Hashtags are Poetry
'Nuff said. End of blog post.
Ok, well...
The funny thing about hashtags on the Fediverse is that they're actually needed, and serve a very similar purpose to hashtags on Twitter (In Pace Requiescat).
When hashtags were first developed, Twitter had no search function (or built-in RTs, or images, for …
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My Every Day Carry, Part IV: So, I Kinda Helped to Start a Cult
In Part III, I discussed fountain pens, and how they revolutionized writing for me.
I thought I was done with my EDC series, until a toot from my FediFriend OrbitalMartian reminded me of one more every-day carry …
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My Every Day Carry, Part III: Fountain Pens are Awesome!
In Part II, I went over the items in my backpack. In this edition, I will talk about a single item in detail: fountain pens.
Growing up, I really disliked writing by hand. It was very uncomfortable, and my handwriting was extremely messy, to the point that my classmates would …
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My Every Day Carry, Part II: Backpack Edition
In Part I, I went over the items in my pockets. In this installment, I will go over the items in my backpack.
Yes, I'm milking the posts to try to catch up to my WritingMonth quota. Hush. 😄
Here's what's currently in my backpack:
Large items
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My Every Day Carry
My EDC is kind of boring, but sometimes even the most boring items have an interesting history.
I used to carry around a Photon Microlight, but haven't needed a pocket light since 2010, thanks to modern phones.
I also used to carry a mini Swiss Army Knife in my pocket …
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Why would you use Perl in 2024?
The rise and fall of the popularity of programming languages is fun to watch.
Quick disclaimer: I'm not a programmer. I've never held a programming job. I have been interested in programming as a hobby for several decades, and have written shell scripts as a part of my job in …
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Love is a choice
I was going to go in a different direction for tonight's blog post (thanks to the help of some kind fedifriends), but while starting on that post, I felt like I needed to revive a blog post idea from a few weeks ago first.
A month and four days ago …
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How to love your neighbor...
...in the midst of... all this
You're driving to work and you see them. A bunch of people holding up signs in favor of the human being (if they can be truly described as such!) that you loathe the most on the entire earth.
Your blood boils.
You air out …
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My Socratic Sign
In Part I, I listed several things/places/events that felt magical to me in my life. In this article, I will discuss the most recent one, which I refer to as my "Socratic Sign."
Life, Rebooted
At 40 years old, I found myself without a job and without the …
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Magical Moments
This article is written based on a prompt I shared with a friend a couple weeks ago. You can my article from that "round-robin" prompt exercise here.
Since neither of my fedifriends have written their prompts yet, I'm actually borrowing the idea I gave Amin to write:
I'm going to …
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