Ovaltine Tranzac
@elvedin.officialawesome.com
Apprentice sage, digital magician, analog musician.
My adjectives are pedantic/romantic.
He/him.
Toronto.
My adjectives are pedantic/romantic.
He/him.
Toronto.
Pinned
I'm not going to remember every person I ever met, but I'm never going to forget E-Rach. RIP
February 3, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I'm not going to remember every person I ever met, but I'm never going to forget E-Rach. RIP
Thinking of @ruhee.ca's musings on the joys of building tools for people as I quietly add a locale gallery to this cleanup PR.
The last ~year I've really embraced the quieter, more rote maintenance involved in good software and that post stuck with me/is a good part of why.
The last ~year I've really embraced the quieter, more rote maintenance involved in good software and that post stuck with me/is a good part of why.
February 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Thinking of @ruhee.ca's musings on the joys of building tools for people as I quietly add a locale gallery to this cleanup PR.
The last ~year I've really embraced the quieter, more rote maintenance involved in good software and that post stuck with me/is a good part of why.
The last ~year I've really embraced the quieter, more rote maintenance involved in good software and that post stuck with me/is a good part of why.
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Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
February 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
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Dads love to hit send on a PowerPoint presentation, end the work day, and go upstairs and annoy their kids by spending the hour before we have to leave for basketball by putting on a concert DVD from their own high school years of music nobody but Dad likes, don't we?
January 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Dads love to hit send on a PowerPoint presentation, end the work day, and go upstairs and annoy their kids by spending the hour before we have to leave for basketball by putting on a concert DVD from their own high school years of music nobody but Dad likes, don't we?
My LinkedIn post about putting your meetings in a "nap sandwich" is not the runaway hit that it was in my dream, which incidentally happened during a "top slice" nap.
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 PM
My LinkedIn post about putting your meetings in a "nap sandwich" is not the runaway hit that it was in my dream, which incidentally happened during a "top slice" nap.
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The interoperability of email is very similar to the existence of libraries in that it would be considered a utopian dream if we didn't already have it
Every time someone tells me that interoperable protocols are too complicated for the average person, I point out that they use email and the web.
The goal needs to be to get atproto to the point that it is just "how the internet works" and the details fade into the background like https & smtp.
The goal needs to be to get atproto to the point that it is just "how the internet works" and the details fade into the background like https & smtp.
Today, your most-used interoperable protocols are probably smtp, delivering your email, and https, loading web pages
Interoperability means you can use Gmail and Outlook, or Chrome and Firefox, to access the data that's moving over the same agreed-upon (protocol) rails
ATProto does that for social
Interoperability means you can use Gmail and Outlook, or Chrome and Firefox, to access the data that's moving over the same agreed-upon (protocol) rails
ATProto does that for social
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The interoperability of email is very similar to the existence of libraries in that it would be considered a utopian dream if we didn't already have it
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All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
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"Ford’s cash transfer did not improve access to cataract surgery for Ontarians overall — only the richest Ontarians got improved access to cataract care” thelocal.to/cataract-sur... #onpoli #ONhealth
How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario’s Wealthiest—and Left Others Behind | The Local
Why a routine surgery offers a window into the possible future of care in this province.
thelocal.to
January 22, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"Ford’s cash transfer did not improve access to cataract surgery for Ontarians overall — only the richest Ontarians got improved access to cataract care” thelocal.to/cataract-sur... #onpoli #ONhealth
January 22, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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db hawkes RIP
So sad to report this but he was the earliest still-active radio programmer at CIUT, going back well before we got the FM license. He recorded just about every Caribbean at that played Toronto. Will miss him very much.
So sad to report this but he was the earliest still-active radio programmer at CIUT, going back well before we got the FM license. He recorded just about every Caribbean at that played Toronto. Will miss him very much.
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 AM
db hawkes RIP
So sad to report this but he was the earliest still-active radio programmer at CIUT, going back well before we got the FM license. He recorded just about every Caribbean at that played Toronto. Will miss him very much.
So sad to report this but he was the earliest still-active radio programmer at CIUT, going back well before we got the FM license. He recorded just about every Caribbean at that played Toronto. Will miss him very much.
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We've made a family of fonts we call Backgroundese for creating nonsense text in your games and other projects! 100% Free for commercial use. #GameDev
Backgroundese Fonts for Nonsense Text in Games
We've made a family of fonts we call Backgroundese for creating nonsense text in your games and other projects.
chequered.ink
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 PM
We've made a family of fonts we call Backgroundese for creating nonsense text in your games and other projects! 100% Free for commercial use. #GameDev
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For no particular reason here are five surveillance companies cozying up to Doug Ford as we speak. pt 1/2
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 PM
For no particular reason here are five surveillance companies cozying up to Doug Ford as we speak. pt 1/2
Introduce yourself with four facts:
1. I'm a bitch
2. I'm a lover
3. I'm a child
4. I'm a mother
1. I'm a bitch
2. I'm a lover
3. I'm a child
4. I'm a mother
Introduce yourself with four facts:
1. 'cause you left me
2. For my family
3. For my heartache
4. For my headaches
1. 'cause you left me
2. For my family
3. For my heartache
4. For my headaches
Introduce yourself with four facts:
1. Your tongue
2. Your transfer
3. Your hand
4. Your answer
1. Your tongue
2. Your transfer
3. Your hand
4. Your answer
January 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Introduce yourself with four facts:
1. I'm a bitch
2. I'm a lover
3. I'm a child
4. I'm a mother
1. I'm a bitch
2. I'm a lover
3. I'm a child
4. I'm a mother
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assorted screenshots from my PC-98 adventures (long thread)
January 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM
assorted screenshots from my PC-98 adventures (long thread)
Some days I worry I'm not a good parent, and then other days, I go to get my likely-fallen-asleep–during–bedtime partner and I whisper in "It's time" and because I can't help myself, I say it twice, and because my *kid* can't help himself, he pops up in cobra pose and goes "It's Vader time!"
