Tag: links

Where I am on the Internet

While I’m working on some more substantive posts, here’s a roundup of which accounts on the Internet are me.

Social Media

From 2008 until 2024 I had the account kingrat on Twitter, but largely stopped using it in November 2022. In November 2024, I closed the account. I am told a right wing account has since claimed the handle.

Blogging

Miscellaneous

I have profiles on whatever the Playstation network is called now (Sony?), Steam, Xbox, and battle.net, but I haven’t played video games in years. If I ever game again, maybe I’ll add them here (or repost). I also have an account on Goodreads, but I don’t use it. There’s probably another dozen or so similar kinds of accounts that are dormant with nothing visible.

Messaging

Professional

Avocational

The Web according to Phil (4/2/2010)

Stuff I read read about today:

Seattle’s first technical book store coming soon to Capitol Hill
The bookstore is named for Ada Lovelace, a 19th Century pioneer in computer programming. She is celebrated today as a symbol of all the great women who add to the advancement of technology. a) Really happy we’re getting a tech book store. b) Really happy to see it named after Ada Lovelace. Women are way under-represented behind the scenes of tech, and a lot of that is because of attitudes that drive them away. Not that this will change a whole lot, but now everyone who goes to Ada’s Technical Books will hopefully have their curiosity piqued and know a bit more about women in tech because of the name.
Where are the Women?
NPR’s Ombudsman looks at gender balance in on-air staff, paid commenters, and interviewees, and finds the balance severely lacking in the latter two categories.
alikewise
Alikewise is a dating site that allows you to find people based on their book tastes. Anything from cooking to politics to yoga — we think we can find others who would like to talk to you. No, not on the market. But I totally would’ve used this a couple years ago. If nothing else, I know that the people using the site are actually readers! Very important to me.