Z	****
Just added a pipe operator to my little "crash" language. So now instead of "[[array 1 2 3] iter] each x { print $x }" I can do "array 1 2 3 \| iter \| each x { print $x }"

Some times a little bit of syntactic sugar goes a long way. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109847631475194052)
2023-02-12T01:31:02Z	****
I was looking up information on anti-social psychological disorders (related to some very weird, negative, recent behavior from a friend of mine). This brought me to a "famous psychopaths" card on Google search which, in turn, led to my reading most of the Wikipedia entry on John Wayne Gacy.

That dude really was a larger-than-life supervillain. I had no idea that he literally performed as a clown during the time period when he was raping and murdering teenage boys. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109849179778939505)
2023-02-15T00:21:33Z	****
TIL leftover avocado, salt, pepper and salsa makes a decent approximation of guacamole. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109865893460733661)
2023-02-17T16:40:07Z	****
The 12yo wants to get a computer. I told him I'd kick in for half once he saved the rest, he right now has over $300 saved, enough for half the cost of a low-end computer but ... monitor, shipping, taxes...

I'm considering just springing for the rest at this point, contingent upon him using it to learn Python. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109881065932025217)
2023-02-20T00:17:26Z	****
Lovin' my music collection and random jukebox so much right now I'm tempted to turn it into an internet radio station!

Sadly, there's that copyright thing... ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109894188853512171)
2023-02-23T00:09:45Z	****
I've taken to carrying a USB thumb-drive from the laptop in the den (where I do my audio mixing) to the office on the other side of the house (where I store, compress and upload to the serving directory). It turns out that a dude carrying a USB drive is higher bandwidth than my wireless connection. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109911145534339700)
2023-03-04T22:51:01Z	****
One who can carry on a debate with himself, alone, is surely a master-debater. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109967459040711543)
2023-03-07T01:52:21Z	****
Been adding a type-system to my little toy "Crash" language. I finally ended up needing a feature that was way more than I bargained for for the first pass, so instead I added an "All" type -- instances are compatible with all other types and when an instance is called it returns another instance of All.

Sometimes we make compromises to get things done. But I expect "All" will come in handy in the future.

[https://github.com/mindhog/crash](https://github.com/mindhog/crash) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/109979496677270181)
2023-03-14T16:34:09Z	****
Just got back from a short "vacation" in Orlando, taking the kids to Universal & Islands of Adventure. I really had a terrible time. I can't stand the oppressive Florida sun, standing in line for 45 minutes for a 3 minute ride, paying gourmet restaurant fees for sub-par food... and don't even get me started on air travel.

The only thing that was keeping me going was knowing that I was going to be home in a few days, and when this big snowstorm hit and threatened that, I nearly lost my shit. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110022600270515846)
2023-03-14T16:42:13Z	****
But yeah. Good now. Chilling at home, power's still on. Kids catching up on screen-time. Having a lovely Gonzo Imperial Porter.

The blanket of wet snow outside never looked so good! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110022631966475002)
2023-03-15T23:19:24Z	****
So yeah. Power went down around 2:30PM. Finally got restored today at around 4:45PM.

I only got about two hours of sleep the night before, after which I spent the next four hours thinking about whether the flight was going to be cancelled. Last night I slept by the fireplace, waking up every few hours to feed it.

Hoping to get a good night's sleep tonight at least, we shall see. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110029856090581200)
2023-03-18T19:08:12Z	****
Empty fortune cookie?? That can't be good. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110045855266513107)
2023-03-25T15:44:38Z	****
I managed to flip the omelet from the pan like a pro. So proud. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110084690989984574)
2023-03-25T15:43:31Z	****
Breakfast. Of. Champions. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110084686589946752)
2023-04-06T22:33:29Z	****
Yummy vegetarian meatballs! (Sorry, not vegan - eggs, nuts and gluten) A family recipe. Happy to post if there's interest. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110154246355841681)
2023-04-16T22:39:58Z	****
Ordered a computer for the 12yo today. He put $320 of his own money towards it and I told him I'd spring for the rest if he learned to code with it.

I aim to hold him to it 🙂 ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110210894935566397)
2023-04-22T22:53:51Z	****
Ah just ordered me a banjo! 🪕 (before you call me a red-neck, remember that we tend to also own guns...) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110244923438162598)
2023-04-23T15:00:18Z	****
I think almost all of us want to live in a better world. What divides us are the questions of a) what constitutes a better world and b) how to get there. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110248723660014595)
2023-04-29T02:49:07Z	****
Banjo arrived yesterday! So far I've learned to play "Oh Susanna" and ... Comfortably Numb. Yes, for real. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110279822389000032)
2023-05-01T23:12:19Z	****
Avoiding the work I have to do by finally learning Racket.

