Collecting my attempts to improve at tech, art, and life

2020-01-19

Tags: hackers-town twitter look

Does any of this enlighten, entertain, or otherwise please you? Please consider a Tip. Every little bit helps!

I last updated this page

Activity Log

hackers.town: 2020-01-19 Sun 01:11

The macho guys with the little motorcycles have finished their boba tea, revved as loud as they could rev, burned rubber just as hard as they could, and left.

Part of me goes “aw how precious”.

While a larger part hopes a flock of birds poops in their mouths.

Twitter: 2020-01-19 Sun 12:12

Your irregular reminder that

https://fraidyc.at/

is awesome for the Internet at your own pace.

https://twitter.com/JmacDotOrg/status/1218894526238068736

Twitter: 2020-01-19 Sun 12:30

I saw Princess Bride so many times I forgot what watching it the first time was like.

This thread matched my first reactions so exactly I got the brain boost and remembered and got a little emotional.

Well, except the meme recognition bits. My first viewing predated the memes.

https://twitter.com/uzbadyubi/status/1218630664754466817

Twitter: 2020-01-19 Sun 12:31

but yeah I even remember this thought.

https://twitter.com/uzbadyubi/status/1218644562639572993

hackers.town: 2020-01-19 Sun 14:05

Saw an unanswered StackOverflow question while doing web search for something else. Answered it.

The question was four months old, but my last answer was 2013. I have my own timeline.

Plus, always hoping to prevent an XKCD moment: https://xkcd.com/979/

hackers.town: 2020-01-19 Sun 14:06

@ella_kane that too!

hackers.town: 2020-01-19 Sun 19:20

here we see the geek in his natural environment

quietly enjoying himself

the geek is rarely dangerous, except —oh no he saw us!

startled geek looking directly at camera

hackers.town: 2020-01-19 Sun 20:19

I got carried away taking notes about basic RST usage

https://randomgeekery.org/2020/01/19/restructuredtext-basics-for-blogging/

Twitter: 2020-01-19 Sun 22:07

We could use that dominant cultural platform (not the tuned social platforms we have) but it probably can’t happen. Like Bowie said <

https://youtu.be/LaHcOs7mhfU?t=225

, the singularity disappeared.

MTV is just where we recall the last threads of cohesiveness.

https://twitter.com/blogdiva/status/1219083213676650497