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rasterweb, 11 months ago to random

People who are like "The migration to Mastodon has failed!"

No it hasn't. I literally migrated to Mastodon from Twitter, and I don't use Twitter anymore, but I do use Mastodon every day.

I call that a successful migration.

rasterweb, 10 months ago to mastodon

I love that Mastodon has that thing where someone interacts with you, then you check them out, find out they're cool, follow them, and check out their boosts and find out they follow cool people so now you follow those other cool people as well and now you follow a whole bunch more cool people.

#mastodon #fediverse #cool

rasterweb, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

On my morning walk I literally came across a fork in the road. 🍴 Then 20 minutes later I found another one!

rasterweb, 5 months ago to opensource

I've been using Inkscape for over 10 years. If I had been using Illustrator for 10 years I would have paid Adobe over $2,500 in "rental" fees for a subscription that stops as soon as I stop paying.

Instead I started paying $5 a month to Inkscape to help make sure we can all use it for free for as long as we want.

#inkscape #openSource

rasterweb, 3 months ago to random

Well, the joke's on me, karma, and all the bullshit. Two days ago I said that I hated Microsoft and today my wife comes to me and says her employer is replacing the Mac she has been using for work the last 15 years with a Windows machine.

She asked me for advice on a "good" Windows laptop, that was "like a Mac" and all I could say was "It's going to run Windows, so you'll hate it no matter what."

Still trying to find a workaround for this issue...

rasterweb, 6 months ago to random

I found this crate in the alley today… care to guess what was inside?

rasterweb, 9 days ago to random

Why do we have so many programming languages!?

rasterweb, 3 months ago to random

Someone at work ordered a bunch of cheap "slap bracelets" for a silly project and I said "Hey, do you think if I cut this open it'll just be an old tape measure inside?"

And yup...

rasterweb, 8 months ago to random

Every lawn care service I've seen is riding around on (and swinging around) gas powered things.

I wonder if you could create a sustainable clean(er) power lawn care company that uses solar / renewable energy to charge batteries that are used to power the machines used for lawn maintenance.

rasterweb, 10 months ago to Anbernic

I've learned to lower my expectations with the Anbernic RG35XX when it comes to playing PICO-8 and TIC-80 games. Lots of them are fine, but some either run super-slow, or get errors when they run.

The ones that do work definitely work well, so I just need to focus on those.

(To be fair I didn't even know about PICO-8 or TIC-80 when I got it, so those are all just bonus games.)

#Anbernic #RG35XX #retroGaming #pico8 #tic80 #gameDad

rasterweb, 1 month ago to random

They should do a version of the show "The Price Is Right" but have all boomers as contestants and have them try to guess the prices of the basics needed to survive in the modern age.

rasterweb, 9 months ago to random

Can't wait to play the PS1! What games should I try first?

rasterweb, 9 months ago to random

Message from a teacher friend. It’s bad.

rasterweb, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to 3DPrinting

My Solder Board model. White from the Prusa MINI, green from the P1S. Both really good quality, the P1S was definitely faster.

#3DPrinting #BambuLab #Prusa

rasterweb, 3 months ago to art

What’s in Gallery 69 today? New “Warning Sign” mini print, some 3D printed “Pidgin” keychains, a stack of rocks, a ceramic vessel, some retro-reflective prints… FREE ART! Come and get it!

#art #mke #milwaukee #free

Art in a Free Little Art Gallery.
Art in a Free Little Art Gallery.
Art in a Free Little Art Gallery.

rasterweb, 7 months ago to 3DPrinting

I'm also going to overhaul the pegboard... This 3D printed holder can contain all these screwdrivers in half the vertical space it used to take up. I'm digging into some OpenSCAD pegboard holder generators now...

#3Dprinting #tools

rasterweb, 7 months ago to random

Twitter/X is dying. I work with a company that has over 12,000 followers, built up though years of creating & sharing good content, and nowadays posts get almost no engagement, and nearly every new follower looks like a fake account or a new user with no followers. At this point I just wish it would die faster.

rasterweb, 8 days ago to random

Yo what’s up today you amazing Fediverse People!?

rasterweb, 1 month ago to random

Someone suggested maybe artists should "pick up some new skills" so here was my reply:

"I currently do copywriting, editing, proofing, photography, video production and editing, illustration, writing code, 2D, 3D, and graphic design, digital fabrication, building electronics, operating and maintaining equipment, technical & customer support, sales, marketing, project management... and probably more I forgot. Let me know what other skills I should pick up."

rasterweb, 8 months ago to 3DPrinting

I made the mistake of browsing some Bambu Lab groups on Facebook. Lots of crazy people, and I just read dozens of comments about using glue sticks or hair spray for a normal PLA print… what!?

#3DPrinting #BambuLab

rasterweb, 8 months ago to 3DPrinting

Hmm, I am seriously considering a Bambu Lab P1S (or P1P) printer. I still love the Prusa MINI but I need to get rid of the old Monoprice which is past its prime, and that makes room for another printer.

(And yeah, I'll wait until at least Sept. 20th before I do anything.)

#3Dprinting #digitalFabrication #BambuLab

rasterweb, 7 months ago to random

What even is this thing? Quarter inch stereo adapter to steak?

rasterweb, 1 year ago to random

I wonder how reliable WiFi connections are on the Raspberry Pi Pico W. Could I set two up to talk to each other and it'll just work, even after I ship it to someone across the country? How reliable is it? Will they always see each other properly?

I haven't done much with WiFi stuff on microcontrollers, and... I know it should just work, but the real world is a harsh environment.

#raspberryPi #raspberryPiPico #arduino #microcontrollers #WiFi

rasterweb, 6 months ago to 3DPrinting

I got some new filament containers... I'm not going to call it a hack because I just consider it common sense.

➡️ https://rasterweb.net/raster/2023/11/05/filament-containers/

#3DPrinting @3dprinting

rasterweb, 8 days ago to random

If you wanted to explain to a 10 year old how a button or switch can change between two things, like AM or FM on a radio, but didn't want to use a radio because it may be outdated... what example might you use?