"The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president"
Oh memories. And god it makes me feel old to start this post that way.
But I too remember these old days. I didn't get an email from an ISP president, instead when I first pushed our household internet connection to 100 hours in a month it caused my mom and dad to lose their minds, ground me, and fear I had become addicted to the Internet.
As it turns out, their fear was not unfounded. I love the Internet and have since I was a tween. But goodness, in a world with Wi-Fi and phones more powerful than early computers, etc... it is a very different world.
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Following Sports on Mastodon
Since I refuse to engage with Twitter when able, I'm enjoying Mastodon for my Women's World Cup coverage conversation. My top advice is to follow the hashtags for the sporting event(s) you care about. This means that posts using that hashtag, by anyone, will appear in my timeline as if I was following that user.
So I'm following #WWC, #WWC2023, and #FIFAWWC and getting a nice and manageable amount of posts about the Women's World Cup game right now.
The other thing I did was for posting. I installed an app called Espanso (props to Adam Gessaman for the recommendation.) The reason being I can now type a shortened string and have it put in the above hashtags to ensure my post reaches other people interested in the topic. The hashtag usage is critical for Mastodon given it's search limitations.
Kalki 2898 AD looks awesome as hell!
This is being hailed as the most expensive movie ever to come out of Bollywood. And from this trailer, it looks awesome and I am definitely going to try and see it.
Automated Archives for July, 21st 2023
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Wallabag Additions
These are articles that which I saved today so that I may read them later. Substance and quality will vary drastically.
Chess For the Day
Record: 2-0-3
Net Elo Change: -5
Games Played
Blog Posts On This Day
- 2002-07-21 (1 post)