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Jonathan Dowland | @jmtd@pleroma.debian.social

Principal Software Engineer on #OpenJDK #IBM. #Debian developer. PhD in Computing Science. Amateur historian (Computing Science and H/W, esp. Commodore Amiga). Guerilla archivist.

@simon I was about to suggest that we’ve all got a one way ticket 50 years into the future, if we just wait, but that supposes we survive another 50 years.

@fraggle I’m having a spot of health trouble atm (exotic Infection from holiday abroad) but otherwise stuff is good.

@InterzoneMag it’s definitely not as bold as print, but I do wonder how good IZ artwork would look on this
Promo shot of the kobo Clara colour

@fraggle @InterzoneMag ah, I’m already a kobo user so I don’t need to wait for a kindle version :)

@fraggle where are you working these days?

@fraggle @InterzoneMag i’d really like to try one. Might just take a punt, the 6” one is pretty cheap

Anyone a fan of the colour eink readers? Like the new kobos? I’m curious how good something like @InterzoneMag looks like on one

@InterzoneMag Hi! Did the IZ Story Club replace the IZ Discord? I've only just noticed it's not in my Discord server list. Thanks

@fraggle @mwl I feel this in my bones at the moment

@sil I feel you, been through this myself recently. Really frustrating. Related frustration: device-to-device restore failed for unknown reasons three times in a row. Backup to and restore from iCloud (with the two things sat in the sofa next to each other) worked.

My wife told me to take the spider out instead of killing him.

Went out. Had a few drinks. Nice guy. He's a web designer.

Specialises in debugging.

Today I wanted to try some coding but I got a surprise cannula and couldn’t type, so I pen & papered it.

New blog post: ouch https://jmtd.net/log/ouch/

New blog post: ouch https://jmtd.net/log/ouch/

@mjg59 long covid in a can?

Anyone had a root canal? How long did it take from beginning to end?

@lproven it was a gift so I’m not sure what they paid for it luckily. I’m not prepared to risk it out and about commuting etc which is why I haven’t read it yet

@lproven I think I’m up to speed on fiction but not non-fiction. I’ve got this lovely thing on my shelf to read eventually https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/content/stans-kitchen

@lproven “What good climate-collapse SF should I be reading? “ pretty much all of KSR’s other novels! New York 2140 and Aurora are recent faves; going back a bit there’s the green earth trilogy and stories like “Venice drowned”

Hit me up with your summer holiday reading recommendations!

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