The Department of Unauthorised Technology.

the department of unauthorised technology.

a bunch of sites on the internet that knxggles did made.

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    socials - an inexhaustive list, but the only ones i dont mind being found at.

    knxggles /'nʊgʊlz/, late 20s, any pronouns, gay, uk. behold as i distil the self down into a single html <ul> tag.

    • aspiring gay cowboy.
    • trans as fuck.
    • fruity as hell.
    • wæpen-wifestre (look it up).
    • research historian.
    • stagehand.
    • graphic designer.
    • general technical creative type.
    • eventual streamer.
    • occasional speedrunner.
    • untrained botanist.
    • houseplant haver.
    • vegan bitch.
    • spicey gregor mendel.
    • sega's lil bitchboi.
    • 2006-adjacent pseudo-emo.
    • femboy fatale.
    • northern (derogatory).
    • possible language kink, who's to say?
    • se souvient probablement encore du français.
    • Deutsch ist meine Hauptfremdsprache.
    • lære dansk og norsk.
    • gender noncompliant.
    • 90s bastard.
    • eurovision liker.
    • hair game permanently dyed.
    • sonic game enthusiast.
    • amateur perfume maker and enthusiast.
    • jack of all trades.
    • jack off all trades.
    • fuck tories fuck terfs fuck cops fuck landlords fuck billionaires fuck elon.

    /now - things im doing right now (within reason, depends when i update these pages)

    • 🎓 studying for a phd in history.
    • 🎨 volunteering as a graphic designer/publicity officer for sheffield śtudents' union lgbtq+ committee.
    • 🛸 working on 3 separate projects - io, WAVEMACHINE, and transformat.
    • 📖 writing sidh, a WIP language identification guide that originally was to help with playing GeoGuessr but has become Something Else Entirely.
    • 🌍 studying german/danish/norwegian.
    • 📹 working on plans to try and start livestreaming on twitch.
    • 🎭 trying to get back into stage work.
    • 📣 open for freelance graphic design commission work over at cbooth.design.

    about the department of unauthorised technology.

    its a bunch of websites. ran by the same person. either personal stuff like blogs or professional stuff like portfolios.

    i did this so i can have everything under one copyright.

    it ain't that serious.

    all sites as part of the network are made in similar ways and use a consistent and opinionated set of features:

    • static html, or static site generators (hugo and jekyll).
    • html5, css3 compiled from sass, es6 js.
    • semantic markup.
    • never jquery.
    • never google analytics.
    • never node.js.
    • microformats, xfn rel="me", json-ld, xoxo, opengraph, twitter cards.
    • aria-* attributes.
    • wcag colour contrast tests.
    • responsive by default.
    • lighthouse and mozilla observatory monitored.
    • geo-blocked from some countries by choice.
    • just have a fun lil time the internet isnt serious.

    !! new !! - ai/ml policy

    want to use anything i've made for ai or ml? or found something of mine in the wild being used for ai? here's what to do.

    why "the department of unauthorised technology."?

    sounds cool.

    and i had to jump through legal hoops to get this domain. turns out it was restricted. whodve thought.

    legal.

    all content on all sites © ♥ The Department of Unauthorised Technology, 2023. unauthorised.tech.

    all rights reserved. unless they're not. you'll know.

    © The Department of Unauthorised Technology, 2023. unauthorised.tech.

    Last updated: 23/08/23