JP
@pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social
coder. writer. comics geek. baseball devotee. music nerd. tea snob. paladin.
Eng leadership: https://aquantityofstuff.com/
Literary: https://jenniferlynparsons.com/
Publishing: https://lunastationquarterly.com/
I'm also @lunastation.bsky.social
Eng leadership: https://aquantityofstuff.com/
Literary: https://jenniferlynparsons.com/
Publishing: https://lunastationquarterly.com/
I'm also @lunastation.bsky.social
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Just got laid off. :( I'm seeking EM/Senior EM roles at established, remote-friendly companies. 15+ years eng exp. People level up by working with me. So do companies. Available immediately for the right fit!
Details: aquantityofstuff.com/
#OpenToWork #RemoteWork #JobSearch
Details: aquantityofstuff.com/
#OpenToWork #RemoteWork #JobSearch
Just got laid off. :( I'm seeking EM/Senior EM roles at established, remote-friendly companies. 15+ years eng exp. People level up by working with me. So do companies. Available immediately for the right fit!
Details: aquantityofstuff.com/
#OpenToWork #RemoteWork #JobSearch
Details: aquantityofstuff.com/
#OpenToWork #RemoteWork #JobSearch
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just got laid off. :( I'm seeking EM/Senior EM roles at established, remote-friendly companies. 15+ years eng exp. People level up by working with me. So do companies. Available immediately for the right fit!
Details: aquantityofstuff.com/
#OpenToWork #RemoteWork #JobSearch
Details: aquantityofstuff.com/
#OpenToWork #RemoteWork #JobSearch
I'm not really back on social media. I just felt like touching base to see how things are going, reconnecting with my networks a bit.
Things are pretty dusty and unused in my corner of the internets and I think that's okay for now.
Things are pretty dusty and unused in my corner of the internets and I think that's okay for now.
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I'm not really back on social media. I just felt like touching base to see how things are going, reconnecting with my networks a bit.
Things are pretty dusty and unused in my corner of the internets and I think that's okay for now.
Things are pretty dusty and unused in my corner of the internets and I think that's okay for now.
What tunes are getting you through the day lately? For me it's been a combination of youtube ADHD focus videos and Slipknot played at high volume, with a side order of Devo and Missing Persons.
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
What tunes are getting you through the day lately? For me it's been a combination of youtube ADHD focus videos and Slipknot played at high volume, with a side order of Devo and Missing Persons.
Happy AWS outage day for those of you who are also celebrating.
October 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Happy AWS outage day for those of you who are also celebrating.
wooooow! Image*After still exists!!!
Image * After - currently 28262 free textures and images available
Free high resolution images and textures for commercial and personal use. Daily additions. Free hi-res stock photography, with abstract graphics search.
imageafter.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
wooooow! Image*After still exists!!!
I'm going through my digital archives (bookmarks, writing, music, etc) and cleaning things up. Focusing on discoverability and things that give me some sort of feeling.
Backups mean I don't have to worry about deleting things. What would a clean slate look like?
Backups mean I don't have to worry about deleting things. What would a clean slate look like?
September 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm going through my digital archives (bookmarks, writing, music, etc) and cleaning things up. Focusing on discoverability and things that give me some sort of feeling.
Backups mean I don't have to worry about deleting things. What would a clean slate look like?
Backups mean I don't have to worry about deleting things. What would a clean slate look like?
All those laws and principles for software development you've heard about all in one place.
I'd like the site to have a 'random' button to explore it.
hacker-laws.com/
I'd like the site to have a 'random' button to explore it.
hacker-laws.com/
September 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
All those laws and principles for software development you've heard about all in one place.
I'd like the site to have a 'random' button to explore it.
hacker-laws.com/
I'd like the site to have a 'random' button to explore it.
hacker-laws.com/
i really want to build a webring.
September 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i really want to build a webring.
I'm pondering working more analog. The newish job is Sarbanes-Oxley locked down so there's no flow between personal work & job stuff.
More compartmentalization means tool access has to be more intentional.
It leads me to ask: What problems am I trying to solve where paper might serve me better?
More compartmentalization means tool access has to be more intentional.
It leads me to ask: What problems am I trying to solve where paper might serve me better?
September 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm pondering working more analog. The newish job is Sarbanes-Oxley locked down so there's no flow between personal work & job stuff.
