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NicoleJLeBoeuf

@NicoleJLeBoeuf@wandering.shop

A New Orleans writer of short SFF who is currently living in Boulder CO. Married, w/ bunn. https://wandering.shop/@SFWA member, Codexian. Knits, crochets, tats, spins. Has piloted on occasion. Skates roller derby on every occasion (Fleur de Beast). Pagan/Wiccan/witch.

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vga256, to retrocomputing
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just discovered this Wordperfect 6.0 ad from 1994 and it's making me wonder if i ever really lived

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@vga256 omg I want one of those patches on my jeans, only it should say

WordPerfect
5.1
DOS

I would sew the shit outta that onto my GVs

ifixcoinops, to random
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Yaknowwhat, it's not by any means ready yet but I'm heading out the door in a minute so I'm just gonna post my website and see if it holds up under the Fedi Hug, here ya go lol

https://gamedad.club

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@ifixcoinops ...I think you may have successfully inspired me to go look at my own PHP-fragment bloggity-do and maybe even fix the stuff I've just been living with broken for some 20 years

Also now I want a Game Dad to play my fave old Atari 2600 games on, so well done you

(and if it could also do Katamari that would be nice)

NicoleJLeBoeuf, to random
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This is an absolutely essential episode of @ouropinions

https://ouropinionsarecorrect.libsyn.com/fascism-and-book-bans-with-maggie-tokuda-hall

Show notes: https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/2024/4/18/fascism-and-book-bans-with-maggie-tokuda-hall

Please take a listen. This is a VITAL topic.

And I am so grateful to @charliejane and @annaleen for introducing me, with this episode, to @emteehall and Authors Against Book Bans! (https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/). You bet I'm going to get involved.

NicoleJLeBoeuf, to fountainpens
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So remember those orange ink cartridges I put in the cheap second hand fountain pen? After, I might add, thoroughly cleaning the nib and letting it dry? That ink that came out a light gold/orange on the page? Like this?

https://wandering.shop/@NicoleJLeBoeuf/112261462672877026

Today it came out darn near BLACK. (The picture makes it look lighter & greener than the quite dark brown it really was.)

Eventually it shaded back to gold/orange, but - how? Thornton, what kind of trick ink IS this?!

, y'all. How even.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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(Disregard the writing above the disassembled pen; that was done with a Moonman Mini filled with Diamine's Chocolate Borwn. Which might give you an idea of the lighting distortion in my crappy photos.)

NicoleJLeBoeuf, to fountainpens
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Using for my Morning Pages. Relying on my handwriting to be completely obscure (although there is an f-bomb visible, shock and horror!) while relying on less-than-ideal camera/photography options to show off the colors.

This Sheaffer student demonstrator had a converter filled with J. Herbin's vert pré in it yesterday. Before starting today, I swapped in a converter filled with iroshizuku ama-iro. The gradual color shift across the first two pages was lovely.

Two pages of handwriting in a spiral notebook displaying a gradual shift from J. Herbin's vert pré (light olive green) to iroshizuku's ama-iro (teal/peacock blue), result of changing colors of ink without washing the fountain pen nib.
Fountain pen ink: Pilot's iroshizuku ama-iro (teal/peacock blue) in the bottle and on the page (handwriting). Also a vintage Sheaffer student demonstrator fine nib pen.

Sadsquatch, to random
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Honestly I owe Defector a subscription for this headline alone

https://defector.com/cybertruck-deliveries-halted-due-to-car-being-a-big-piece-of-shit-that-doesnt-work

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@Sadsquatch "the accelerator pedal cover slides off and gets stuck under a panel and locks the accelerator pressed down and keeps the Cybertruck stuck at maximum velocity."

That seems... bad? Very horri-terri-bad. Like, weighing in at several hundred terrabads. That's BAD.

coral, to fountainpens
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Sad realization: I use TWSBIs because I'm disorganized and don't want to figure out which converter goes with which pen.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@coral I mean, once size converter fits all is a great advertisement for TWSBIs. As much as I love Sheaffers, they're either intended as cartridge pens or they have one converter that fits THAT PEN, and then it leaks. (Looking at you, Agio.)

I'm inching closer and closer to actually just going ahead and acquiring a TWSBI. What's a good entry model? I prize smooth writing over "looks cool," and I'm fond of demonstrators so I can check ink levels/colors at a glance.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@paradoxmo @jessekelber Good to know, thanks!

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@paradoxmo @jessekelber Although, I'm getting a little confused here: Isn't a piston/plunger filler a type of converter? If not, then what is the thing that is properly called a converter?

cf. https://www.jetpens.com/blog/Fountain-Pen-Filling-Systems-Explained/pt/912 - the thing they call a piston converter is the thing I use the most. I also have a fancy Scheaffer that came with what this article calls a squeeze converter.

Binder, to random
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Someone down the street is playing a ukulele in the rain (they’re under a roof on their porch) & it makes me miss the countryside.

V low density of novice ukulele players to be observed there.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@Binder Someone in my building can be heard occasionally playing/practicing the flute, and it makes me think I should pull mine out and practice too, or play our piano more.

