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Hello there, web surfer. I am Toby Mackenzie of Northeast Ohio. Welcome to my little stop on the information superhighway. I hope you enjoy your visit. Come on in. Find out more about me or my web development career. Visit my web-pipe to find out what's happening in Toby land.

Me in brief

  • I currently live and work in Akron.
  • I work on websites for a living, as a LAMP-stack developer.
  • I am introverted / quiet / shy.
  • I like computers, music, hiking / nature, gardening, shows / movies / books, old video games, &c.
  • I value freedom of expression, autonomy, equalization of power, environmental preservation, sharing of knowledge and effort to better all, &c.

My online presences

Blog: select posts

Shout-outs

  • my family, friends, and co-workers
  • the color green
  • tea
  • Columbo: classic TV detective
  • Phillip K. Dick: classic sci-fi writer
  • The Expanse: great TV and book space sci-fi series
  • Resident Alien: sci-fi comedy
  • interested in Onyx Mira eInk monitor: nice looking but expensive, waiting for color version (must syntax highlight)
  • Cleveland / Ohio sportsball: Cavaliers, Guardians, Browns?, Blue Jackets
  • interested in StarLabs StarLite: Linux first convertible tablet with good specs, reasonable price, user replaceable parts (planned), Coreboot. Also interested in their Byte mini PC.
  • interested in framework, who makes laptops that are user serviceable / upgradable, with parts readily available from their marketplace. Waiting for touch, coreboot.
  • interested in the Librem 5 phone by Purism, a Linux phone but expensive and old hardware.

Quotes

I absolutely believe that people are more good on balance than bad. All the wars and all of the cruelty and all of the violence. I'm not looking away from any of that, and I still think there's something beautiful about being what we are. History is soaked in blood. The future probably will be too. But for every atrocity, there's a thousand small kindnesses that no one noticed. A hundred people who spent their lives loving and caring for each other. A few moments of real grace. Maybe it's only a little more good than bad in us, but…
- Jame's Holden, Leviathan Falls
James Corey
Having something requires giving something else up.
The sleeper must awaken.
- Dune (film)

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