Alun Jones pengfold@social.ty-penguin.org.uk

Family man that likes the finer things in life, like #retrocomputing, tinkering and a decent ale.

Software engineer by day; asleep by night.

He/Him.

Dog person.

#AlaskanByChoice #Liberal #LGBTQIAAlly #BlackLivesMatter #ProChoice #AllThingsAlaskan #AnimalLover #Cats #KarelianBearDogs #WFPB #ProScience & I share other people's #AlaskaPhotography Legislative Research Consultant

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Joined Mastodon.social in 2017.
In the 1980's, Z80 assembler, later DEC assembler (RT-11, RSX-11), Fortran, etc
Started Visions Under Construction podcast 2007-2019 with Asterisk and open source projects.
Worked in wine with Bordeaux châteaux 20+ years. #Food #fedi22 #music

Composer, musician for over 57 years.
Published a SF novella in 2022, StingerBots.

Original music tracks, at least 180 of them online at https://ffm.bio/randulo

Biochemist, Computer Scientist, Systems Biologist, Professor, Photographer, EV driver, Programmer, SysAdmin, Enzymologist, Geek!

A tiny shop in Wales that still runs retro machines and makes allsorts

• Married to the best man ever on the world (@paulfoerster). ❤️
• Owning a small 🏡, a beautiful oldtimer Yamaha Virago 750 🏍️ and a small 🚗 in a small, but beautiful country.
• Freelance artist.
• Hobbies: #Pottery #GlassBeads #Gardening #Nature #History #Fossiles #Music #Animals, #DVDs #Reading #Travel
• Pets: 4 🐈, 5 🐡, 3 🐓, 2 🦆

#NoBot

Profile banner image: sea of fog covering area Solothurn to Aarau, Alps in the background, sunrise red/orange, picture taken by me

New here, so quiet for now while I figure out all the new social conventions.

Interested in: tech stuff (2 yrs into nth career as a dev), climate crisis, neurodiversity.

Please don't add me to big "follow this person" lists.

Some things I like: #dogs #books #reading #information #history #privacy #outdoors #hiking #wildswimming #kettlebells #OpenStreetMap #learning #studying #science #coffee, #lowcarb food, #gardening, #FOSS, #RSS #fedi22.

I’m here because I want to learn things and connect with people.

Wondering about my username? In a story by Kipling, Kolokoko Bird advised Elephant’s Child to go find out for himself. I like that sentiment. I am always trying to find stuff out.

Self-taught artist of analog art (oils, acrylics, watercolor, ink, pastels, paper, all the things) I love color, veggie gardening, all animals, birding, cooking, baking, chocolate, cycling, butterflies, sunsets, nature, quilting, sewing, creating stuff, TheBeatles. Always learning. Really I have too many other hobbies/interests to mention. New mom to 7 chickens. 
All about preserving democracy, supporting Ukraine, human rights, BLM, LGBTQ. Democrat. Lesbian but not defined by it. Peace.

Interested in tech, crafts, taking silly photos, cooking, reading and learning stuff.

Software developer, bicyclist, woodworker, urbanism enthusiast, resident of Petaluma California, blogger since 1998. Started an ISP circa 1993, credits in IMDB, worked on products that have touched your life. he/him, on unceded coast Miwok territory.

Enjoys computing and emoting