helping my parents build their first ever online space — they're gonna spend a few months driving the perimeter of so-called australia, and want to maintain a blog during that time
been whipping up a super simple html/css template for them, hoping to make it as accessible as possible to two people who've never touched it in their life before !! how exciting
Thanks to a cute lil #python script @aj wrote, my #Mastodon profile now shows the song I'm #nowPlaying! It fetches the latest every 30 seconds from the #LastFM API. My verified links also carried over :) it's a cute little hack, like #SituatedSoftware for Mastodon :)
Learn how to do it here: https://ajbooker.co/lastbio
Make sure to check in with your admin before doing it! (Are you #newHere #neuhier ? Do you have good relations with your admin? Have you ever spoke to them? You might want to, they're your host on this corner of the internet after all.)
since a couple people asked this arvo, i did a lil writeup abt my "now playing" script - full instructions & tips for if you'd like to do the same thing <33
#introduction hey assemblages !!
im enthralled by the current low-tech counter culture, and the pursuit of "web 0"
been super inspired by 100r and low tech magazine over the last few years, and am learning the principles of anti-bloated design
i also make music, both as a solo project and working on game soundtracks— currently working on a lil NES homebrew game with a buddy of mine :•}