RE: https://fosstodon.org/@woo/116096767274726296 I think this is a very clever method for seed starting. Plus the narrator is fun and does a great job of show & tell all the way through.

Hey it's @8ofpentacles Wednesday

Being a software developer / programmer hasn't been great recently, but I imagine it's much worse if your name is Claude

It's hard to beat Tuba Skinny, for capturing the NOLA vibe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jft3BVoxqjo

RE: https://a2mi.social/@george/116087630905091335 What a cool idea.

Happy #MardiGras everybody. 💚 💛 💜 Tidal has a nice playlist, with some classics and some lesser-known tunes. https://tidal.com/playlist/62aef72c-df03-4785-8420-0269148747db Where I live it's possible to get King Cake, but it's not that common and I haven't found one I love. However! There's no […]

The job of engineers is not to deploy some technology but to build robust, reliable and sustainable (in all meanings of that word) solutions for real world problems based on requirements directly derived from people's needs. Even for an engineer technology comes second at best.

During last year's national elections, I volunteered in the campaign activities of #GroenLinksPvdA. With so many volunteers, keeping track of areas covered and with which flyers can be a real challenge. To help with that, I built the "Brievenbussen App" using […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Hey @cR0w your new avatar is 🔥

Seattle's going to win this by just carefully doing the work and knocking out the occasional field goal.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@coreysnipes/116019979179519280 Apologies for the self-boost (I try to be sparing about this) but here's a reminder that there's an #xmpp chat room for discussing the US superbowl (including ads & halftime show). There are a few of us there, so if this is your thing […]

The Slate EV is super interesting. I am right smack in the middle of their target market I guess. ✅ Simple, modular, utilitarian design ✅ Simple manufacturing process ✅ Bypasses the local dealership model ✅ Right to repair ethos ✅ Reasonable price I'm seriously considering a reservation ($50) […]

Got an email from our veterenarian announcing "Maren, our new AI powered receptionist". Goes to great lengths to say this is to support front-desk staff and not replace them. I already detest voice interpreting answering services, so we'll see.

🛠️ 💻 In the spirit of repairability and keeping good equipment alive, I've gathered up a few retired Thinkpads from local surplus auctions. I'm upgrading the RAM and drives and will be making them available in the next few weeks. These will be cozy little Solarpunk machines, older equipment […]

December 9 #freesoftwareadvent Recoll: Full-text search for your local files #recoll is a local file indexing and search powertool. It provides plenty of options for configuration (e.g., includes, excludes, filters, update and rebuild index) and a nice snappy interface. My local file […]

December 8 #freesoftwareadvent #libreoffice: Yes you can replace Microsoft Office. When I was planning for my switch to Linux, I started using LibreOffice alongside Microsoft Office on my Windows PC. I found it was a perfectly reasonable substitute for both docs (Word -> Writer) and […]

December 5 #freesoftwareadvent Gogs: source code management like github, but you host it I pulled my projects off Github a couple of years ago and migrated them to a self-hosted Gogs. Installation on my ubuntu server was dead simple (no docker required). The web interface is intuitive if […]

December 3 #freesoftwareadvent Papyrus: A Systems Engineering / MBSE tool for modeling in SysML, UML, etc. Basically a java-based FOSS replacement for Sparx Enterprise Architect. It's part of the Eclipse ecosystem. I decided to give Papyrus a shot this year for a small work project and it has […]

December 2 #freesoftwareadvent = RawTherapee Before giving Adobe the boot, I used Lightroom for photo color correction and cleanup. I now use RawTherapee and it works great for me. I'm no power editor and my use cases are pretty simple (mostly: fix exposure, even out highlights and shadows […]

First exhibit in the Royal Signals museum: a model of a 6-bit clacks. The one at Blandford was part of an Admiralty chain between Plymouth and Whitehall, operating in the first half of the C19th and superseded by the electric telegraph. There was also a branch to Portsmouth. #gnuterrypratchett