Last week, I wrote about the deepening drought in the United States and suggested it could evolve into something reminiscent of the Dust Bowl years. A few readers asked what those years were.
So, here’s the story of how an ordinary stretch of farmland became the centre of one of the harshest […]
Basically, gts doesn't need much to run at all.
By home server, I mean a Dell Optiplex 7010 Micro, with an i3-13100T CPU, with #debian 13 as the OS.
My previous host was my NAS, running on a Celeron N3150
I've just migrated my #gotosocial instance to v0.21.2, migrating it to a new home server in the process.
Oh, and now it's running as a podman quadlet, managed by systemd instead of via docker-compose.
I also followed the guidance in the docs and setup litestream to replicate the sqlite […]
I've spent the long weekend ill with really nasty cold, rather than out enjoying the sun with my kids. Thankfully now, I'm well enough to go back to work 😩
I got up this morning after a very windy night (thanks Storm Dave), went down stairs, opened the curtains, and was met with the loudest meow I've ever heard from my cat as he stared in at me looking wild eyed and harried.
It turns out, the batteries in his microchip Catflap had run out and he'd […]
* Claude code source "leaks" in a mapfile
* people immediately use the code laundering machines to code launder the code laundering frontend
* now open source knockoff in python and rust
What's anthropic going to do, sue them? Insist in court that LLM recreating copyrighted code is a […]
Nicholas Brendon in Italy, November 2018. Flashing his trademark 'not a care in the world' smile, Brandon is wearing a loose cardigan and a flat cap and has a couple of days of salt and pepper stubble
Oh goddamn, RIP Nicholas Brendon. Not an easy life.
I mean, it's a referral for another test and there are lots of non-sinister things it could be, but my brain is so delightfully non-rational at times.
Oh yeah, there's nothing like having your doctor call you at 5:30 to discuss your test results and give you an urgent referral to set your mind at ease. I got so much sleep last night!
Can't help but wonder if the panic over the California Operating System age API is overblown as far as Unix adjacent systems go. The finger protocol exists, just stick your age in a .plan file and away you go.
Of course, I'm sure there are probably some suboptimal optics around fingering […]
Gorton and Denton twenty twenty-six by-election result. The headline states that the Greens win the first by-election in the party's history. The percentage share of the vote for each party is as follows: Green Party, forty-one percent; Reform UK, twenty-nine percent; Labour Party, twenty-six percent; Conservative Party, two percent; Liberal Democrats, two percent; and Others, one percent.
🚨 The Greens WIN their first by-election in history 💚
Hope is here. It's all of us. Enjoy your Friday 🎉
Excuse me, I'm trying to sleep. I don't care if you want your running clothes. #cats #catsofmastodon #fedicats
Yeah, I could just download perfect copies from the internet and save myself a load of effort. But this way, I have a little connection to my aunt while handling the vinyl and listening to her taste in music.
My aunt died 2 years ago, and we have finally finished winding up her estate. I have found myself in possession of her record collection. While I do have a record player, it's a rubbish "suitcase" player so sounds awful. However, it does have a usb port so I'm using #audacity to record them to […]
@sberson I'm doing similar with my son. I bought the new D&D starter set - Heroes of the Borderlands. It's a bit more board game like on the quick start setup, but it has everything needed to run three adventures so serves as a good intro.
One thing I missed when configuring my raspberry pi 4 to network boot (see social.gilespaterson.com/@giles/statuses/01K9CDZA... ) is configuration for initramfs to properly update the kernel during updates.
You need to go and edit /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf so […]
Rather than go to bed at a sensible time last night, I decided to print the #linocut practice piece I did the day before
Rather than go to bed at a sensible time last night, I decided to print the #linocut practice piece I did the day before
In an attempt to do more creative things, I've been dabbling with various #drawing and #printing techniques. Last night I had a go at digital sketching on my tablet using #krita.
I say sketching, it was really tracing a photo I took of myself. It's […]
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I had a go at linocut printing today, using my 5yo's quick drawing of me as source material.
It was good fun carving the lino but my print is very messy. Will try some more tomorrow.
My brother in law has written some fine words about his relationship and interactions with Blanche Marvin (actress, critic, force of nature), who died this week aged 100.
andrzejlukowski.substack.com/p/remembering-my-friend-...
#BlancheMarvin #theatre
As a proof of concept before shelling out good money on a real cat bed, I wrapped an old t-shirt over an Ikea Kallax box, stuck some old wool felt in there and put it on the spare bed (near where my cat normally sleeps).
The cat immediately climbed […]
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[bodily functions]
Well, that was surprising.
My new liquid multivitamin (for middle aged men), turns my pee fluorescent yellow. My toilet looks like I dropped a highlighter pen in there.
I created a portable printing work surface from an old bit of plywood. This way I can clear everything away easily when the kids want to use the dining table for Lego or drawing
First ever attempt at #printing turned out ok, even if I did use way too much ink.
I used a torch and an upturned pyrex dish.
Clunky but effective.
In an attempt to do more creative things, I bought myself a printing kit, with a view to doing some monoprinting, then maybe some linocut printing.
For my first project I want to do a monoprint based on a photo I took of my son. So I dug my lightbox out of the loft where it has languished with […]
Oh yeah, perfect running weather 🤣.
Might wear my leggings today instead of shorts.
Note to self: draw more.