January 12, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Some days I worry I'm not a good parent, and then other days, I go to get my likely-fallen-asleep–during–bedtime partner and I whisper in "It's time" and because I can't help myself, I say it twice, and because my *kid* can't help himself, he pops up in cobra pose and goes "It's Vader time!"
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In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet.
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
January 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet.
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
If you really can't be bothered to leave Twitter *and* you're going to just screenshot your tweets over to here, it's honestly kind of rude to not take the extra few seconds to copy/paste the alt text.
Like, there's a doormat right there and your boots are muddy.
Like, there's a doormat right there and your boots are muddy.
January 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
If you really can't be bothered to leave Twitter *and* you're going to just screenshot your tweets over to here, it's honestly kind of rude to not take the extra few seconds to copy/paste the alt text.
Like, there's a doormat right there and your boots are muddy.
Like, there's a doormat right there and your boots are muddy.
Now writing some new scripts that will dynamically generate "shows" for the Music Videos channel, like a weekly countdown and a few "new in genre" shows. I'm a few local comics, a couple of cameras and a small warehouse away from reviving MuchMusic.
The result is (currently) 13 channels.
Bluey
The Simpsons
Purowave
AEW
Mr. Bean
Family Movies
Nature
Kids TV
Movies
Movies 2
Movies 3
Music Movies
Music Videos
Fewer ads in my life, it resolves a lot of choice paralysis and what used to be a bug (missing part of the movie) is now a feature.
/🧵
Bluey
The Simpsons
Purowave
AEW
Mr. Bean
Family Movies
Nature
Kids TV
Movies
Movies 2
Movies 3
Music Movies
Music Videos
Fewer ads in my life, it resolves a lot of choice paralysis and what used to be a bug (missing part of the movie) is now a feature.
/🧵
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Now writing some new scripts that will dynamically generate "shows" for the Music Videos channel, like a weekly countdown and a few "new in genre" shows. I'm a few local comics, a couple of cameras and a small warehouse away from reviving MuchMusic.
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1. U. Roy, 2. I. Roy, 3. Dillinger, 4. Prince Jazzbo, 5. Doctor Alimantado, 6. Ranking Trevor, 7. Lone Ranger, 8. Brigadier Jerry, 9. Prince Far I, 10. Tapper Zukie... I'll be honest, I'm going to struggle to get to 240.
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 AM
1. U. Roy, 2. I. Roy, 3. Dillinger, 4. Prince Jazzbo, 5. Doctor Alimantado, 6. Ranking Trevor, 7. Lone Ranger, 8. Brigadier Jerry, 9. Prince Far I, 10. Tapper Zukie... I'll be honest, I'm going to struggle to get to 240.
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MDN accessibility claim about CSS carousels:
bsky.app/profile/deve...
My very limited PR to limit that false claim:
github.com/mdn/content/...
Yay. Megacorps out there making the claims, me taking spare time, again, to try to fix them.
#CSS #accessibility #a11y
bsky.app/profile/deve...
My very limited PR to limit that false claim:
github.com/mdn/content/...
Yay. Megacorps out there making the claims, me taking spare time, again, to try to fix them.
#CSS #accessibility #a11y
January 8, 2026 at 12:37 AM
MDN accessibility claim about CSS carousels:
bsky.app/profile/deve...
My very limited PR to limit that false claim:
github.com/mdn/content/...
Yay. Megacorps out there making the claims, me taking spare time, again, to try to fix them.
#CSS #accessibility #a11y
bsky.app/profile/deve...
My very limited PR to limit that false claim:
github.com/mdn/content/...
Yay. Megacorps out there making the claims, me taking spare time, again, to try to fix them.
#CSS #accessibility #a11y
I made my own TV channels last year.
With streaming prices creeping up, inconsistent content availability and quality, increasing difficulty avoiding ads and an ever more hostile UX to the left of me and IPTV, which really only solves the cost issue to the right of me, I decided I'd build my own.
With streaming prices creeping up, inconsistent content availability and quality, increasing difficulty avoiding ads and an ever more hostile UX to the left of me and IPTV, which really only solves the cost issue to the right of me, I decided I'd build my own.
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I made my own TV channels last year.
With streaming prices creeping up, inconsistent content availability and quality, increasing difficulty avoiding ads and an ever more hostile UX to the left of me and IPTV, which really only solves the cost issue to the right of me, I decided I'd build my own.
With streaming prices creeping up, inconsistent content availability and quality, increasing difficulty avoiding ads and an ever more hostile UX to the left of me and IPTV, which really only solves the cost issue to the right of me, I decided I'd build my own.