cute, tumblr link
Someone made a set of Animal Crossing amiibo cards for the MH World monsters, and I love them all. 💖
hummingbird prep, winter
Our winter hummingbird population is large enough now that I’ve put out three feeders for them.
Last winter, they were consuming 32oz of nectar a month. The consumption rate peaked this August/September, at this same amount every two weeks. It’ll probably go back down as more birds migrate South, though we have quite a few Anna’s hummingbirds that stay here year-round.
It’ll be interesting to see how they adjust to the new feeders.
ALSO HEY, COMMISSION TIME: here's a ref sheet I did for @BestGirlGrace 's character Bird Call! She's a super cool punk crow villain, and her favorite thing to do is cause telecommunications-related trouble. Watch out, she's got your number...
pol-adjacent, on writing in impossible times
After a point, working in computer security made me at least one part near-future SF writer and one part horror writer. Which I guess makes sense.
pol-adjacent, on writing in impossible times
Some advice from the sf and horror writers’ community for those who, like me, have trouble speaking up in difficult times:
https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/the-rant/amp/
tech, tiny computer
Unfortunately, it overheats when installing large software packages. So I am now letting it install GNOME on a frozen bag of pizza rolls.
I tried doing so in the fridge, but alas, it did not get wifi.
@V this isn't even a theory, this is straight-up canon
@house_house_@twitter.com:
"Actually, in our timeline, a goose chased Thatcher out of office, spurring a Bennite revolution and the irreparable decline of the Tory party. The villagers are Marxists."
(https://twitter.com/house_house_/status/1176724707019591680)
tech, dedicated two-factor device
Just placed an electronics order to see how tiny I can make a dedicated two-factor device. Not everything I use supports U2F or FIDO2 (that’s already easy), and I’m kind of afraid of a simple phone drop leading to manual recovery of ~20 TOTP keys.
I’m a little surprised this is not a common enough thing for there to already exist commodity devices, so I’m going to try a Raspberry Pi Zero W build first.
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