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.