Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

Of course the yarn for my rug project would arrive the day after I start #weaving a different project. I'll have to figure out how I'm going to split my time.

Progress goes surprisingly fast on this loom considering the fine (fingering weight) yarn I'm using, and the fact it's my first time weaving on a floor loom.

Getting started on my plaid scarf. This floor loom is really fun to use. #weaving

The MS/Activision deal makes sense now that universal DRM pieces are in place for Windows 11. Makes MS app store a more attractive platform. Goal is to lock computers down like smartphones w/ app store gateways in the name of security. https://puri.sm/posts/the-beat-of-a-different-drm/

Even with past object lessons like AOL, Yahoo!, Blackberry and MySpace, people still think that whatever tech is dominant now, will be dominant forever.

Inspired by the recent news of Canon bypassing toner DRM and Microsoft's Pluton chip, I wrote a piece that explores how DRM fits into plans to lock general-purpose computers down like printers and smartphones. https://puri.sm/posts/the-beat-of-a-different-drm/

Warping for my first project on my floor loom: a plaid scarf to match the tweed one I made my wife. #weaving

With some cleaning and some oiling, I was able to get it fully working.

We'll see if I can get this working without taking it apart any further.

Today I'm restoring a Swedish Facit mechanical pinwheel calculator from the late 1930s/early 1940s white labeled by R. C. Allen. At the moment number entry doesn't work, so this could get interesting.

I have to pause on my rug project until more yarn comes in (hopefully next week). I'm pretty bummed at not being able to weave in the mean time.

Canon can't get enough toner chips, so it's telling customers how to defeat its DRM.
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1824817

The interesting thing about Moxie stepping down from Signal is that many in infosec trust Signal less because of the protocol and more because they trust Moxie. How much of that trust will transfer to the project/new CEO?

It's back in full working order. Here's 1111 + 9999.

It's looking and working a lot better already.

Here's what over a hundred and fifteen years of dust looks like.

Today I'm cleaning and refurbishing a 1906 Brunsviga mechanical calculator. It's the oldest calculator in my collection and the first with a pinwheel mechanism.

I got some positive feedback about my articles from a stranger and it surprised me just how much it meant. I've made more of an effort recently to tell people when I appreciate their work because of how rare (but meaningful) positive feedback is.