Typing emoji is not universal
* Slack and Discord: `:[emoji name]:`
* Mastodon and Bluesky (web): Click ๐ emoji
* On Android phone: Long press "enter" button for the emoji keyboard
* On macOS: Press ctrl+cmd+space for the emoji keyboard
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Amazon told me that I bought this CD in Aug 2008.
Uh...These days I can open up Spotify or YouTube. Essentially I have paid for the music in at least two different places.
At the same time, I am too lazy to locate the CD from the storage and the CD player from my stash of hardware. ๐ฉ
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Starting shortly at 10am PT / 1pm ET ๐ฅ
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icq dot com in April 1997: The website of "Instrumentation et Contrรดle Quรฉbec".
TIL: In 1997, "#ICQ" stands for "Instrumentation et Contrรดle Quรฉbec".
Here is the earliest capture of icq dot com from Wayback Machine.
Instant messaging options from LinkedIn profile: Skype, ICQ, Google Hangouts, QQ, WeChat.
#LinkedIn let me to enter a #Skype or #ICQ contact. ๐ Sounds like we're in year...2006?
Ubuntu Linux v5.04 CD
From my photo backup in 2006: #Ubuntu #Linux CD. Picture taken probably on a Motorola Razr flip phone.
Here's what the website looked like from an SVGA monitor. I might've used #Netscape. ๐
Wayback machine retrieves amadeuschoir.com's version on Nov 27, 1999.
On social media ban for youth: I am pretty sure that there are other ways to discover content, but not on Tiktok, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram...
My choral music nerd within myself managed to find Amadeus Choir's website and sent them a snail mail. Note that Google was not a household name.
Gosh, I could totally see some non-technical people falling for those threats and follow the instructions.
The version from 1999 was readable even with the broken links to the images.
Please use open standards when creating websites.
I've been searching the early 2000s version of a website using the Wayback Machine. The site used #Flash (yes, THAT Flash). The site is no longer accessible using current browsers.
#ThrowbackThursday
What are other conference code of conduct templates in use nowadays? The CoCs so far emphasize the following:
* No racist, sexist and other discriminatory languages
* No inappropriate physical contact
* No stalking and bullying
* In physical conference venue and online
confcodeofconduct.com
They advised me not to reply or engage. They will monitor during the next edition of the event. ๐
Update: I sent the conference organizers a message with some screenshots of messages I received from a seemingly conference attendee. The conference organizers replied within a day of when I sent the message. They acknowledged that the behaviour was unacceptable.
I will not post any details of my upcoming 2026 conference attendance until the events have passed. If you'd like to meet me in person during a conference, please feel free to ask in DM.
They weren't my co-workers so I could not ask my HR. Some incidents occurred outside of the conference venues so the conference code-of-conduct may not apply.
I have had individuals who made unwelcome remarks in person or slid (!) a snarky DM in my socials. Telling them how they're inappropriate encouraged them to say even more. Ignoring them made them to seek out other ways to get my attention.
How do you avoid or deal with unwanted attention and messages during work conferences and travels?
Remote work idea: Livestream snowing for my colleagues. โ๏ธ
www.youtube.com/shorts/VMi0y...
We can use AI to organize the information and to figure out what has been done by other folks already.
phdcomics.com/comics/archi...
Remarks from boss/adults to me throughout the different decades: "Wow! You asked ____ for help with your code?"
2000s: Google
2010s: Stack Overflow
2025: GitHub Co-pilot (Claude)
I also have a blue exercise ball to go along with the fox kigurumi.
๐ฆMy fox kigurumi is ready!
www.kigurumi.ca/products/fox...
Setting up Ubuntu on my old PC laptops around 2010.
Not a meme. I went through a phase on installing #Ubuntu #Linux on every of my PCs.
Evidence of my #Firefox usage in 2009.
I was trying to explain Canadian winter weather to some Europeans.
Belated Mid-Autumn Festival (ไธญ็ง็ฏ) greetings!
๐ฅฎ Mooncake's #unicode code point is U+1F96E.
www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/170...
If you see a website not working on #Firefox but working fine on other browsers, please report the website to Webcompat! ๐
webcompat.com
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Tech conference suggestions *outside* of the US, please.
I enjoyed Strange Loop 2023, Confoo and some talks from GitNation.
Some events I may enjoy: PyCon, EuroPython, FOSDEM, Craft Conference, Better Software Conference, /dev/mtl.
Prefer within 9-hours non-stop flight from Toronto (YYZ).
Not a super secret setup on my work laptop. You can contribute to open source software, too!
clarmso.ca/blog/2025/09...
