#shamelessplug — Public Fediverse posts

#ShamelessPlug If you're in Vegas for DEFCON want to see the excellent Ren Newton give a great talk on the vital role of predictability in AI systems, register for her talk Friday at 5:30 at Fontainebleau:

https://events.horizon3.ai/determinism-tech-talk/

#ShamelessPlug If you're in Vegas for DEFCON want to see the excellent Ren Newton give a great talk on the vital role of predictability in AI systems, register for her talk Friday at 5:30 at Fontainebleau:

https://events.horizon3.ai/determinism-tech-talk/

Thought of another option, but it is too late now: Had I staid on the quick train to Namur, I could have made it to Aulnoye-Aymeries in time for the slow train from Paris to Brussels.

But that would have involved (a) a ten euro “reservation” fee and (b) a two hour break in Maubeuge yet again.*

So, maybe it is better I don’t have to decide any more.

* Video evidence of the first break there is here: https://youtu.be/9FVY1FB85Ks – #ShamelessPlug

Thought of another option, but it is too late now: Had I staid on the quick train to Namur, I could have made it to Aulnoye-Aymeries in time for the slow train from Paris to Brussels.

But that would have involved (a) a ten euro “reservation” fee and (b) a two hour break in Maubeuge yet again.*

So, maybe it is better I don’t have to decide any more.

* Video evidence of the first break there is here: https://youtu.be/9FVY1FB85Ks – #ShamelessPlug

I see Block Blast keeps being advertised in the App Store and I’m amazed they charge a $10/month subscription to play it.

I think my own Clear It game is much better and it’s yours forever for only $3!

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/clear-it/id1662145768

#shamelessPlug #games

I see Block Blast keeps being advertised in the App Store and I’m amazed they charge a $10/month subscription to play it.

I think my own Clear It game is much better and it’s yours forever for only $3!

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/clear-it/id1662145768

#shamelessPlug #games

Friend of mine models and prints #dollhouseminiatures. Some of the models can be purchased digitally as well if you own your own printer.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/HomeSweetHomeMinis

#shamelessplug #dollhouse #3dprinting

Friend of mine models and prints #dollhouseminiatures. Some of the models can be purchased digitally as well if you own your own printer.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/HomeSweetHomeMinis

#shamelessplug #dollhouse #3dprinting

We also touched on my #scifi adaptation of the #odyssey, which you can follow on KS right now. See thread for link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCEGDXvE_Oc

#indiecomics #booksky #comicsky #preview #shamelessplug #prelaunch #kickstarter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCEGDXvE_Oc

We also touched on my #scifi adaptation of the #odyssey, which you can follow on KS right now. See thread for link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCEGDXvE_Oc

#indiecomics #booksky #comicsky #preview #shamelessplug #prelaunch #kickstarter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCEGDXvE_Oc

#WritersCoffeeClub Jan. 14: What’s a service or skill you’d like to offer your fellow writers?

Like, personally? Right now? You're expecting something completely out of the blue?

Well, lucky you, my skill is programming and I make apps! Take your pick! I have MediaAlarm and EggTimer for all your alarm needs, and an assortment of useful tools for everything from time tracking with RainbowTimers to running your tabletop game with Dice and Random NEXT to posting your fanfic more easily with RTF2BBCode!

All of this is currently going for the fabulously low price of "FREE," which I think is everyone's favorite four-letter word you can still shout in a daycare!

#ShamelessPlug

#WritersCoffeeClub Jan. 14: What’s a service or skill you’d like to offer your fellow writers?

Like, personally? Right now? You're expecting something completely out of the blue?

Well, lucky you, my skill is programming and I make apps! Take your pick! I have MediaAlarm and EggTimer for all your alarm needs, and an assortment of useful tools for everything from time tracking with RainbowTimers to running your tabletop game with Dice and Random NEXT to posting your fanfic more easily with RTF2BBCode!

All of this is currently going for the fabulously low price of "FREE," which I think is everyone's favorite four-letter word you can still shout in a daycare!

#ShamelessPlug

Happy #ShamelessPlug Day!

For when My Dear Aunt Sally enlists in Starfleet.

via my Etsy shop: https://inspiredbymath.etsy.com

I’m Not on Bluesky, but the Blog Is

I’m told that Ancient World Twitter was a thing and many of the same people have moved to Bluesky. I am an open web person not a corporate social media person, but if you prefer following this site on Bluesky to following it on RSS or by email or by checking the URL every few days, there is a way. For a few months, it has been possible to follow bookandswordblog at https://bsky.app/profile/bookandswordblog.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

I am not there! I am unlikely to see any likes or replies. I think all corporate social media funded by other people’s money will follow the same path as Facebook and Reddit and birdsite. I wonder if in a thousand years people will talk about microblogging like the Romans talked about the time they invited the Goths across the Danube then started to shake them down and enslave them without calling in the army first (or maybe like the Athenians talked about how they realized that speaking persuasively was a skill that could be taught for money). But if you want to follow this site on Bluesky, that is possible.

