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My downtempo #Christmas #playlist for 2023: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rYy84BGD3Mmpw1BL1CZSZ?si=ca54222081874644

My downtempo #Christmas #playlist for 2023: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rYy84BGD3Mmpw1BL1CZSZ?si=ca54222081874644

My uptempo #Christmas #playlist for 2023: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0oQylczlkebw7CWje7cmY1?si=59a7dd135aed4caf

My uptempo #Christmas #playlist for 2023: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0oQylczlkebw7CWje7cmY1?si=59a7dd135aed4caf

In many industries, including #tech, the #onboarding process for new employees can be overwhelming.Some number of years ago, a...

In many industries, including #tech, the #onboarding process for new employees can be overwhelming.

Some number of years ago, a coworkerfriend and I summed it up in a ten-step process, "Dealing with your self-doubt: the life cycle." We originally thought it was just funny, but it may end up being the truest thing I've ever written: https://domesticat.net/2023/11/self-doubt-tech-industry

I will make one exception to the '"Fairytale of New York" is uncoverable' rule: I would accept a gloriously bitchy cover...

I will make one exception to the '"Fairytale of New York" is uncoverable' rule: I would accept a gloriously bitchy cover done by two drag queens.

I'll start working on my yearly holiday playlist this weekend. I always start the season with the same two songs: Fairytale of New York...

I'll start working on my yearly holiday playlist this weekend. I always start the season with the same two songs: Fairytale of New York and All I Ever Get For Christmas Is Blue.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4zqFAODbd3xKVzMB05GHgl?si=e72c5b73c092484e

Miss you, Geof.

I always pinged you every year when I played it for the first time.

Been thinking about #Truchet #tiles lately. https://www.marginallyclever.com/2020/06/masked-and-weighted-truchet-tiles-in-processing/...

Been thinking about #Truchet #tiles lately. https://www.marginallyclever.com/2020/06/masked-and-weighted-truchet-tiles-in-processing/ describes how to use them to overlay an image in another image.

Ok, so lemme catch everyone up. After the last two years of "hey do I have a working thumb today?" I finally pursued de...

Ok, so lemme catch everyone up. After the last two years of "hey do I have a working thumb today?" I finally pursued de Quervain's tendon release surgery.

I'm now sporting a nice scar on my dominant hand, and my thumb works again!

What comes next for me is scarier and harder: how do I resume the crafty stuff I used to do all the time? I've been so deep in the "physically can't" mentality that I don't know how to find my way home again.

Today I got reminded that I really should be reading and talking on here.@yomimono and @esmerel - you need to know each other.Y'all...

Today I got reminded that I really should be reading and talking on here.

@yomimono and @esmerel - you need to know each other.

Y'all snark it out. I gotta go make some tea.

My 2022 #holiday #playlist 2 is ""Big Wintering" - #music that's a bit funkier, a bit faster (in places), a bit brassier....

My 2022 #holiday #playlist 2 is ""Big Wintering" - #music that's a bit funkier, a bit faster (in places), a bit brassier. 41 minutes.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4AZ4nRsVMrtThyOfFiexWm?si=9fde4354f48b4238

For the rules, see https://mastodon.social/@amyqualls/109549424975402930

(Gratitude for help + editorial: @adam and @craignorris)

My 2022 #holiday #playlist 1 is "(ssh the kids are sleeping)" - #music that's a little slower, a little odder, a little more...

My 2022 #holiday #playlist 1 is "(ssh the kids are sleeping)" - #music that's a little slower, a little odder, a little more angular. 45 minutes.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1XbNrvga7hnOmlv327ZoOz?si=3ce3a2934f4d41a8

For the rules, see https://mastodon.social/@amyqualls/109549424975402930

(Gratitude for help + editorial: @adam and @craignorris)

The Rules for making my #holiday #playlists, adapted from @adam:1. No Boomer classics. 2. Covers of Boomer classics are ok. (Adam notes that...

The Rules for making my #holiday #playlists, adapted from @adam:

1. No Boomer classics.
2. Covers of Boomer classics are ok. (Adam notes that they must be exceptional or transformative in some way.)
3. No repeating a song across years. New versions only.
4. One version of a particular song in a single year.
5. When possible, avoid multiple songs from the same artist or album.
6. Avoid using songs @adam has already used.
7. No sending my friends to Whamhalla. That's just rude.

@kenshirriff I owe you a belated thanks. Two years ago, I saw your tweet with the image of the Intel 8008 chip for making a custom puzzle.My...

@kenshirriff I owe you a belated thanks. Two years ago, I saw your tweet with the image of the Intel 8008 chip for making a custom puzzle.

My bestie (callicrates on the birdsite) just received his #jigsawpuzzle Christmas present. 😁

A small civic reminder for other new folks: consider learning how your server is funded, and chipping in. Mastodon.social is funded through...

A small civic reminder for other new folks: consider learning how your server is funded, and chipping in. Mastodon.social is funded through patreon.com/mastodon - I've started donating.

The past 24 hours have been eye-opening. I haven't had a public social media profile in a long time, and seeing a #quilt post reshared...

The past 24 hours have been eye-opening. I haven't had a public social media profile in a long time, and seeing a #quilt post reshared by people I don't know is … bewildering? odd? uncomfortable? kinda cool?

I've been struggling to work up the bravery to start sewing again. My first #deQuervains flare was bad. The second was nearly incapacitating, and lasted for months.

Except … I'm GOOD at quilting, like really really good. I just have to figure out how to protect my hands.

I said to Noah last night: can you imagine if we went back to our teenage selves and said the enduring parts of #GenX pop culture would...

I said to Noah last night: can you imagine if we went back to our teenage selves and said the enduring parts of #GenX pop culture would be

Dave Grohl
The #Simpsons
Weird Al
John Goodman

We would have laughed SO HARD.

#DaveGrohl #WeirdAl #JohnGoodman

Unexpected wistfulness from last night. As I scrolled my birdsite follow list looking for Mastodon usernames, I saw the names of several...

Unexpected wistfulness from last night. As I scrolled my birdsite follow list looking for Mastodon usernames, I saw the names of several friends and acquaintances who have since died, but I never took off my follow list.

Geof was always one of my first follows on any New Thing™, and his absence here stings.

His birdsite trash talk this week would have been EPIC. 🥃

So, #introductions. 👋 By day, #TechnicalWriter. By night, a dilettante of sorts. Married to a larger-than life fellow. We watch lots of...

So, #introductions. 👋 By day, #TechnicalWriter. By night, a dilettante of sorts. Married to a larger-than life fellow. We watch lots of obscure #movies, have two dreadful #cats, and backpack weird places.

I've taken the last year off from #quilting, #sewing, and #knitting due to de Quervain's in both thumbs. I draw #islamicgeometry patterns, and make my own watercolors for them.

Games: #Factorio + #SpaceExploration mod.
Sewing room: horrid mess.
Media & books: meticulously catalogued.

[gestures vaguely at bird site]Fun times.

[gestures vaguely at bird site]

Fun times.