Has anyone ever given a #TED talk that could mentor me? I'd like to know how to submit a presentation that actually interests them, how to do the presentation, and what comes after.

FX-888/D borrowed from the work stash because I'm an impatient little gremlin.

Pick up that can.

Too early; gib coffee.

Take 2 on printing these damn coins. The first attempt failed just before this point. Cleaning the plate with those _itty bitty stars_ on it made out of springy PLA meant little tiny plastic shurikens went _everywhere_. Yeah, we're gonna have to vacuum […] [Original post on corteximplant.com]

It is, of course, the way of things that as soon as the remaining modules for this radio build come in that one realizes their soldering iron has gone for a walkabout.

Just realized it's now possible to make custom On-Q structured media plates and DIN rail plates for just about anything desired. Look out, world.

Goood mornyan Fedi :bec_smug:

The confluence of dreamcast, LoRaWAN, and 3D printing fuckery at present leads a person such as myself to want to combine them somehow... Custom LoRa module that slots into the controller VMU slot with some kind of homebrew network status dashboard? ... Like yeah, it's a niche so tiny it'd […]

Woo, 3D printing is working well enough to print project cases now :D

You wouldn't print a boat. #3dprinting #benchy

The hour is late in which this glyphscribe chooses to bid you all goodnight, but they do it anyways. Nini Fedi <3

[lots of nerd talk about dreamcast and phone lines with dubious delivery] In the service of totally overdoing some #dreamcast #RetroGaming, I've successfully patched the #dreampi gateway to be _less useful_. Buckle up, because this is a kinda long post with little in the way of delivery […]

Aside from being under the weather, rushed, and poorly-practiced, my nails still came out kinda cute.

Good moooorning, fedi <3

Watching all these cool people play retro games. Getting grumblier and grumblier about the sodding retrotink that disappeared right off to the aether.

Yo choom, go follow The Synduckate at @stream ! Hot #shadowrun trids streamed live into _your_ neocortex! https://stream.synduckate.yachts/federation/UkNIxtMDg

Ya cryptid absolutely YOLO'd some things which ought not've be YOLO'd at dayjob today. Full on western, firing from the hip. An absolute madlad. Change control? Never heard of him. Maintenance windows? what's that? Not proud. Successful, though -- and today, that _counts._ Shh, we'll never […]

This morning's grumbles brought to you by: Slick Web Interfaces that make every bit of text clickable without decorators? Trying to highlight that text? Get yeeted to a modal, nerd.

[tangentially relevant depression mention] Finally getting the energy to clean my ~~depression nest~~ office today, which offers all sorts of exciting problems to solve. At the moment though, am faced with moving out a half network cabinet that doesn't fit through the door. How did it get in […]

Tim Sweeney telling Valve what they should and shouldn't do with their own platform on X is such peak reply guy behavior. Honestly not sure we'll ever find a more pure source.

Shopping for some niche Analog Devices HDMI-handling ICs for some modular video project while playing board games this evening. Stumbled across the ADV7625, now just _drooling_ with possibilities. Just a casual BGA digital video project at high speeds, you know :bec_huh:

It's a fine evening for playing board games with chooms over the 'net. Let's make mistakes :pixelheart:

Company isn't officially on early close today, but... there aren't any production tasks in queue for the day, the entire executive team's afternoon calendar is clear, and work is trickling in at a glacial pace. Feeling pretty justified in kicking back, here. :bec_smug:

[listening on repeat, lyrics] Mentioned listening to tracks on repeat earlier today. Am _actually_ listening to _Wherever we are now_ from the _Cassette Beasts_ soundtrack on repeat. (https://youtu.be/bF2LtqVBWe0) To me, the song straddles an impossible line between contentment and longing […]

It's Saturday evening, and the gremlin hour has arrived! :bec_smug:

If any of my USian friends suddenly feel the urge to go to the grocery store this weekend, uh, fuckin don't. Its terrible out there :bec_huh:

Gonna put the Chrono Trigger LP on while cleaning the house today. That's just the kind of nerdery that happens around here.

Probably could listen to Strangers by Kenya Grace on repeat forever. Everything about it sounds perfect. Yeah, it's probably overplayed in some spaces, but who cares.

Would like to understand one day why reflexive pronouns and possessive pronouns don't give the squick that `I` sometimes does. And not always, at that. Sometimes the brain allows for it without a second thought.

An unnecessary hobby: Find ways to fit meme-y 8dot3 filenames into conversations with friends. Bonus points if you can answer entire questions with just that.

Sometimes, a few days away from the timeline results in serially favouriting posts, particularly around :corteximplant: Might also result in spamming the local with replies. Sometimes feel guilty for that. ... then shrug, tee-hee, and post anyways. :bec_smug: :pixelheart:

Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 51 starts NOW! Special Guest: @anca #Connector, #Instigator, #Maker. #Slime #mold #farmer. #fediforum2025 #fediforum25 Watch the show live: #Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live After the show […] [Original post on social.firesidefedi.live]

Excuse me, mail-person(s), please to be delivering pakidge soon.

Jumped on the #cyberspace hype train. https://cyberspace.online/ety

In the spirit of autumn, and because there may be a puzzle/gunpla/build stream coming up, some cute moody arm warmers have been acquired. That will be all. :bec_wink:

Hnnnnng cloudflare outage before coffee :bec_angry:

Have a legitimate need to pick up a new domain for a project, thought of a pretty neat one on the way home on Saturday. Now window-shopping domains oh god oh no whyyyyy.

Whoever decided that Saturday should be spent at the #renaissancefaire from sunrise to sunset obviously did not talk to the person who decided Sunday morning would start with a 5K. (They're the same person who is also me). Would like a do-over on the weekend please. One that doesn't end with […]

Some 🔥 choons tonight from **Lore_TheWorld**. Come hang out with us while the weekend wraps up? https://www.twitch.tv/lore_theworld #streaming #twitch #livemusic #dj

Routinely astonished by the amount of drama in the life safety homelab communities. Not throwing shade, necessarily; it's legitimately surprising.

Oopsie~ Stopped at the comic & games shop on the way back from out of town today. Picked up a few TTRPG books and comics. Gonna be a good weekend to make up for bleh start to the week.

Probably ought to change the notes title to something other than “Huggy Feely Conference” before I send them to my table mates. … and yet

My friend wrote me a note this morning while we sat at the conference. Oops.

Getting ready to head out on a work trip that happens around now every year. This time we're supposed to focus on feel-good social interactions and knowing our peers in other arms of the business. Tragically, that will mean being surrounded by several hundred almost-exclusively opposite […]

[seasonal food+] Oh shit, Eggnog season is upon us. :bec_huh:

Every once in a while, for a giggle, I visit https://howfuckedismydatabase.com/ and choose "MS Access." Years later, it still gets a chuckle out of me.

[doctor, ph, humorous] Went to my GP today to keep the ball rolling on life. She blows so hot and cold :bec_grin: Lots of praise for making good health choices, but heaven forbid a person say they've only had 12oz of water by the late afternoon. You'd think I casually mentioned invading France […]

Just finished mostly catching up on the TL since being out at the hospital. Good to dive back into the data stream again. Lots of likes went out, [SORRY, YOURE_WELCOME] as appropriate :pixelheart:

[hospital mention, ph/mh+] Home from the hospital. Still the better part of a year for things to go sideways, but nobody else is expected to be digging around in my partner's head for the foreseeable future. Afterwards, the neurosurgeon said "that's actually the most severe instance of […]