KelsonV

kelson, 14 days ago to coffee

The Essentials

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kelsonv/53758017726

When I took this photo back in 2016, it was a combination coffee/Chinese food restaurant: they sold coffee in the mornings and Chinese food for lunch and dinner. The owner had previously run a separate coffee shop (The Bean Counter, IIRC) in the same shopping center, then combined the two businesses to save on rent. It was one of our go-to Chinese takeout sources, and I’d sometimes grab coffee in the mornings if I was in the area or on my way somewhere in that direction.

The old coffee location sat vacant for a few years until a bakery (with coffee on the side) moved in. Amusingly, the bakery — with is still there today — also chose a pun-based name: Redondough (as in Redondo Beach).

In early 2020 — and I mean early, either January or February — they were offered a really nice buyout price by someone who wanted to turn-key convert it overnight to a Hawaiian restaurant. I imagine when mid-March rolled around and the initial Covid lockdown started, they were extremely relieved to have accepted it!

I never did get around to trying the Hawaiian place, even for takeout. Eventually it was taken over by a Hawaiian-style fast food chain.

Photo taken February 27, 2016 and originally posted on my Instagram account a few days later with this title, but no commentary.

#coffee #InternetCafe #RedondoBeach #restaurant #SeeAlsoInstagram #signs #WiFi

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2024/05/the-essentials/

menelion, 15 days ago to github

Hi #blind folks, especially software developers! I'm taking part in a #GitHub research meeting and I hope to raise as many #accessibility points as I can. I was told this fact is not at all confidential, so I may gather feedback.
Here's what I remember: multiline comments are inaccessible (eternal story); sometimes menu roles are used where they shouldn't be (watching repos, reactions etc.). Anything else that really bugs you at GitHub? Thanks!

annaleen, 16 days ago to random

Are you a person in Portland, OR, who likes books and history and solving big problems? Then come see me next Tuesday, 6/4, at Powells! I'll be talking about my new book "Stories Are Weapons" with public radio's Dave Miller. It's a history of psychological warfare in the U.S., and a call for cultural peace. Hope to see you there!

This is a list of tour dates for the "Stories Are Weapons 2024 Tour." They are: 6/4 Portland Powell’s Books with Dave Miller 6/6 Seattle Town Hall Seattle with Lindy West 6/13 San Franicsco Mechanics Institute with Alexis Madrigal 6/18 Berkeley Hillside Club with Ed Yong 6/22 Vancouver, BC Massy Books, with Charlie Jane Anders 8/24 Washington, DC National Book Festival with Peter Pomerantsev

ConnyChiwa, 17 days ago to random

I need some mastodon magic, please.
I'm looking for countries that have introduced or broadened Indoor Air Quality laws since 2020. I'm particularly interested in the implementation/enforcement of those laws, especially in schools, healthcare, public transport...
I'm aware of laws in France, Belgium and Ontario but haven't found much on how it's going.

Please boost for reach!
#CleanAir
#IAQ
#CovidIsNotOver

timbray, 21 days ago (edited 20 days ago) to random

Do you know someone with significant quality-of-life problems due to Long Covid?

Boosts appreciated.

#COVID #LongCovid

ColleenDoran, 20 days ago (edited 20 days ago) to random

Death and Delirium. And Barnabas. Pencil. Private commission. Don't forget, I'll be at Heroes Con in June. Masked and taking health precautions, thank you. #sandman

alex, 20 days ago to random EN

Daylight Computer is a 60fps paper white thing display (but not e-ink?) for $729. Did anybody here give it a try or see a review? I like the sound of Public Benefit Company even though I'm not sure what the actual benefits for the public are.
https://daylightcomputer.com/

evan, 20 days ago to random

Nothing quite as ephemeral as the chat log in a videoconference.

Teryl_Pacieco, 21 days ago to writing

The mushroom ring was drawn in chalk, so I'd thought nothing of it...

As the fae realm drew me in, I tried to remember - was it just local fairy food that I needed to avoid? Was the lunch in my bag safe since I'd brought it with me?

"It worked! It's a human!" exclaimed an excited pixie.

"They-them, please," I blurted instinctively.

