Thank you everyone who came to my talk! This is the first time one of my talks featured a surprise explosion! #scale19x
This is a story all about how
My #scale19x talk's going down
So if you have 60 minutes come sit right there
I'll tell you about OpenSnitch in a room called Bel Air
(1:30pm, hotel lobby level, right of hotel entrance)
The wool scarf is done! This is a surprise present for a male family member (who doesn't read my social media feed). It took about 7.5 hours start to finish and I'm pleased with how it turned out. #weaving
Well that was fast. I just finished #weaving the scarf. Now I just need to take it off the loom, tie the fringe, and wash/full it.
My next #weaving project is a simple twill scarf using single-ply, natural color worsted-weight wool raised locally. Doing something this simple is a nice change of pace from my previous projects.
Also, she *may* have convinced me that I want to get a dobby loom instead of a Swedish draw loom.
My rug is done! Here it is in its natural habitat. It took me a bit over 55 hours to make it in total. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and learned a lot about Rep #weaving in the process.
I've been doing a lot of anti-interdiction orders for #Librem5USA recently and realized not everyone may know we offer the service for our phones. I did a quick write-up on how we have adapted the process for the #Librem5 https://puri.sm/posts/anti-interdiction-on-the-librem-5-usa/
This is the current #safetyrazor line up I rotate though. The Fat Boy and Slim adjustables (far left) are always nice, and the Stahly Live Blades (far right) were recent faves, but the Gillette Red Tip (middle) surprised me with some great shaves and is the current fave. #shaving
Halfway through tying the fringe on the rug. I'm using a double Damascus edge which takes about 6 hours per side. #weaving
My rug is almost ready to take off the loom. The #weaving went quickly compared to the set up, but at the end here I'm struggling because I've run out of warp! I've had to pull many tricks out of my bag to finish this, but I think the final product will still be great.
I decided to measure my rug and remaining warp and I'm glad I did! This technique draws up much more warp than I was expecting so this 3'x5' rug will now be 3'x4'. Thankfully I caught it in time to adjust the pattern so it will still be symmetrical. #weaving
I have a rule that I don't buy yarn unless I already have a project in mind. I broke that rule today because, come on, local yarn with mug shots of the sheep it came from? How can you resist that? #weaving #fibershed
It wasn't until Nicole started writing about her work on Librem EC that I realized just how much the embedded controller is responsible for on modern computers, and therefore how important it is that it runs open firmware.
While I know that some of the earliest automobiles were electric vehicles, I still did a double-take when I saw references to EVs in this 1918 ad for engine oil. #EV #vintage #advertisements
After a few false starts, the rug is finally starting to take shape! I think this is going to go pretty quickly at this point. #weaving
Technical author, FOSS advocate, public speaker, Linux security & infrastructure geek, author of The Best of Hack and /: Linux Admin Crash Course, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist.