hamtron5000

@hamtron5000@slrpnk.net

wandering library tech guy. me: anticapitalist, ecosocialist, fat, nerdy. interests: solarpunk, Buddhism, permaculture, everything.

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hamtron5000,

to answer my own question, i have planted two rows of potatoes this spring - my first garden that i’ve ever been involved with! and yes, two rows of potatoes is barely a “garden” but it’s a start. i want to grow food i will actually eat, so we planted an apple tree last fall and potatoes this spring. i am hoping to also do a three sisters garden this year, but we’ll see. i also potted a Scotch Bonnet plant that i bought accidentally online while trying to buy actual Scotch Bonnet peppers, ha! this will be great for the Nigerian-style jollof rice i make on weekends, and anything Caribbean inspired that i cook which calls for that specific flavor and heat profile.

i also started a Calibreserver based out of my home server setup, which will be accessible to the neighborhood i live in - i bought a domain name and am learning about what all is necessary to statically host a website. this is the first part of my dream to start being a community sysadmin for my neighborhood, where i can provide resources that are freely available to my neighbors, and we can all add content and features as time, skill, and desire allow.

finally, i have dusted off Laika, my old trusty two-wheeled steed. she belonged to a coworker’s husband who never rode, so i got it for free last fall! I have not historically been a cyclist so I am working towards it. I bought a rack i need to add to the bike, and hope to get some different tires. add in a trailer, and you have a great errand-runner, which is my goal here. https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/02cc0147-c4cb-450d-8e2e-2ef6e0902973.webp

hamtron5000,

i don’t know if this link is great, but it’s one that i’m going to read and try to follow along with. stablepoint.com/…/how-to-host-your-own-website

hamtron5000,

stripedspatula.com/gallo-pinto/-recipe-conta… was quite tasty when we made it the other night. also ruchiskitchen.com/vegan-spicy-peanut-noodles/…. both good!

hamtron5000,

verdict: it was not terribly helpful. gonna try Hugo next. gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/

hamtron5000,

oh man, this is a great question. i’d rest, first and foremost, for kind of a long while. i’m chronically exhausted right now. then, when my body starts to feel like it can do things again i’d love to grow food, write poems, play music, hike, explore, and interact with people over shared food and conversation.

hamtron5000,

for me, since i live in the high desert of the Colorado Plateau, i have hooked up the first rain barrel of the season to start catching moisture. my plan for this coming weekend is to lay down more cardboard and mulch on our front “lawn” to suppress weeds and allow for the growth of native cover cops we’re planting. i also got a decent gift certificate to a local nursery for Christmas so once they open, soon, i will be excitedly acquiring a Mormon tea bush for my native pollinators garden.

on a different front, my wife and i are practicing living with one car. it should be easy for us, but we’ve never had to think about some of the implications of the single-car life until now, so we are trying a practical experiment in February and March, and if we can make it okay we plan to sell our second car in the late spring or early summer.

hamtron5000,

I’ve never heard of coffeeberry, but I’m intrigued! I’ll need to look it up.

hamtron5000,

that’s a good question! my understanding is that praxis means the practical application of a theory; like, for example, if you’re a socialist then praxis could involve sharing those ideas with friends/family, creating socialist spaces like community gardens or little free libraries/etc, or organizing your workplace. and it doesn’t just have to be socialism, though that’s the context i’ve heard it used in the most. for me, solarpunk is the theory and these practical application questions give me ideas about praxis. does that help? hope i don’t come off as too mansplain-y!

hamtron5000,

i’m no expert, but what we ended up using as mulch were wood chips from a tree we had to get removed from a fenceline. it seems to have worked for us.

hamtron5000,

oh yeah, the Praxis test! I remember that from back in the day when i was in school to be a teacher. that’s the subject-matter test, right? like, if you’re going to be a math teacher it’s the test that proves you can do math?

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middle-aged IT generalist guy, United States. from left, lens cleaning cloth, REI 1L nalgene, handkerchief, coffee tumbler, ridge wallet, generic grid lined notebook, Leatherman Signal, Pilot G2 .07 pen, keys for work with included tiny flashlight, and phone case (Peak Design Mobile) to represent the phone (Pixel 7 Pro) used to...

hamtron5000,

lol, yes it is! I got my glasses from there ages ago before I knew there were cheaper options. I like my glasses and need lens cleaning cloths all the time, so it works.

hamtron5000,

Ascent for business, Outback for pleasure, lol. the Ascent is the car I drive for work, the Outback is my personal car.

hamtron5000,

it’s so handy. 99% of the time I use it to clean my glasses, but if I’m with someone who’s crying, if I need to clean off a screen, if something’s dusty or gross but I need to pick it up, if I get sweaty and need to wipe my brow, if something gets spilled and there are no napkins handy, etc I can use it. when my dad passed I got all his; he was a high school principal most of his career and carried one every day.

hamtron5000,

I am a coffee addict, and I need a bottle holder that can hold my thermos, lol! But yeah, it’s also nice for a quick grab.

hamtron5000,

Thanks! I do have a decent set of lights which are USB chargeable, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get a dynamo as well. Thanks for the suggestions!

hamtron5000,

nice idea, there - i might go that route because it is fairly rare for rain around here. i already have front and rear lights, a bottle cage and an oversized holder, and a phone holder so we’re in business there!

hamtron5000,

To answer my own question, a couple things. Today my wife and I mounted two cat shelves to give our boys a way to get to a high and inaccessible place - my wife got a couple of carpet squares from her workplace and glued them onto two shelves, which we mounted today. https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/4d3eb64b-b880-4330-818c-2ce9d3dfef06.webp

i also recently built a really basic compost bin. baby steps, right?

hamtron5000,

dang, cloth diapering is no joke. good for you!

hamtron5000,

DIY book scanner project part 6, “Distribution”, might have a few leads on how to do this. annas-blog.org/blog-how-to-become-a-pirate-archiv…

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