"They're a human! Humans exist!"

"Ugh, you won the bet, now let's send them back..." grumped an elf.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

KelsonV, 21 days ago to mastodon

I'm mostly at my standalone GoToSocial server these days. I tried migrating this account again, and this time I figured out the problem: I'd misconfigured my server's proxy settings and everything was getting rate limited.

So next time it should finish - but I have to wait another 29 days for the cooldown. Meanwhile, if you'd like to see what I'm up to lately, feel free to follow me at @kelson

#AccountMigration #GoToSocial #Mastodon

KelsonV, 23 days ago to graffiti

I was surprised to find even this much of a lay phone left standing yesterday. Having just re-watched The Matrix, I thought I'd tint it green and call it "No Exit."

#PayPhone #graffiti #obsolete #TheMatrix

WISTquote, 23 days ago to Quotes

A quotation from Bierce, Ambrose:

«
EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation, and the damnation of our neighbors.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/69389/

#quote #quotes #quotation #Christianity #damnation #evangelist #goodnews #neighbor #salvation #selfrighteousness #smugness

Chrishallbeck, 24 days ago to Funny

Butter. #funny #comics #webcomics

KelsonV, 25 days ago to wildflowers

Probably an #EveningPrimrose of some sort, by the side of the road.

#wildflowers #flowers #yellow #florespondence #bloomscrolling

stefan, 26 days ago to random

Hey everyone! I don't typically ask for donations for my work, but if you do enjoy any of it, I would appreciate you starring this GitHub repo.

https://github.com/stefanbohacek/stefans-open-source-work-fund

Thank you!

terri, 26 days ago to Birding

Need some bird help!

My 6 year old says he saw a kiwibird, but we live in Oregon, USA. I'm trying to find similarly shaped birds to show him so we can figure out what it was but although we loved the woodcock dance videos (thanks Mom!) they don't live on this coast. Any other ideas?

Boosts great if you've got birder friends who might have good ideas!

#birding

fantasypolitico, 26 days ago to random

This comic is one of my favorite things in the world. (Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton.)

My day was made when I recently rediscovered it. Anyone who loves history or literature can check it out and make their day too!

#amreading #bookstodon

http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=26

emilymbender, 1 month ago to random

I would like to remind the world that you actually don't have to get into bed with OpenAI. StackOverflow was a beacon of resistance, but I guess their principles were for sale after all.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

stefan, 1 month ago to fediverse

Good news, #GoToSocial users!

You can now try out my #fediverse #dataviz projects, including https://data.stefanbohacek.dev/projects/fediverse

#FediDev

KelsonTalksTech, 1 month ago to Korean

#Thunderbird is looking for help with the #Korean #translations for the #Android #email app

It was 69% complete, right below the threshold. Since then there has been no significant change. If you are a K-9 Mail user and a native Korean speaker, please consider helping out.

https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/tb-android/-/ko/

(via https://mastodon.online/users/thunderbird/statuses/112406352172983453 )

18+ constantorbit, 1 month ago to stackoverflow

I still can't stop laughing.

"We’re pleased that OpenAI shares our commitment to socially responsible AI."

Yeah, right.

Fuck off, Stack Overflow.

I'm thinking twice about posting anything there any more.

https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/399619/our-partnership-with-openai

#stackOverflow #AI #generativeAI #openAI

EricAlper, 1 month ago to random

#MayThe4th

angusm, 1 month ago to random

This excellent article by @molly0xfff reminded me of the sci-fi trope where everyone in the future lives in a domed bunker & gets told not to go outside because it's a wasteland filled with Bad People.

Of course the protagonists leave the dome & find that the reality is a bit different: outside can be scary, but it's not the hellscape they were told.

Big Tech walled gardens are the dome; outside them is a risky wonderland that’s ours for the taking.

Leave the dome.

https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/

w3c, 1 month ago to random

On 30 April 1993, at Tim Berners-Lee's urging, CERN released the code for the World Wide Web to the public for free.

Thank you CERN and thank you Tim!

You can learn more about the history of the Web including how the development of the Web was picked up at W3C at: "A Little History of the World Wide Web"
https://www.w3.org/History.html