I first learned LISP decades ago, and tried (briefly) to pick it up again, usually out of a desire to use Emacs (I finally ended up writing my own editor, instead).

As LISP dialects go, Racket seems pretty sweet. Though I'm still not sold on it as something I'd want to do anything serious with. Perhaps I'll change my mind. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110295956805068842)
2023-05-13T21:04:52Z	****
The inside joke is I have a tendency to sing bastardized versions of songs with lyrics involving the word "monkey." The phrases "stinky monkey" and "monkey pants" make heavy appearances.

Also, long history of teasing the kids with said phrases. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110363403394537718)
2023-05-13T21:01:11Z	****
My family got me these lovely monkey-pants and card for my birthday! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110363388934435545)
2023-05-18T01:23:32Z	****
Just gotta say, I'm loving the new expansive mastodon layout. Totally not missing that empty space on the right. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110387069765057028)
2023-05-18T01:40:54Z	****
The thing about doing audio engineering work is that it's kind of like being the maid. You get to see everybody's dirty undergarments but it's ok! You don't really care about how the stains got there. You're just thinking about the precise amount of bleach to apply to get the stains out. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110387138052777699)
2023-05-18T01:37:18Z	****
I just got some new studio monitors (the old ones failed due to a stupid "which speaker do you want on the left?" switch that I didn't need and never used, but failed nonetheless, effectively ruining the speakers. My attempts to fix this by soldering the switch into one position were... well... unsuccessful).

But now with the new speakers I can mix this new tune by a new friend in brilliant (somewhat unflattering) detail! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110387123872278804)
2023-05-28T14:54:45Z	****
Had to take down a dead tree yesterday. It had come partially down, only to be blocked by a limb from it's neighbor. That failing, it would have caused some pretty serious damage to my house.

Cutting down full-sized trees like this is quite strenuous work, something I'm not really used to. It's satisfying to see the results, though. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110446882704195991)
2023-05-29T20:34:23Z	****
Cut and stacked! Maybe this will be the year I invest in a splitter. OTOH, the 12yo did a pretty good job with this last fall... 🤔 ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110453880466204663)
2023-06-18T15:27:35Z	****
Seems like mastodon.social isn't rendering on the palemoon browser, so this might be goodbye. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110565920327891588)
2023-06-24T15:41:56Z	****
I'm looking for a lightweight Mastodon desktop client:

✔️ Dark mode is essential

✔️ I'd like to be able to return to where I left off when I last read a timeline.

✔️ I'd like timelines to be rendered latest-at-bottom instead of latest-at-top.

✔️ Preferrably native mode (not a web or electron app)

Suggestions appreciated! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110599950568803079)
2023-06-25T17:02:14Z	****
TFW you realize that the use-case for that super-flexible feature you've been puzzling over for the past day or two already has a simpler, existing solution. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110605928688997525)
2023-06-29T22:48:03Z	****
Writing a test post because I'm not clear which account Sengi is posting on... ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110629937711477895)
2023-07-09T18:53:07Z	****
\- "holy crap, this version of python is old, I'd better upgrade my system"

\- do dist-upgrade, system churns for several hours while \_everything\_ gets upgraded

\- lots of shit stops working

\- spend a day debugging and fixing (including reinstalling the nvidia drivers)

\- back to a working system, no recollection of why I wanted an upgraded python. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110685636988964386)
2023-07-29T16:06:47Z	****
about 50% when we switched to 64 bit. I'm not sure how typical it is, but this is a substantial increase.

Ideally, the path forward for me is to use a 64-bit OS but install 32-bit versions of most packages. Unfortunately, this involves work and I'm lazy. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110798229152446879)
2023-07-29T16:06:46Z	****
I always disappoints me to see software ending support for i386. There is \_nothing\_ that I run on my desktop (or even the servers I run, for that matter) that requires a 64-bit address space. And with PAE enabled, the system will happily utilize more than 4G of physical memory across multiple processes.

The downside of running 64-bit code is that it typically uses more memory. In the extensively monitored service I was working on back in 2008, we saw an increase in RAM requirements of (...) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110798229124542365)
2023-07-30T18:14:34Z	****
Ok, so maybe combining pepper-jack cheese with jalapeños is redundant. Sue me. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110804393972934916)
2023-08-01T00:21:40Z	****
RIP, Paul Reubens. You made me laugh. A lot. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110811499760940462)
2023-08-26T17:26:13Z	****
I got this notepad with a donation request from St. Jude. My wife has started using it and seems to enjoy adding funny quips to the cartoon llama. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/110957086225486910)
2023-09-03T19:16:35Z	****
I took the family to Bushkill Falls on Friday. Truly beautiful place. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111002818700582007)
2023-09-09T17:15:41Z	****
[@eff](https://mastodon.social/@eff) Once again, asking for our support in opposing bad laws.