Be the novice ukulele/flute/piano player you want to see in your neighborhood, I guess is the takeaway here?

NicoleJLeBoeuf, to fountainpens
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I have no idea what brand of this is. I got it for $2 at Arts Parts Creative Reuse Center, along w/ a dozen "orange" Thornton's Luxury Goods ink cartridges for $2.75.

It needed a good soak and some time to dry. After which: BEHOLD! Effortless writing.

(How do y'all take such fantastic photos of your pens and ink and writing, btw? Anyway--)

I maintain my theory that the best, smoothest-writing, most comfortable fountain pens are to be had second-hand for under $10.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@thegiddystitcher

At all times, the bookbag has in it my laptop, a physical book, and a knitting project. Just in case.

consumablejoy, to food
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You know you are not focused on work when you come about 2 seconds from clicking purchase on a cuisinart immersion blender because you want to be able to make homemade mayo, smooth puréed soups, and ice-cream drinks more easily.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@consumablejoy @sj @bxknits @emery @mlanger Putting the finishing touches on potato-leek soup.

dgar, to random
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Me: This butter tastes great.

Them: Actually, it’s ghee.

Me: Ah, thanks for clarifying.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@dgar OUCH.

mhoye, to random
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"The fact they sent me this email is something I need to be very ashamed of, and I need to change."

https://www.cracked.com/article_40871_penn-jillette-wants-to-talk-it-all-out.html

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@mhoye This was a really fascinating interview. I 100% had not known Jillette no longer identified as Libertarian, and his "road to Damascus" moment on that is poignant as heck.

I do wish he'd said more about his vision of capitalism as something that doesn't require there be winners and losers. Like the interviewer, I was surprised by that, and I disagree reflexively, but I'd like to hear Jillette explain his vision more substantively so I can figure out whether I still disagree, you know?

sfwrtr, (edited ) to writing
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Couldn't decide what I wanted for breakfast. So I'm popping !

.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@sfwrtr Sometimes when I get hungry the higher thinking doesn't get involved, and there are no convenient leftovers to reheat, so I wind up with a plate of combined whatever comes easiest to hand from the fridge.

I call it "I'm eating like an asshole today" and have since assumed it's what's meant when the kids these days say "girl dinner"

Anyway, I think popcorn + kimchi + sardines is precisely the kind of thing I'd do when in that mood. Possibly a couple sticks of celery too.

NicoleJLeBoeuf, to fountainpens
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how to jump-start a slightly dried-out Platinum Curidas:

dabbed a finger in my coffee, swiped it along the top of the nib. Voila. instant flow.

this has been dirtbag diy for stay tuned right here for more inadvisable life hacks

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@MsHearthWitch @Archergal @paradoxmo I confess that if I was drinking tea, or water, or whiskey, that's probably what I would have used. I mean, the coffee was RIGHT THERE and the sink was WAY OVER THERE

NicoleJLeBoeuf, to random
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OMG the latest update (115).

But finally stumbled across a Reddit post that helped me fix the most objectionable (to me) change:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/comments/170qh1m/hate_the_new_thunderbird_layout/

After the updated, the message list seemed cramped, line height way too small.

This is because the default "density" changed from, I guess, medium to compact?

That setting lives under the "hamburger menu" (three horizontal lines in the upper right)

Changed it back to medium density, breathed a sigh of relief.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@thunderbird Indeed! And a "fix" would not even have been necessary, had the update not "fixed what was not broken" by messing with the accustomed defaults! But I do appreciate your response.

Satori, to random
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So, about that mechanical, halting paw lift Skye performs in the below video…

Last weekend Skye did this move next to BunMum’s pillow and ended up punching her in the face! 🤣 🤪🥊

Rabbit haltingly lifts paw to face, then performs a face wash with both paws.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@Satori @cazabon First time I saw Holland do that, I was all, "Oh no! What's wrong with your paw? Is it hurting you? Did you injure it? WHAT'S WRONG LI'L BUNNY?!" And of course Holland's like, "...whut? Busy washin my ears, mum, go 'way."

cazabon, to privacy

Remember set up new on-by-default sharing of your account information with every other Patreon user (and maybe the world)? Remember people posting how to turn it off, because they were using confusing language/dark patterns to try to you into oversharing?

I got the "welcome to the new Patreon" today, and ... they've turned the "Community Profile" setting back on after I deliberately turned it off.

Go check your settings, and opt out -- again.

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@cazabon Oh, fer cryin' out...

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@cazabon I'm not actually finding that setting at first glance. What tab is it under?

NicoleJLeBoeuf,
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@cazabon Oh! Ha ha ha ha - found it - had to switch over to my Member view, via a pop-up menu I didn't even know existed: I had to click on where it said my name and "Creator" in the lower left hand corner to make the Creator/Member menu show up.

So I toggled over to Member, and THEN my Setting -> Account page was as you described.

Wow. I had been wondering FOREVER how to get at the list of pages I subscribe to!

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