SamWhited|blog

Last month a friend invited me to trade songs with him DJing at an Atlanta Lindy Hop social dance.

This document has been superseded by the Internet Draft draft-swhited-contra-tags.

On the 13th of January I was invited back to play for the Trolley Barn Contra Dance’s first dance of 2026.

On December 9th I returned to the Trolley Barn to DJ again for my friend Valerie Young.

This year I haven’t blogged much at all, but it’s time for the 15th annual Coffeeneuring and who-knows-how-many-annual Biketober challenges so here we go!

The first time I DJed for a Contra Dance1 was at Inman Park’s famous Trolley Barn.

I’ve recently been using the Mixxx software for DJs.

Every year in October I participate in Love To Ride’s (psst, sign up using that link so I can get some extra points when you do your first bike ride!)

Without use of constructs, you will unravel few mysteries.

I use various legal and economic terms of art in this post, but I am neither a lawyer or an economist.

Introduction I recently attended the inaugural Free and Open Source Software Yearly (FOSSY) conference where I gave a talk in the XMPP track.

This is a list of co-ops I’d like to start one day and where (if applicable).

Some software and important tools that I like to use: Computer Random old ThinkPad, whatever’s cheap and repairable Editor vim(1), more or less extension-less with only very basic config tweaks so that it feels similar no matter what machine I’m on; short…

In my earlier review of Rose Garden and Jonquil public parks I mentioned the Mountain-to-River Trail (M2R), a mixed-use bicycle and walking trail that connects the two parks.

This is a love letter to many places, among them: Smyrna, and Cobb County public libraries and parks, Sopo Bicycle Co-op and the Austin Yellow Bike Project, and Atlanta Critical Mass.