@andycarolan Get to feeling better soon. Health comes before social media, so rest and take it easy!

@raphael We've already shut everything down except the actual Mastodon instance itself which will be happening in the coming days. We have no plans to reverse this decision at this time.

Costs were about $120 a month. That's $40 at MastoHost for a very small 20GB database. Then another $80 for web hosting for the wiki, blog and some other stuff. That part likely could and should have been cheaper.

In the long scheme of things, this wasn't about not being able to afford it. It was about lack of time from both of us for the most part. Plus the fact that we wanted to be fully self-hosted, but just didn't have the time.

As I stated, everything associated with AllThingsTech has now been deleted, including the blog, wiki, accounts such as Ko-Fi, PayPal and several others.

I do appreciate the offer of helping, but we needed that a while back unfortunately.

@AllThingsTech @beardedtechguy

For anyone using the @surf beta and enjoy the #WorldOfWallpapers posts that I do, you can now enjoy those via the Surf app itself by using the link below.

World Of Wallpaper by Cliff on Surf

Surf - A place to wallpapers for your mobile phone. To contribute use hashtag: #WorldOfWallpaper or #WorldOfWallpapers

(surf.social)

You can also contribute to that Surf feed by simply using the #WorldOfWallpapers hashtag in your posts and that content will then show up in the Surf feed.

If you haven't gotten an invite to the Surf beta yet, feel free to DM me as I have invite codes I can provide to get you invited quicker!

#SurfApp #Feeds #SurfFeeds #Beta #App #iOS #Android #Tech #Technology #AllThingsTech

The one on one meeting that I had with my supervisor today went really well.

She told me that I'm actually ahead of where I should be at the nearly 3 month mark and that I'm doing exceptionally well.

She also told me that they are hiring for at least one more person in my immediate department and that once they get someone hired and trained, that I will be moving up to an earlier shift since I'm doing so well.

I'm hoping they can get someone hired in the next few weeks and then trained over 2 - 3 months, very similar to what I went through.

I don't mind working the 11am - 8pm EST shift, I'd certainly love to work earlier so I can be done earlier. The later shift however is much slower, which isn't a bad thing at all.

#Work #Meeting #Supervisor #MovingUp

I want to give a huge THANK YOU to @marci @mike and @emilynguyen of the @Flipboard and @surf teams for meeting with myself and @beardedtechguy last night.

The conversation was absolutely amazing, filled with laughs and good information talked about with regards to Surf itself.

I'm so honored to be able to participate in the early beta of Surf and to provide feedback to Marci, Mike and Emily that will hopefully help make Surf bigger and better than it already is.

It's so great knowing that when you do give feedback, that feedback is being listened to and often acted upon in the coming days/weeks/months. This is what makes good apps become great apps and I firmly believe that Surf is well on the way to having a very bright and popular future!

THANK YOU again for such a great and wonderful meeting last night!

#Surf #SurfFeeds #DawnPatrol #Apps #Android #iOS #Beta #Tech #AllThingsTech

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If your choice isn't listed, simply comment and let's discuss things!

#Poll #Polls #POTD #Question #Questions #QOTD #Windows #MacOS #Linux #Unix #ChromeOS #iOS #Android #Tech #Technology #AllThingsTech

Good morning #Fediverse friends!

How are we all doing today? What's on the agenda for the day today, if anything?

For me, while yesterday was an absolutely horrible day, today is going well so far. I'm at work and will work until 8pm EST, and have no meetings.

Not much else is planned other than work, but the good news is, I'll have a 3-day weekend because Monday is MLK day.

The wife and I will head out tomorrow and do some shopping and hopefully Sunday will be a lazy day!

#MorningMoments #GoodMorning #HappyFriday #Work #TeamNoMeetings

Today is one of the hardest days of my entire life! I'm completely heartbroken and shattered that my wife and I had to put this precious kitty, Bess, to sleep this morning!

Bess came into my life when she was only 8 weeks old, and she would have turned 17 years old this coming September.

Bess has been a huge part of my life, has given me numerous upon numerous memories during those nearly 17 years.

Bess was hands down the sweetest, most loving, most caring, yet totally different cat than any other I've ever owned.

