Unsubscribe me

 I realized today that I'm still getting email from twitter. So I had to log back in and change my preferences then deactivate the account once again. so now it will take another 30 days to get rid of that account. 

You would think, in a normal universe, without dark patterns, that an account deactivation and prelim to deletion would automatically sever all communication ties with a service. This also prompted me to run through my mailbox, and while taking care to do it on legitimate sites, I used the unsubscribe link in a lot of email today to get rid of some of the clutter coming at one of my accounts that is solely used for that purpose.

It's a cathartic feeling, cutting the cord on digital junk mail. I can only hope it works to some extent.

September 23

 Typically as I am destined to do, this place has been fallow for a long time. It's been almost 2 years since my last post. Some updates:

Mastodon: I've move from mastodon.social to fosstodon.org, to mastodon.sdf.org. I think sdf will be the last though. I like the community and it fits me the best so far.

I still need to backup my laptop, nuke the drive and install a better distro than ubuntu. I need a less cluttered and more rolling release. Something that just works with my dell laptop, and with it being many generations behind. It's a Inspiron 5558 that's been updated with another 8gb of RAM, to end out at 16GB. With a 1TB pile of spinning rust for storage.

Work is work. that's what happens in Govt. I don't mention it much, and will keep it brief when I do. Mostly relating to policies I think are just dumb.

So maybe I'm coming back here for a while, but again, don't count on a steady schedule. It's just when the mood strikes me for longer form text.

Inkscape #1 - Sphere - expanded

This comes from a tutorial I found on YT. I skim it a lot trying to find neat things to recreate and this one just struck me as interesting.

There are many variations I could do with this one, all involving changes in color. To me, I thought the grey background added a bit to the image.

Mastodon

I decided to try going back on Mastodon again. I am on 2 instances, mastodon.social and mastodon.technology, both under mrxevious. If you use Mastodon, and anything I do interests you, then you can give me a follow if you feel so motivated.

Plans

Never in my history of doing things, am I ever able to keep this place up. One day I hope to make this a priority. For now postings will be sporadic or probably in bursts of short groups date-wise as life allows. 

Plans for the future: 

• Remove ubuntu 21.10 and replace with either MX Linux (Fluxbox version) or Garuda Linux. 
• Begin posting experiences with FOSS Software. 
• Explain why FOSS is not something to fear.