I've been using this account as my primary for about a week now, and I'm think I'm settled on using it for the foreseeable future, so I guess it's time to do another #introduction post.
I'm a dad of four kids, and a web developer. I have a college degree in #Theater (or #Theatre) and had aspirations of being an actor. I kind of fell into web development as a career. It was a hobby back in high school, and I just needed to pay some bills after college, so I ended up doing this.
I always have aspirations to do other things, but for now, I'm pretty happy spending most of my time as a dad and husband.
Some day, I'd like to get back into #acting, or maybe do some #VoiceActing. I also enjoy #writing and will, from time to time, post some #MicroFiction, usually from somebody's #WritingPrompt.
I love #StarTrek, and usually watch at least one episode nearly every day. I like all #SciFi really, though, as well as #fantasy. I used to read a lot, but find I don't have as much time or mental capacity for it as I used to. I also enjoy watching #anime, and have really been enjoying the new episodes of #Bleach lately.
Feel free to follow me if you think we have similar interests, and I may follow you back, if I think likewise.
#WebDev #PHP #BackEnd #Laravel #introductions #Parenting #DadLife
Want to keep tabs on all the bullcrap Matt Mullenwag is doing?
Check out bullenweg.com/, where you'll learn that Matt announced that he poached the creator of WPGraphQL from WP Engine.
I’m looking for a software engineer to join my team at the Internet Archive. We work mostly Pacific hours but are fully and forever remote (we do have a lovely SF HQ if you're in the neighborhood). Our department uses Python, Django, Temporal.io, Postgres, and some in-house database technologies to build web archiving and other digital preservation services for over 1000 partner cultural heritage and memory institutions.
Remember four years ago, when the winner of the US Vice Presidential Debate was a fly that just landed on Mike Pence's head for like five minutes?
Christie’s ‘Lady Computers’ – the astrographic pioneers of Greenwich.
The first women to be employed at the Royal Observatory in a professional capacity were Isabella Clemes, Alice Everett, Harriet Furniss, Edith Rix and Annie Russell. They were all employed as ‘Lady Computers’ between 1890 and 1895.
By Graham Dolan via @ROGAstronomers
http://www.royalobservatorygreenwich.org/articles.php?article=1280
If you're reading this, please #boost so I can get back to being federated with the #fediverse. Unfortunately, the data center I've been hosting with for years and years encountered some serious issues. I had to move suddenly, losing almost everything. I took the chance to change the software I use. But I've still lost all of my followers, all of my federation, etc! It's also taken down rblind.com, my passion project to get more #blind folks off #reddit. I'll be bringing that back over the coming days. In the meantime, hi! I'm a blind guy who uses the #NVDA #screenreader, loves #accessibility and works in the field, and reads tons of #fanfic, #litrpg, and #sciencefiction and #fantasy in my spare time. Nice to meet you!
2994. Númenor Margaritaville
2994. Númenor Margaritaville
title text: I see white shores, and beyond it, a far green country under a tequila sunrise.
(https://xkcd.com/2994)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2994)
It's the weekend, baby
#StarTrek
I'm now happily employed, but I went through a layoff that took three months before I finally found my current job.
During that time, I sent out 91 job applications. Of those 91, eleven of them sent me an automated response saying they'd received my application, and nothing after that. 22 of them didn't even send that automated response. I didn't keep track of those that I got an initial contact from, but then got ghosted, but there were a few of those as well.
Do better. Have some respect for the people who are spending time applying to the jobs that you posted. I know hiring managers and recruiters are hardworking and have a lot of applications to go through. But, you could at least have the respect to have a form rejection letter to send out when you drop a resume in the rejection stack.
I started a new job yesterday where I work as a contractor (I'm a full-time, salaried employee at my company, but they contract my work out) on a US military project (writing code for the Department of Defense).
Due to all of the requirements for working with the Department of Defense, I'm now realizing that this will be the slowest onboarding process for a job that I've ever gone through.
I was just told that sometime next week I'll get added to the daily stand-ups. An entire week just before I even start going to stand-ups is just crazy.
I’m still processing things but I just got laid off at work and so I’ll be re-entering the workforce. I’m a seasoned #PHP veteran with about 12 years in #SoftwareEngineering. I’ve also been a manager and Director of Engineering. Gonna be looking soon but figure I may as well get cracking on #GetFediHired. I can pick up other languages pretty quickly too and have a bunch of #Symfony #Laravel #MySQL and #AWS experience.
If you listen to drums and cymbals in an echo chamber, there will be repercussions.
Help a #gamer out and drop some suggestions for an amazing game to play exclusively on the Steam Deck!
GO!
(not necessarily from Steam, I have Lutris and Heroic Games Launcher too)
- Boost appreciated
#Gaming #Videogames #LinuxGaming #Steam #GOG #EpicGamesStore #EGS
UPS says my new Steam Deck is going to arrive today between 11:45 and 3:45. It's already 11:52 and it still hasn't arrived, so, I'll just be pacing back and forth for the next couple hours.
If Star Trek communications worked like real world audio/video communications:
Uhura: Captain, the Klingon vessel is hailing us.
Kirk: Lt. Uhura, have we installed the Klingon video and audio codecs?
Uhura: Yes, captain, but they've updated their protocol since our last hail.
Captain: Mr. Spock, install the software for their new protocol.
Spock: Unfortunately, Captain, the new protocol has not been ported to Federation OS.
Captain: Just fire phasers on the Klingon vessel!
2988. Maslow's Pyramid
2988. Maslow's Pyramid
title text: The local police, building inspector, and fire marshal are all contesting my 'safety' assertion, or would be if they could reach me past all the traps.
(https://xkcd.com/2988)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2988)
Which Came First? A quiz from Google Arts & Culture in which you guess which historical event took place first. https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/what-came-first/ZQGBUPErEE3bVg
The FDA has approved a nasal flu vaccine that people can administer to themselves at home. (Prescription required, order it online, ages 2-49, available next year.) https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5121176/fda-flumist-flu-vaccine-at-home-approved