I'm earnest ma (`/nick earne`), pronouns [they/he](https://en.pronouns.page/@earne), 18. I am a first year student at the University of Toronto. On this blog you'll find occasional posts about my personal life, Linux + systems administration, and productivity. In my free time I enjoy reading, drinking tea, listening to music, and learning [stenography](https://www.openstenoproject.org/). You can find a ton of my social links on the [homepage](/#links)!
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I run and maintain several services on earne.link.
- **[Contact me](/contact)**
- **[Support me](/support)**
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I'm earnest ma ([they/he](https://en.pronouns.page/@earne)), a second year math and computer science student at the University of Toronto. Some of my interests include Linux + systems administration, reading, tea, music, and stationery (in particular, fountain pens and notebooks). I also hold an Associate Diploma (ARCT) in violin from the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Various tools are used to make this site: [Hugo](https://gohugo.io) for static site generation, [Simple CSS](https://simplecss.org/), Gitea and Woodpecker CI for git hosting and continuous deployment, and lastly Nginx to serve. The source code is available if you'd like to look around, and feel free to ask if you have questions!
### Some other [social links](/#links):
Various tools are used to make this site: [Hugo](https://gohugo.io) is my static site generator, slightly modified [Simple CSS](https://simplecss.org/), Gitea and Woodpecker CI for git hosting and continuous deployment, and Nginx to serve. The source code is available if you'd like to look around. Feel free to suggest improvements or ask if you have questions!
- [My Wikipedia user page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EarneM)
`me` AT `earne` DOT `link`. I will do my best to get back to you within a few days.
**`me` AT `earne` DOT `link`**. I will do my best to get back to you within a few days. *If you must use GPG, you can download my key [here](/earnest-ma_0x42EB6E2A_public.asc) or from the [OpenPGP Keyserver](https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=80AE+985F+9B4E+3FB4+38E1+9299+6B36+1FA8+1C5F+B695). Please make sure I have a way of getting your public key!*
### Chat
[earne.link Discussion](https://discuss.earne.link/t/earnest) Forum or [Discord](/discord)
- DM me on Mastodon ([@earnestma@tech.lgbt](https://tech.lgbt/@earnestma))
- IRC: `#earne on tilde.chat`
- [More links](/#links)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/earnestma)
- Matrix: [@earne:envs.net](https://matrix.to/#/@earne:envs.net) (*I don't check this often*)
### Online Meeting
[Click here](https://cal.com/earnestma/h5ftzr) to book a time.
### [Support me](/support)
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<small>A note on GPG: If you must use it, you can retrieve my key below or from the [OpenPGP Keyserver](https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=80AE+985F+9B4E+3FB4+38E1+9299+6B36+1FA8+1C5F+B695). Please make sure I have a way of getting your public key!