(scheduled 12 October 2025)

#mediaCriticism #modern #shamelessPlug #socialMedia

Happy #ShamelessPlug Day!

Just a note that, if you like my triggy math-o-lantern t-shirt, then you might want to order one in the next day or two for delivery by Halloween. (In my experience, delivery takes about a week, but holiday shipping could cause delays.)

https://inspiredbymath.etsy.com

Thanks for your support! :)

#pullrequest sent.

In other news, there's no tool quite like #Emacs #orgmode for gathering data from multiple sources in multiple formats and massaging it into an #estimate of effort for migrating a capability from one #vendor to another. #shamelessplug

Stitch Witches!

Halloween is coming and I thought I'd share these patterns which I think are pretty neat. Using glow in the dark threads they reveal themselves after lights out.

#ShamelessPlug

https://thesteadythread.com/collections/halloween/products/crystal-ball

https://thesteadythread.com/collections/halloween/products/halloween-blackwork-blackwork-ghost-pattern-pdf-modern-blackwork-embroidery

Stitch Witches!

Halloween is coming and I thought I'd share these patterns which I think are pretty neat. Using glow in the dark threads they reveal themselves after lights out.

#ShamelessPlug

https://thesteadythread.com/collections/halloween/products/crystal-ball

https://thesteadythread.com/collections/halloween/products/halloween-blackwork-blackwork-ghost-pattern-pdf-modern-blackwork-embroidery

NULL Train demo is now available for Linux and SteamOS 🎉 Play the demo. Wishlist it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3717840/NULL_Train/

#gamedev #gameplay #gameplayshorts #nulltrain #indiedevs #indiegamedev #steamgame #gamedemo #pixelart #wishlistideas #wishlist #roguelike #madeinhawaii #steamdeck #steamos #linux #shamelessplug

This is the second time I featured Raye on a playlist. The first time was last December’s jazz themed #ILikeToWatch playlist. She’s so gosh darned cute! 🥰

#ShamelessPlug
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGkQ2CMSV2Yuq_3zWm65JPNngYzWwb5ba&si=1apj_XYyaKqS5Lu6

This is the second time I featured Raye on a playlist. The first time was last December’s jazz themed #ILikeToWatch playlist. She’s so gosh darned cute! 🥰

#ShamelessPlug
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGkQ2CMSV2Yuq_3zWm65JPNngYzWwb5ba&si=1apj_XYyaKqS5Lu6

Yes, The Book of PF, 4th Edition Is Coming Soon https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html (also tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html) #openbsd #freebsd #bookofpf #pf #packetfilter #book #networking #security #freesoftware #libresoftware #shamelessplug @nostarch

Yes, The Book of PF, 4th Edition Is Coming Soon https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html (also tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html) #openbsd #freebsd #bookofpf #pf #packetfilter #book #networking #security #freesoftware #libresoftware #shamelessplug @nostarch

@martinsteiger
Ich hab übrigens (hauptsächlich mal für mich selbst) das hier gegen #Phishing geschrieben:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/urlscope/bmiajkolcloejdcanegkhdleglejdpgd

#shamelessplug

@martinsteiger
Ich hab übrigens (hauptsächlich mal für mich selbst) das hier gegen #Phishing geschrieben:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/urlscope/bmiajkolcloejdcanegkhdleglejdpgd

#shamelessplug

Aprovechando nuevo perfil y los impulsos. Sigan mi Pixelfed, pa' animarme a subir más fotos 👀
@conejoxm

#shamelessplug #pixelfed #fotografia

Aprovechando nuevo perfil y los impulsos. Sigan mi Pixelfed, pa' animarme a subir más fotos 👀
@conejoxm

#shamelessplug #pixelfed #fotografia

Happy Shameless Plug Day! ... With #TauDay (6.28) just a month away, I thought I'd mention (again) my tau-and-pi t-shirts. (Remember: There's room enough on the number line for both values, so let's stop with the belligerence!) Available in my InspiredByMath shop on Etsy. #ShamelessPlug

http://inspiredbymath.etsy.com

(Kangleroo and Law-of-Cosines designs are also available, with more on the way.)

Thanks for your support!

Happy Shameless Plug Day! ... With #TauDay (6.28) just a month away, I thought I'd mention (again) my tau-and-pi t-shirts. (Remember: There's room enough on the number line for both values, so let's stop with the belligerence!) Available in my InspiredByMath shop on Etsy. #ShamelessPlug

http://inspiredbymath.etsy.com

(Kangleroo and Law-of-Cosines designs are also available, with more on the way.)

Thanks for your support!

I made a 60s video for my aurora trip next January, featuring a bunch of aurora timelapses from this January :)

Can watch that on my Vimeo page, or there's a copy on the tour page as well.

https://vimeo.com/1058022701/fc2298a0e8

https://ewenbell.com/polar

#Photography #Workshop #AuroraChasing #EwenInNorway #ShamelessPlug #PhotoTour

I made a 60s video for my aurora trip next January, featuring a bunch of aurora timelapses from this January :)

Can watch that on my Vimeo page, or there's a copy on the tour page as well.

https://vimeo.com/1058022701/fc2298a0e8

https://ewenbell.com/polar

#Photography #Workshop #AuroraChasing #EwenInNorway #ShamelessPlug #PhotoTour

Del med til alle, der tror at det er super okay og nuanceret at Lea Korsgaard (som åbenbart er chefredaktør på Zetland IGEN) forsvarer JK Rowling.

