Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

I should note that this is a slightly modified form of macros I had been using for a LONG time inspired by this blog post:

http://www.jukie.net/~bart/blog/20090608232531

But defaulting to the '.o' view instead of the '.i' view, and adding flagged messages to the '.o' view has made all the difference.

My email flow has dramatically improved ever since I created a macro and folder hook in mutt so that by default I only see new, unopened, or flagged messages. I don't move opened emails from my INBOX elsewhere so no INBOX 0.

Now I only see emails I need to take some sort of action on. I can filter messages other ways, then press '.o' whenever I want to resume this view.

If you are a mutt user, use these two options to your .muttrc:

macro index .o "l(~N|~O|~F)\n"
folder-hook . push '.o'

#mutt

@jorge@hachyderm.io I'm really excited to see all this progress! You are living in the future.

@landrew @hackaday You are most welcome! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it.

@liaizon Thank you! I wove it on a vintage four-harness floor loom. Unbranded, but I believe it is from the 1960s.

@shawnp0wers That's why I get my media advice from Burger King: they let me have it my way.

For Easter dinner we will be wiping our mouths with overshot napkins I wove last year. I didn't realize until after I wove them that the elongated wheels (due to fabric weft matching warp in thickness) look like a row of Easter eggs.

#weaving #easter

@BadgerBadgerBadger I wrote down the full proccess on my site step by step so you can use my software! https://kylerank.in/tempus_nectit/

I almost forgot to change the yarn color in my knitting clock for today! I had planned to do it before bed, but first thing in the morning works as a backup.

#knitting #easter

@ljs It's true, most other car companies are aspiring to catch up to the smartphoneification of their cars, where Tesla still has quite a lead.

Among the list of reasons modern cars are unappealing to me: in addition to uploading location data, they also sometimes have cameras that upload video to the vendor. In this case employees at Tesla found the juiciest videos and shared them internally:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/

#privacy

My weaving and other projects are put on hold for a bit, but it's for a good reason! After completing this first self-published book (which I hope to launch in the coming weeks), I've been (re)bitten by the writing bug.

I want to ride this wave of writing productivity so my off-work time and weekends will be devoted to writing a brand new book! I'll share more once I get a bit further in the process, but the outline is already done and I'm ready to start writing.

#writing #SideHustle

@apples_and_pears @hackaday I am super excited.

Neat! My Tempus Nectit knitting machine clock project was featured on @hackaday !

https://hackaday.com/2023/04/05/tempus-nectit-a-diy-knitting-clock-with-instructions/

@FanCityKnits Yes that is exactly the technique!

@FanCityKnits The one thing to consider when weaving thin yarn like that on a rigid heddle (or really any loom) is to ensure you have a fine enough reed (heddle in your case), likely 12 dent or smaller, do the ruler test with the yarn to see what you need. Otherwise with a larger reed you risk having a weft-faced fabric, and I suspect you want to highlight the warp. Using a finer weft will help with that.

@FanCityKnits I think that could work well, especially if the bands repeat at relatively similar distances.

There is a project/technique in Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom called "Palindrome Skeins" where the skein is looped so that the color repeats show up in bands together. Then it is all warped according to those bands.

@Kymberly During my first attempt at overshot weaving, I learned just how much more it wants to draw in compared to other techniques, which combined with my poorer technique, meant abrasion on the edge of the warp.

Before then I was intimidated about breaking warp threads. That project I got to practice replacing warp threads at least a dozen times. So all that to say, if you get to that place and need help, ask away!