Hi again. It's been a minute. I'm back for one more post, because I finally launched the project that I built here in public over many years, and figured folks might want to know. Open Book Touch is the open hardware e-reader that I became a maker to make. crowdsupply.com/oddly-specif…
The status quo would love little more than to convince you of its inevitability. Never forget: you have the power to opt in to things that align with your values, and to opt out of things that don’t. To fight for things that align with your values, and against things that don’t.
ok I know it's late in the game, but twitter's data export feature is borked for me (can't request my archive) and I don't seem to have a developer key for the API. Does anyone know of a quick and dirty way to dump simple JSON or CSV of my public tweets from this month?
With thanks to @thenoodlecanon, this tool worked! It was only able to get to November 4th, but luckily my archive cuts out on November 5 so it got the missing weeks. (note: requires python 3.6-3.9; also needs a specific requirement version, aiohttp==3.7.0) github.com/woluxwolu/twint
He just posted a poll asking whether to reinstate tr*mp and I just want to be clear: if tr*mp comes back on Twitter, this account is going away. I’ve found my community on Mastodon. I’ve put up the archive. I did it all with an eye toward this moment; I’ve prepared as best I can.
It feels like I need close out all business here while I can. Open Book update: I have a limited number of bare PCBs in the Oddly Specific shop, as well as the castellated e-paper driver you'll need to build one. Not all the parts, but the two custom ones: shop.oddlyspecificobjects.co…
if you ever see me speak to a co-worker this way, I demand that you slap me across the face. hell, if I were to speak to the staff at my local coffee shop this way, they'd be well within their rights to ban me for life.
spent some time last night putting my twitter archive online, because I think the site could evaporate, and a lot of my process of making is tied up there. the gist: take any tweet of mine, replace the twitter . com with twitter.joeycastillo.com and you get the archived version.
Y'ALL! I forgot a very important way to keep in touch. If you have any interest in Sensor Watch, the Open Book, the LCD FeatherWing or any other Oddly Specific Objects, please join the Oddly Specific Objects discord server! We're building a community here: discord.gg/Rdd9ewREaJ
as the last fail whale descends, I want you to know that I liked you all, and I'm sad it's likely ending. Pls keep in touch; Mastodon seems to be where it's at.
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✉️ firstname @ joeycastillo.com
in my own way I loved this dumb birdsite. I was always able to be here on my terms, and despite itself it was a good place. I hate that he bought it. I hate what he did to it. I hate what he did to the people who cared enough to keep it going. I hate how he broke it so callously.
Replying to @alexeheath
Story to be updated soon with more: Am hearing that several “critical” infra engineering teams at Twitter have completely resigned. “You cannot run Twitter without this team,” one current engineer tells me of one such group. Also, Twitter has shut off badge access to its offices.




