Hi all. I've had an account here for awhile, and I thought it was about time I wrote an introduction.
I'm a Canadian, born in the west, grew up in the east. Politically I lean left, some days more so than others. I'm a strong believer in social justice. I believe in Canada having a strong social safety net, including universal basic income. I'm happy to pay my taxes.
You can find me on Mastodon @RandomCanuck@[email protected]. Also on Friendica. I'm a redditor too, but I mostly just graze and rarely post.
I run a small consulting business with my wife, and we've been doing that since 2000. I cut my teeth designing automated test equipment, and then control systems for automated assembly systems.
I've been a computer user since 1980, including Apple II+, IIe, III, Wang 2200, TRS-80, Commodore PET, a hand built 6502 micro, along with various Wintel PCs, a Mac SE30, Performa, Mac II, various iMacs MacBook Pros, and a MacBook Air, and Raspberry Pi.
I'm a long time staffer to a pack of toy poodles, starting in 1994. I love motorcycles, fast cars, hiking, camping and canoeing. Sci-Fi fan, most recently of the Murderbot series and Cory Doctorow’s books. I also read a lot of mysteries, history, and philosophy. Agnostic religiously, scienctific philosophically. Systems thinker. Writer.
Technical standards developer for CSA, IEC, IEEE, and ISO.
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Thanks! Poodles have expectations, if you know what I mean. They also have this way of looking you up and down when you disappoint them. That look that lets you know you’re not worthy. It doesn’t last, thankfully. Our first poodle, Scooter, used to wait for me when I went on business trips. He’d greet me enthusiastically when I came home, and then snub me for a couple of hours by turning his back on me, ignoring me, even leaving the room. He just wanted me to know that these unexplained absences from the household were simply unacceptable. 🤣🤣 Loved that kid hard. Miss him still.