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Dan Morgan 
@DanMorgan@vmst.io
“You’ll never be younger than you are today.”
In the past I’ve been a farmer, agronomist, graphic designer, and software developer.
I’m currently planning a downtown pool hall in Manhattan, KS.
In my free time I like to hike and shoot pool.
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Joined December 04, 2022
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Billiards, hiking, trail running, Zelda, jamming to music, and reading.
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I have been on Mastodon for several years, and my last #introduction "update" was over 900 days ago. Time for a refresh.
I am or have been a farmer, agronomist, graphic designer, software developer, a dad, and a liver transplant survivor.
Now, I have pivoted HARD in my third act and am going to open a pool hall in downtown Manhattan, Kansas—home of my beloved Kansas State University Wildcats. #emawhttps://vincentspoolhall.com
#introductions #Apple #gen×
#emawhttps://vincentspoolhall.com
#introductions #Apple #gen×Replying to
@danyork@mastodon.social Raybans are going from a symbolic shorthand for “cool” to “get the fuck out, creep” in record time.
I have been obsessed with this advert since it came out in 1987. It is fairly rare based on my internet searches and finding a good scan is impossible. This is my first go at recreating it with a cleaned up scan of the photo and then resetting the text.
The graphic designer did some funky shit with the Apple Garamond typeface. They both stretched it vertically and then slammed the kerning very tightly. I have a version of Apple Garamond, but not all the possible weights and styles they might’ve had, so I’m tweaking it with Indesign. I assume they were using Aldus PageMaker because QuarkXPress didn't come out until later in ‘87.
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@pluszysta@mastodon.online @tantramar@zeroes.ca Tate and his ilk will never know the joy it brings to bring a smile to the face of a daughter of any age. Their loss. From “Daddy lay down with me” as a toddler when she needed comfort falling asleep, to “Hey Dad, let’s shoot pool,” at age 29, I’m filled with warmth and love. 🥰
I deactivated all my job opening notifications on LinkedIn today. Officially giving up and pivoting to opening my own business. I’m no longer “unemployed” as counted by the Federal Government statistics office. Fuck all you recruiters and headhunters who age discriminate. There’s a special circle of hell for you all.
I’ll be moving this profile over the next 24 hours before this instance goes dark at the end of the month. Please give me a follow as I’m having issues with the redirect functionality.
@danmorgan@social.danmorgandesigns.com
I never thought I’d be furniture shopping for a bar and pool hall. But there I was yesterday at a restaurant supply showroom (turns out there is such a thing) sitting on a variety of tall bar height stools to see which I preferred to sit while shooting pool for an entire afternoon or evening.
Trying to achieve a balance between looks, comfort, and durability is a design challenge and oddly tickled my designer brain in new ways.
CBS Sunday Morning seems like a cozy watch with coffee and a pastry, but like 60 Minutes and The Evening News it is increasingly a mouthpiece for TFG. Little interstitial moments are right leaning and today we get a puff profile of JD Vance with Robert Costa. Another sad moment.
Finally a beautiful day after a solid week of sub 70s weather!
Hiked nearly 3½ miles in the timber and up on the prairie at the arboretum. Got some sun. Smelled some fresh air. Got dirt on my legs. … got bit by mosquitoes … #hiking
Until I get actual architectural renderings I’m playing with Photoshop and Final Cut Pro. Royalty free music from Pixabay.
Hand edited the Capital “H” at @gedeonm@mastodon.social suggestion. Does look a ton better.
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@Firr@mastodon.social @lisamelton@mastodon.social I THOUGHT THAT WAS FIGMENT! (Excellent use of Alt Text)
I'm stopping here with this version. I have the photo enhanced to my liking, although if you compare you can see that I removed a window strut/frame that straddled the two-page spread originally. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The typography of the original is just all over the place. I bet Steve Jobs hit the roof if he took time to examine it. Didn't use an em dash in 9–5 in the original, but that glyph maybe wasn't in PageMaker in 1987? Again, the kerning and word spacing in the original was just all over the place. I'm not a fan of how they indented paragraphs either. Eventually I’ll print it at as 11x17 print and have it framed.
