Rob Vincent 🎙️💅 @Rob_T_Firefly@hackers.town

My every-so-often roundup of the various places you can currently hear my audio work:

@HackerRadioShow - FM talk radio by a bunch of hackers and phreaks, myself included
​ Archives: https://2600.com/offthehook

https://modern.technology - My original podcasts, including:
​ Sketch comedy: https://modern.technology/breaks/
​​ Film nerdery: https://modern.technology/watches/
​ Self-naming stories: https://modern.technology/name/

This is such a weird time to be job-hunting.

If "Pac-Man" were a new game released today.

(My entry into b3ta's "Modernise Games" image challenge at https://b3ta.com/challenge/modernisegames/popular )

Thinking a bit more about this...

Yes, I'll always hold those in charge accountable. Yes, I'm dubious about the new folks in many ways. Yes, 45 was a symptom of greater evil. Yes, I'm still not thrilled with the Dems. Yes, there are things I'm still fighting for and against no matter whose names are on the door.

But now, in this moment, celebrating what we no longer have to deal with is perfectly valid.

Don't let uncertainty about positives outweigh the certainty of a prominent negative's end.

Have the #ByeByeTrump party now, get back to work tomorrow with eyes open and pointed at DC.

One day long ago, after an abusive relationship I'd been in ended and I was deep into the excruciating process of rebuilding my life scrap by scrap, I had that first bright moment when I realized my abuser was truly out of the picture and I didn't have to deal with that person anymore.

Honestly, I'm feeling a bit like that now.

Happy Aretha's Hat Day!

Today is Wikipedia's 20th birthday.

Inspired by #Wikipedia20 I logged in and looked up what my own first edit to Wikipedia was. Turns out I started the "Heckle and Jeckle" article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckle_and_Jeckle&oldid=19002754

So, if nothing else, now you know something not a lot of people know about me. ​

Ziggy played...

We're live with a new @HackerRadioShow ! https://www.wbai.org/listen-live/

We were off last Wednesday, so this might involve a little catching up. I feel there may have been some news we missed.

https://usa.wtf is a compiled list of all the US senators and representatives who participated in last week's coup attempt, with their contact details so you can let them know how you feel about that sort of thing.

Five years ago tonight, Epic Wife Gila and I had our first date.

One thing she does every year is put together a little collage of some selfies we've taken over the course of our preceding year together. Here's the latest one.

No apologies for cuteness.

Via: https://twitter.com/gilahava704/status/1348991873508110344

Plain text transcript: https://pastebin.com/ReiPxANG

I scanned in a lovely old magazine piece Harpo Marx wrote about his brother Groucho in 1951. You might like it as much as I do.

Bigger scan images & full text transcripts of the article are available at https://imgur.com/a/jzGdAkJ

#MarxBrothers

I'm thinking about how I posted this yesterday when it was just the first objection, before all hell broke loose.

I think it may still apply, somehow.

I might need to print out a wallet-size Michael Che to carry around with me.

This birdsite thread nails it.

https://twitter.com/Gillis57/status/1346929942139846658

If anyone in the Capitol is trusting any device smarter than a pocket calculator right now, it's all fucked.