Gary Wong
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I'm Gary, and I've been on the web one way or another for over quarter of a century, and on Mastodon for two years, and I've never joined centralised social media.
I've lived in #Aotearoa #NewZealand and #USA, and visited various other places. For most of my life I've been a #SystemsProgrammer at a university.
Have trouble fitting thoughts to 500 characters, so omit many words, sorry.
Last month I fell over on my way down a mountain, wrecking my old #phone. I ordered a #PinePhone to replace it.
Since it arrived, I've patched and compiled and flashed a custom #U-Boot loader, #Linux kernel, #GNU system, #TheModemDistro modem firmware, #buildroot configuration, etc. etc., and now have a (just) working phone.
(...no, I can't justify my approach. I usually rely on people having sufficient good taste not to ask why, or sufficient intuition to avoid me entirely.)