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Old Posts from an Old Blog
Sharing a couple of posts from an old blog that was secretly hidden somewhere in this big virtual world. Managed to resurrect it from the ashes of the obscure and the decadent. These are disjointed writings. They are…
Making a home in the fediverse?
One of the most interesting by-products of all the tussle that there was (and still is) following the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk… , with all the mess also derived from the incongruous moves of the well-known…
By mcastel
A solo traveller
I've been lucky in my life. Couple of marriages, five great kids, 4 grandkids (so far), blessed (still) with pretty good health, and mostly well rewarded financially for my work. Mind you, I spent too much of that,…
By travellinbob
The Importance of Being Original
Picked up "Waves" by Virginia Woolf from the library at work today. She has always been a favorite writer. Maybe because her voice is extremely original. The first time I read "Mrs. Dalloway" or "Orlando" I was rather…
The Axy icon and Me
The axolotl icon Is there anything harder than choosing a profile picture to succinctly represent your entire existence to the world at large? Well at least I struggle with it. Especially when my actual pictures are not…
By tecpiltic
Is Social Media for Writers?
Out of curiosity I decided to give Mastodon a look (although I did not log in per se or create an account for that matter). The Vivaldi Social site allows onlookers to peek into their system without creating an ID or…
Chicago Blizzard - Holga
A person walks down the street during a blizzard with low visibility in a Chicagoland neighborhood. Kind of like the journey of life, unless we seek God's will to depend on Him to show us the way. Photo: 'Chicago…
By fjcasella
Linux: what's the big deal?
When I retired, an astonishingly quick four years ago now, many things changed. For a start, my peripatetic travellin' life, on the road pretty much 12 months a year, mostly for work but also for pleasure, hit the…
By travellinbob
My new house, here in Vivaldi
In modern age, the choice of the browser is far more important than a simply problem of deciding which software you prefer to use. Considering that you tipically spend a lot of time inside your browser, it's more a…
By mcastel
Off twitter and where I go now
Many years ago, BC (before coronavirus), twitter was a massive time sink for me. I was not a prolific tweeter, but I did read a lot of what other people put up. I wrote a while ago about some of the steps I was taking,…
By lonm
An interesting story
I must stop to talk a little more about Vivaldi, because I find him extraordinary even in certain details, something that is not often lingered on. For example, a really intriguing thing for me is watching how Vivaldi…
By mcastel