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Hello there, web surfer. I am Toby Mackenzie of Northeast Ohio. Welcome to my little stop on the information superhighway. I hope you enjoy your visit. Come on in. Find out more about me or my web development career. Visit my web-pipe to find out what's happening in Toby land.

Me in brief

  • I currently live and work in Akron.
  • I build websites for a living, as a LAMP-stack developer.
  • I am introverted / quiet / shy.
  • I like computers, music, hiking, shows / movies / books, old video games, &c.
  • I value freedom of expression, autonomy, equalization of power, environmental preservation, sharing of knowledge and effort, &c.

My online presences

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Humans can be better than they are, so let's do that
- Caliban's War
James Corey
Be excellent to each other
- Abraham Lincoln
& Ted "Theodore" Logan,
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Слава Україні (Slava Ukraini) ✊🏻 🇺🇦
In my career I've found few people are truly evil, most are just too far disconnected from the effects of their actions. Until someone reconnects them.
- Marcus Hutchins via Wired interview
Having something requires giving something else up.

Interesting things

Have / Experienced

  • Cleveland Caveliers: Cleveland basketball
  • Coop travel pillow: very comfortable travel-sized memory foam pillow with adjustable fill level
  • Columbo DVD series: classic TV detective
  • Three Thirty Six hoodie: My favorite hoodie with no dangling hood-pulls
  • Mr. Robot: hacking themed TV show with mental health spin
  • Onyx Boox Nova 3 Color: Color eInk device running Android
  • Github: allowing me to share my code easily
  • Phillip K. Dick: classic sci-fi writer
  • tea

Interested in

  • framework is making a laptop that is user servicable / upgradable, with parts readily available from their marketplace.
  • Purism is making the Librem 5 phone, a phone running Linux, with a privacy focus including phyiscial switches, upgradable baseband, mostly open firmware.
  • sunrise alarm clock