Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

There is a #weaving saying: "Don't tie a knot when a bow will do." The idea of thinking through a process, and spending some time now to save more time later applies to so many areas of life.

To ship #Qubes 4.0.4 pre-installed on @purism computers, I modified Anaconda scripts on our Qubes OEM installer to support changing #LUKS passwords at first boot. It took *way* more effort than I expected to port these changes to Qubes 4.1. https://puri.sm/posts/qubes-4-1-now-available-for-pre-install/

Somehow, even after a lot of stirring, and waiting many minutes before eating my oatmeal, I still manage to burn my tongue in some minor way most days. #breakfast

Yankee craft brewers
Are always earning scratch
Because brewers in America
Use seven hops a batch

Never mind the other types
Of beers a brewer could make
They'll just add some fruit or haze
Or say this one's really dank

I'm so bored with the IPA
I'm so bored with the IPA
But what can I do?

(Apologies to The Clash)

Yankee brewer
He wanna make some ale
He tried in California
But now it's all that he can sell

Yankee dollar talk
To the cicerones picking suds
In fact it's giving orders
And they can't afford to filter trub

I'm so bored with the IPA
I'm so bored with the IPA
But what can I do?

I (finally) booked my hotel for SoCAl Linux Expo 19x in July. I'll be speaking about the OpenSnitch desktop firewall. Hope to see you there! https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/19x/presentations/snitching-apps-snitch-you #security #linux #scale19x

Update: I'm looking forward to this clock winding down. I might replace the movement with a modern, quiet, battery-powered one though if I can do it in a reversible, non-destructive way.

My table runner is finished! I practiced my hand sewing and used a felling stitch to secure the rolled hem and after a press it's ready to decorate my table. ⁨#weaving⁩ ⁨#sewing⁩

Behind it is an #antique barometer in a bakelite case.

I wound this #antique alarm clock and put it in my office next to the adding machines from a similar era. I can't tell whether the mechanical ticking in this otherwise quiet room will end up being endearing, ignorable, or infuriating.

I finished ⁨#weaving⁩ my overshot table runner! I had some extra warp at the end to play with so I experimented with a darker brown cloth weft and lime green pattern weft.

You look at me, you got nothing left to say
I'm going to tweak this code until I get my way
I won't use, spyware things
I just want a doorbell
But I will not install Ring

Well there's nothing I can do
I only wanna be with GNU
You can call me a fool
I only wanna be with GNU

You and me, we come from different worlds
I like to laugh at you when you pipe to bash from curl

Your apps are crazy and you wonder why
I'm such a baby `cause closed software makes me cry
Well there's nothing I can do
I been looking for some code like GNU

I’ve been in many “Linux on the Desktop” debates over the years and my stance today is largely the same as two decades ago: if you want free software to succeed, it must be pre-installed on hardware where all hardware features work, with a hardware vendor that supports it. https://puri.sm/posts/free-software-support-is-critical-to-its-success/

Hey @Wildbill I was just telling someone the story of you winning that SUSE-branded Thinkpad X series at Linux World Expo and announcing you were going to install Ubuntu on it. Do you still have that laptop?

I have finished the third volume of Durant's Story of Civilization. This volume covers the history of the Roman Empire and Christianity up to the fourth century. Eight more volumes to go, but first a break to read some other books on my list. ⁨#history⁩ ⁨#reading⁩