diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md
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+++ b/content/_index.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sitemap:
Seirdy’s Home
=============
-I'm {{% indieweb-icon %}} Rohan Kumar, a.k.a. Seirdy (online handle).
+I'm {{% indieweb-icon %}} Rohan Kumar (He/Him). I'm also known by my more casual online handle Seirdy (It/Its). Mixing them up is fine.
Other versions of this website
------------------------------
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ In addition to its [canonical url](https://seirdy.one), a "rough draft" of this
About me
--------
-The Director's Cut of my bio is at my [About page](/about.html).
+The Director's Cut of my bio is at my [About page](/about.html "itemprop='subjectOf'").
-
+
I care a lot about accessibility, and often use screen readers and forced colors to deal with overstimulation. I'm a
FLOSS enthusiast, software minimalist, and a CS+Math undergrad who likes watching anime and tweaking his Linux setup. Current interests include search engines, security, privacy, and the IndieWeb.
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Contact
Contact me via [email](mailto:seirdy@seirdy.one "{class='u-email' itemprop='email' rel='me'}") ([PGP](./publickey.asc "{rel='pgpkey authn' type='application/pgp-keys' class='u-key'}")), or on the Fediverse where I'm [@Seirdy
@pleroma
.envs.net](https://pleroma.envs.net/seirdy "{rel='me' itemprop='sameAs' class='u-url'}").
-Chat with me: I'm on several IRC networks. Alternatively, I'm [@seirdy
:seirdy.one](https://matrix.to/#/@seirdy:seirdy.one "{class='u-url' rel='me'}") on Matrix. My secondary Matrix account for Synapse-only rooms is `@seirdy:fairydust.space`.
+Chat with me: I'm on several IRC networks. Alternatively, I'm [@seirdy
:seirdy.one](matrix:u/seirdy:seirdy.one "{class='u-impp u-url' rel='me'}") on Matrix.
diff --git a/content/about/index.md b/content/about/index.md
index f3601c2..004d136 100644
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@@ -5,53 +5,83 @@ title: About Seirdy (Rohan Kumar)
outputs:
- html
- gemtext
-description: "Get to know Rohan Kumar, a.k.a. Seirdy. Contact info, my projects, interests, etc."
+description: "Get to know Rohan Kumar, also known as Seirdy. Contact info, my projects, interests, online accounts, etc."
---
-Rohan Kumar : He/Him : Age 21
-Online Handle: Seirdy
+I'm known as Rohan and as Seirdy. There are some differences between these personas, but the line between the two is blurry. It's fine to mix them up.
-Other versions of this website
-------------------------------
+Rohan: meatspace persona {#Rohan}
+-----------------------------
-This website's canonical location is on seirdy.one.
+I go by
Rohan Kumar in "real life" (work, school, family, etc).
-This page also exists on the [tildeverse](https://tildeverse.org/), a bunch of \*nix computers that let people sign up for shell accounts. A typical shell account features clients for IRC and email, common terminal/commandline utilities, and (most importantly) web hosting. Read about the tildeverse's [origins](https://web.archive.org/web/20180917091804/https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf), read [the FAQ](https://tilde.club/wiki/faq.html), pick [a tilde](https://tilde.club/%7Epfhawkins/othertildes.html) and [get started](https://tilde.club/~anthonydpaul/primer.html). My Tildeverse pages will serve as a "rough draft".
-Content on this site also appears on
my Gemini capsule. My Web and Gemini content may be slightly different: I often phrase things differently to accommodate the strengths and weaknesses of each medium.
+Age
+: 21
-I have a [Tor hidden Web service](http://wgq3bd2kqoybhstp77i3wrzbfnsyd27wt34psaja4grqiezqircorkyd.onion/) which mirrors this site's contents, except for the fact that it replaces some SVGs with PNGs.
+Location
+:
California,
USA
-Location (Rohan, meatspace) {#location-rohan-meatspace}
---------------------------------
+Gender
+:
Male
-Currently living at home in Cupertino, CA
+Pronouns
+: He
+: Him
-Location (Seirdy, online)
--------------------------
+Software forges
+: [Sourcehut](https://sr.ht/~seirdy "{rel='me'}") (preferred)
+: [GitHub](https://github.com/Seirdy "{rel='me'}")
+: [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/Seirdy "{rel='me'}")
+: [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/Seirdy "{rel='me'}")
-My handle is "Seirdy" on all the platforms I use.
+My preferred forge for personal projects is Sourcehut, but my repositories have remotes for GitHub, GitLab, and Codeberg too. I accept contributions from any of these platforms; use whichever you prefer.
-- My [tildeverse page](https://envs.net/~seirdy/).
+Seirdy: online persona {#Seirdy}
+----------------------
-- Software forges: [Sourcehut](https://sr.ht/~seirdy), [GitHub](https://github.com/Seirdy), [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/Seirdy), and [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/Seirdy).
+I go by
Seirdy online. I have multiple online personas, but Seirdy is my main one and the only one I feel comfortable associating with my meatspace persona. Seirdy is a bit of an abstract character, a bit less "professional" than Rohan.
-- Social (federated): I'm [@Seirdy
@pleroma
.envs.net](https://pleroma.envs.net/seirdy) on the Fediverse.
