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FurBB is dead
Posted 10 years agoLong live FurBB
(I'm busy with serious software.)
(I'm busy with serious software.)
Is there any point in continuing?
Posted 10 years agoI've been a part of this fandom for years, insofar as I enjoy the art (both as a viewer and a creator) and plan to eventually go to cons (hopefully with a fursuit of my own). And yet I have no friends in the fandom.
Not for lack of trying either.
If you count the commute, I work 60 hours per week. I'm working on a software startup with my best friend/roommate so I can quit my job.
So, I don't have a lot of spare time right now. But things might be changing in the very immediate future.
And yet, all of my efforts to try to find local furs to hang out with seem to be in vain. I don't even know why, either. At first I thought, "It must be because I'm not a slut and they're all just horny and looking to get laid," but that still doesn't account for the 5% of the fandom that isn't just out for a quick yiff that I still never hear back from when I reach out.
Is it even worth trying to make friends? Or is Orlando a lost cause?
Not for lack of trying either.
If you count the commute, I work 60 hours per week. I'm working on a software startup with my best friend/roommate so I can quit my job.
So, I don't have a lot of spare time right now. But things might be changing in the very immediate future.
And yet, all of my efforts to try to find local furs to hang out with seem to be in vain. I don't even know why, either. At first I thought, "It must be because I'm not a slut and they're all just horny and looking to get laid," but that still doesn't account for the 5% of the fandom that isn't just out for a quick yiff that I still never hear back from when I reach out.
Is it even worth trying to make friends? Or is Orlando a lost cause?
FurBB
Posted 11 years agoSo, I started an open source project called FurBB. https://github.com/soatok/furbb
You can read the details in my post on the FA forums: https://forums.furaffinity.net/thre.....roducing-FurBB
Contributions welcome, feel free to open a github issue (or just comment here) for any design/implementation suggestions. Pull requests will be reviewed and possibly merged, as well. :)
You can read the details in my post on the FA forums: https://forums.furaffinity.net/thre.....roducing-FurBB
Contributions welcome, feel free to open a github issue (or just comment here) for any design/implementation suggestions. Pull requests will be reviewed and possibly merged, as well. :)
Taco Tuesday
Posted 11 years agoCircumstances are marginally different; I intend to go to Taco Tuesday this, well, Tuesday.
Who all will be there? :3
Who all will be there? :3
AFK
Posted 12 years agoFull time job = (money++; time = 0)
I wish I could make it to Taco Tuesdays once in a while, but since starting my job I never get home in time to go. :(
I wish I could make it to Taco Tuesdays once in a while, but since starting my job I never get home in time to go. :(
It Should Go Without Saying
Posted 12 years agoYou're sitting in a coffee shop, like Starbucks or one of its competitors, scrolling through news sites on your travel laptop and enjoying yourself a latte (or whatever your favorite drink is). As your eyes dart across a new story about the latest political gaffe, a curious gaze scans over your laptop from across the room and spots the rainbow flag sticker that adorns the opposite side of your laptop screen.
A minute passes, and the figure gets up from his seat and walks over to your table.
"Hello," the figure says. You look up and see that the figure is an average (or even moderately attractive) man.
"Hi," you respond pleasantly.
"I just saw your sticker and thought I'd come say hi," he says a little nervous, unsure of your sexual orientation.
"Ah," you say a little relieved that it's not the "I know you from somewhere. In fact I think I'm supposed to hate you for something you probably did years ago and forgot about" that you fear from strangers. "Feel free to sit down," you add, reaching for your coffee and taking a sip as he obliges.
He seems a little more comfortable with the unspoken confirmation that you are, in fact, a homosexual, so you start to small-talk.
"So how are ya?" you ask with a smile.
The man replies back instantly, "Oh, bored and horny... you know, the usual."