I would still like to be able to set the volume of a HomePod by percentage number in a Shortcut instead of the slider control. I know EXACTLY what number is right for NPR in the mornings or the ocean mediation sounds should be and wish to programmatically set the volume and play either. #ios27 #shortcuts
@dtm@mastodon.cc Blue heelers are about the toughest little dudes I’ve ever been around. Fearless.
“It seemed to me that I had several of more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one.”
—Henry David Thoreau
(I can relate.)
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social @wendinoakland@beige.party I grew up on a farm and farmed for 15 years as an adult. This was also my conclusion. Urban (most) people cannot fathom how large that is but rural folk certainly can.
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@mason@partychickens.net I know in all honesty I don’t miss those old operating systems and Macs, I miss how the made me FEEL. I created my personal website as a near pixel perfect homage to System 6-7 and HyperCard and I dearly loved doing it. But I do remember wishing for colors a bigger screen, a laser printer, etc. I have all those things now, but it don’t feel the same way inside as when I was 18 with a Mac SE/30. That’s what nostalgia feels like, I think. A warm happiness of being in the moment.
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@Ameboid@mastodon.social @Gargron@mastodon.social He plays sax in a jazz band, doesn’t he? Cool cat.
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@futurebird@sauropods.win @tantramar@zeroes.ca I’m generally “pro bird”, but a Mourning Dove loves to perch outside my bedroom window and announce his availability like it is Bird Tinder, and disturbs my slumber.
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@User47@vmst.io 34 years? You stop it right now! That is an impossibility and I won’t be made to feel that OLD.
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@dtm@mastodon.cc I just had a conversation with my sister about this. Her friend’s husband suggested they go eat and have drinks at an area Tex-Mex chain. He said “it won’t be crowded, there’s hardly any Hispanics living in this suburb.”
They waited outside for over an hour to get in.
Duh. This is a gringo excuse to drink, just like non-Irish Americans besmirch the Feast of St. Patrick with overindulgence and a fucking four leaf clover instead of the shamrock.
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@scripting @davew@mastodon.social I wish Mastodon (or just the apps that support it) would display rich text from Markdown. One *should* be able to write in Markdown on social media and the app of one’s choice display it either as plain text or as formatted. A toggle in settings if one doesn’t want formatted text. Not an original idea to be sure, but to me this seems like a valid feature request.
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@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social @bigzaphod@mastodon.social Seeing June Cleaver jive talk is precious.
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@maxleibman @mwyman My former industry (agronomy) has paid internships that are required for graduation if the student is in certain “degree options” within agronomy. They are invaluable for both the companies providing the internships and the students. They get their first taste of REAL crop science consulting (diagnosing diseases, making fertility recommendations) in the field that can’t be replicated in the classroom. It is the agriculture version of a medical or veterinary internship.
It is criminal that there are businesses that abuse this system and it should be illegal.
For @gruber@mastodon.social. I was musing this morning about how certain technologies get adopted in an ad-hoc way and suddenly become extremely important and ubiquitous. #markdown
Since September I have applied for literally several hundred jobs. I have had multiple 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round interviews for both graphic & UX design roles—remote, in-person, and hybrid.
I recognize there’s something in my resume or character or portfolio that isn’t quite clicking. I can’t change that my career spans 30 years & has meandered where my interests & opportunities led me. I have a strong body of work & three iOS apps in the App Store so I’m not an idiot.
I’m taking the rest of my “stake” (my retirement) & shoving it all into the center of the table. I’m betting on me. I’m pursuing my passion for this final act. 🎱
I need a Ned Ryerson. Starting a new business the size and scope of a 10,000 sq fr pool hall with bar, grill, and basement speakeasy requires at least a half-dozen different insurance policies. I categorically hate the topic but won’t be underinsured when people are relying on me.