[https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids](https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111036317123873624)
2023-09-13T00:05:23Z	****
wife: <groan> there's a liquor cabinet in front of the toaster oven. [I'd mixed a drink]

me: a simple "Mike, could you move the liquor?" would have sufficed. You seldom use the toaster oven in the evening.

wife: I use it every Tuesday. [2 warm tortillas for tacos]

me: Well, I can't keep track of everything...

wife: I can't keep track of everything, either!

me: Sure. The planets, for example. I'll bet you don't even know where Uranus is right now.

wife: I know where my anus is.

She's a keeper. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111054915100432353)
2023-09-15T01:07:14Z	****
I've had this song I've been working on for over a year, and for the past few months I've been paralyzed on it, trying to figure out how to deal with the drum part.

I finally just went down to the basement and banged it out after a few takes. I'm sure a real drummer could have done it better, but all told -- sounds pretty good! Nothing beats the feeling of -done-. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111066482874134737)
2023-10-03T23:11:52Z	****
It's a good night for debugging tmux-resurrect tests. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111173613138312441)
2023-10-05T14:50:47Z	****
Mozart's "Requiem" is in my MP3 jukebox and pieces from it come up randomly. This means that my listening pleasure is occasionally interrupted by a chorus of men praying in German. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111182967441931209)
2023-10-05T20:06:03Z	****
My friend and conspirator [@tavasti](https://venera.social/profile/tavasti) has ensnared me in this weekly song production challenge on Reddit. This weeks theme: Murder.

I am \_so\_ into this one. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111184207147990081)
2023-10-11T20:07:52Z	****
[@tavasti](https://venera.social/profile/tavasti) And it's out!

[https://soundcloud.com/rndusr641289/mine-forever](https://soundcloud.com/rndusr641289/mine-forever) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111218188125165205)
2023-10-18T23:45:57Z	****
I've been scouring the internets of late, trying to find a solid case for languages like Go and Rust not including (or, at least, strongly discouraging) exceptions. I haven't found one. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111258681814805525)
2023-10-24T23:37:47Z	****
One of the coolest articles I've read on quantum physics and consciousness. Primarily focused on Roger Penrose's work in this space, but Donald Hoffman got a few paragraphs:

[https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2023/10/23/testing-a-time-jumping-multiverse-killing-consciousness-spawning-theory-of-reality/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2023/10/23/testing-a-time-jumping-multiverse-killing-consciousness-spawning-theory-of-reality/) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111292623571539854)
2023-11-01T01:37:35Z	****
I feel a Songvember comin' on! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111332730829877175)
2023-11-05T16:44:25Z	****
me: [off to shower and dress] It's almost noon.

wife: Actually, it's only 11.

me: \*It's almost noon.\* ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111358945907233106)
2023-11-05T16:51:45Z	****
There's a really good Thai restaurant nearby where you can specify your desired level of spicyness from 1 to 5.

I'm the guy who adds hot sauce, jalapenos or cayenne pepper to just about every meal, so I tried 4 last time: it was on a par with some of the hottest vindaloos that I've had. Last night I dialed it back to 3, which was just about perfect.

Don't think I ever need to experience 5. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111358974741749532)
2023-11-10T21:29:54Z	****
Songvember 2023 has begun!

[https://youtu.be/h0aKKcX5Ko8](https://youtu.be/h0aKKcX5Ko8) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111388380015619566)
2023-11-19T22:38:12Z	****
Week 2:

[https://youtu.be/PxaWXYPpfsk](https://youtu.be/PxaWXYPpfsk) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111439609380112731)
2023-11-24T23:42:50Z	****
I should probably say something about what Songvember is. I started doing this last year, I basically challenge myself to write a song and produce a video of it once a week for the month of November, including whoever wants to play along with me.

Here's week 3's song:

[https://youtu.be/7-RuJ6Pemig](https://youtu.be/7-RuJ6Pemig) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111468175044523965)
2023-12-01T23:18:12Z	****
Week 4 complete! It was a lovely [#Songvember](https://mastodon.social/tags/Songvember)

[#mastomusic](https://mastodon.social/tags/mastomusic)

[https://youtu.be/Yx5EKhAGiYo](https://youtu.be/Yx5EKhAGiYo) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111507714344075410)
2023-12-03T18:21:37Z	****
Honest question for people who are fans of the Go language: what is it that you like about it as compared to other current languages (e.g. Python, Kotlin, Rust...)? ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111517872806582309)
2023-12-21T22:52:49Z	****
Happy solstice, all!

My wife just commented that she felt very solsticial while picking up one of the kids in the dark. I can't get behind solsticialism, myself. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111620860760895975)
2023-12-24T17:20:59Z	****
We need some kind of tool that just follows music hashtags on fediverse and plays the linked audio files. Kind of a "fediverse radio."

