Stephen Gower

Writer/podcaster; fan of books, podcasts, hockey, baseball, curling & movies. Regional Traffic Manager for Rogers Radio in Ottawa. Views & opinions are my own.

I was also diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 35. Sometimes I talk about that.

You can find links to my work at https://srgower.com

Location: Ottawa, ON, CA
Website: https://srgower.com
Blog: https://lwgrs.bearblog.dev

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2024-08-15 18:38:14

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Ditto. FB Marketplace works very well in my experience. Both buying & selling.

2024-08-07 17:05:59

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I recommend Phanpy (https://phanpy.social). It puts boosts into a carousel that is separate from original posts. Neat feature and better than having boosts appear in your timeline. But wholly agree, boost grouping doesn't work very well natively.

2024-07-31 21:36:53

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just enough to clear the humidity though, I have softball tonight!

2024-07-28 16:00:06

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nice. Other than Wednesday it's been a great week!

2024-07-28 13:33:57

Shaping up to be a slow Sunday and I'm 100% fine with that.

2024-07-26 01:26:56

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that's so cool!!

2024-07-22 17:10:50

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these are definitely intriguing to me - maybe a future purchase down the road. Do they have wide sizes?

2024-07-22 16:50:56

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Ah, my most recent pair of shoes was Sketchers. My soles are completely worn out though, I only bought them last year! Good to know I'm not too far off track then.

2024-07-22 16:23:46

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Sorry to hear about your blister! But I had a look at those Vessi shoes you mentioned, and am amazed at the affordability of them. I figured they'd be $200+. BUT still a bit pricey for me to order online without being able to try them on. Wide feet, and all that. Do you have any recommendations for affordable walking shoes? They don't have to be top of the line...I just have a hard time finding wide-fit shoes that aren't running shoes. I barely know what I'm looking for in walking shoes. And I walk a lot.

2024-07-22 15:44:46

@npub1nwk…dgjz hey there! Looks like filters don't work on the Android app. Posts that should be (and are) filtered on other platforms are appearing on my feed.

2024-07-22 14:12:14

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yeah, easy to filter keywords. Just don't know what to filter beyond the candidate names. If I filter "US" is it not possible I'll filter out any post that contains the letters "us" together? That would be preposterous (see what I did there?).

2024-07-22 12:40:50

Hey there. I'm not surprised by this, but I'm seeing a lot of US Politics posts that don't all have hashtags. Any recs for filters I can set up so I don't see so many? #Mastodon #Filters

2024-07-21 20:33:52

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I've been reading about these three things forever, and I still haven't perfected it. Got two books on my shelf dedicated entirely to photography so I can refer to them whenever haha

2024-07-21 19:09:40

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I read that as "celery in my box of cereal" and had a few questions

2024-07-20 23:50:02

Prime Video features ads *during* the movie. I thought it was just before it starts playing. Ugh.

2024-07-19 15:25:44

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Nice, I just looked it up. It is very aesthetically pleasing! I'm happy with our Sony mirrorless but wish we put a little more research into it...maybe when we upgrade down the road.

2024-07-19 14:57:27

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What model camera did you get? Those are some nice photos (I saw the ones Kyle posted yesterday as well).

2024-07-18 16:06:19

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It certainly looks good, my only issue (right now, though I've emailed the developers) is that notifications are blocked on my phone and I can't unblock them.

2024-07-18 15:08:30

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Going to check it out!

2024-07-17 13:24:10

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Ha, love the hashtag!

2024-07-07 13:33:37

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OHHH I get you now. Hmm. I know servers can be de-federated, didn't know that could be done for individuals.

2024-07-07 13:32:35

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I found this website, but I'm skeptical of its reliability.
https://www.quora.com/Can-you-recommend-any-video-converter-for-my-ps3

2024-07-07 13:24:27

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all good. Definitely understand the sentiment. I'm glad that you pointed me toward ottawa.place, and that Mastodon itself makes it dead simple to port followers from instance to instance. I am just glad I downloaded my 2000+ posts. I'm sorry you didn't get that chance!

2024-06-14 16:59:19

Re-writing my #Introduction post, since I switched from another server.
I write, create podcasts, and enjoy reading. I also love stargazing - I wish I had a telescope to look at the planets, but it's satisfying enough to pick out Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky lately.
I live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, I have epilepsy (diagnosed in 2019 at the age of 35).
You can find links to most of my work here: https://srgower.com.
Nice to meet you!