Phildini @ The Shop @phildini@wandering.shop

I just realized that since I stopped programming in C, I've been a lot happier.

Looks like Amazon is retiring the Goodreads API, which just another step towards basically abandoning Goodreads and folding it into some other Amazon service I guess: https://joealcorn.co.uk/blog/2020/goodreads-retiring-API

My advice? Get off Goodreads while you still can (ie export your content) and move over to StoryGraph: https://beta.thestorygraph.com

A black-owned startup finally developing a viable alternative to Goodreads. Fuck yeah!

(Why not LibraryThings? Because, guess what.. it’s also owned by Amazon!)

Love to explain to white ladies posting chain letters on fb how human trafficking actually *doesn't* usually involve intricate kidnapping schemes to snatch white girls out of nice neighborhoods but in reality is deeply tied to the way we push poor and immigrant communities to the margins of society

(No, actually I really love doing this)

its a shame reddit atheists ruined saying io, saturnalia because its the reason for the season 😤

Bop It, Twist It, Pull It, Brex It

when you throw someone into an acidic wetland it's a yeet bog

Did you want to see these papers?

No, you want to see me.

#Caturday #Mastocats #Cats #catsofmastodon

Important: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" scans to Billy Joel's "Piano Man".

Use this information for good.

Kid wants to learn animation. He's used Wick, but it can't do everything he wants to do, and he's used up a trial of Adobe Animate.

I don't want to support Adobe's Creative Cloud keep-paying-every-month-forever subscription model.

Question for the fediverse: What animation drawing programs have you used? Which ones have you found to be easy to learn, capable, reasonably priced, etc?

We've looked at some of the other programs here, but I'm hoping for more context:
https://alternativeto.net/software/adobe-flash/

Wikipedia: all the right facts, not necessarily in the right order.

Check out today's #ThimblefulThursday #Writing #Prompt and weave some words into a little fiction!
#microfiction https://thimblefulthursday.wordpress.com/2020/12/03/thimbleful-thursday-challenge-52/

@shopbot @phildini good teachers.

I am taking my driving test today and I am thankful that I had a very patient and experienced teacher; I was pretty nervous behind the wheel for a long time.

Getting members of the medieval bourgeoisie to sell each other out... flipping burghers

Looky looky I helped to make a super cool thing! :D

It’s gorgeous and funny and it might make your real actual daily life just a l’il better! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/his-dark-materials-my-daemon/id1535817912

If you extend the "vampires can't come inside without permission" to "cum inside", then you can theoretically edge a vampire indefinitely if you powerbottom for one. In this essay, I will