Brutkey

Ross of Ottawa
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Ross of Ottawa
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Finally broke down and did a full clearing of snow, instead of just walkway and steps.

Of course that immediately made it snow again and harder.

Ross of Ottawa
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It was a fun little #maker project. I meant to put little displays into some other unexpected places but haven't followed through.

A closeup of the test device with some tiny text on the screen indicating my @ottaross handle and hashtags for makers and arduino fans
Ross of Ottawa
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Still cleaning up old files, and found this one.

At the height of the #COVID lockdowns I apparently rigged up an #arduino and a miniature display in one of my weaker moments.

An alternative rapid-test experience after doing so many less-entertaining tests.

#pacman #maker

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Sorting pictures as one does when cleaning up a hard drive – okay we never do it, but probably should more often. So. Many. Pictures.

This was a snowfall a couple of years ago where the flakes were positively huge, like bits of raw cotton falling from the sky.

#snowfall

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Well that was nice–new computer setup stuff. Moving my email archive and all my settings for many diff accts was super easy.

Last time I changed computers I was using the Apple Mail.app and it was a bit slow and tedious.

I dumped mail.app yrs ago, since moveing everything into Thunderbird. So I simply did a share of the TBird Library file via #AirDrop and 7.5 GB of mail was done in a couple of minutes, all setups intact.

That warrants a little extra donation their way!

#FOSS #MacOS

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Same energy:

#memes

A close-up of the red, frowning, side-eye plushie horse A still of the viral clutching-pearls meme from yesteryear, with a similar facial expression.
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Original article and details on Japan Times - FYI some ads, captchas, pop-ups etc

https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/115961604398111403

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A sign of the times? A toy maker accidentally sewed the mouth of their plushie horse on upside down. Now the frowning "crying horses" giving you the side-eye are a big viral hit with exhausted, unhappy workers in China's Yiwu "Trade City."

It's an "he gets me" thing I guess?

A set of four plushie red horses with big frowns are displayed on a shelf (Reuters photo in Japan Times)
Ross of Ottawa
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"This judicial system you say you have, is it in the room with us right now?"

#uspoli #Minnesota

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Board of peace cancelled - we're throwing the board into the fireplace for some heat. We'll get a new one later.