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
My five-year-old daughter is crying because she didn't get anything for Mother's Day.
I tried to explain to her that maybe in twenty years or so, she might be a mother and get something, but that didn't console her.
Trump Vows To Reopen Joann Fabrics As Prison
https://theonion.com/trump-vows-to-reopen-joann-fabrics-as-prison/
You won’t find Ryan Gosling so cute when he finally grows up to become Ryan Goose.
The Catholic Church has selected Robert Prevost as their new leader, Pope Leo XIV. “The cardinals clearly wanted someone committed to Pope Francis’ reform agenda and someone with a demonstrated record for effective management.” https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/prevost-new-pope-american-cardinal-committed-reforms-pope-francis-began
Crockett debuts a new game called "Trump or trans," then displays a gigantic placard of Trump golfing
What happens at Conclave, stays at Conclave
"I am starting a petition to no longer refer to AI "art" as AI art but instead as Computer-Rendered Artificial Pictures (CRAP).
Pass it on."
Man is the only animal that dresses other animals in cute little pants and shirts
Speaking at a school board meeting, a fourth-grader rebukes RFK Jr about his retrograde & false views of people with autism. “I have autism and I’m not broken, and I hope that nobody in Princeton Public Schools believes RFK Jr’s lies.” 🔥 https://kottke.org/25/05/4th-grader-to-rfk-jr-i-have-autism-and-im-not-broken
Phew, for a Minute There, I Thought the Arts Were Going to Get Too Much Funding. “I mean, what were we thinking…handing out grants to novelists with weird names like Marisol or Devin? Some of them were using metaphors. OPENLY.” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/phew-for-a-minute-there-i-thought-the-arts-were-going-to-get-too-much-funding
I just saw some antisemitic Nazi apologetic disinformation on Twitter. I went to report the post, and in the dialog asking why I'm reporting it, "misinformation" or "disinformation" was not one of the options.
I could report it for hate, but the post doesn't actually use any slurs or anything like that, so I'm not sure it'll be taken down for that.
I know, I shouldn't be surprised that they don't care that there's disinformation on the site. After all, that spreads more than the actual truth.
Two cargo ships collided in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. One was carrying red paint and one was carrying blue paint.
The crews of both ships were marooned.
People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies. “He started telling me he made his AI self-aware, and that it was teaching him how to talk to God, or sometimes that the bot was God — and then that he himself was God.” https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/
Beep.
This is bonkers: a 108-gigapixel scan of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring. Each pixel is 1.3 microns in size (1000 microns = 1mm). At full zoom, the tiny cracks in the paint look like canyons. https://kottke.org/25/05/what-108-gigapixel-scan-of-vermeers-girl-with-a-pearl-earring