#hashtags I regularly use:

• #FiXatoCreative a collection of all my creative outlets. I usually combine these with one of the following:
• #FiXatoPaints for my physical media paintings and #FiXatoPaintsDigitally for my digital ones.
• #FiXatoDraws drawings made with other materials than paint. Distinction is not always very clear cut, and I may use them interchangeably.
• #FiXatoWrites for my writing activities
• #FiXatoFoto as well as #photography and #dailyPhoto for photographs I've taken.

Then there's also these other topics that interest me:

• #FiXatoCodes and #coding (which is perhaps better used as a profile filter: FiXato's #coding posts)
• #FiXatoStreams for my posts about my #livestreaming activities.
• #FiXatoBlog for posts I would like to expand to full blog posts at a later point, or for posts about the development of said blog.
• #MSX and #MSX2 for posts about the MSX #homecomputer from the 80s.
• #FiXatoFood for food I eat and/or make
• #pun and #puns for the puns I make

#WhoAmI #MyProfile #MyHashtags

Please don't follow me before you've completed your own profile and made a couple of posts so I know what kind of content I can expect from you.
Ideally make an introduction post and hashtag it as such, and pin it to your profile.

Started an alt for @FiXato@mastodon.social here on toot.cat to see if #Glitchsoc is a closer match to what I want out of a #SocialMediaPlatform, feature-wise.
So, it's time for a re-introduction:

Who am I?

-=-
I'm FiXato, a stay-at-home father of a two-year-old I often refer to as #BeardGrabber.
While I was born in the Netherlands, I've been living in northern Norway for quite some time now.

What do I do?

-=-
In day-to-day life I take care of our son while the missus is at work, and when I have some spare time and headspace, I like to tinker on my various coding projects.

Aside from that, I like to play some mobile Android games such as #PokémonGO, #Ingress and #MarioKartTour.

Overview in hashtags:

-=-

• ― #Dutch he/him from the #Netherlands
  Emigrated to #Norway (#northernNorway to be more precise)

• ― I like to do #parenting / #parentsOfMastodon posts about our #2yo.

• ― Grew up with #MSX (a Philips #NMS8250 #MSX2 #homecomputer to be precise).
  Related interest in #retroGaming, #retroComputer , and the #demoscene. Looking forward to attending #demoparties again.

• ― #Development experience primarily with #Ruby, #Python and #Bash, with a general #dev interest in #WebDevelopment, #scripting, #coding

• ― #photography mostly focused on #landscapePhotography using a #MiA1 and #Canon1000D

• ― also like to post about #language / #linguistics, especially about #etymology

• ― #FiXatoDrinks is where I tend to post about the #beers and other beverages I drink.

#music:
↳ #metal
↳ #chiptune
↳ #FiXatoListens

Fan of:
↳ #TerryPratchett's #DiscWorld
↳ #StephenKing's #DarkTower
↳ #StarTrek
↳ #DoctorWho

#introductions #WhoAmI #introduction
#FiXato

FiXato

Hello, my name is FiXato.
It started as a handle, or more accurately as a moniker under which I would produce (online) content. As it's become part of my identity over time, I've come to regard it as my name, rather than a nickname though.
In mixed offline and online contexts, or where applicable, I might sign with a combination of my wallet names and online names ¹. While my wallet names are easily found online, I want to be addressed online by my online name, FiXato.

Shortened form(s)

People who've interacted with me for a while and who are looking to shorten the name, are free to refer to me as 'FiX'. Just 'F' is fine too, though my preference goes to 'FiX'.

Capitalisation

The odd capitalisation of the name is a stylistic choice, which originates from early logo sketches ², where the X would act as an encapsulating centre glyph.
While the X in my name is capitalised, it does not affect the pronunciation of my name, or indicate the start of the next emphasis.

Pronunciation

The closest approximation to my name's pronunciation I've been able to come up with using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), is: /fɪks'ɑto/.
If I had to write it phonetically, I'd probably describe it as fix-ah-toh ³ (or fix-ah-tow?).
This would be the preferred pronunciation, though I'm also okay with a more American pronunciation, similar to /fɪkseɪ'to/.
I guess it's similar to how 'tomato' sounds differently between British (/təˈmɑː.təʊ/) and American (/təˈmeɪ.t̬oʊ/) English.

The shortened form would simply be pronounced as 'fix'. (Though still written with its F and X capitalised: 'FiX'.)
IPA: /fɪks/

I'll update this post with a link to audio files when I have a moment to record them properly.

Footnotes

¹ The combination of wallet names and online name usually is in the following form: my meatspace ⁴ first name, followed by the initials of my meatspace second and third name, followed by "FiXato" (including double quotes), followed by my meatspace surname.
I.e. $firstName $initial1. $initial2. "FiXato" $lastName.

² In the earliest sketches and name choices it was actually 'FiXations', but the balance felt off, and it was already a rather well-used name as well as common English word, which would make searching for content produced under that name rather difficult, so I decided on "FiXato" instead. Of course I later discovered that 'fixato' is also an Italian verb, and that search engines later on decided that it must be a typo (even when explicitly capitalised) of 'fixator', which is a medical device...

³ no, not 'fix a toe'; the 'ato'-part is more a single syllable, and not as separate from the 'fix' part either.

⁴ Meatspace: a term to distinguish the offline from the online life. Meatspace is the aspect of the world where we interact physically. When it comes to my #meatspace name, I might also use the term 'wallet name' instead; i.e. the name that's on the cards and such that are in one's wallet.
No, I don't consider 'in real life' a good alternative to indicate the offline interactions. It has the negative connotation that our online communications are not actually part of the real life, while it merely is just another means of communication.

Hashtags

#name #handle #WhatsInAName #HelloMyNameIs #moniker #pseudonym #NomDePlume #penName #pronunciation

@tomasino just showed your #Stitchy tool to someone on Discord, and they seemed pretty excited about it. :D

Glad you actually had it linked on your personal website, because otherwise I'm not sure I would've found the link again. ;)

Garth Fader

#pun #puns #FiXatoPUNishes

and it might even be longer, as I think that date is the birthday of one of the later iterations of the website?

Just noticed I've been a member for more than 20 years of some website... that's more than half my life.

imp-row-vice

#pun #puns #FiXatoPUNishes #FiXatoCreative

🎶 I was boar, boar, boar to be a wild

#Troll move: adding '&reboot' to your URLs to punish #CLI users who don't properly quote their URLs.

a bit sore arm, and a sore lower back that's probably unrelated, but apart from that no serious issues from yesterday's #covid19 #vaccine.

Today's music album title suggestion: "The Quest For Radical Self-Love"

(Inspired by episode 23 of the "Cox 'n Crendor in the Morning Podcast")

#MusicAlbumTitleSuggestions #coxNCrendor #CoxNCrendorPodcast #FiXatoCreative

Went to #NAV today to discuss my #personal situation, and finally felt like I'd reached a person who could actually sort of help me, instead of feeling like I was sent from wall to wall along with the idea I have to do it all alone.
Registered as job seeker now, and got a bit more hopeful idea about what order to handle my situation.
Will also see if I can drop by a car shop later today to apply in person for a position as tire changer. Just need something ASAP to get back into the job market and the Norwegian system, and to get a desperately needed income.

#FiXato20220917 (don't ask; mostly for keeping track of my own progress)