meta: all unix_surrealism minis on analognowhere.com (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by pmjv to c/unix_surrealism

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I have compiled most, if not all, techno-mage related single images, adjacent story lines and lore on the page:

I have yet to sort it and add proper descriptions, but to the impatient, you can delve in.

In the span of 2 years, since the mage first saw the light of the fediverse, I have created over 280 images (of varying quality).

Thank you, fans of unix_surrealism, there would be no mage without you.

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[-] wgs 9 points 1 year ago

A huge thank you for all of this !

The techno-mage and the unix_surrealism universe are the most entertaining and refreshing form of art I've seen regarding Unix and technology in general.

This is unlike anything else before, and definitely the #1 reason why I'm now sticking to Lemmy and the fediverse.

And man you know how much I love your style too ;)

Keep it up, you're amazing ❤️

[-] tanakian 6 points 1 year ago

thank you so much for all the amazing work.

on a sidenote, how do you create the site, is it generated? and how do you manage to add new uploads to the rss feed?

(my understanding is that the page remains the same, it just has a new image among others, but there is an rss feed which indicates changes of the same page.)

[-] pmjv 3 points 1 year ago

my pleasure, I wouldn't be making all this, if it weren't for you fans.

The website is just a bunch of plain text files that a simple shell script turns into html. If the plain text changes, it gets uploaded. I haven't done anything for the rss feed yet, but usually I just take recent n posts and parse them into rss .

[-] wgs 6 points 1 year ago

Everyone, what's your favorite ?

@pmjv will hate me for it's this one: sad but true 😉

Also the magnetic nymph, but I might be cursed...

[-] pmjv 7 points 1 year ago

I just find it funny that some of the lowest effort doodles get most praise.

For me it's sentient weaponry, but you know me, I have a soft spot for OpenBlade.

[-] mariusafa 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like this. And also this.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@kyberpunk.social 2 points 1 year ago

If I got half of them, that would be great...

I would tell you my favorite but you'd think I’m basic...

[-] wgs 2 points 1 year ago

Go ahead! They're all great anyways ;)

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@kyberpunk.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Please don't judge.

The thing is, I have never used a BSD-based system so most of the jokes are lost on me.

OK, I like lots of them but I’d pick sentient weaponry. And I don't know if there’s a hidden meaning behind this one but it looks charming. However, not even the presumably subsequent panel explains much. I can only really relate to the B ig Te ch and hardware ones. I thought I would have an advantage because I have walked Prahou (Czech for “through Prague”) many times but apparently not.

And I know that 🐡 is the OpenBSD mascot but is this a Monty Python reference?

Anyway, the art style, characters and themes remind me of the YT channel vewn.

[-] mariusafa 3 points 1 year ago

For me it's a mix of vewn and u m a m i

[-] tanakian 2 points 1 year ago

vewn

i didn't know vewn, and i didn't know umami. thank you for mentioning them!

[-] pmjv 2 points 1 year ago

The spooky special is just Halloween themed. A sort of a joke about how many places make 'special Halloween things'. Here it's just ice cream (and costumes). Of course the second panel does provide some context, which was subsequently a response to the announcement of the OctopenBSD month. Girl and Penguin eat the spooky special and perceive Puffy as an octopus (because.. octop enBSD).

As for jack2head, it's important to know that the adult Techno-Mage has the OpenWellington brainbus embedded in her forehead, which is a free alternative to jack2head. At the moment two full episodes exist, centered around the special hardware: King's Hold, where Girl and Puffy venture to recover the device and Wellington, which reveals its maker and his motivations to create it.

I didn't think of it as a Monty Python reference, but it might very well be now.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@kyberpunk.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks! You're amazing. Who's the fosschild? Seems like me but a little more gullible.

[-] pmjv 2 points 1 year ago

Since the child Techno-Mage comics are usually much more lighthearted and comedic in nature, Fosschild was originally featured as a side character in the story, once Techno-Mage is an adult, to provide comedic relief. Techno-Mage meets Fosschild, a gifted homeless hacker, in Metacity and takes it in as her student. In some sense, she becomes Fosschild's Puffy/Master.

The much more serious spin-off 'Fosschild/Book of the Clown' tells the story of Fosschild after Techno-Mage grows old. This series has not been explored much, apart for the few 'mini' panels, but it shows a much older Fosschild, OpenBlade and Penguin exploring a different part of the Analog Nowhere universe.