Now is probably a good time for an #Introduction. My name is Daryn ๐ and my wife and I reside in sunny St. Petersburg Florida. We live in a super cool home with a koi pond and 4 koi. Aside from the koi, we have 4 cats (https://mstdn.social/@kryosleep/108220994173785749), a bearded dragon named Gummy, and 2 black stray cats that come see us on the daily ๐ (and nightly ๐ ). I turned 41 just recently but have had the gift of a youthful face bestowed upon me. Iโm a Sr. UX/UI Developer that writes a ton of #JavaScript #CSS and #vuejs. Iโm also a traditional and digital artist (working in #Procreate on an iPad 12โ with the Pencil) trying to regain footing. Iโm not new to Mastodon but am new to this server and am looking forward to making more connections!
Wiley is feeling much better. He's eating, drinking, and yelling at me a lot again. #catsofmastoton #mainecoon
general rant, non-political, tongue-in-cheek
I love my fancy last name, but the space and the period in it have brought me nothing but hell since the day 1. I had a phone and could receive phone calls, and 2. the day I started creating accounts that required me to type it into ancient computer systems.
- Websites that auto-create an avatar with initials assume the "St." is a middle name, so the initials end up being "DP"
- Computer systems (TODAY IN THE YEAR 2022) still have trouble adding a space and a period. So if I get a call from someoneโlegit or spamโthey ask "Is this Daryn Pierre?"
I actually had someone once say "is this Mr. Daryn... Stuh-Pierre-y?"
Nails on the fucking chalkboard. There have actually been times where I told them "no, that's not me."
I'm immediately reminded of xkcd's Little Bobby Tables comic โ https://xkcd.com/327/
@calculsoberic and me chillin in the #coffee shop on https://StuxCraft.com/ if anyone wants to join
RT from SparrowsNestLibrary (@SparrowsNestLib)
Added another 326 items to the Digital Library, including #BlackFlag, local(ish) #CND(ish) materials, #Anarchist periodicals from #Sheffield, #Scotland, #Ireland, Eastern Europe etc. Getting very close to 100k pages in the Digital Library (98,571)!
https://thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-news-and-events/246-new-additions-to-the-digital-library-may-2022
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/SparrowsNestLib/status/1526902976496943110
Iโm thinking of replacing Windows 7 on my gaming laptop with a flavor of #Linux. What would be a good candidate for widest game and hardware support? My last distro on my other laptop was Mint.
I've been writing #JavaScript for ages (for better or worse; it's such a mess) and I'm finally getting the hang of #TypeScript to make my life easier.
Happy #TacoTuesday friends! ๐ฎ๐
Programmer, designer, artist, rower. ๐ 3 koi, ๐ 4 cats, and ๐ฆ 1 bearded dragon. โ๏ธ Living in sunny St. Petersburg Florida.
I post pictures of flowers and things in our wild yard, cats/pets, code, and art.
I've been designing or developing on a computer in some form since 2001.
Fun fact: I use to write reviews for a metal music site. I got tons of merch, new music from around the world (from small, huge, and even no-label bands), and got to put some of my writing chops to use for fun.