Garden waste to fibre, round two, let's go!!!
Today we're using yucca from green waste, an axe, and a tub.
I've chopped off the ends of the yucca, and pounded them with the back of the axe to bruise them.
They're now soaking for a week so microbial action can eat away the pulp and loosen the fibres.
There's no detergent here. Yucca contains natural saponins that can be used like soap.
Previous thread is here: https://cloudisland.nz/@pjf/113529177215175664
and here: https://cloudisland.nz/@pjf/113535353936853749
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#NeolithicTech
Living in a society where everyone is constantly trying to scam you if exhausting.
Sure, there's the regular scammers we think of. The ones who call or email you and pretend to be your bank, your telco, your long lost family with an inheritance for you.
But then there's all the legal scamming. Phones that come with built-in advertising IDs. Pop-ups with tiny close buttons. Anything where you have to "opt-out". Wherever bullshit Adobe has thought up this week.
It's exhausting.
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I've always been enthusiastic about technology.
For the last few years I've been particularly enthusiastic about neolithic technology.
That's not because I somehow think #NeolithicTech is "better" than modern technology.
It's because it's challenging to use neolithic technologies for corporate surveillance and mis-information at scale.
Nobody has ever asked me to weave a basket to extract money from vulnerable populations, spy on our neighbours, or engage in profitable harm.
If anyone else in the fediverse is into #BasketWeaving, #cordage, #BowDrills, and similar #Neolithic technology, come say hi?
Here's my most time-consuming coil #basket. Made from yucca fibre, with one continuous piece of two-ply twist string. It's extremely tough and hardy.
Added the handle later (yucca string and a small piece of bone), with some help from my #BasketWeaving assistant.
#NeolithicTech
If for some reason, I don't like it, that's my problem, not yours. I want you to flourish. I want you to be having the best time you possibly can. And if you share that with me, then I feel even the more special for it.
Thank you. ♥
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Many thanks to @xssfox@cloudisland.nz for asking me to repost this to the fediverse, after I originally posted it to another social network in 2015.
It still very much applies today. I love seeing and hearing about all the great stuff you and your loved ones are up to. ♥
Why did the Narrm cryptobro stay on the heavily congested road?
He was driving down HODL Street.
#DadJoke #Melbourne #Narrm #SorryThisIsOnlyFunnyToMelbournitesAndEvenThenItsQuestionable
Hey #btrfs nerds, what's the current best-practice strategy for migrating to a new (single) drive, without modifying the old drive, which will then be removed. Is it using seeding volumes?
https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Seeding-device.html
@caitelatte@cloudisland.nz : Every one of our bookshelves is required to have a cat spot, and she gets very grumpy if it's occupied for any reason. ❤
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@caitelatte@cloudisland.nz : She's also the best reading companion.
#catsOfMastodon
Me: "I'm going to take my ADHD meds. I'm going to finally get these tasks done."
My brain: "Right! Time to hyperfocus on cataloguing every picture of Queen Felicia!"
#catsOfMastodon #ADHD
Mr 8: "I made this level, but it's all pigs!"
Me: "Seems pretty Sus."
#DadJokes
For those needing context:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_(genus)
Mr 8: "I made this level, but it's all pigs!"
Me: "Seems pretty Sus."
#DadJokes
With the kids away I spent the morning reorganising my box of cables and power adaptors (1980–2010). When I need to plug in a Tandy product, I'll be ready as I can be.
I feel like Hank Hill would be proud.
I went to find a picture of the Therac-25 to accompany a post about how software absolutely kills people, and that even the prospect of vibe-coded medical firmware is terrifying.
Anyway, the first picture returned was this vibe-drawn image and I am screaming inside.
Thanks everyone! I've purchased a second hand FrameWork 16, which should arrive next week.
This feels like the perfect sort of machine to get second hand, because if something isn't right it should be easy to replace. :)
The downside is now I have to learn about what NVMe drives are up to these days, and why different drives cost different amounts for the same capacity and form factor.
Hey friends,
Anyone have any experiences (good or bad) with FrameWork laptops that they'd like to share?
After keeping my old laptop running for ~9 years, I feel like I'm nearing the limits of what I can easily repair.
Thanks!
Thanks everyone! I've purchased a second hand FrameWork 16, which should arrive next week.
This feels like the perfect sort of machine to get second hand, because if something isn't right it should be easy to replace. :)
Paul Fenwick