Jonathan Rollans

I can’t be certain if this is my main or my alt account, but you’re here and I’m here, so, hello!

I’m a #musician and a lover of #technology (most of my “hobby time” is spent working on various bits of #OpenSource server software with a recent heavy lean towards #ActivityPub).

This account resides on an instance of #snac2 (an ActivityPub server software) running on #arm64.

Also, I’m a lifelong, massive, #StarTrek fan. I love it all, I don’t hate on any Trek, it’s all good. Especially the bad.

Public Key

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NIP-05 Address

jrollans_at_jrollans.com@mostr.pub

Profile Code

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2024-09-15 08:05:26

Kinda feel like I’m gonna pop when it gets up there.

2024-09-15 08:01:45

Lately I’ve been dealing with some elevated blood pressure and I gotta say, it’s really not pleasant. Apparently some folks can’t tell if their BP is high, I definitely can.

2024-08-19 23:43:17

I thought of a useful idea for an open source project today and I’m wondering if I have the skills to make it so… it’s like Pi-hole, but for phone call blocking. A crowdsourced database of spam, scam, and otherwise phone numbers that an app can pull from to block said numbers. Not sure about Android, but iOS has an API for call blocking.

2024-08-19 20:36:02

I’m so very much over this heatwave… I moved to Colorado to escape the blistering heat of Texas and I had 7 years of relief from the scorch, but this summer feels just like “home”.

2024-08-15 01:44:56

There’s this fish & chips food truck that comes through town every month or so and damn it good stuff. Pretty sure my cholesterol would be through the roof if I had regular access to it.

2024-06-10 17:30:43

Holy shit, they’re finally going to let us change the damn flashlight and camera button on the lock screen in iOS! #WWDC24 #WWDC

2024-06-09 19:24:14

The weather where I’m at in Colorado has been so similar to where I’m from in Texas lately and I hate it. The humidity level has been in the 40% range when it’s normally in the 10% area. It’s also been 90° F and that is also bizarre for this area this time of year.

2024-06-09 17:42:17

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@npub1p77…0jxq don’t even worry about it, #snac has been rock solid and a truly great piece of software engineering. It amazes me how stable it is! Thank you for building and continuing to develop it!

2024-06-07 17:25:46

I think I want to organize my social media account into some sort of order. I have four “main” accounts and follow a lot of the same things with each one, but I’m thinking maybe I’ll make each one topic(s) specific. The problem for me would be remembering which one to use.

2024-06-07 14:47:01

I’ve got an out of town gig to play tonight and all I can think about is how I want to just have a quiet night in. Hopefully I’ll get home no later than 3 AM.

2024-06-04 23:12:24

My favorite game of all time is getting a remake by the original studio (and leads) that created the game back in the mid 1990s and they just announced the release date yesterday. #Riven the sequel to #Myst comes out on June 25!
And… it’s got PCVR support and I will finally realize a dream I had when I was a young teenager. I will go to the islands in VR!
https://cyan.com/2024/06/03/riven-launch-date/

2024-05-28 23:35:18

I seem to be having a complete lack of focus at the moment.

2024-05-25 04:45:48

Rewatching Battlestar Galactica has been absolutely fantastic! I can’t believe how much I have forgotten. It’s nearly been a first time experience for me this time around.
I guess there’s one upside to my deteriorating memory function. Like seriously, I appreciate being able to experience the things I love, again, for the “first” time. Hopefully the old memory bank doesn’t get any worse.

2024-04-02 00:02:15

We don’t get a lot of regular old rain in my part of Colorado, but every few years we get a heavy monsoon season. I hope this year is one of them!
I really miss the frequency of the rain storms where I grew up.

2024-04-01 01:33:34

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It also seems to me that the button could be used in other ways, like perhaps a double click to do one thing, long press for another, triple click, etc…

2024-04-01 01:31:59

The new “Action Button” on the iPhone 15 Pro seems like something I want to customize, but I’ve got 17 years of that spot being occupied by the mute switch on iPhones. I actually find myself wishing Apple would’ve added the new button in addition to the mute rocker.

2024-03-31 18:00:50

I seem to gotten set into a “Sunday migraine” schedule. Similar to the “Saturday Syndrome”, but tailor made just for me.

2024-03-31 00:29:01

Are there no #oled #PC displays that are less than 27” and larger than 20”? I’m very interested in getting an oled display, but I don’t want gigantic or tiny!

2024-03-30 18:24:07

Ah, fresh baked cinnamon rolls at the crack of noon!

2024-03-30 17:18:28

On one hand, this technology is pretty amazing, but on the other… oh man, it could be used in such terrible irresponsible ways. https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/112184244041786437

2024-03-30 17:16:08

It is an absolutely beautiful day! I love this time of year in #Colorado. The nights are cold, but the days are warm, and the air feels so fresh and clean.

2024-03-30 05:58:20

This feels like one of those nights where I am going to have trouble going to sleep.

2024-03-30 05:51:30

Just a test poll:
Does it work?

2024-03-30 05:21:12

I am very much not a fan of Pueblo, Colorado, but tomorrow I must make two hour drive there to spend most of the day doing miscellaneous things. Luckily I’m loaded up with audiobooks and AirPods are charged!

2024-03-27 17:08:47

I’ve been waiting on a package to be delivered by FedEx since Monday morning and it’s a very important package. Tracking claims it’s finally “out for delivery”… I’m not sure why, but waiting for deliveries like this gives me terrible anxiety! Even the not-so-important ones.

2024-03-27 14:53:22

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@npub15xt…rneh you could definitely do it via emulator! Might spend some time tomorrow attempting to get either an actual classic Mac running or an emulator.
http://marchintosh.com/globaltalk.html

2024-03-27 01:54:40

I just skimmed through (roughly) the top 100 posts on #Threads just to see how many of those people had enabled “fediverse sharing” on their profiles.
The answer is: 1 (doesn’t count though because he’s a threads tech engineer).

2024-03-27 01:11:34

I have always been a fan of frequent updates to all the devices I have, but for the first time ever I just got annoyed by the amount of time it has taken me over the last hour to get everything updated. Its not like I wait long to do these things, generally once a week for everything (if not sooner).

2024-03-26 18:54:17

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@npub15xt…rneh @jrollans That’s exciting, I look forward to digging into the next round!

2024-03-26 16:23:56

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@npub1p77…0jxq @npub15xt…rneh I’ve just spent the last hour reading about most of the ones I’d never heard about. There’s so many interesting projects!

2024-03-25 23:32:11

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This is fantastic! Thank you!

2024-03-25 23:23:51

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I saw the “fediverse” logo that Meta had used in Threads and I did not even think about the fact that they had simply created a new logo for their own purposes for something they do not own. It’s kind of insidious in the way that I sort of just accepted its existence. I appreciate you pointing these things out!

2024-03-24 04:14:28

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@npub1qw7…q0ue I was just reading up on setting up Immich yesterday and ended up getting defeated because I knew how much speed I would be losing. And knowing the the Neural Engine is “going to waste” would be pretty lame!

2024-03-23 17:41:35

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@npub1qw7…q0ue I’ve been having the thought of moving away from iCloud Photos recently as well, but as far as I can tell, there is just no replacement for it that has the level of simplicity and search ability yet. I’m running Nextcloud for other reasons and back up photos there, but don’t really use it for browsing them.
I’ve been wondering what I’m going to do in the not-too-distant future when my photo library is so large I have no choice but to pay for its storage somewhere.