Brutkey

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

Given how much I depend on the #editButton, Mastodon should really change the 'Publish' button to be a "share my draft" button instead.

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

Here's my #Introduction. I'm Ross and live in Ottawa, Canada where I've worked in various tech-research niches. Currently, a biz-of-tech consultant and spare-time maker/coder of gizmos, ideas and loaves of bread.

Been here for a few years, mostly tooting on tech-projects, cooking and mundane activities in my daily life, with an occasional sprinkle of poetry or art.

I have too many interests and probably find you interesting, particularly if you're enthusiastic about something.

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

The new #Springsteen hits pretty hard.

We could offer minor critiques but it's a pared down melody and strong lyrics in his classic style, if a tad more enunciated, and it's going to carry some weight.

One can't discount the power of relevant cultural touchpoints emerging in a timely manner to put some power behind a movement.

There needs to be, and will be, more of that.

#resistance

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

A few recent #protestSongs stand out for me. A bit obscure, and more subtle in their lyrics. (They are from the first term after all)

One is by "Lake Street Dive"
https://lakestreetdivemusic.bandcamp.com/track/shame-shame-shame

The other from the lesser known band "The High Divers"

https://thehighdivers.bandcamp.com/track/weighing-on-my-mind

#activism #LakeStreetDive #TheHighDivers

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

The new #Springsteen hits pretty hard.

We could offer minor critiques but it's a pared down melody and strong lyrics in his classic style, if a tad more enunciated, and it's going to carry some weight.

One can't discount the power of relevant cultural touchpoints emerging in a timely manner to put some power behind a movement.

There needs to be, and will be, more of that.

#resistance

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

It's after 5pm and still light! 😄

Sorry, I might go on about that for a few weeks. It seems like a big win every year that the planet continues its orbit unimpeded.

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

Hmm: zsh or bash? Mac pushes you towards the former, but I usually resist.

I've always worked with the latter, but is it worth changing? I see some articles claiming zsh does some fancy stuff.

Not sure how much of my stuff will break. I've been avoiding all dev-related work for the better part of a year.

Maybe that's a good time to change?

#developer #macos #zsh #bash

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

Did a #Gimp install, which gave me version 3.08. The open file dialog seems to be terrifically buggy. Whew!

It opens an easy-to-find file okay, but try to customize it and it's rather messed up.

I'll have to go file some bug reports when I get through this.

#newComputer

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

Interesting - same open-file dialog bugs in GIMP appear in Inkscape too.

The bookmarks (favourites) behave strangely. Adding to them and attempting to drag puts one of them way off the window hanging off the corner of your display and inaccessible.

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

I was terrified to install the new #Blender (5.01) I've been using v2.93 for fear of new nasty learning curves, or broken workflows.

Turns out it's gone smoothly. One weird minor UI element (with "select all") but otherwise a big sigh of relief.

Weird that exporting a personalized theme involves digging an XML file out of the depths of your disk, yet there's a simple "import" button to pull it in. lol

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

Did a #Gimp install, which gave me version 3.08. The open file dialog seems to be terrifically buggy. Whew!

It opens an easy-to-find file okay, but try to customize it and it's rather messed up.

I'll have to go file some bug reports when I get through this.

#newComputer

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

Further to the #newComputer setup process, I've got all my files onto new machine, and the backups are running smoothly. Yay.

Working my way through apps and often getting newer versions in the process. Preference and theme export/import from old machine is not always clear of user friendly, but I'm getting there.

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

I was terrified to install the new #Blender (5.01) I've been using v2.93 for fear of new nasty learning curves, or broken workflows.

Turns out it's gone smoothly. One weird minor UI element (with "select all") but otherwise a big sigh of relief.

Weird that exporting a personalized theme involves digging an XML file out of the depths of your disk, yet there's a simple "import" button to pull it in. lol

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

Further to the #newComputer setup process, I've got all my files onto new machine, and the backups are running smoothly. Yay.

Working my way through apps and often getting newer versions in the process. Preference and theme export/import from old machine is not always clear of user friendly, but I'm getting there.

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

Huh - I've had a package "out for delivery" for the past four days. Maybe the driver is on foot, and stuck in a snowbank.

Ross of Ottawa
@ottaross@mastodon.social

Yeah, I guess it's been a little while… Don't hold your breath.