Bess had her own little personality like no other cat I've ever had, and I've had a LOT of cats over the years.

When she was very young and up until about 2 - 2 1/2 years ago, she was a very large kitty, weight wise. She once weighed in at almost 23 pounds. Over the last 2 - 3 years she lost a lot of weight, and in fact, she was down to 7.6 pounds this morning when we took her to the vet due to the swelling in her leg and in her throat.

I'm going to miss Bess more than anything. I'm going to miss seeing her sleeping most anywhere and everywhere. I'm going to miss her getting in a box the moment we sit it on the floor. I'm going to miss her begging for food in the kitchen, or as she likely thought she was doing, helping us cook while in the kitchen.

I'm going to miss her little "meeps", as she didn't have much of a voice due to the person who owned her when she was born, her boyfriend stepped on her throat trying to kill her and crushed her vocal chords. But she did have a little meow and a little "meep" as Bianca and I called it, and when she meeped, she got whatever it was she wanted at the time.

I'm going to miss giving her "bathtub time", as she loved to get in the bathtub, have us turn the water on for a second so she could then drink the water from the bathtub.

I'm going to miss her, totally and completely! I just hope she felt like she was given a great life and I hope she has no complaints.

She's now off to join her brother Porgie, who passed away in June 2022, and of course Pops who passed away in July of 2021. She was certainly a huge part of Pops' life as well for her first 12 - 13 years of her life. Pops loved her so much and would be heartbroken to know she's no longer with us.

Bess was having swelling in her left leg the last couple of weeks, was breathing heavier than normal over the last few months and had been diagnosed with stage 2 kidney disease back in November 2023. She wasn't in the greatest of health, but she lived a full life!

I love you Bess, Bessie Lou, Ms. Lou, Ms. Lou Poo, Bessie Lou Poo, and the likely hundreds of other names we called you throughout the years. I'm going to miss you more than you can ever imagine!

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Kitty #Kitties #Bess #MissingYou #LovingYou #RIP #RestInPeace

This is the worst day ever. We're about to have Bess put to sleep. 🥲

I'll post more later this afternoon when things have settled down a bit with myself and my wife.

#Cat #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Kitty #Bess

@andycarolan Great way to be positive as it could be an entire 12 months or more. 🤪

@andycarolan Indeed. And that's not even when we can buy it yet. That wait is considerably longer. 🥲

@andycarolan LOL right?

Nintendo Switch 2 has it's first official trailer.

April 2nd will be the Nintendo Direct where it is talked about much more in depth.

#Nintendo #Switch2 #NintendoSwitch #VideoGames #Games #Gaming

@zoid You won't be disappointed as Andy always does amazing work!

@andycarolan

@andycarolan I went from 500 on #AllThingsTech to 11,000 here! Just an ever so slight upgrade. 🤪

@beardedtechguy True! I absolutely love the logo he did for me for my https://seerofsouls.com website as well.

I guess we just make today National Andy Carolan appreciation day!

@andycarolan

@andycarolan No problem. Sorry I didn't do it sooner, but didn't have the character freedom I have on this instance. LOL

@andycarolan That sounds yummy! I am doing well. Getting ready to start my work day here in just under and hour.

When I made the move over to infosec.exchange the other day, I updated my bio ever so slightly. The one change I knew I needed to make was to give credit to @andycarolan for my profile picture that I've been using for at least a year now I believe.

So yes, if you're in need of a kick ass profile picture like mine, feel free to hit him up as he might have some openings to make you one if you buy him a coffee, as he likes coffee!

Good morning and happy Monday and a new week to everyone around the #Fediverse today!

How are we all feeling today? How was everyone's weekend?

Let's talk about what your plans are for the day today, or what you might have already accomplished.

For me, it's back to work after the weekend, but I'm starting a new shift. I'll now be working 11am to 8pm EST since I'm no longer considered to be in training. I don't believe I have any meetings today, which is nice.

After work, I'll help clean the house a bit and then just rest and relax and enjoy the evening. Not much else planned beyond that.

#MorningMoments #GoodMorning #HappyMonday #Work #NoMeetings #NewShift