-- Social (non-federated): I'm Seirdy on [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Seirdy), [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/u/Seirdy), [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/user/Seirdy/), [Tildes.net](https://tildes.net/user/Seirdy), and Linux Weekly News.
+Location
+: Cyberspace
-- Email: my address is [seirdy
@seirdy.one](mailto:seirdy@seirdy.one). I typically sign my emails with my public PGP key: [`1E892DB2A5F84479`](../publickey.asc). My key is also available via WKD.
+Gender
+:
Agender
-- Chat: for IRC, my nick is Seirdy on Libera.chat, Snoonet, OFTC, Tilde.Chat, and a few smaller networks. I'm also [@seirdy
:seirdy.one](https://matrix.to/#/@seirdy:seirdy.one) on Matrix.
+Pronouns
+: It
+: Its
-My secondary Matrix account for Synapse-only rooms is `@seirdy:fairydust.space`. My Matrix account used to be `@seirdy:envs.net` but I've since migrated to my own Conduit server.
+Social (Fediverse)
+: [@Seirdy
@pleroma
.envs.net](https://pleroma.envs.net/seirdy "{rel='me'}") (primary)
+: [@Seirdy
@lemmy
.ml](https://lemmy.ml/u/Seirdy "{rel='me'}") (Lemmy)
+
+Social (centralized) (not necessarily endorsed)
+: [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/u/Seirdy "{rel='me'}")
+: [Tildes.net](https://tildes.net/user/Seirdy "{rel='me'}")
+: [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/user/Seirdy/ "{rel='me'}")
+: ["Hacker" News](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Seirdy "{rel='me'}")
+: "Seirdy" on Linux Weekly News
+
+Email
+: [seirdy
@seirdy.one](mailto:seirdy@seirdy.one "{class='u-email' itemprop='email' rel='me'}")
+
+PGP public key
+: [`1E892DB2A5F84479`](../publickey.asc "{rel='pgpkey authn' type='application/pgp-keys' class='u-key'}") (also availabel via Web Key Directory)
+
+Chat
+: IRC: "Seirdy" on many networks (Liberachat, Snoonet, OFTC, Tilde.Chat, some others)
+: Matrix: [@seirdy
:seirdy.one](matrix:u/seirdy:seirdy.one "class='u-impp u-url' rel='me'")
If you find a "Seirdy" somewhere else and don't know whether or not it's me, please contact me and ask instead of assuming that it must be me.
-My preferred forge for personal projects is Sourcehut, but my repositories have remotes for GitHub, GitLab, and Codeberg too.
+I used to have the Matrix ID `@seirdy:envs.net`. I sometimes use `@seirdy:fairydust.space` for technical reasons (seirdy.one runs a Conduit server but certain features only work in Synapse rooms).
Poggies
+
+
Selected projects
-----------------
@@ -82,6 +112,8 @@ While I care very much about "free software" (the name is confusing, it refers t
I think that simply meeting GNU's definition of free software isn't enough: it's one of multiple requirements for software to avoid the possibility of [user domestication](../posts/2021/01/27/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users/).
+### Other tech stuff
+
I lean towards simplicity; I usually prefer line-mode command-line interfaces that follow the UNIX philosophy. If a piece of software is complex enough to require a funding round, I would rather avoid it. My reasons for preferring simplicity also relate to user autonomy: extremely complex software can't be forked easily, creating dependence on the vendor. It's also because I'm a bit paranoid and want to know everything that happens on my system.
There are exceptions, of course: I use a Linux distro with Systemd (Fedora), after all. When I use a graphical program, it's typically for things for which graphics are an inherent requirement or for accessibility reasons (most textual user interfaces don't play well with screen readers).
@@ -104,8 +136,22 @@ I watch anime. Some of my favorites, in no particular order:
- Monogatari
- Attack on Titan
-I think that at least one entry in that list has some problematic messages, but my personal interpretation was a bit unorthodox.
+I think that at least one entry in that list has some problematic messages, but my personal interpretation was a bit unorthodox and it felt wrong to exclude it.
### Music
I've put together a periodically-updated [list of tracks](../music.txt) that I've rated 8/10 or higher in my mpd stickers database, auto-generated by some of my [mpd-scripts](https://git.sr.ht/~seirdy/mpd-scripts/tree/master/smart-playlists). I'm a fan of glitch, trailer music, and symphonic and power metal; I've also recently been getting into Japanese rock thanks to a few anime openings. Some of my favorite artists are The Glitch Mob, Pretty Lights, Beats Antique, Hammerfall, Badflower, Celldweller and Scandroid, Helloween, Two Steps from Hell, Nightwish, Mili, and MYTH & ROID.
+
+Meta: other versions of this website
+------------------------------------
+
+This website's canonical location is on seirdy.one.
+
+This page also exists on the [tildeverse](https://tildeverse.org/), a bunch of \*nix computers that let people sign up for shell accounts. A typical shell account features clients for IRC and email, common terminal/commandline utilities, and (most importantly) web hosting. Read about the tildeverse's [origins](https://web.archive.org/web/20180917091804/https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf), read [the FAQ](https://tilde.club/wiki/faq.html), pick [a tilde](https://tilde.club/%7Epfhawkins/othertildes.html) and [get started](https://tilde.club/~anthonydpaul/primer.html). My Tildeverse pages will serve as a "rough draft".
+
+Content on this site also appears on