Siiw @Siiw@mastodon.social

The 1996 website for #Babylon5 is mostly archived and I love it.

https://web.archive.org/web/19970418095210/http://www.babylon5.com/

Click the big logo to enter because that's how we used to roll back on the day.

This reveals (or reminds) fun things like how Warner Bros used to host an official IRC server for fans of their shows and 360" panoramas of the sets in Quicktime VR.

Best viewed in Netscape 3! ☄️​

#retrocomputing

"Right now, all of the places we can assemble on the web in any kind of numbers are privately owned. And privately-owned public spaces aren’t real public spaces. They don’t allow for the play and the chaos and the creativity and brilliance that only arise in spaces that don’t exist purely to generate profit. And they’re susceptible to being gradually gaslighted by the companies that own them."

- #AnilDash

https://anildash.com/2012/12/18/rebuilding_the_web_we_lost/

Sperm whales and copepods use the same mechanism to control their buoyancy.

❄ The Norwegian North polar expedition, 1893-1896;.
Christiania, J. Dybwad, 1900-06.
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38950855

Yay, #BeardGrabber's development is perfectly fine. :)
Apparently his speech development even is 'far above average', which does silence my worries a bit that #Norwegian not being my native language, and his mother and me still frequently speaking English together, would hurt his own #language development. :)

Any #parenting tips for teaching a #2yo the difference between I, you, mine and yours?

I just wanna watch interesting animals do interesting animal things. You don't need to make it into some kind of action thriller.

American nature documentaries are so ridiculous.

*needlessly dramatic voice*
"you won't BELIEVE what happened next!"
[cut to commercials]

*overly masc voice*
"things were about to get A LOT worse!!"
[cut to commercials]

*movie trailer voice*
"what they saw next, TOOK THEIR BREATH AWAY!!!"
[cut to commercials]

🦉 Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people
Brighton: E. & J.B. Young and Co., 1889.

10 new owl species discovered in Philippines See 1 of our fav #owl illustrations in #bhlib http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28687322

OH: "Volcanoes are like earth's pimples"
#Quill18 on a #FlightSimulator video.

↑ From the article: «"Eye of Newt" is a folk name for Mustard Seed #Brassica nigra, while "Toe of Frog" may refer to a type of #Buttercup.  "Tongue of Dog" is Houndstongue #Cynoglossum officinale, a plant that has some toxic properties that mainly affect cattle and horses.  "Adder's Fork" is a fern more commonly known as Adder's Tongue #Ophioglossum vulgatum and is useful for aiding the healing of wounds and bruises.»

The other day in a hardware store:
*a random child cries for a while elsewhere in the store*
<2yo BeardGrabber> Uff, det bråker! ("Oof, what a noise!")
*Me, laughing and awkwardly glad the other parent likely didn't hear him*
<FiXato> You frequently make the same sound, dear. ;)

Lately #BeardGrabber's been combining that "Uff, det [...]" phrase with various other words. xD

#parenting #parentsOfMastodon

Lifted from another thread¹ about a blog published via the #Gemini protocol, I present my fictional fiction book cover for the #cyberThriller "Gemini Protocol":
https://spark.adobe.com/post/Re8H8ZYqxZaWb/

#FiXatosFictionalFiction #FakeBookCovers #FictionalFiction #FiXatoCreates

Though no attribution was required, images used are:
https://pixabay.com/photos/forest-trees-fog-atmosphere-3877365/ by DarkWorkX
https://unsplash.com/photos/_97ntw05_3s by Артём Мякинник
https://unsplash.com/photos/q_7wcPGLpI0 by Markus Spiske.

¹: https://hackers.town/@SetecAstronomy/104689021776345554

This #dailyPhoto is of a #sunset that will always be special to me as it was the first one I saw as father of #BeardGrabber, 2 years ago.
A perfect peaceful scene to end a scary, stressful, yet amazing day.

https://mastodon.social/media/q0rYC3ONItJmAkOyIfc

#sunsetPhotography #sunsets #solnedgang #zonsondergang #NRK #photography #FromTheShoebox #PhotoArchive #Bodø #Norway #Summer #August #2018

Have some #orchids for today's #DailyPhoto

#orchid #Phalaenopsis #Florespondence #flowers #floralFriday #BlommigFredag #flora

*pop*
*Chit*
*Tak!*
The sounds of #seeds randomly popping out of their #seedPods every other minute or so. ;)

https://mastodon.social/media/quUilFOavzmI2w97fPg
https://mastodon.social/media/jZRROfKD8-LS0ETpX-k

@Siiw and l went out for a long walk in the forest with #BeardGrabber today, and she did some #seedCollecting, while I picked some #berries for us (and the little one in particular).

#gardening

https://mastodon.social/media/54iCJpG3TAeKdtlBRQ8

After playing around with @krita and and exploring the various brushes I installed yesterday, I ended up with this #drawing that I'm quite satisfied with.
It's perhaps a bit more #abstract than the previous one, but it reminds me a bit of the #waxPaintings someone I followed on #GooglePlus used to make.
So far I quite like #Krita; it brings back some of the fun I used to have in high-school, playing with #PaintShopPro, perhaps mixed with some #BobRoss #JoyOfPainting.

#art #FiXatoDraws #painting

I was going to do some writing, but instead decided to play around with #Krita after being a bit inspired by the #albumArt of #Avantasia's #Moonglow album: https://powermetal.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/43952791_10156310950273889_8173911767513038848_n.jpg

So, here's the result of playing around for the first time in @krita for 30-45 minutes or so. :)

#art #artwork #airbrush #drawing #painting #FiXatoDraws #DailyDrawing #peaceful