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- ISBN-A : Combining ISBNs with DOIs
- Home invasion : Mastodon's Eternal September begins
- Well Known : Distributing open library data
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👋 Hello!
I live in Naarm/Melbourne and was born and raised in lutruwita/Tasmania.
I'm a professional librarian and dilettante computer toucher.
📨 Contact
email: hugh AT hughrundle.net
mastodon: @hugh@ausglam.space
🕵️♀️ DIY ASIO
You can spy on...
👀 You may know me from
🧑🔧 We have the technology
Gemini is a fun new protocol running on the Internet. It's like the Web but without all the annoying bits.
Rust is a powerful programming language designed for safety and performance. I've been learning how to write compiled software programs with it, which is pretty cool!
Bookwyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next.
It's built on the ActivityPub standard used by other social software like Mastodon and Write Freely.
I'm also a big fan of running hot water.
📚 Reading recommendations
You can see what I'm reading and some suggested reading lists on my Bookwyrm page
You should subscribe to Logic(s) Magazine and CrimethInc. I also really liked Real Life (RIP).
Tyson Yunkaporta's Sand Talk changed my life. Maybe it will change yours.