Hello Fediverse!

[sully007@mastodon.social]

Hello Fediverse! ⚓

I joined Mastodon because I miss the "old internet" feel where you could actually get to know someone through a long-form exchange. I’m a fan of details, technical specs, and hearing about people's lives from different corners of the globe.

Give me a follow if you like ocean views, boat talk, or just want a pen pal who actually writes back.

#Introduction #NewHere #OceanSurveyor #StuartFlorida #Maritime #LongForm

[z428@social.lol]

@sully007 Welcome! Nice to have you around. 🙂

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@sully007 hello Mike and welcome to the Fediverse! Given your interests, I think you'll fit right in over here - this online space definitely reminds me of the original promise of the internet.

Pinging a fellow boat enthusiast: @jan

Have a great day!

[valguard@ohai.social]

@sully007 captain of a big boat here, glad to here your story

[patrascan@ohai.social]

@sully007 just saying "howdy"! I know nothing about boats.

[oscarfalcon@mastodon.social]

@sully007

Hello Boat/Ocean Man!

[tionisla@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@sully007 ahoi, and welcome here.

coast dweller but a land lubber... Who needs pretty songbirds when you can have seagulls.
Getting nervous without a clear horizon. Having the habit to clean up the local beach when having a walk.

But beware mostly FreeBSD and nerdy stuff. occasionally some pictures when I out and about.

always a safe return to your home port

[the_rebel@procial.tchncs.de]

@sully007@mastodon.social the_rebel
@the_rebel
vor 16 Stunde(n)
@MelodicDinosaur@cupoftea.social Hello and welcome to the Fediverse network, of which Mastodon is only a small part.

https://fediversum.info/

[jan@social.dytrych.cloud]

@_elena @sully007 following! Thank you, Elena and have a great weekend! ;-)

[enea90@mastodon.social]

@sully007 Welcome Mike! Looking forward to your ocean views!

[max@poliverso.org]

@sully007

What do you mean by "old Internet"? Because for some people is 10 years ago, for me is the beginning of '90es 😁

[tofe@mastodon.uno]

@sully007 welcome on board!

[koen@procolix.social]

@sully007 I apologize in advance for making the slow web go too fast. 😇

Joking aside, I love the “old Internet” from back in the 90’s when a tour of the campus in #Enschede consisting of 50 images and descriptions of the art in it was an achievement.

[photo55@mastodon.social]

@sully007 it was interesting when I met people from email discussion lists and found that I did know them, and have a feeling of their personality.

[dougdigital@mastodon.social]

@sully007 I've sat on my account for some time, but I definitely miss the real dialogue and conversations.

I like ocean views, and get to work with many yacht owners that are sailing the world.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@sully007 Welcome Mike! 👋

[pabloniusmonk@mastodon.social]

@sully007 Welcome, Sully! Delighted to have you here.

[sully007@mastodon.social]

@max I’m talking about the days of Gopher holes, USENET groups, and BBS boards where you actually had to know the 'address' of where you were going. There was no search engine holding your hand.

What was your first rig? I remember my first 'portable' setup, it weighed about as much as a boat anchor and had less processing power than a modern toaster, but it felt like magic when that first connection clicked into place.

[max@poliverso.org]

@sully007

I got an account to my university datacenter, all what I had was a green VT100 connected to some UNIX machine.

I got that account to study C language, UNIX and its tools (awk, sed...).

Then I discovered IRC and my life changed 😁

Then Internet arrived at home too a year or two later, with my IBM compatible 386 and my 14400 modem. A couple of evenings a week I connected the modem to the home phone line and I downloaded/uploaded mail messages.

Browsing the web happened a bit later 😁