Totally foolproof idea 😂 ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111636542855541027)
2023-12-24T21:48:51Z	****
Discovered today that I can make a really awesome tomato sauce with just a tomato, an onion, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and basil.

Will definitely be doing that one again! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111637596159880212)
2023-12-30T23:05:36Z	****
Just now realizing that the "Mr Ed" theme is in "horse beat." ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111671871848800920)
2024-01-03T16:57:45Z	****
I don't know if there's anything inherently special about the start of a new year, but for some reason it does seem to be an awfully good time to clean up my act and fix all my shit. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111693074650833923)
2024-01-07T02:09:19Z	****
Finally a good night for a raging fire. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111712230419111624)
2024-01-07T20:27:07Z	****
Winter wonderland! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111716547128622643)
2024-01-15T18:36:25Z	****
Picking out a good CC license for my work. I'm going with "BY-NC-SA" (free to distribute, remix for non-commercial purposes with author attribution), which I hope expresses what I want. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111761410346240231)
2024-02-03T18:30:47Z	****
wife: it's national golden retriever day?

me: well, every dog has his day. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111868972057710373)
2024-02-06T00:15:01Z	****
Played my first gig that paid any significant money yesterday. At this rate, I should be able to transition to a career in music by the time I'm 200! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/111881650306466291)
2024-02-27T00:51:17Z	****
sci-fi shitpost

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I regret ever building that cursed time machine. If only I could go back and change things... ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112000701410352356)
2024-03-01T16:41:13Z	****
Looks like [#pythondevs](https://mastodon.social/tags/pythondevs).social is offline. RIP? ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112021423595483121)
2024-03-02T23:30:57Z	****
I've got this shell program that just bundles up a lot of features that I've found useful -- HTTP server, small database, terminal UI...

I've started adding some features for doing data munging on text, so I can do some things I'd ordinarily do with normal UNIX shell tools only with full RE2 support and better datastructures. I'm hoping to evolve it into something I can use regularly for data analysis and display. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112028697039148036)
2024-03-14T23:50:05Z	****
Coolest hack \_ever\_

[https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-headset-inception-attacks-trap-users-fake-environment-study-2024-3](https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-headset-inception-attacks-trap-users-fake-environment-study-2024-3) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112096720056072418)
2024-03-16T00:07:08Z	****
contacts using shit like "WhatsApp". ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112102449361038700)
2024-03-16T00:07:07Z	****
God I hate buying phones. I just want the smallest one I can find with a 3.5mm jack. Google Fi will give me a discounted price, but they publish absolutely no specs.

I'd love to just flip all of these major companies the bird and just get a PinePhone, but there are apps I've paid for and want to continue to use and the sad fact is I'm just not sure I have the time or energy to use my developer super-powers to get everything I want out of a FOSS phone -- and not even sure I could with (...) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112102449346973309)
2024-03-21T00:51:01Z	****
Welp. I just sold out. Signed up with Ditto to start distributing my music.

Is it selling out if you're paying them? Anyway, my first album should be coming out on 3/31. Of course, you can still get it all for free, so... ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112130933472891675)
2024-03-24T18:28:41Z	****
Another successful Maple Syrup Day!

Me and the boys were working sound. Best work we've ever done, IMO! ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112152079336429561)
2024-03-25T23:25:37Z	****
Can't find my cheap cardboard eclipse glasses. I have a couple of pairs of 3D glasses, though, do you suppose those will do? ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112158909233486513)
2024-03-31T22:37:09Z	****
And, it's out! [https://ditto.fm/castles-in-the-air-house-of-the-hog](https://ditto.fm/castles-in-the-air-house-of-the-hog) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112192692526351506)
2024-04-01T18:36:33Z	****
Trying to move money from one financial institution to another (which now happens to be a wholly owned subsidiary of the first).

Nothing quite says "modern finance" like having to go through a cumbersome, insecure process that violates your privacy and ultimately doesn't work. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112197408734530434)
2024-04-06T23:05:47Z	****
I was a little surprised to discover that Ditto doesn't distribute to Bandcamp. Also surprised to discover I already had a presence there.

Anyway, uploaded the new album there. If you're into bandcamp and over-the-top folk/rock power ballads you can follow me at [https://houseofthehog.bandcamp.com/follow\_me](https://houseofthehog.bandcamp.com/follow_me) ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112226778961775204)
2024-04-15T00:08:21Z	****
I had to renew a service that I pay for with BTC yesterday. It turns out, this was bad timing, as apparently it coincided with a spike in average transaction fee.

I ended up having to use the "replace by fee" feature for the first time -- and several times thereafter -- in order to get into the block-chain.

I was concerned that this might confuse or timeout the payment processor, but in the end the transaction went through and got credited. Time to set up Lightning. ⌘ [Read more](https://mastodon.social/@0x0x/112272323478964762)