About
Handle: Kicou Pronoun: Him/He Mastodon: @kicou@kicou.info Follow this blog on the Fediverse: @kicou@blog.kicou.info Gemini capsule: gemini://gemini.kicou.info
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, is a very convenient place to live because it is where high-tech is happening in Canada.
Random stuff about me:
- I like to fool around with Linux and Open Source software in general
- I try to self-host as much as I can (e-mail, instant messaging, phone systems, video-conferencing, file storage, etc.) because I am completely paranoid about not knowing what big corporations do with people's personal data
- when I was a kid, adults did very bad things to me — as a result I suffer from PTSD; I have undergone many years of treatment and therapy and had a big breakthrough in 2017: my life has taken a turn for the better since then
- I wish I was more social but the truth is that I am afraid of people in general; I am very grateful for digital communication
- I am fluent in French and English
- I have recently become self-employed and this is one of the best things that have happened in my life
- the actual very best thing that happened in my life is having my own family: my beloved wife unknowingly saved my life 25 years ago, and I was blessed with two wonderful children — even if they sometimes hate my dad jokes