Notices by Parker Higgins (xor@mastodon.xyz)

I just saw a beautiful (and very thoroughly backed) illustrated tarot deck project on Kickstarter and it reminded me that I've always wanted to get a deck of cards printed. Maybe something with @pomological images? Tarot is (probably?) not my style... is there something other than playing cards that makes sense to print?

Does anybody have recommendations for books on Python that aren't, like, strictly instructional? I am reasonably comfortable writing it, but I'd like to dig deeper into how it works and why certain design decisions were made, and I had a good time reading Eloquent Javascript recently

Today we got a new printer in the office and I, a Linux user, was the first person to successfully connect to it. I'm calling it now, 2020 will be the Year of Linux on the Desktop

The thing about Dorian Gray jokes is they honestly never get old

I hate that Mozilla uses the designation "extended support release" because the string "esr" absolutely raises my hackles

I'm experiencing the very rare Linux problem where no amount of searching appears to turn up anybody else experiencing the same thing and it sure is a lonely affair!

I was still logged in to Mastodon!

I had to repartition my whole hard drive and reinstall my operating system, and it's the wildest thing to me that you can copy over one folder and your Firefox is not only the same, but the same TABS are open

I promise I'm usually grumpy and stuff, but man, finding exactly the right tool for a job is a rush

I just want to sing the praises again of gLabels, a very straightforward label/business card layout tool that does its job extremely well

The lates release of OnionShare (v2!) brings a pretty incredible list of new features. @micahflee's post is a good intro but you really need to dig into it https://micahflee.com/2019/02/onionshare-2/

Here's a whole category of ephemera I'd never even considered: seed catalogs

Do I know anybody here who (a) solves US-style crosswords with some regularity and (b) is at least kind of a programmer?

Spent all morning wresting with timezones, but if I'd really learned my lesson I would've said I spent all afternoon (UTC) wrestling with timezones

I saw a kit for a "DIY Gender Reveal Party" in a normie stationary store and as long as the first word modifies the second and not the fourth I gotta say I love it

It's short notice, but Recurse Center is giving out $10,000 fellowships for women to participate in the next batch. This is a huge and great opportunity! RC has been extremely significant in my development as a programmer and it's a wonderful community. I'm happy to answer any questions if you have them! https://www.recurse.com/blog/145-fellowships-for-women-working-on-open-source-programming-projects-research-and-art

One time I tried making an "alt" account on birdsite, but I couldn't figure out how to connect with my actual friends on it. Then I treated this like an alt account for a while, but now too many people see it. I don't really know what to do, I just want a quiet place with friends

There are many ways NYC is not the greatest city in the world but in terms of its hospitality to crying in public it cannot be beat

It's almost September, can I start to get excited about CCC yet?

Hey all, welcome my friend @AstroKatie back to the fediverse! She's well-known on that other site as AstroKatie and is a super dope astrophysicist who can tell you how you're going to die (if you are a universe)