PLATFORMENS EFTERLADTE:
Et minipodcast fra mig, Ivy-Oak (de/dem), om JK Rowlings transfobiske damnation arc samt andre problematiske temaer i Harry Potter bøgerne.
Med seje gæster, f.eks. @maiathecyberwitch

www.buzzsprout.com/2264571

#FuckJKR #ShamelessPlug #Podcast

Del med til alle, der tror at det er super okay og nuanceret at Lea Korsgaard (som åbenbart er chefredaktør på Zetland IGEN) forsvarer JK Rowling.

PLATFORMENS EFTERLADTE:
Et minipodcast fra mig, Ivy-Oak (de/dem), om JK Rowlings transfobiske damnation arc samt andre problematiske temaer i Harry Potter bøgerne.
Med seje gæster, f.eks. @maiathecyberwitch

www.buzzsprout.com/2264571

#FuckJKR #ShamelessPlug #Podcast

If you liked Bishop Budde’s sermon & would like to hear more, chances are there’s an Episcopal Church near you! #shamelessPlug #religion #uspol

https://www.episcopalchurch.org/

If you liked Bishop Budde’s sermon & would like to hear more, chances are there’s an Episcopal Church near you! #shamelessPlug #religion #uspol

https://www.episcopalchurch.org/

Not that we're keeping score but...
This is the third playlist in which I featured Caro. #IlikeToWatch

“I Belong to You” on the 2022 Bond~ish playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGkQ2CMSV2YtbQjuMYLFR55GO8N4kZRu_&si=BOo6q4_DN4yg5Jwc
and

“Just One Dance” on the 2024 After Dark playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGkQ2CMSV2Ytsf-X3BgqSnsQnUryWxOlR&si=_Pc_0nM3hEMB7aTh
#ShamelessPlug

Not that we're keeping score but...
This is the third playlist in which I featured Caro. #IlikeToWatch

“I Belong to You” on the 2022 Bond~ish playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGkQ2CMSV2YtbQjuMYLFR55GO8N4kZRu_&si=BOo6q4_DN4yg5Jwc
and

“Just One Dance” on the 2024 After Dark playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGkQ2CMSV2Ytsf-X3BgqSnsQnUryWxOlR&si=_Pc_0nM3hEMB7aTh
#ShamelessPlug

I love Beth Hart a bunch. Apparently, some of you do too. That’s why I put her on this list.

Jazz Man is such a sexy song. I nearly put it in my “After Dark” #IlikeToWatch playlist
#ShamelessPlug
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGkQ2CMSV2Ytsf-X3BgqSnsQnUryWxOlR&si=8DJWsSQS0E_Ydotr

I love Beth Hart a bunch. Apparently, some of you do too. That’s why I put her on this list.

Jazz Man is such a sexy song. I nearly put it in my “After Dark” #IlikeToWatch playlist
#ShamelessPlug
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGkQ2CMSV2Ytsf-X3BgqSnsQnUryWxOlR&si=8DJWsSQS0E_Ydotr

I featured Brenna Whitaker in last year’s 420 #IlikeToWatch playlist. Her cover of “It’s Not Easy Being Green” is superb! #ShamelessPlug
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGkQ2CMSV2YvZtqKkDbmIUyPzmSmumQOv&si=UW0haHpllPjvkzEl

I featured Brenna Whitaker in last year’s 420 #IlikeToWatch playlist. Her cover of “It’s Not Easy Being Green” is superb! #ShamelessPlug
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGkQ2CMSV2YvZtqKkDbmIUyPzmSmumQOv&si=UW0haHpllPjvkzEl

I have to say, I'm probably closer to 62 min on #SymSat tonight (starting 10 min after #iLikeToWatch ) #shamelessPlug for classical

I have to say, I'm probably closer to 62 min on #SymSat tonight (starting 10 min after #iLikeToWatch ) #shamelessPlug for classical

In the R.V.W. Symphony #3 (we're playing on Saturday) There is a trumpet, really bugle that isn't quite in tune, no holes no valves just a coiled tube. #ShamelessPlug #BaroqueSun http://kirklandorchestra.org

Spoke on the Radio-Canada Manitoba morning show yesterday about the Darknet in French: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/le-6-a-9/segments/rattrapage/1881018/un-expert-en-cybersecurite-nous-explique-web-clandestin-dark-web

#shamelessplug

Wow. You could spend $100 on the #Nintendo #Alarmo and get a cute branded clock that doesn't work if there's a pet in the room, doesn't do white noise, and needs a Nintendo account to add more sounds

OR

you could spend $0 on my MediaAlarm, guaranteed forever free, and use one or more instances of it with basically any media you want (provided you have a desktop or laptop you leave on) whether you have an elephant in the room or not!

#ShamelessPlug