Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

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.

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

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

This is a nice idea, but if you want to increase phone longevity and reduce e-waste, mandate software security updates for however long you mandate hardware repair. Otherwise anyone who cares about security will still throw away their 3-year-old phone. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/eu-regulators-want-5-years-of-smartphone-parts-much-better-batteries/

“I think people are going to have to make a decision on whether we want [free technology and apps],” he said. “But we can’t have that and at the same time say, ‘I’m a private person, so you can’t look at any of that.’ That just seems crazy.”

A very telling part of this story about police using Fog to access cell location data w/o a warrant is the prosecutor's assessment that giving up your #privacy is the trade-off for getting free apps. Aligns w/ Big Tech's view. https://apnews.com/article/technology-police-california-arkansas-d395409ef5a8c6c3f6cdab5b1d0e27ef

Truck spills 150000 tomatoes on freeway, leaving a lot of catch-up for motorists and highway patrol. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62729166

Fortunately I was able to save the food using the fridges in my camper van, which doubles as a general-purpose disaster response tool.

Woke up to a room temp fridge, proper temp freezer. Had to empty everything and thaw out freezer as I suspected frost was stopping condensor fan. Sure enough a few hours of thawing fixed it.

If you collect and use vintage ⁨#safetyrazors⁩ I recommend adding a Stahly live blade to your collection. Using a hand-cranked, clockwork vibrating razor seems weird at first, but each time mine come up in my rotation I get excellent shaves

I understand the security reasoning for the feature. I just also understand that cooling the secondary market with uncertainty about used phones is likely a stronger motivator for the feature than reducing theft.

I tried to repurpose my deceased father's old phone into an audiobook player. I discovered Android's Factory Reset Protection in the process. How do you Android users put up with this? (I know how, you just buy a new phone.) Another phone going into e-waste...