DEFUNCT ACCT! NEW ACCT IN BIO.

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This account is no longer used or monitored, and follow requests will be ignored. I used to toot here, but now I'm at @Rob_T_Firefly . Go see me and follow me there instead!
MIGRATED TO@Rob_T_Firefly
Still lives athttps://robvincent.net

Last reminder before I lock and abandon this account forever: I've moved from here to a new account at @Rob_T_Firefly . Follow me there!

👋 😎

I'm migrating instances!
From now on, you can find me tooting at https://hackers.town/@Rob_T_Firefly
Rob Vincent (@[email protected])

0 Toots, 56 Following, 9 Followers · Nerd of all trades. I live in New York City and at https://robvincent.net . He/him.

I'm migrating instances!
From now on, you can find me tooting at https://hackers.town/@Rob_T_Firefly
Rob Vincent (@[email protected])

0 Toots, 56 Following, 9 Followers · Nerd of all trades. I live in New York City and at https://robvincent.net . He/him.

We're on now! Open your ear things (where applicable.)

RT @HackerRadioShow: We'll be on the air tonight at 19:00 EST. Listen live on 99.5 FM in New York or at http://wbai.org/playernew.html

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Very sad he's gone. I loved his TV show when I was a kid, it's what first got me interested in media-literacy and anti-advertising work. If you've ever enjoyed the work I've done in those fields over the years, it's at least a bit his fault.

https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ln-david-horowitz-obit-20190219-story.html

David Horowitz, longtime TV consumer reporter, dies at 81

Horowitz was best known for his appearances on KNBC’s newscasts and Emmy-winning TV program “Fight Back! With David Horowitz” that investigated defective products, advertised claims and confronted companies with customer complaints.

I'm considering running against the office of President of the United States.
It's been over a year since I've been to the airport in Milwaukee, but it turns out courtesy is still dead here.
Off The Hook

Off The Hook a podcast from 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. It discusses the hacker's view of the emerging technology, and the threats posed by an increasingly Orwellian society. Hear updates on security flaws from the hacker perspective, as well as the latest news from within the hacker community. Follow us on Twitter @HackerRadioShow and Mastodon @[email protected] by 2600 Enterprises

did you know that librivox provides RSS feeds for their audiobooks? which means you can "subscribe" to a book in your podcast-player-of-choice :)

Party like it's 1995...

"Developer launches new version of Windows 95 that runs under Windows 10, macOS and Linux"

https://betanews.com/2019/02/11/windows-95-v2-windows10-macos-linux/

Developer launches new version of Windows 95 that runs under Windows 10, macOS and Linux

Who doesn't feel a little nostalgic from time to time? Progress is great, but sometimes it's nice to look back at how things used to be -- even if it's only to laugh at how different and primitive things used to be. The world of computing is no different in this regard.

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