_______________________________________
Listen, furry fandom, and all of your sex-crazed members. I understand that many of you are sexually frustrated, lonely, bored, and possibly autistic. But if you're interested in finding a mate (read: boyfriend), and the first thing you say about yourself is that you're bored and horny, all it says to the other person is, "Hello, I view you as little more than a virtual cum dumpster. Please talk dirty to me while I masturbate." I don't know you, I don't even know if we have any interests in common. If you want to masturbate, leave me out of it.
Even creepier are the guys who live in the same area you do, who want to come over and have sex with you the first time you talk with them. To these people, I feel necessary to point out that I have intentionally not checked the "Quick Yiff" box on my Pounced ad. Not that most people even pay attention to these important details. :/
This isn't a one-time occurrence either, it happens all the time, and it's really annoying and disrespectful. Just stop.
A minute passes, and the figure gets up from his seat and walks over to your table.
"Hello," the figure says. You look up and see that the figure is an average (or even moderately attractive) man.
"Hi," you respond pleasantly.
"I just saw your sticker and thought I'd come say hi," he says a little nervous, unsure of your sexual orientation.
"Ah," you say a little relieved that it's not the "I know you from somewhere. In fact I think I'm supposed to hate you for something you probably did years ago and forgot about" that you fear from strangers. "Feel free to sit down," you add, reaching for your coffee and taking a sip as he obliges.
He seems a little more comfortable with the unspoken confirmation that you are, in fact, a homosexual, so you start to small-talk.
"So how are ya?" you ask with a smile.
The man replies back instantly, "Oh, bored and horny... you know, the usual."
_______________________________________
Listen, furry fandom, and all of your sex-crazed members. I understand that many of you are sexually frustrated, lonely, bored, and possibly autistic. But if you're interested in finding a mate (read: boyfriend), and the first thing you say about yourself is that you're bored and horny, all it says to the other person is, "Hello, I view you as little more than a virtual cum dumpster. Please talk dirty to me while I masturbate." I don't know you, I don't even know if we have any interests in common. If you want to masturbate, leave me out of it.
Even creepier are the guys who live in the same area you do, who want to come over and have sex with you the first time you talk with them. To these people, I feel necessary to point out that I have intentionally not checked the "Quick Yiff" box on my Pounced ad. Not that most people even pay attention to these important details. :/
This isn't a one-time occurrence either, it happens all the time, and it's really annoying and disrespectful. Just stop.
TOR is Blocked - Lame
Posted 12 years agoToday, I made an account for my fursuit development and eventually for my fursuit outings! :D And I was able to register using TOR. Which was nice :)
Then when I went to save my profile information, I landed on a "known TOR exit node" and lost all the POST data I was trying to send. Super lame, 'neer.
So if anyone is interested, here's how to access FurAffinity without dealing with the Furlluminati's war on personal freedom and identity:
1. Buy a cheap VPS from lowendbox.com, using Bitcoin
2. Patch your kernel and all network services (sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade)
3. Uninstall apache2 (sudo apt-get remove --purge apache2.*) because it's lamer than shit
4. Install OpenVPN on your server and your computer
5. Learn to use torsocks
6. Exchange bitcoins for access to your OpenVPN proxy to reimburse your losses
7. Rinse and repeat each time a hop becomes tainted by other users' activities, and cull the assholes with each iteration. Remember, information is antifragile!
The more you know! ~*
-Soatok
Then when I went to save my profile information, I landed on a "known TOR exit node" and lost all the POST data I was trying to send. Super lame, 'neer.
So if anyone is interested, here's how to access FurAffinity without dealing with the Furlluminati's war on personal freedom and identity:
1. Buy a cheap VPS from lowendbox.com, using Bitcoin
2. Patch your kernel and all network services (sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade)
3. Uninstall apache2 (sudo apt-get remove --purge apache2.*) because it's lamer than shit
4. Install OpenVPN on your server and your computer
5. Learn to use torsocks
6. Exchange bitcoins for access to your OpenVPN proxy to reimburse your losses
7. Rinse and repeat each time a hop becomes tainted by other users' activities, and cull the assholes with each iteration. Remember, information is antifragile!
The more you know! ~*
-Soatok
