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Less well known might be the retraction of ~tuomov personal blog many years ago. He is the original author of the ion window manager[1] and had what, in my opi

by rsync 3y ago

Less well known might be the retraction of ~tuomov personal blog many years ago. He is the original author of the ion window manager[1] and had what, in my opinion, were very strong and thought provoking opinions and attitudes on software development, interfaces ... and even mice and keyboards. I was very sorry that he stopped his public writing and even more sorry that he took down the blog and all of his previous posts[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_(window_manager) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_(window_manager) [2] sort-of-archive: https://tuomov.bitcheese.net/ https://tuomov.bitcheese.net/

bokchoi 3y ago
Ah good memories! I was a big fan of Ion window managers when I discovered them in school back around 99 or 2000. I gave up tabbed tiling window managers at some point, but I was so happy with Ion back. His experiences on receiving bug reports from patched versions of Ion distributed by debian(?) was my first real exposure to the idea that distributions aren't just distributing software.
runiq 3y ago
For me it was ja-dark[0], who had a lot of interesting ideas when it came to learning with Anki. There is a backup of their blog, but it's just not the same. [0] https://btmbtm.github.io/jadarkbackup/ https://btmbtm.github.io/jadarkbackup/
colanderman 3y ago
For me it was Taco the Wonder Dog, who pseudonymously published what I can only describe as "noise art Flash videos" in the early aughts. They were simultaneously intellectual and total nonsense and I loved every minute of every one of them; they kept me going through college. One day around 2010ish they disappeared entirely from the Internet, I couldn't even find them on archival sites. Checking now -- I'm glad to see there've been efforts to collect Taco's work on YouTube -- You Are a Chef [1] is one of the most well known and accessible (which spawned a text adventure of the same name); Dorito Song [2] is one of my favorites. Here [3] I found a compilation, which unfortunately and sadly states that the artist behind Taco, one Morgan Vogel, died by suicide a few years ago. RIP Morgan, Taco will forever hold a place in my psyche. [1] https://youtu.be/4MmFqhMdx28 https://youtu.be/4MmFqhMdx28 [2] https://youtu.be/BGtpPQUMXfQ https://youtu.be/BGtpPQUMXfQ [3] https://youtu.be/eXplGG8O0a8 https://youtu.be/eXplGG8O0a8

by rsync 3y ago

bokchoi 3y ago

Ah good memories! I was a big fan of Ion window managers when I discovered them in school back around 99 or 2000. I gave up tabbed tiling window managers at some point, but I was so happy with Ion back. His experiences on receiving bug reports from patched versions of Ion distributed by debian(?) was my first real exposure to the idea that distributions aren't just distributing software.

runiq 3y ago

For me it was ja-dark[0], who had a lot of interesting ideas when it came to learning with Anki. There is a backup of their blog, but it's just not the same. [0] https://btmbtm.github.io/jadarkbackup/ https://btmbtm.github.io/jadarkbackup/

colanderman 3y ago

For me it was Taco the Wonder Dog, who pseudonymously published what I can only describe as "noise art Flash videos" in the early aughts. They were simultaneously intellectual and total nonsense and I loved every minute of every one of them; they kept me going through college. One day around 2010ish they disappeared entirely from the Internet, I couldn't even find them on archival sites. Checking now -- I'm glad to see there've been efforts to collect Taco's work on YouTube -- You Are a Chef [1] is one of the most well known and accessible (which spawned a text adventure of the same name); Dorito Song [2] is one of my favorites. Here [3] I found a compilation, which unfortunately and sadly states that the artist behind Taco, one Morgan Vogel, died by suicide a few years ago. RIP Morgan, Taco will forever hold a place in my psyche. [1] https://youtu.be/4MmFqhMdx28 https://youtu.be/4MmFqhMdx28 [2] https://youtu.be/BGtpPQUMXfQ https://youtu.be/BGtpPQUMXfQ [3] https://youtu.be/eXplGG8O0a8 https://youtu.be/eXplGG8O0a8