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Fortune
Once upon a time, in the Before Times (call it the 1990s), software engineers would add to an otherwise boring login by displaying additional things like time, date or weather. Another was to display a random fortune. Some are movie quotes, some are literary quotes and some are just fortunes. Some are profane and some are a little profound. This bit of code accesses an online API to generate a fortune and display it.
Credit to HelloACM, which provides and hosts the API for this and many other cool things.
Staff Spotlight
This is our Staff Spotlight where we focus on some of the folks who help make us who we are!
Erich Simon
People Partner
Quote: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined." - Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Home Town: Omaha, NE.
Gale Hays
Head of Schmoozing
Quote: "Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures." - Alexandre Dumas.
Home Town: Appleton, WI.
Rudy Fowler
Social Inventor
Quote: "The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook." - Aristotle.
Home Town: Ames, IA.
Kenneth Cote
Chief Ninja
Quote: "The way out is in." - Thich Nhat Hanh.
Home Town: Aurora, IL.
Credit to HelloACM for the random identity generator, Generated.photos for the AI generated headshots and Pixabay for the random backgrounds and api.quoteable.io for the quotes api.
Random Colors of the Day
Find some inspiration to brighten your colorspace! The three options below are based on trying to assign names to colors as they are represented on a computer screen, typically via a hex value like this: "#546789". Each pair represents the strength of the Red, Green and Blue value. Back in the day, the X11 Consortium declared that colors would be stored in a file called "rgb.txt" and many had names associated with them. Additionally, I found a list of colors and names based on Resene colors. The third one is what happens if you pick a random value and call it a random name. Very useful and highly scientific.
Purple1
#9B30FF
From the classic X11 file rgb.txt
conifer
#ACDD4D
From the set of Resene colors.
Revelationist
#fd1fb4
A unique color and name, created just for you!
About
This is a place where I keep my stuff on the web. The contents and appearance change with time, but tend to reflect my interests. Those interests include: writing, technology, computers, software (both as a user and a developer), 3D printing, crafting, role playing games, computer games, music, art and woodworking to name a few. I do a variety of things that change often and sometimes without warning and typically reflect things I'm curious about.
Darrin Mossor
Human In Training
“Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."
"Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary"