Tom

@zenithed
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Gentleman, scholar, murderer.

For gaming content, you can follow me at @zenithed

TomNov 10, 2022
Just to note I also have a gaming account (set it up in 2018 and don't see a pressing need to combine it with this one), which is @zenithed - feel free to give me a follow if you're into that sort of thing
TomNov 10, 2022
Clive ThompsonNov 9, 2022

I built this tool a year ago but I feel like Mastodon folks would like it

The "Weird Old Book Finder"

Type in a search query, and it'll find one randomly-chosen public-domain book that matches the query -- and present it for immediate reading: https://www.weirdoldbookfinder.net/

Why only one book? To prevent the paradox of choice! Just *start readin'*

Can't promise every book will be weird, but most are

A longer essay on how/why I developed it: https://debugger.medium.com/a-search-engine-that-finds-you-weird-old-books-3a74fbb5f3d4

This was a search for "mastodon"

TomNov 8, 2022
Reading about the blue glass craze of the 1870s, where some people thought that tinted windows could cure all ailments https://www.vox.com/2015/5/14/8602411/blue-glass-debate
Blue glass: the 19th-century miracle cure that split the country

The blue glass craze was the greatest health fad of the 1870s.

Vox
TomNov 8, 2022
Pleased to remember that there's a jungle/breakcore act called Bellend Sebastian
TomNov 8, 2022

Encountered the episode of Adventure Time where Finn starts talking about his memory vault:

"Oh yeah, the vault, that's where the stuff I can't handle goes - kerplunk!"

And yes, highly relatable.

https://youtu.be/4mHrTcll6So

Adventure Time - Vault (Clip)

YouTube
TomNov 8, 2022
Low-key one of the most important posts of recent years
Show threadTomNov 7, 2022
@zenithed then again maybe it's healthier to have different accounts for different topics, who can say
TomNov 7, 2022
Ha, was thinking of moving to a less busy instance in case this one falls over, but turns out I'm already on a gaming one (from when I signed up in 2018) - I wonder if there's a way to combine them @zenithed
Show threadTomNov 7, 2022
They used it as an intro to different songs on each night they played this weekend (Criminals and err something else - You Vs Everything maybe?)
Show threadTomNov 7, 2022
Aha, found the first one of these - it's Graces from their 2009 album Grace and the Bigger Picture. https://open.spotify.com/track/6KpEyxSHSE1PlRTWPXusNt