this *should*, I think, show up in my #Mastodon home feed… Maybe also the tech.lgbt federated feed? Still figuring out #ActivityPub in general and this plugin in particular
Category: None of the Above
Sound check
Technology has changed since I last updated this site, but joining #Mastodon has inspired nostalgic feelings about the old days of the Internet so I plan to shake the dust off this and maybe post some stuff again.
Speaking of Mastodon, I'm at https://tech.lgbt/@silvermoon82
Pictures from MarsPhoenix!
The Mars lander has touched down safely, and is sending pictures back already:
For more on the Phoenix project, check out NASA’s mission page, or MarsPhoenix’s Twitter feed.
Save vs. Death… failed. A fitting memorial to Gary Gygax
xkcd has posted the best possible memorial to the passing of Gary Gygax, the creator of Dunegons and Dragons:
Good luck in the Outer Planes, Gary.
Minty-Fresh & amazingly inexpensive iPhone case
This guy made a neat case on the cheap, but I wonder where he put his gum?
One of life’s important questions:
Is it more sinister to talk on a cellphone while using a urinal, or to finish what you’re doing, and continue to stand in front of the urinal, chatting loudly on the cellphone in the men’s room?
Continue reading “One of life’s important questions:”
I annoyed Google! Go me!
I'm too impatient to wait for Calculator.app to load, or for the Calculator dashboard widget to catch up with me. The solution? Google.
If my computer is turned on, there's generally a web browser open. [tag]Google Calculator[/tag] meets my needs, and it's faster than opening a local app or taking my boots off (if I need to count past 10).The downside? Apparently it annoys [tag]Google[/tag] if you do it a lot:
Pink and Portable – WD’s Passport goes Pink for October
El Reg has a quick blurb about Western Digital’s Passport portable hard drive.
Looks like a nice little unit: 250GB, USB2.0, &c.
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, WD will make a dontation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation for each pink Passport drive sold. Going one step further than most, WD’s donations will continue beyond month’s end – they will continue until February 29.