Challenge coin/token. This was fun to design in Illustrator and get ideation assistance in Firefly.
This is a real screenshot. Fuck me. “Your” not “You’re”.
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@GiftArticles@tomkahe.com @lisamelton@mastodon.social Wait until he sees my plans for a guillotine in Cental Park.
Probably 25 pounds of winter coats.
Entirely too many, I know, but ya got yer Carhartt chore coat, a second Carhartt barn coat, a running jacket, a rain coat, a puffer coat, puffer vest, K-State hoodie, Chiefs hoodie, long car coat for suits (wool blend), waist length peacoat (see Redford, Robert; Three Days of the Condor), Ariat hoodie that’s pretty old and good for chores. A second Ariat hoodie because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Oh, windshirt, too.
Kind of like strata revealing my various careers from Carhartt to Jos A. Banks to SmartWool. No Patagonia because I never had an IT job for THAT kind of company.
Removed the “Open to Work” badge and canceled LinkedIn Premium today. The biggest waste of time and money, period.
Go fuck yourself recruiters. You need to get yourself a better job and get out of that dishonest racket.
Also, same goes to all people who work in the euphemistic and nearly Orwellian “Humans Resources”. It also sounds like it comes from the Charleston Heston movie “Soylent Green”.
HR IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. THE COMPANY IS NOT YOUR FAMILY.
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@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
My Democratic Party does it daily. They’re so thirsty.
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@AllenFinchum@hachyderm.io I am another step closer to moving 2 hrs west to my alma mater and opening a pool hall. I met with the building owners’ representative Wednesday and it went well. One small step at a time but I’m moving pretty fast.
It will have 14–16 tables, kitchen, bar, and a separate speakeasy in the basement with live music on weekends and its own drink menu.
I’m taking my ball and going “home”.
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@dtm@mastodon.cc When I look at Baldoni I know that kind of guy and he did everything he is accused of.
We have a local plumber named Dick Ray.
I can’t help but giggle uncontrollably. Like a classic Batman TV show villain.
“Look out Robin, he got his DICK RAY.” Zzzzzzaaaaapppp
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@dtm@mastodon.cc @vmstan@vmst.io I spend several minutes a week blocking texts and spam email from my party.
The only organizing they do is leverage past email and cell phone lists to spam me. No real outreach. No listening to what concerns me or what *I* want. If they did they’d have shut this country down at any attempt to take away medical care or harm the environment.
Like Will Rogers said “I’m not a member of any organized political party. I’m a Democrat.”
Gas doesn’t go up a nickel or a dime anymore. It jumps 30 cents at a time. I paid $4.30 today totaling over $50 for my little Equinox tank.
@vmstan@vmst.io I'm having issues with this setting screen. I created my alias in my new instance and then came back here to move my followers and it is failing. I've double-checked the password and new handle repeatedly.
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@davew@mastodon.social @scripting I made this observation a few days ago and shamelessly altered the classic XLCD for my personal enjoyment:
“I was musing this morning about how certain technologies get adopted in an ad-hoc way and suddenly become extremely important and ubiquitous.”
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@AllenFinchum@hachyderm.io I am talking about my beloved Manhappiness! I grew up playing on a 10’ American snooker table. I had to drag a chair up to the table to rack the balls.
Stillwater is a great town. I know many alums from my previous career in agronomy consulting.
If/when I move back to Manhappiness, KS, I’ll have to find new places to hike. Thankfully the Konza prairie is on one side of town and Lake Tuttle is on the other.
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@AllenFinchum@hachyderm.io ABSOLUTELY! I’m probably buying 25 of them and having them custom made.
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@UncleDuke1969@universeodon.com @lisamelton@mastodon.social That’s the saddest thing I’ve seen and I’d have to rescue Bert from the street.