Michael9 @fortifieduniverse@mastodon.online
tldr; Artist. Engineer. Wizard.
Lifelong musician, amateur mystical scientist, artist, software developer, furniture builder, and filmmaker. I make weird little abstract science fiction flicks that are heavily music-oriented. I think I might actually live in my imagination. I like meeting others who do the same.
Born in the sign of the crab. Life path #11.
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Joined Jan 2021
Everybody take a deep breath with me. It's all going to be just fine. ❤️
What if we're not actually meant to agree on everything? I believe quantum physics tells us that contradictory concepts can exist simultaneously.
I know it's dicey where our universes overlap. We need to work that out. We will. In time.
Apply more kindness. Trust that everyone is doing their best.
#kindness #peace #reality #consciousness #humanity #humans #philosophy #world #politics #gender #metaphysics #magick #love
Started cutting parts for the new workstation platform today!
#studio #furniture #interior #design #spaces #maker #diy #cnc #woodworking
New workstation platform modeling. 3/3
#studio #furniture #interior #design #cnc #cad #maker #woodworking
New workstation platform modeling. 2/3
#studio #furniture #interior #design #cnc #cad #maker #woodworking
New workstation platform modeling. 1/3
#studio #furniture #interior #design #cnc #cad #maker #woodworking
Michael9
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Who's there?
Poorly synchronized threads
Knock knock
Officially started my new content format project today:
https://github.com/michaelquigley/capsule
"capsule"... working towards a universal container format for creative output.
#capsule #gemini #gemtext #markdown #publishing #content #format #openweb #indieweb #fediverse #writer #artist #creative #archive #blogging #writing #music #musician #film #filmmaking
Does that sound like it would be of interest to anyone else?
I don't mind building something like this just for myself. I feel like this system itself part of my artistic universe. So, it's likely worth the effort just to me.
But I would love to get some input from other folks who might be interested in a system like that.
Primarily want to invest in creating a robust, simple, future proof content format, as a container... a kind of "#time #capsule" #framework for #creative #output.
I've wanted a better pipeline for all of my output for quite a long time. Feels like it's time to go for it.
I'm calling my new publishing framework a #journal. I'm building publishing systems around the concept of a #timeline.
Going to focus first on the content abstraction, from the perspective of a #creative, a #writer, an #artist.
Will probably start with some hybrid of #markdown and #gemini #gemtext.
Thinking about just #transpiling that native content format into output formats: gemtext, #html, to be hosted in those idiomatic forms.
May eventually work towards a native #browser.
The newest addition to the #temple.
For most of last year, I've been working on a high-performance #network #protocol, similar to #tcp or #quic, written in #golang:
https://github.com/openziti/dilithium
The "westworld3" protocol is designed to be highly tunable. In general, it changes the way that congestion control works, and achieves a 2x-4x improvement in throughput over TCP over lossy and latent links.
It's early days, and there are a handful of problems that need to be cracked still. But it's promising, so far.
Been having some pretty good conversations about potential paths forward for new #publishing #platforms based on the spirit of things like #gemini.
It might also be worth exploring building tooling from the #content side, allowing multiple render paths out to different formats, each of which is idiomatic for the local conventions.
I'm just eager to #homestead. Want to target open and traditional infrastructure. I'd like to have my content remain as future-proof as I can make it.
Michael9
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@Sandra @alcinnz @fortifieduniverse
I may have overstated, "grids are good" 🤓
What I'd like to accomplish is nudging publishers towards semantics in their presentation. So, if the publisher is willing to declare an intent, and the reader judges the intent worthy of accommodation, there's mechanisms for that to happen. If the intent can't be accommodated by the device or isn't welcome by the reader, then the semantic styles are ignored and only the semantics of the markup are interpreted, which would result in a document reflow rendering. This would reverse the perennial nudge towards accepting publisher styles because degradation is far from graceful
Could probably build what I'm looking for within the #activitypub #fediverse.
Just sort of fantasizing out loud about what my new digital #homestead wants to be.
What if we had an open HTML+CSS+server variant, totally stripped down? A basic, fixed, browser-controlled grid-based layout mechanism. Sites can't change the layout from HTML or CSS (user preferences only). Use the #capsule idea to build micro #sites.
Would support embedded videos and images. But the player/viewer code is controlled by the #browser.
Similar spiritually to #gemini. Probably like that new Google jam, but #open. Would satisfy #design fetishists.
Michael9
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A great article by @ericbuijs explaining the power of #activitypub and how it gives the fediverse a HUGE advantage over commercial silos.
A must-read for new Fedizens!
PLEASE BOOST!
https://homehack.nl/activitypub-the-secret-weapon-of-the-fediverse/
#fediverse #mastotips #mastodon #activitypub #decentralize #fedizens
So, there was an "Alien vs. Predator" movie... I'm not really into wars and fighting, but in a similar vein wouldn't it be cool to see... "The Cylons vs. The Borg"?
I would totally watch that.
#scifi #startrek #battlestar #bsg #cylons #borg #theborg #fiction #fanfiction #fantasy #movie #movies #tv #television
tldr; Artist. Engineer. Wizard.
Lifelong musician, amateur mystical scientist, artist, software developer, furniture builder, and filmmaker. I make weird little abstract science fiction flicks that are heavily music-oriented. I think I might actually live in my imagination. I like meeting others who do the same.
Born in the sign of the crab. Life path #11.
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Joined Jan 2021
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