More compartmentalization means tool access has to be more intentional.
It leads me to ask: What problems am I trying to solve where paper might serve me better?
More compartmentalization means tool access has to be more intentional.
It leads me to ask: What problems am I trying to solve where paper might serve me better?
Dunno if others do this, but I found it's a lot easier to find time to catch up with former coworkers or other online friends by creating an appointment calendar on my google calendar.
That way I can just make the times I'm available to hang out visible and it saves the "when are you free" dance.
That way I can just make the times I'm available to hang out visible and it saves the "when are you free" dance.
September 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Dunno if others do this, but I found it's a lot easier to find time to catch up with former coworkers or other online friends by creating an appointment calendar on my google calendar.
That way I can just make the times I'm available to hang out visible and it saves the "when are you free" dance.
That way I can just make the times I'm available to hang out visible and it saves the "when are you free" dance.
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
if zoom had a $5 tier that will just let me have an hour long meeting a couple times a week i would probably pay for that.
September 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
if zoom had a $5 tier that will just let me have an hour long meeting a couple times a week i would probably pay for that.
writing friends, you may find one of Charlie Jane Anders's recent newsletters useful in these end times of ours.
buttondown.com/charl...
#keepwriting
buttondown.com/charl...
#keepwriting
How To Be A Resilient Writer
First and floormoose,1 I have a book that comes out in two weeks. It’s called Lessons in Magic and Disaster and it’s about a witch named Jamie who decides to...
buttondown.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
writing friends, you may find one of Charlie Jane Anders's recent newsletters useful in these end times of ours.
buttondown.com/charl...
#keepwriting
buttondown.com/charl...
#keepwriting
I think I found my new favorite font: Bookerly, which is used on Amazon's Kindle, but can be maybe possibly found elsewhere and installed on your computer. Maybe.
September 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I think I found my new favorite font: Bookerly, which is used on Amazon's Kindle, but can be maybe possibly found elsewhere and installed on your computer. Maybe.
I'm so proud of every issue that goes out the door. 💚
The new issue is out! We are storytelling animals, always have been, always will be. This issue is proof that stories still mean something in our world.
www.lunastationquart...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
www.lunastationquart...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
September 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'm so proud of every issue that goes out the door. 💚
What if I'm just not precious about it?
I get a bit in my head about making the presentation just so, but what if I just grabbed fonts and graphics I like and work I'm happy with and just...put it out there?
#creativity #zines
I get a bit in my head about making the presentation just so, but what if I just grabbed fonts and graphics I like and work I'm happy with and just...put it out there?
#creativity #zines
August 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What if I'm just not precious about it?
I get a bit in my head about making the presentation just so, but what if I just grabbed fonts and graphics I like and work I'm happy with and just...put it out there?
#creativity #zines
I get a bit in my head about making the presentation just so, but what if I just grabbed fonts and graphics I like and work I'm happy with and just...put it out there?
#creativity #zines
A coworker shared the Burning of Zozobra ages ago. An amazing way of releasing your worries (along with a small donation to the Kiwanis club that runs it). It's wild this has been going on for 101 years.
Burn is in 4 days, if you've got a worry weighing on you. I know I do.
Burn is in 4 days, if you've got a worry weighing on you. I know I do.
The Gloom Box: How to Submit Your Worries to Burn in Zozobra
Learn how to submit your worries to the Zozobra Gloom Box and join one of Santa Fe’s most powerful traditions of emotional release and renewal.
burnzozobra.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A coworker shared the Burning of Zozobra ages ago. An amazing way of releasing your worries (along with a small donation to the Kiwanis club that runs it). It's wild this has been going on for 101 years.
Burn is in 4 days, if you've got a worry weighing on you. I know I do.
Burn is in 4 days, if you've got a worry weighing on you. I know I do.
It's been an age since I listened to Spoon's "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga". I'm trying to remember if I first heard them on WXPN back in the day or if I found them on eMusic when it was still cool.
Anyway, it holds up for me.
album.link/s/477gzTV...
#nowplaying #nowlistening
Anyway, it holds up for me.
album.link/s/477gzTV...
