From 1ef4f8c3b4c2b738578f2cc2bc6b29e8a5035025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Magahern Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 19:51:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] streetgeek: quirky text --- pages/streetgeek-1.html | 21 +++++++++++++++------ pages/streetgeek-2.html | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/streetgeek-1.html b/pages/streetgeek-1.html index d24f08d..4f51086 100644 --- a/pages/streetgeek-1.html +++ b/pages/streetgeek-1.html @@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ src: url("assets/font/aerosoldier.otf"); } +@font-face { + font-family: "COMPUTER Robot"; + src: url("assets/font/computer-robot.ttf"); +} + +span.computer { + font-family: "COMPUTER Robot", monospace; +} + #streetgeek1-page { display: flex; flex-direction: column; @@ -149,11 +158,11 @@

You might be wondering why I spent more time than usual at this time of the morning thinking - about what I'm wearing. Today, I am meeting my friend ByteLord for lunch at the vegan - restaurant Cha-Ya on Valencia. ByteLord is a one-of-a-kind genius level programmer + about what I'm wearing. Today, I am meeting my friend ByteLord for lunch at the vegan + restaurant Cha-Ya on Valencia. ByteLord is a one-of-a-kind genius level programmer that I met on an IRC channel one evening. This guy slings code so neat and clean, he puts Linus Torvalds and that guy who made the McMaster-Carr catalog website to shame. I had never - met ByteLord A.F.K. before. Therefore, needless to say, I felt intimidated and eager to + met ByteLord A.F.K. before. Therefore, needless to say, I felt intimidated and eager to please.

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I got to Cha-Ya a little bit early and ordered a green tea while waiting for - ByteLord to arrive. I spilled a little bit of this on my shirt as well. Unfortunately + ByteLord to arrive. I spilled a little bit of this on my shirt as well. Unfortunately now, mixed with the coffee stain from earlier, the combination gave off a toilet smell that was - quite unpleasant. I started praying that ByteLord had a cold and wouldn't be able to + quite unpleasant. I started praying that ByteLord had a cold and wouldn't be able to smell anything. Luckily the stains were still mostly invisible on my black t-shirt.

- When ByteLord walked in the front door, I almost mistook him for one of those cool + When ByteLord walked in the front door, I almost mistook him for one of those cool hip-hopper guys. He was decked out from head to toe and looked on fleek.

diff --git a/pages/streetgeek-2.html b/pages/streetgeek-2.html index 6614f16..c2aa26b 100644 --- a/pages/streetgeek-2.html +++ b/pages/streetgeek-2.html @@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ src: url("assets/font/aerosoldier.otf"); } +@font-face { + font-family: "COMPUTER Robot"; + src: url("assets/font/computer-robot.ttf"); +} + +@font-face { + font-family: "TS Block Bold"; + src: url("assets/font/ts-block-bold.ttf"); +} + +span.computer { + font-family: "COMPUTER Robot", monospace; +} + +span.cyberwheel { + font-family: "TS Block Bold"; +} + #streetgeek2-page { display: flex; flex-direction: column; @@ -182,19 +200,19 @@

- Besides the comfortable textiles, I was impressed with ByteLord's choice of accessories. + Besides the comfortable textiles, I was impressed with ByteLord's choice of accessories. A wallet chain, which I hadn't seen anyone wear since the mid 2000's, added a metallic balance to the lower half of his appearance. His neck was adorned with a necklace that didn't appear to serve any functional purpose, but matched the wallet chain quite nicely. Finally, he was wearing rather large, television-sized eyeglass frames. Frankly, I had never given much thought to - accessories in an outfit, unless they have some kind of microchip in them. But ByteLord + accessories in an outfit, unless they have some kind of microchip in them. But ByteLord had arranged them in such a way to make the outfit look effortless, yet stylish.

We ordered zaru soba with vegetable tempura and spoke about various topics from cyberspace. After we finished talking about the guy that supposedly defaced fellow editor P. M. - Cho's website, we started talking about fashion. I was surprised to hear that ByteLord + Cho's website, we started talking about fashion. I was surprised to hear that ByteLord was quite into fashion on a deeply philosophical level. He explained to me that what you wear in meatspace is like the graphical shell for a person. A hacker should present himself to others in the same way that a computer program presents itself to users. You wouldn't want to @@ -202,7 +220,7 @@ command line interface.

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I paid for the zaru soba and ByteLord sent me some SMARTCOIN for his +

I paid for the zaru soba and ByteLord sent me some SMARTCOIN for his portion. We parted ways, each walking opposite directions on Valencia street. After our meeting, I couldn't help but notice and observe all of the outfits people were wearing that day in the Mission. Thousands of distinct graphical shells all populating the virtual desktop that