Posts by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
(DIR) Post #AOeux3tJxZjmrkrZxI by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-17T11:02:15Z
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Sun monitor to complete the set of real Sun peripherals for the Blade 100 arrived today. New old stock is fun. Unopened 4:3 monitor manufactured Feb 2009, and it was only about £40.
(DIR) Post #AOgrn6gOoaKf58Ih3A by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-18T07:44:51Z
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There we go, not quite the same period or Color match for the monitor, but all the right logos. It is also getting more evenly backlit than the photo, as it warmed up. Heh.
(DIR) Post #AOgrn9rqySHExWgNou by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-18T08:58:02Z
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And an OpenBSD shot for @claudiom 😜
(DIR) Post #AOhTMa25NifwY2DqqW by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-18T18:32:38Z
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"So, why do you use Linux?""Because I can make it look more like Windows, than Windows these days."
(DIR) Post #AOhTMfS9EFUfMJSEfA by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-18T18:34:14Z
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Pretty sure I'm now even more settled into the opinion that Windows 2000 was the peak of computer interfaces... and I'd just like to keep using something that looks like that until I depart the earth.
(DIR) Post #AOlgugftGkPh1vH47M by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-20T18:07:03Z
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After quite a wait, my website and #gemini capsule, of no real consequence, are back on a Sun UltraSparc...It now hums away quietly in the office running #openbsd, and serves up very little, to almost nobody again.... But, from the UK this time, after a 4,700 mile trip!'tis fun to fiddle with this stuff.https://dctrud.randomroad.netgemini://gemini.randomroad.net
(DIR) Post #AOlguiIZEQwg4ANT2e by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-20T18:11:42Z
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If too many people click the link, or bots fetch it, you might find it doesn't work for a bit...The machine is sitting behind a pagekite.net 'kite' to expose it to the internet until we get our own place with internet more amenable to hosting directly.There's DDOS protection with very low limits. Connections from 15 hosts max per 300 second period.
(DIR) Post #AOtJKDVWCWFm7C1PLk by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-24T11:37:42Z
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Well… unexpected perils of self-hosting…. website offline due to leaks (3!) in roof of rented shared office space dripping onto things. Computers hastily moved out the way!
(DIR) Post #AP3RuwtteLHIXS39cW by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-29T08:41:39Z
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Couldn’t wait another couple of months to get into our own place… one half decent turntable unpacked for some #vinyl this morning 🙂
(DIR) Post #AP3RuxeKrgQOrTmF0K by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-29T08:56:12Z
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Now, where are the other records I want to listen to? 🤔
(DIR) Post #AP3cckOiUmVo2pzNuC by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-29T10:45:57Z
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Let’s raid my parents pile of 45’s instead of opening up my boxes of dance music. It’s an 80s pop morning. #vinyl
(DIR) Post #AP3cckvKXWbFfzFQjw by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-10-29T10:57:12Z
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Also in the cupboard… some 70s German pop, and 1954 Mantovani and his Orchestra.
(DIR) Post #APBiVEAH3IUkZfWoEa by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-11-02T08:41:58Z
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Youngest has it again… the other three of us have never tested positive (despite many tests), but we’ll see if we get it now 😕 can’t really believe the NHS website won’t let you report results from non-NHS test kits. They aren’t even giving those out now, right? Ughh. Government trying to pretend it just doesn’t exist.
(DIR) Post #APGqwLbbGa6qtTYIFs by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-11-04T19:00:37Z
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Even my little two user instance is seeing over double the normal federation activity now. Not quite reaching that time I shared a picture of a cat, and a pipe, though…
(DIR) Post #APGqwNR2SoqkZIct4S by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-11-04T19:07:35Z
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I give you (again)... Essential UNIX tools. cat and pipe!
(DIR) Post #APGqwP4mMYETeqE8eW by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-11-04T19:11:57Z
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That pipe cat (Digby) is still living in Texas, as he wouldn't have travelled well. Luckily for us (and him), our nextdoor neighbors wanted to keep him... so he got to stay in the same neighborhood.Our other cat, Peat, made the trip from Dallas to Cornwall, via Houston, Frankfurt, and Edinburgh (!) and is curled up next to me now 🙂
(DIR) Post #APShw7mKX3ZdIcWjnE by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-11-10T13:22:20Z
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There's an article going around about the 'Home invasion' of the fediverse, which is being widely shared.But... it's not an invasion... this is a place that is intended for people to find, join, and participate in.Not everyone who has been here prior to November is mourning the loss of something. Many of us think we have gained a great deal, rather than lost a lot, in the past couple of weeks.
(DIR) Post #APSsrfJ3Y2ZlKduWKu by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-11-10T13:31:22Z
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For me, there's so much more cool art to see now, lots of local #cornish people to stumble upon and interact with, dance music fans.... and the tech stuff is still here in abundance of course.It's a bit noisy lately... but much of that noise is the relentless posting and re-posting of tips, advice, best practices / rules. They can be easily filtered, and then you'll see more newcomers posting their own interesting stuff, less general noise.
(DIR) Post #APSvA9xEXPipVQeLQW by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-11-10T15:36:47Z
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@publius yeah. I’d argue that’s a somewhat local issue, rather than a global thing, though. Take a look at e.g. toot.wales for a place with also huge influx but a super good vibe happening.Being on a self hosted instance, I watch some other local timelines in my app, and SDF is definitely one of the more chaotic now.
(DIR) Post #APauTCFXgO57RAPGro by dctrud@mastodon.randomroad.social
2022-11-14T12:26:42Z
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Nice to be able to walk home for lunch after this morning in the office. 10 days cooped up due to the illness hdd as me a bit 🤪