Overview
- I like baking, cameras, and certain kinds of computers a lot.
- One of the things that brings me the most joy is empowering others to embrace their personal passions (when able).
- I'm one of those weirdo transgender deviants that you've been told to be afraid of by people who have never walked in my shoes or displayed an ounce of empathy in their entire lives for the meek and downtrodden.
- I just want to exist and be happy, and I've found that embracing femininity has made me much happier.
- I'm a Purdue University Fort Wayne Computer Science graduate.
- I use almost exclusively Unix-like operating systems (when I can
get away with it).
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I currently have Debian Sid on my desktop and laptop, and
OpenBSD and Android-x86 on my laptop as well.
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I don't have current Windows installed bare-metal anywhere. I'm
adept at using/administering all versions when I have to
though.
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I started using GNU/Linux distros in sixth or seventh grade.
- Blocking my laptop from booting via HDD without a password
was the best thing my parents could have done to make me
become proficient in Unix, even if they were just trying to
stop me from using the computer at all. I highly recommend
stopping the usage of Windows altogether as a shortcut to
Unix prowess.
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When I was able to use Windows again, I was unable to
comfortably survive without MinGW/MSYS or Cygwin on a flash
drive.
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I am somewhat good at putting linux on rather weird machines.
Here's a few I've done:
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I am probably the world's leading expert on booting linux on
the 32-bit-only, UEFI-only (no CSM) Clover Trail-based Asus
VivoTab TF810C. Intel said it couldn't be done.
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Translation: I did it in high school in 2013 or 2014, and
don't know if anyone else ever did it. Intel officially
did not support Linux on the clover trail Atom CPU's. I
had to build a custom kernel with the UEFI boot stub and
make a ramdisk and basically build it ground-up to make
it work.
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Powerbook G4 1.33 GHz 15 inch (with up-to-date 2026 Debian
Sid)
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amd64 Linux Mint Debian Edition on an amd64 2006
imac5,2 with 32-bit EFI
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Although PowerPC debian was harder to get fully working
after booting, the amd64 mac was harder to get an
OS installed on to begin with.
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It refused to boot USB sticks, so I had to build a custom
CD image with the 64-bit EFI boot image removed to force
it to use El Torito booting (the mechanism left behind to
allow bootcamp to use Windows XP install CD's). I was
unable to find evidence of anyone else having done this,
although I'm sure someone out there had. Otherwise it
would be stuck with 32-bit only. Using things like Plop
Boot didn't work because for some reason it would try to
install the 64 bit EFI boot image anyway, and after
installation the system would fail to boot.
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MSN TV 2 (a WebTV style box from 2005)
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I love old technologies, and wish I owned and had space for a
Teletype.
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I also want a Hammond electric organ (a tonewheel model), due
primarily to Matthew Fisher's
extraordinary
playing.
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I love progressive rock, psychedelic rock, and other mid-to-late
60's and early 70's popular music. And some later stuff, too.
- Fnord.
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I drive a Volvo 240 station wagon.
I wish I had the tools to fix anything that goes wrong with it, but I
do what I can.
- I am trying to reduce my electronics collection, but I also really
don't want to.
- I first learned to program on a Commodore VIC-20.
- I love talking with people about basically everything.
- I sometimes wonder if I talk too much and listen too little, but I
seem to be able to keep friends who reach out to me anyway.
- I like to read. Especially fantasy and/or humor. Terry Pratchett's
Discworld books are great.
- I like classic cinema, but I have a hard time trying to find new
movies that I want to watch (with a couple exceptions; I love Wes
Anderson)
- I always am afraid that that might mean I enjoy movies because
I'm trying to project an image of myself, but then I remember
that Hollywood hasn't made original movies in decades.
- Philosophical, reflective media that examines the human condition
and makes me feel strong emotion seems rare, but I desperately want
more of it in my life.
- The Seventh Seal(1957, Ingmar Bergman) made me cry in a
way few movies or other pieces of visual media have. I felt awe,
even.
- Bubblegum Crisis (1987) is probably the last thing I have
found that has done that to me (as of this writing). I still cry on
repeated viewings. The first time through, I was a complete wreck
after one of the episodes.
- I suspect that Blade Runner might also do this to me,
whenever I finally get around to seeing it. I feel like I have to
ration myself, with how infrequently I find things like it.
- The Blues Brothers is amazing.
- I enjoy Common Lisp and old HP RPL calculators.
- My favorite calculator is the HP-28S.
- Yes, I have used an HP-48SX. I prefer the 28S because of the
keyboard and its smaller size.
- I have and use an IBM 3161 RS-232c ASCII terminal, which I also re-created the font of.
- I have two Amiga 500's. I am always looking for something
interesting to do with them beyond playing games and using
DeluxePaint.
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I more recently obtained a laserdisc player and some anime LD's
in Japanese. I got a genlock for my Amiga, and now I can overlay
subtitles onto my laserdiscs with it!
- I try not to be a tech extremist, but I sometimes fail miserably:
- emacs > vi.
- Mozilla > Google.
- It'd be really cool if a browser shipped with support for
<script type="text/lisp">.
- Systemd should not have a DNS service [2].
- Systemd should not have a DHCP client.
- Sound worked fine until I installed PulseAudio.
- I want Firefox's ALSA backend back in default builds.
- If I wanted Chrome's UI, I wouldn't be using Firefox.
- I wish Mozilla would stop copycatting an inferior
product. At least I can maintain my own patches, though.
- Mozilla's telemetry is a confirmation bias when cited for
removal of functionality; their most enthusiastic users are the
same ones who turn telemetry off.
- Pokémon Crystal is the best game in the main series.
- Pokémon Colosseum is the best non-main-series game.
- Espeon is the best Pokémon.
A Few Miscellaneous Things I Like
- Hiking
- Biking
- The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkein book)
- Homestuck (web comic)
- Websites I can view on OS'es from the 1990's/early 2000's
- Dreams and sleeping
- Bubblegum Crisis (anime)
- Teaching about what I'm interested in
- Autumn
- PHP (programming language)— Yes; I'm serious. It's fun to use, and it makes many kinds of webpages a snap. It's like Python for web prototyping.
- C (programming language)
Browser Support
Tier 1
Ideally, any browser you may care to use will work. But I mostly test the site in the following:
- Mozilla Firefox (2.0 and higher tested, primarily version 139 in use)
- SeaMonkey
- NetSurf
- Lynx
Tier 2
I sometimes test these. If there's tiny little layout issues that don't
prevent the basic operation and reading of the site I might ignore them
or might try to fix them at a whim.
- Internet Explorer 5
- Safari/WebKit
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Dillo
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Does not appear to render Japanese. May just be a font problem?
Tier 3
I don't care about these browsers. Once in a blue moon I might fix
something if it's pointed out to me. But they are likely to work
regardless.
- Google Chrome
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And all of its derivatives that pose as distinct browsers
Tier 4
I am unable to properly support these browsers at this time. They sort
of work but "fixing" the site to fully work with them is not really
something I'm working on at all. This can be because of a lack of
unicode support or similar deep-seated technical issues.
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IBM WebExplorer for OS/2
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No unicode support, other strange SGML parsing issues. Might be fixable apart from Unicode support. Mostly readable but HTML comments cause mayhem.
- Ladybird
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Mostly works, but no unicode support when I last tested it. Japanese text does not display. The developer(s) also appear to be people I may not want to associate myself with, regrettably, due to political differences of opinion.
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