Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 11/10/2026static.klipy.comStar Trek ShockedALT: Star Trek Shocked 020
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 08/10/2026my heartless laughter as I once again dismiss my printer’s “firmware update available” dialog. it’s been almost 6 years since it started doing that. I relish its suffering. 020
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh no man the last guy who asked that question got captured by the Emperor and has his eye plucked out 110
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A dude in college introduced me to “sweet Taft Jackson!” 010
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Mixing my crafts! Built a rack(?) for some new-to-me computers I‘ll be using for CI on a few projects. 10” racks are the popular thing these days but I wanted something more unique. 020
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I wrote a new thing! I'm using mgmt for config management in many recent projects, and I know you want to learn more about it, so please enjoy this new walkthrough of the core concepts using real-world examples :) mgmtconfig.com/docs/guide/w...mgmtconfig.comWalkthrough 120
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Software packagers rejoice! fpm v1.18.0 is released and ready to bring you joy as you package things into rpm, deb, and other formats. A small release fixing a bug on macOS, adds a few flags for CPAN, and works again on old Ruby versions. Release notes: fpm.readthedocs.io/en/v1.18.0/c...fpm.readthedocs.ioRelease Notes and Change Log — fpm - packaging made simple 1.17.0 documentation 010
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Are you trying to awaken Roko’s Basilisk? Because this is how it happens. 100
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 24/08/2026That the web kinda stopped after providing tabindex and someone decided that was all we needed. Hundred keys and we can only go forward/backward between interactive widgets with tab and shift-tab. I scream. 010
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 17/08/2026@renice.bsky.social How tough was rpg maker to use? Would you use it again? I have a silly idea for a future project and using that tool could make it more interesting. 100
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Wow I had no idea mewtwo was that big… I always assumed it was like… human size/weight 100
Reposted by Jordan SisselCharles Oliver Nutter @headius.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Friendly reminder to JRuby users out there: JRuby dev is now funded almost exclusively by support services from headius.com/services, delivering priority bug fixes, security SLAs, codebase and performance help under NDA, and much more. Sign up today or ping me for more info... and tell your friends!headius.comJRuby Support ServicesEnterprise JRuby support, consulting, and priority bug-fixing from the core developers who built it. 20+ years of JVM and Ruby expertise. 064
Reposted by Jordan SisselFrozenFOXX @frozenfoxx.cultoffoxx.net · 31/07/2026Oh how did that even happen?! #fursuitfriday 1353
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Haha. I examined it also while filling up and the little “ok” in the title bar is kinda cute and the ⚠️ icon looks way better than I expected 000
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I just wanna see somebody gyre and womble in the wabe on IMAX 020
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 29/07/2026oh thats a new failure… I guess my promixity to a gas pump caused the software to bonk. 120
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Almost done with my next xdotool-on-wayland video which will talk through some Wayland history, what made me believe the project simply hated accessibility, and how my belief changed based on what I've learned in the past few months. xdotool for wayland is coming :) 000
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Same! They had good velocity and then just … didn’t? it’s a mess. Actions is the same way. Weird funding priorities or something :/ 000
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This was my conclusion when I tried to use it a while ago… 110
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Check out Xephyr - it’s a nested X server often used for testing and isolating apps. basically you’d run “Xephyr :1” and then set DISPLAY=:1 in the environment where you run qwen so that it connects to your Xephyr server instead of the main one. I use this method to run the xdotool test suite :) 001
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 18/07/2026This was part of the promise of a taco truck on every corner. We could’ve had it all. 010
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Dude that’s good! I’ve yet to get much hand sawing that’s reliably straight. 100
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 15/07/2026🤔 come to think of it, my kid’s phone went *weird* one day setting up a new app and I just assumed it was me… but they were holding it at the time. Oh no 010
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 14/07/2026evidence so far suggests @dbsmasher.com’s curse is not contagious. I’ve only met maybe one other person who has this effect on tech besides them and me. I can’t recommend. Though it is a fun party trick. 140
Reposted by Jordan SisselJohn "dadpool' Vincent @lus.is · 13/07/2026In the words of @whack.bsky.social "If the user has a bad time, it's a bug" 131
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 13/07/2026(Alternately, sickos.jpg)static.klipy.comZach Galifianakis Yeah Yes MemeALT: Zach Galifianakis Yeah Yes Meme 010
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Blocking would also waste time better spent mashing whatever one button cheeses your way to victory. 010
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 05/07/2026yesssss. Banish named arguments. em dashes are now exclusively for deliminating tangential info dumps. 010
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Maaan I need to rewatch this show. I missed a lot of it as a kid and mostly focused on TNG and later Babylon 5 010
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 05/07/2026COSMIC is a relatively new desktop environment, but we can still observe keyboard events. Looking forward to adding input macro recording to xdotool with this kind of capability. <3 www. youtube.com/watch?v=d1NhjK-X-6Eyoutube.comxdotool research: Keyboard debugger on COSMICYouTube video by Jordan Sissel 000
Reposted by Jordan SisselJordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 04/07/2026As promised, keyboard debugger demo for GNOME. I spent a decade believing what I was reading about the Wayland transition - that these things were impossible. And yet... youtu.be/diD1Hg3DOkM Discovering these capabilities has been rekindled interest in desktop linux! xdotool is coming... <3youtu.bexdotool research: Keyboard debugger on GNOMEYouTube video by Jordan Sissel 121
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 04/07/2026As promised, keyboard debugger demo for GNOME. I spent a decade believing what I was reading about the Wayland transition - that these things were impossible. And yet... youtu.be/diD1Hg3DOkM Discovering these capabilities has been rekindled interest in desktop linux! xdotool is coming... <3youtu.bexdotool research: Keyboard debugger on GNOMEYouTube video by Jordan Sissel 121
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 03/07/2026its painful, and I don’t blame anyone for sticking with x11. I’m working on making xdotool for Wayland and should have something to release soon… 120
Reposted by Jordan SisselJordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 03/07/2026So, I've made a keyboard debugger for Wayland that works on GNOME, KDE, COSMIC, Sway, Niri, etc. Researching for xdotool on Wayland has me pretty excited about the future :) Here's a video of it working on KDE 6.7 on Fedora 44: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTN4... More demos to come <3youtube.comxdotool research: Keyboard debugger on KDEYouTube video by Jordan Sissel 121
Jordan Sissel @whack.bsky.social · 03/07/2026So, I've made a keyboard debugger for Wayland that works on GNOME, KDE, COSMIC, Sway, Niri, etc. Researching for xdotool on Wayland has me pretty excited about the future :) Here's a video of it working on KDE 6.7 on Fedora 44: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTN4... More demos to come <3youtube.comxdotool research: Keyboard debugger on KDEYouTube video by Jordan Sissel 121
