2023-05-17 Coming up on noon
Wed 17 May 2023 11:27:07 AM CDT
I love the overall mood of that, but not sure I could explain why.
> I picked a new alias. Not winter, not what I've been > using on the small web, definitely nothing from my > BBS days, nostalgic as that'd be. I'm learning from my > past. Have to keep moving. No admissions re: location, > no reused aliases, definitely no real names. Not unless I > trust you. I used to be trackable. Hopefully not anymore.
I can't relate. I must be doing this wrong. :-)
> Trying not to think about that. Trying instead to just > enjoy it as long as it's around. Check it daily. Post. Be > kind. When I first called BBSs I was young, 13, 14, and > a lot of the people in that scene were older. 20s and > 30s. Some of them were awful. Some of them hurt me. And > some were good. So now that I'm the greybeard, I'm hoping > I can be more the latter. Elder technologist? Anonymous > nice guy? Telnet dad.
That has a nicely online-ly idyllic ring to it!
It's been a pleasant morning. Glorious weather. Great coffee. Chanced upon some fantastic meatloaf and broccoli leftovers in the bottom of the freezer.
In way, finding older Gemini posts feels a bit like chancing upon tasty leftovers.