#nowplaying #nowlistening
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2017 Remaster) by Spoon
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
album.link
August 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's been an age since I listened to Spoon's "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga". I'm trying to remember if I first heard them on WXPN back in the day or if I found them on eMusic when it was still cool.
Anyway, it holds up for me.
album.link/s/477gzTV...
#nowplaying #nowlistening
Anyway, it holds up for me.
album.link/s/477gzTV...
#nowplaying #nowlistening
currently mapping out a personal infrastructure that will help me publish my backlog of creative work, some of it a decade old that's never seen the light.
i bounce from project to project so i'm thinking central hub/worklog/newsletter pointing to the various sub-projects.
i bounce from project to project so i'm thinking central hub/worklog/newsletter pointing to the various sub-projects.
August 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
currently mapping out a personal infrastructure that will help me publish my backlog of creative work, some of it a decade old that's never seen the light.
i bounce from project to project so i'm thinking central hub/worklog/newsletter pointing to the various sub-projects.
i bounce from project to project so i'm thinking central hub/worklog/newsletter pointing to the various sub-projects.
Went downstairs to grab a mug for tea and my family handed me a warm bowl of perfectly cooked grits. :)
August 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Went downstairs to grab a mug for tea and my family handed me a warm bowl of perfectly cooked grits. :)
Currently watching MLB’s first woman umpire officiating the Marlins vs Atlanta.
Today she’s on the First base side for game one of a double header, Third base for game 2.
Tomorrow she’ll be behind the plate calling balls and strikes.
There’re no onions, I’m straight up crying.
Today she’s on the First base side for game one of a double header, Third base for game 2.
Tomorrow she’ll be behind the plate calling balls and strikes.
There’re no onions, I’m straight up crying.
August 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Currently watching MLB’s first woman umpire officiating the Marlins vs Atlanta.
Today she’s on the First base side for game one of a double header, Third base for game 2.
Tomorrow she’ll be behind the plate calling balls and strikes.
There’re no onions, I’m straight up crying.
Today she’s on the First base side for game one of a double header, Third base for game 2.
Tomorrow she’ll be behind the plate calling balls and strikes.
There’re no onions, I’m straight up crying.
I don't remember where I found this, but here's some excellent dark desert instrumental guitar music. I've been working to it this afternoon.
barnowlband.bandcamp.com/album/ancest...
#nowplaying
barnowlband.bandcamp.com/album/ancest...
#nowplaying
Ancestral Star, by Barn Owl
10 track album
barnowlband.bandcamp.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I don't remember where I found this, but here's some excellent dark desert instrumental guitar music. I've been working to it this afternoon.
barnowlband.bandcamp.com/album/ancest...
#nowplaying
barnowlband.bandcamp.com/album/ancest...
#nowplaying
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I wrote a post about playing drums, building muscle memory, and how that relates to centering accessibility in every product decision as something we do instinctively.
jaredcunha.com/blog/buildin...
jaredcunha.com/blog/buildin...
Building muscle memory for accessibility
Just as musicians develop muscle memory through hours of practicing rudimentary techniques until complex mechanics become second nature, we have to build own muscle memory with assistive technologies ...
jaredcunha.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I wrote a post about playing drums, building muscle memory, and how that relates to centering accessibility in every product decision as something we do instinctively.
jaredcunha.com/blog/buildin...
jaredcunha.com/blog/buildin...
Reposted by JP
I can send you back home to harvest oats in a muddy field with a rusty sickle if you prefer.
from "The Black Hill" by Keira Reynolds
www.lunastationquart...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
from "The Black Hill" by Keira Reynolds
www.lunastationquart...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
July 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can send you back home to harvest oats in a muddy field with a rusty sickle if you prefer.
from "The Black Hill" by Keira Reynolds
www.lunastationquart...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
from "The Black Hill" by Keira Reynolds
www.lunastationquart...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
bummer. my HabiticaRPG integration in Zapier stopped working. that puts a real damper on my workflow.
going to see if i can get a manual setup working with IFTTT, since i have a paid subscription there.
going to see if i can get a manual setup working with IFTTT, since i have a paid subscription there.
July 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
bummer. my HabiticaRPG integration in Zapier stopped working. that puts a real damper on my workflow.
going to see if i can get a manual setup working with IFTTT, since i have a paid subscription there.
going to see if i can get a manual setup working with IFTTT, since i have a paid subscription there.