griffey

Librarian/Technologist, Executive Director of the Open Science Hardware Foundation.

Formerly Director of Strategic Initiatives for National Information Standards Organization. Creator of LibraryBox and Measure the Future projects, former fellow at Berkman Klein Center.

Recovering academic, enthusiastic tinkerer/maker, obsessed with theater. This Account Kills Fascists.

http://jasongriffey.net for everything else

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Griffey@mastodon.social

@adr Oh man, I'm a big fan. I've got a local version running, with some scripts that automagically ingest any PDF I download. Super useful.

February 19, 2026
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Griffey@mastodon.social

RE: https://social.panic.com/@cabel/116053552583832511

This is one of the best talks I've ever seen. Just a masterclass.

February 11, 2026
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Griffey@mastodon.social

@Nead @randahl this isn’t true. Face recognition on the iPhone doesn’t store photos or any representation of your face. It stores a hashed value derived from the geometry, which isn’t reversible. It also does so in a Secure Enclave tied to phone via multiple layers of encrypted signing.

February 08, 2026
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40 years ago this morning, I was 12 years old and sitting in front of my grandmother's TV. We had a snow day off school, and I was so excited that I got to watch the Shuttle take off.

That morning was, in many ways, my first experience with tragedy. I'd dealt with loss & grief. But this was bigger than that in ways that I didn't have words for. I can still remember the numbness and shock, how it felt in 12-year-old me.

January 28, 2026
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Looking to grab food in the Zurich airport to eat at gate, saw a takeaway sushi place.

First roll I saw was an “Italian” roll that has freaking parsley on the outside of it.

Uh. I’ll pass. WTF Zurich?

January 22, 2026
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Have not been overly impressed with the food in Geneva, with the exception of anything containing butterfat.

January 22, 2026
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Griffey@mastodon.social

If I were looking for a small Linux box to play with some larger self-hosting needs (PeerTube, Immich, etc) that would be exposed to the public internet…what hardware should I be looking at, and what distro is my best bet?

January 12, 2026