ArielMT

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"Not drinking carbonated corn syrup."

she/her, world-traveled & world-weary, b.1971

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Mood: Hydrated. Drink more water.

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SpaceHey URL:

https://spacehey.com/arielmt

ArielMT's Interests

General

  • Modern computers, when not corrupted by "move fast and break things" techbros.
    • Move purposefully and fix things.
    • Shellscript, Ruby, C, Pascal, HTML, CSS, XML/XSLT, Pharo, Cobol
  • Vintage computers and programming.
    • Commodore VICs and TEDs, A500, ZX-81/TS-1000, TRS-80 M3 and M100, Apple 2, 68K Mac, DOS
    • Basic, C, Pascal, 6502 Assembly, Forth, Smalltalk, Cobol
  • Furries, the most amazing corporation-free, self-made fandom
  • Equal rights and equality of opportunity for minorities and LGBT+
  • Environmentalism: I'd like to have healthy food, clean water, and safe air.
  • Anticapitalism: I'd like to have these needs as basic human rights, not overpriced luxuries.
  • Antifascism: Not even a dead Nazi is a good Nazi.
  • Health care for all: I'd like to not die of malnutrition-induced high blood pressure or medical care denial.

Music

Amadeus to ZZ-Top

Movies

The Neverending Story

Television

Gave up TV in 2003. The idiot box got thinner, and its watchers got fatter.

Books

  • The River of Time
  • The Songs of Distant Earth
  • Foundation
  • The Caves of Steel
  • The Ship Who Sang
  • The Hobbit/LOTR

Heroes

  • Steve Irwin, host of the Crocodile Hunter, whose core message was be kind to animals.
  • Fred Rogers, host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, whose core message was be kind to other people.
  • Bob Ross, host of the Joy of Painting, whose core message was be kind to yourself.

ArielMT's Latest Blog Entries [View Blog]

Surreal Saturday: Bulgarian Treasure Planet (view more)

Remember the Zune, Microsoft's "iPod killer"? (view more)

Better than a fox test (view more)

ArielMT's Blurbs

About me:

Internet help desk worker, sparkly code princess, vintage computer repairhand. Manages radical leftist agenda on a Palm Pilot.

Current layout uses Windows 3 as its base.

Who I'd like to meet:

People who know the differences between niceness and kindness, between meanness and cruelty, and who choose to always be kind.

Who I'd not like to meet:


Right-wing bigots and other cruel people, no matter how nice you are.

No friend requests from minors, please.

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