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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!
Omar Merritt
Computational Wizard
Quote: "We have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future." - Elon Musk.
Home Town: Hampton, VA.
Foster Rodriguez
Aspiring Novelist
Quote: "Never let your memories be greater than your dreams." - Doug Ivester.
Home Town: Vancouver, WA.
Joseph Huffman
Chocolate Beer Specialist
Quote: "Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you." - Grace Coddington.
Home Town: Milwaukee, WI.
Wilbert Bailey
Chief Chair Tester
Quote: "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela.
Home Town: Plainfield, NJ.
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.
Darkolivegreen4
#6E8B3D
From the classic X11 file rgb.txt
parism
#26056A
From the set of Resene colors.
Experimental
#abaa7c
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"