Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@pressgirlk Welcome!

@Viss Eugen reported a spike for mastodon.social that coincided with the initial announcement. I would guess there would be more folks in that initial exodus than now, at least until people see tangible changes. It will be interesting to see.

This weekend I sewed my handwoven fabric into a tote and added fusible interfacing to give it structure. I woke up early this morning and so I decided to stitch on the leather straps. Once I add the lining, hem the top and turn it out it's done! ⁨#weaving⁩ ⁨#sewing⁩

@ademalsasa I use a pretty standard postfix and dovecot combination, and I document the ways I set it up to be compliant and secure with modern email standards (SPF/DKIM/DMARC) in the email chapter of Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks.

It's time to sew my handwoven fabric into a tote! I'll be using a combination of hand sewing and my ⁨#antique⁩ 1890s Willcox and Gibbs sewing machine. ⁨#weaving

Opened a vertical split screen in #vim for the first time in a long time and realized I forgot the keys to move between split windows. Thankfully I documented this in a Linux Journal article 14 years ago so I was able to refresh my memory. https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10159

A ⁨#vintage⁩ ⁨#weaving⁩ book find at Powell's! The author of The Romance of French Weaving started work after the Great War documenting the history of the French weaving tradition, weighing the inevitable march of mechanization and mass-production against craft. Quantity vs quality. The conversation continues today.

@dallin@fosstodon.org Thank you for including me!

Today I rode in a vintage lift in a historic hotel that smelled just like the inside of one of my #antique electro-mechanical calculators.

@kop316 I do have a vintage Gruen Veri-Thin I got as a present with rubies at 12, 3 and 9. It runs for a bit (sometimes a few minutes, sometimes an hour or two) then stops. I imagine at the very least it needs a cleaning, but it would not be something I would tackle as a first project!

@kop316 The book you posted definitely looks like the one to get if I want to expand into watches though!

@kop316 I'm starting with traditional, larger clocks, at least in terms of learning/research. Not sure yet if that will expand into a full hobby, or expand beyond that into watches as well.

@kop316 I got The Clock Repair Primer by Balcomb. I was inspired to learn more about clocks after putting this kit together: https://ugears.us/products/20-minutes-timer

Just because you ordered an introductory book on horology, it does *not* mean you are taking up clock repair as a hobby... he tells himself...

I've almost completed half of the fabric for the tote. This picture shows all three stripes and gives a decent idea of what the tote will look like from the side. It will be narrower as I will make pattern-matched shoulder straps from each side. ⁨#weaving⁩

After two false starts from trying out a temple for the first time, I'm making progress on fabric I'm going to sew into a tote. ⁨#weaving⁩

@kallisti @purism Because funding free software development sustainably doesn't come cheap. Check out this post about how Purism funds free software:

https://puri.sm/posts/how-purism-funds-free-software/

And this one specifically on what our supporters have funded in the Librem 5 project:

https://puri.sm/posts/thank-you-for-joining-us/

This has been common practice in some markets for a long time. My author copy of Ubuntu Hacks for the Indian market (English version) is much thinner than the original due to using cheaper paper to make the overall book less expensive for customers there. https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/09/08/books-are-physically-changing-because-of-inflation