So, I found the AIM Phoenix project and promptly set up an account to use with Pidgin. I just spent more than an hour writing an away message and the about me section. Serious throwback action going on around here in the lab tonight. I think I will preserve my first about me below, but if you use this service feel free to look me up. My SN is nightarcher, which is consequently the same SN I had when I first joined AIM in the 90's!

My current profile:

Is this real life? Am I really here?! =-O

But, for real this whole thing is pretty crazy. Even if I find no one to talk to, just having the window up with a custom message it pretty comforting.

Anywho...

I enjoy tinkering with computer hardware from my Vic to Eeepc, but I have a warm spot in my heart for old PDA's. I even still use my favorite one when I have occasion too.

I'm a fat hiker. I try to do a couple multi-day hikes each year...but the current situation has taken a big dump on my hiking adventures for the most part.

I'm currently in the process of buying my first house with my wife. Saying all those words is still weird to me and I fully expect to wake up in a hospital to find out the last few years of happiness has all been a simulation.

I'm active on Dreamwidth and Neocities. Even though I hate social media, I can't seem to kick my Quora habit. I did just start a Mastodon account...that I immediately got locked out of LOL.

I'm a skeptic...on everything. I can be rather contrarian. I get hung up on people using exaggerated adjectives for non-problems and simply must correct them.

I'm the only person under 70 that listens to AM radio regularly.

Coffee is life, tea is for chumps.

I don't talk about work and I don't care about your job either. My job has already claimed too much of my time already to talk about it when I'm not there.