The urge for me to go full #greybeard and switch to #emacs / #orgmode for my notes system has been strong the last few days

Felt old this morning…someone was talking about their Spark cluster for training a model and I was wondering why they were using such old hardware. #sparc #greybeard

Did someone piss in the drivers' coffee this afternoon? Had a couple encounters with some whacky aggressive honking drivers on tonight's #BikeCommute
Unfortunately for them they pale in comparison to the outright homicidal drivers I used to encounter regularly 30 years ago on Boston's streets. Really, is that the best you can do? Yawn. #Cycling #Bicycle #GreyBeard

I've hit the point on the #resume process where when I get asked how long I have been working with Microsoft Windows/Linux/MacOS I have to put 15+ years in for everything. Is this what a #greybeard feels like?

Time to run around all my meetings saying "You shall not pass!" to the Balrogs I guess.

I will happily admit I am being biased by the #greybeard factor. So take this as exaggerated. What is the typical answer to all "why does #OldTech suck?" is the (fake) promise of monetisation through centralisation. E-Mail. Blogging. Newsletters. You name it. And no, it isn't always about 3E. Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. It happens. I've seen it. But it is also caused by neglect of us, the wieder community. #ARCANET is a positive way to reverse that trend. Solutions instead of problems :)

TIL about RFC2919. And how you shouöd really stick to it in a simple way. Your List-ID for any mailing list should be DescriptiveNameWithoutADot.YOURDOMAIN.TLD. And you should configure DescriptiveNameWithoutADot@YOURDOMAIN.TLD as a working e-mail address that is the Reply-To address. #Greybeard

My #sieve scripts don't like y'all using modern mailing list managers that spit out List-IDs like <nyt.1.0.sparkpostmail.com> where a #Mailman style <NYTBreaking@nytimes.com> would be far better. #Greybeard

#flashbackfriday My first computer was a Commodore 64. It was a big day when I upgraded from cassette storage to a giant 5-1/4” floppy disk with a whopping 170Kb of storage! If I hadn’t missed out on BBS’s back then, I might have been a CS major. #greybeard

#Introduction

A #greybeard developer with programming in my soul. Work for a #NonProfit doing #NonProfitTech. I am #DevManager to a close knit team with a mix of #SQLServer, #DotNet, #CraftCMS, #ReactJS.

#Projects have me happily tinkering with #NodeJS and #MastodonDev.

Newly acquired taste for #CozyGames.

Married to a wonderful man for 20 years. Over-involved #DogDad. Grew up closeted #LGBTQIA in the 1980s rural south which certainly affected my perspective. #Kindness in all things.

How old do I even look here? Am I #daddy or #cub or #bear? I'm having one of those days where I don't know if I'm hot as shit or just shit.

Having a #greybeard and #septum #piercing might be to blame but I have no idea, honestly.

#Introduction v2.

I'm a #DataProtection (#storage #backup etc) #greybeard now working in #ProductManagement. Currently living in #Naarm (#Melbourne, #CliftonHill). When I'm not working very odd hours I'm either writing another book, spending time with my #husband and #cat or playing #Minecraft for some #mindfulness. Fiercely #leftist and pro #science. Also a huge #ScienceFiction fan (#DoctorWho #StarTrek #Stargate etc). Been on #keto for 2+ years and nuts about #PowerPlate.

Hi! My #Mastodon #Introduction

I’m a #greybeard developer with programming in my soul. Learned how to type and code on a #Commodore64 and never stopped. I currently work for a #NonProfit doing #NonProfitTech stuff. I lead as the #DevManager to a small development group and care deeply for the mental health and growth of my team members. I’m working with #SQLServer, #DotNet, #CraftCMS, #ReactJS and #CloudNetworking. My #WeekendProject list leans toward the world of open source using

Just learned we're sunsetting an app.

Founding CTO told me point-blank: "That app is not going anywhere." Dev activity, sales buzz, & instincts said otherwise.

I wrote a quickstart & online help practically on spec. Ultimately we whitelabeled the docs for customers.

Now it's all done.

Mixed feelings: I'm proud of what we delivered. I'm also ecstatic to direct the maintenance time & energy at current & emerging stuff. #techWriterLife #techWriting #writeTheDocs #documentation #greyBeard

Greybeards, like me, will get a kick out of the juxtaposition of these items on my desk.

#raspberrypi #greybeard

Workout shoulder day. Thanks for keeping me accountable and honest in my return to regular exercise.

#GreyBeard #HairyChest #tattoo

Today was chest day. I have no aim of getting swole or big. At 60, I want to stay firm, fit and healthy.

I'm posting workout pics this week for accountability: Various reasons, some solid, some flimsy, kept me from my routine this Fall. As you are my whiteness, I'm back at it!

#FeltCute #OlderGayMan #HairyChest #GreyBeard #jockstrap

Oranges will be ripe in a few weeks. Gotta love southern Cali. #beard #greybeard #scruff #scruffgay

@unfossil I’m so out of touch I didn’t know it went away #greybeard #OldHeads

On the excellent @talkpython podcast live stream tonight, one of the guests mentioned that @micropython fits in 256k. I was reminded my own beard is now grey (#greybeard engineers had been mentioned) when I remembered that 20 years ago when I joined my employer as an #electronicEngineer there was a really difficult problem to solve: how could we free up 512 bytes of the 8k flash memory to accomodate a third-party software component that had ballooned to a whopping 1024 bytes.

Hey folks, just a quick little intro as I get things set up here. I'm a streamer over on Twitch and a Twitter refugee looking to find my old friends and make some new ones on the way. More coming soon as I find my feet and get a bit more sleep.

semi- #introduction #bio #greybeard #Twitch #streamer #gaming #gamer #rpg #computergaming