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loud sharp noise, small-but-loud explosion in a small room (no injuries 

This has the side-effect of reminding me how to use each of these calculators, as they all have different methods to perform basic arithmetic, none of which are intuitive.

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typically degrade through lack of use. Oil/grease gets stiff, dust/dirt takes over. My solution is repeat the simple calculations I usually perform in my head or on my computer on one (or more) of my calculators to exercise them.

Who would have thought that a thermal exhaust port could be so risky?

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The ⁨⁩ memory that will stick with me most is when an unopened soda can left in front of the projector exhaust vent exploded in the middle of my talk like a gunshot, shooting a geyser of soda in the air. I'm going to get so much mileage out of that story.

Thank you everyone who came to my talk! This is the first time one of my talks featured a surprise explosion! ⁨

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This is a story all about how
My ⁨⁩ 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. ⁨

Well that was fast. I just finished ⁨⁩ the scarf. Now I just need to take it off the loom, tie the fringe, and wash/full it.

My next ⁨⁩ 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.

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At lunch I visited a local fiber art exhibit and coincidentally one of the weavers in the exhibit was there and explaining her work to a friend. Got to chat about her work and weaving in general!

Good news: I didn't burn my mouth with oatmeal this morning. Bad news: I burnt my mouth with a breakfast sandwich instead.

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 ⁨⁩ in the process.

I've been doing a lot of anti-interdiction orders for 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 puri.sm/posts/anti-interdictio

This is the current ⁨⁩ 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. ⁨

Halfway through tying the fringe on the rug. I'm using a double Damascus edge which takes about 6 hours per side. ⁨

Hey fedipals, do you know what's the state of the FLOSS Google Search alternatives? Last time I checked Searx and Seeks were not giving good results… but maybe that was just an instance problem? Are there new more interesting ones? Boost welcome.

My rug is almost ready to take off the loom. The ⁨⁩ 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.

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