FiXato 🇳🇱🇳🇴 @FiXato@mastodon.social

*Blinked out of existence*

«Dear Doctor,
be careful where you creep
because it looks like your end might be near,
for two of the enemies you fear,
seem to have mated
and this is what they've created.
In silence we shall forever weep.»

A #poem written by me over 6 years ago, inspired by #AliceXZhang's #DoctorWho #art piece "I've forgotten why I shouldn't blink" depicting a #WeepingAngel with the face of one of #TheSilence: http://alicexz.deviantart.com/art/I-ve-Forgotten-Why-I-Shouldn-t-Blink-325468563

#shortPoems #alicexz #TheSilent #DrWho #poetry

Updated #introduction:
— #MSX #MSX2 #retrogaming #retrocomputer #demoscene
— #Ruby #WebDevelopment #backend #dev #scripting #PlexodusTools
— #landscape #photography #MiA1 #Canon1000D
— (casual) #hiking
— Born #Dutch #Netherlands
— Emigrated to #Bodø #ArcticCircle #Norway
— Fan of #TerryPratchett's #DiscWorld, #StephenKing's #DarkTower, #StarTrek and #DoctorWho
— Enjoys interesting #beers such as #Trappist #AbbeyBeer
— #linguistics #GooglePlus
#introductions #WhoAmI

A brief #Introduction for the #GooglePlusExodus of former #GooglePlus users:
I'm Filip, online better known as #FiXato or FiX

Current interests:
· #MSX (#MSX2 in particular) and various other #retrocomputer / #RetroGaming topics such as the #demoscene.
· #Ruby #webdevelopment and #scripting
· #Photography and casual #hiking
· #LetsPlay and other #casualgaming content
· #DiscWorld novels.
· Drinking interesting #beers, #Trappist beer in particular.

(note, these deals end in less than 2 days, after which the gratis game will be #Fez)

Forgot to post earlier, but this week's #free as in #gratis #games on the #EpicGamesStore are:

• Hyper Light Drifter: "an action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16­bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale."

• Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden: "a tactical adventure game combining turn-based combat with real-time exploration, story, stealth, and strategy." (#XCOM with a #mutant duck and hog.)

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/collection/free-game-collection

#gaming #WindowsGaming #GratisGames

#1yo #BeardGrabber is pretending (actually trying?) to blow his nose in a wet wipe, and it's absolutely adorable! 💜

#parenting #kid #ParentsOfMastodon

#BeardGrabber woke up crying again... this time a certain smell and a tight, cramped up stomach made it hard to miss what was bothering him now.
Hopefully that was the last thing to bother him tonight, so that we both can get some uninterrupted sleep...
Time to find a paracetamol to kill this lack-of-sleep-headache, so I hopefully can fall asleep soon...

#parenting #personal #ParentsOfMastodon #circadianRhythm

No, the #UX of adding people to lists is still horrible... Having to search for them, requires me to actually know their name or username, whereas for many I mostly recognise them from their avatars.

Since @fedilab already has a contacts list for selecting people to mention in a post, can we get that checkbox list interface for adding/removing people to/from lists too? #FedilabSuggestion

Just as I was close to falling asleep myself, #BeardGrabber woke up, crying. Consoling him didn't make him fall back asleep; I was only allowed to hold him against my chest while standing; I wasn't allowed to sit down, even when he would still be in the same position...
So, I quickly changed his diaper, put him in his baby carrier to keep him somewhat quiet, and made him a bottle.
He's back in his bed now, and while he's still tossing a bit, is drifting off.

#parenting #ParentsOfMastodon #kid

An interesting (over-) analysis of the lyrics of the Gary Moore / #Nightwish song "Over the hills and far away":
http://www.itsacon.net/entertainment/music/making-sense-of-over-the-hills-and-far-away/

Not sure which explanation I like best: the Bonny & Clyde setup, or the husband finding out about the affair and framing his so-called best friend.

#GaryMoore #lyrics #music #LyricsExplained #OverTheHillsAndFarAway #IrishMusic #Itsacon