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Shawn Hooper
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He/Him. Web Developer, Conference and Workshop Speaker. Theatre kid who still gets to do sound and lighting on the side.

Small town Ontario, Canada

Blog: https://shawnhooper.ca
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Shawn Hooper @shawnhooper.ca · Nov 11
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Hi Bluesky! Really excited to see an apparent ramp up in people jumping over here, especially the tech communities I missed from Twitter/X.

I'm Shawn (he/him). I'm Director of Engineering and Security for a SaaS company. I've been a web developer since the late 90s.
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when they tell you to go back to writing about gadgets www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Great read. Transcript of a speech that Cory Doctorow gave in Ottawa yesterday. pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
Pluralistic: Disenshittification Nation (29 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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New Bruce Springsteen track just dropped.

Streets of Minneapolis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Av...

#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Minneapolis
Streets of Minneapolis
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen - Topic
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January 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Brilliant.
havoc147.bsky.social Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 8d
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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In today's blog post: It's been 40 years since the Challenger disaster. Wow.

shawnhooper.ca/2026/01/28/c...

#nasa #history #challenger
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January 28, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
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January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Today I published a Bash script that goes through all the S3 buckets in an AWS region and configures it for cross-region replication.

shawnhooper.ca/2026/01/26/s...

#aws #devops
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January 26, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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First time using the Laravel Forge dashboard in a few months. Nice improvements! #laravel
January 22, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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What a time to start journaling. Every entry is like, “I bought bubble bath today. The people of Minnesota are resisting the president’s fascist thugs. My code caused a small bug.”
January 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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Google Meet show how late people will be based on meeting history
January 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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This week we had to say goodbye to Lola, the best "starter cat" a man could ask for. shawnhooper.ca/2026/01/11/l...
Lola Mia Radar (2010-2026) - Shawn Hooper
This week we said farewell to Lola, our little alien of a tuxedo cat.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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Wrote my year in review today.

shawnhooper.ca/2025/12/30/2...

#yearinreview #blogging
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December 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Hmm, there's a "Vintage Computer Festival" happening in Montreal next month. Could be fun to check out.

vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/

#montreal
VCF Montreal – Vintage Computer Federation
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December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Currently in Calgary
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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A breakthrough treatment for tinnitus could finally be on the way

Researchers in the UK may have discovered a treatment for the symptoms of tinnitus.

mixmag.net/read/breakth...
A breakthrough treatment for tinnitus could finally be on the way
Researchers believe they may have found a remedy to alleviate symptoms of the condition, which is thought to impact around seven million people in the UK
mixmag.net
December 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The new McDonalds on Rideau is celebrating their opening with a donation to a local raccoon rescue.

www.facebook.com/rideauvanier...

For those of you unfamiliar, there's famous incident of a fight in the old McDs where someone pulls out a raccoon:

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

#ottawa #raccoon
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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On our first Apple II computer at home, there was a program called "Applevision", that my brother and I just called "Dancing Man". It blew us away then, and fills me with nostalgia now.

Youtube Clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqPe...

#nostalgia #appleII
Applevision - (1978) - Apple II - DEMO HD
YouTube video by vghchannel
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December 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Tonight’s math. Calculating speaker delay time. Ex:

To calculate the delay in milliseconds for a distance of 80 feet, divide the distance by the speed of sound (approximately 1126 feet per second) and then multiply by 1000.

This results in a delay of about 71 milliseconds.

#livesound #math #sound
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Tonight's dinner - home made gluten free chicken BBQ pizza.
A large pizza crust with red onion, chicken, green peppers, red onion and banana peppers, covered in mozzarella and BBQ sauce.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Doing my laundry. You can tell the show’s run just ended. Everything is black.

#heatre #stagecrew
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Just finished a two week run of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Had a blast. Great to back in community theatre.

#stagecrew #communitytheatre
The cast and crew of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on stage.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women.
A new crash test dummy that better resembles women gets key government endorsement
The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Just the vibe I needed today. Listening to Fred Again's Tiny Desk Concert.

What a great set. From 2023, but holds up 100%.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iQm...

#music #tinydesk #dj
Fred again..: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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PHP 8.5 was released today.

Here's a great recap of what it includes:

stitcher.io/blog/new-in-...

#PHP
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November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM