Hands have been needing a rest from typing, so I haven’t been. Plus I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed Shadows since it came out. But reading a couple things today has me thinking, I really should generate new GPG keys since the ones I have are many years old and probably out of date in terms of security practices (even though I trust none of them have been compromised).
Category Archives: Quick Thoughts
Another Quick Thought
Haven’t been around much for two reasons; one, Assassin’s Creed Shadows released on Thursday, and two, I’m trying not to use my hands for typing/computer work because they hurt and I need a break. So you get a break from my typing because I don’t like how speech to text formats things because I don’t speak the way I write. That is all.
Quick Thoughts
First, I’m trying the “Aside” format on here. I’m not sure what that means or how it’ll look, but.. well there it is. There’s also the “Status” format, which I assume is also good for a quick thing, maybe I’ll try that sometime soon too. Anyway, my thought: some time ago, I walked away from a community where it felt like suddenly a bunch of people jumped down my throat without showing that compassion they supposedly say people lack. Then someone, who hadn’t ever posted anything in that group since they joined months before, decided this was their opportunity to make their first ever post, and basically call me a petulant child. It took a lot of restraint when I saw that not to call them out for breaking Wheaton’s Law and telling them to eat a Bag ‘o Dicks. Around the same time, I stopped coming onto Facebook nearly as often as I used to, and tried to call on the meditation practices I started with and whenever I reached for a FB tab, instead think about what it is I’m trying to accomplish and if this is the right way to do it. And ya know what? I still see the same things from people when I do check in a couple times a day, and I feel like I have more time during the day since I’m not spending it going to various social media platforms just to see “what’s new I can consume?” I still need to find better channels for some things, but … this feels like an upgrade.
After Midnight
Not much going on lately; left hand’s been arthritic, right hand’s still suffering from tendonitis. Was a crappy work week with some events going on that took away from what I needed to get done, so while I worked a full week I don’t feel like I was productive. I have been playing with the Altair quite a bit, just tonight I found a disk image with Rogue on it. Figured out after I tried to boot it that it needs a Z80 CPU, but then it didn’t want to work right anyway. Not sure if it doesn’t like the VT100 output or what, but I was really hoping to get Rogue, Hack, or something like it running on there. I know I did see one of them on the PiDP so that’s an option too. Otherwise, torn between looking for something new to get into and waiting for Thursday when Assassin’s Creed Shadows is released. Maybe I should make some on-air contacts again, been a while since I’ve done that.. or actually call CQ and make some voice contacts, though that’s easier to do when people aren’t going to hear me in the house (or wake up from me talking).
Basking in the Green Glow
Love will find a way, if you want it to
–Yes, “Love Will Find a Way”
This makes me almost inordinately happy. Yes that’s an IBM Model M “clicky” keyboard. PS/2 output on it connects to a PS/2 -> USB adapter plugged into the Altair’s VT100 emulator port, and a VGA monitor displaying the nice green glow of a terminal. I wasn’t thinking I needed to do it, but now I feel like I really do need to get the VT320 hooked up and working on this – even if it’s deeper than this LCD monitor, it’s smaller and would fit better somewhere. I don’t know where that would be, because I wasn’t planning on having a display next to this normally, but… love will find a way.
This Is Not The Post You’re Looking For
Need to test something with the image handling of things. So to do that I need something with an image. Therefore, cat.
Carry on.
Speaking of New Things…
Right now, it’s gonna take you over
–INXS, “New Sensation”
A new sensation, a new sensation
Along the lines of trying new things, I’m trying a new Bluesky plugin on the site for this post. It’s supposed to auto-share posts to there, but it’s also supposed to include replies and such from Bluesky back to here, sort of a way to comment on the website by commenting there. It’d be another option, and I think it could be nice, but I want to see how it works. So this post is both to let you know about a new thing, and to test it. Funny how that happens.
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March 2, 2025
Well I like how it showed up here at least.
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March 2, 2025
And I like how it showed up on the website. Ok, this might stay and replace the “post to Bluesky” feature of the other plugin I have.
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A Little More Action
A little more bite and a little less bark
–Elvis Presley, “A Little Less Conversation”
A little less fight and a little more spark
Gonna try something new; way back when I used to have comments turned on all the time, but turned them off when all I would do is get emails about spam posts on everything. Now that I’m trying to put stuff here more often, I made a couple changes that should hopefully prevent that kind of spam from ever landing and turned on comments by default. I also made it so that one doesn’t have to have an account here to comment, which should lower the bar for those who want to have a dialogue.
I also finished my next soldering project, mostly. There’s a few things left to do, and I have to organize the photos into an album and post it, so that’ll be coming soon. Maybe this weekend? We’ll see.
Edit: One other thing, I saw a site recently that had embedded comments from Bluesky, and I think I found a plugin to do that. Might play with it later, but it’s too close to sleepytime now.
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March 2, 2025
Now I just need comments that aren’t me
(admittedly this one is for testing purposes, but still…)
Knobs Sufficiently Twiddled
Yeah, reaching for a title there… anyway, after a few hours of “WTF why isn’t that working” I figured out the stuff I wanted working, namely there’s a new script on my IRC bot that watches for articles here. I guess my thought is, if I’m more “public” about what’s going on here, maybe I’ll use it more? Who knows. There’s another project that I started on though, and has been sitting patiently on my desk since yesterday afternoon as well, so I think I’m gonna push up the volume and turn the chair to the soldering iron.
Fiddling Knobs
Trying out some new things… here’s hoping I don’t break stuff. Then again, it’s Saturday evening before a snowstorm and a holiday weekend, what better time to break things?
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