Random Geek @randomgeek@hackers.town
- Art Capitalism Outlet
- https://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/randomgeek/
- aka
- Brian Wisti
- Married to
- @IamMrsGeek
Not tall. Occasionally crafty geek in Seattle. he/him
Joined Feb 2019
Pinned toot
me, to all of us:
Pinned toot
Spring's here: birds sing, pandemic rages. Time to update the #introduction.
- stock model white cis male 40-something #FOSS-friendly geek in Seattle WA USA
- married to @IamMrsGeek
- usually writing code (API backends) for work
- Non-code hobbies include #drawing and #knitting
- #blog at https://randomgeekery.org/
- My brand is random, and so are my toots.
disclaimers:
- not great about CWs, especially for food / beverage / eye contact pics
- public toots and replies-to-self forward to Twitter unless tagged #nobirb
Pinned toot
I swear these shots are the two seconds right before a truly epic fight scene between us and the quarantine zombie horde.
Anyways we're married now.
Look out zombies.
Random Geek
boosted
I opened a web page this morning that looked like your average crappy startup, a dickbar asked for my cookies, then a popup told me I should be using Chrome, uhm, okay, then a yellow firefox bar showed up to tell me I NEED TO ENABLE DRMs FOR THIS WEBSI-*ARGH*
*gasping for air*
Twenty seconds to write a one-liner, and two days to think about it
Listing Hugo Content Extensions With Raku
https://randomgeekery.org/2020/03/31/listing-hugo-content-extensions-with-raku/
Random Geek
boosted
There is a huge humble-bundle on sale for 28$ containing lots of games and books (comics, IT and non IT books)
Money can be given to organizations working against current Virus
Random Geek
boosted
Contextually important clarification: she turned herself into a potato for work video chat.
Random Geek
boosted
I tried to look somebody up and autocorrect really failed me but duckduckgo had my back
She turned herself into a potato for video chat and her pure joy reminds me that computers aren't exclusively awful.
USPS "Informed Delivery" signup is textbook example of Doing It Wrong
- no autocomplete
- novella-length password tooltip w/y2k-era guidelines
- enter your email, wander off for coffee without posting form, come back later: "Looks like that name is already in use."
I'm only exaggerating the tiniest bit when I say I've been ready for quarantine my whole life. Now don't tell me I've nothing to do.
The Statler Brothers - "Flowers On the Wall"
Random Geek
boosted
@randomgeek žižek: eating from the trash can of ideology
wisti: sipping from the sewage firehose of online
yes indeed that is an excellent visual
gold stars for me
Reminder to myself and others that https://fraidyc.at is a great way to sip from the sewage firehose we call Online rather than shove our face in it and guzzle like we're trying to win a bet.
Random Geek
boosted
Random Geek
boosted
Random Geek
boosted
Midnight straight pipe street chickens. The buck-buckaw you'll never forget.
Random Geek
boosted
Streaming, art, nsfw
Random Geek
boosted
It occurs to me I could repurpose this Behemoth design, from 2011, which I never used in Seder-Masochism, as an Agnus Dei of Revelation. https://blog.ninapaley.com/2011/12/07/the-stomping-behemoth/
- Art Capitalism Outlet
- https://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/randomgeek/
- aka
- Brian Wisti
- Married to
- @IamMrsGeek
Not tall. Occasionally crafty geek in Seattle. he/him
Joined Feb 2019
