And now, from the local news file...
of my own design. The renovation
foreseeable future. However, I know
that I will really enjoy the new
bathroom and office when they are
Who knows?
all things, but I like this community
and find the departures disconcerting.
Of course, new people arrive and make
thing. In any case, if you're reading
this kvothe, farewell to the dial tone
and godspeed!
Last week, I decided to join Mastodon,
and began looking around at various
nstances. I knew where some of you
those places, only to find that
thought that joining that community
might be a quirky thing to do, if
they'd have me, but then without a
fellow phlogger there, I
A day later, pkotrcka phlogged about
and open a new one over at
tilde.zone[1].
at fosstodon, since the local feed has
news from a number of projects that
nterest me. I'm not sure whether I'll
maintain that presence or not. My
track record with social media is not
accounts down, because the nature of
the conversations does not interest
me. But we'll see. Maybe Mastodon will
be different.
Blackbird finally arrived and that
t's working after the initial RAM
Lastly, a new (to me) laptop is on the
ThinkPad R500, with most of the
SSD, etc.). It's still very capable,
but the screen has always been it's
because there are only TN panels
available. Higher resolution doesn't
angles are still terrible.
So I ended up buying a ThinkPad L440.
expensive (and thinner) equivalent of
the T440p favoured by most modders, in
that you can still upgrade the
that generation. I plan to throw my
current SSD in it and upgrade the
The other upgrades can happen slowly,
as I feel like spending money on it. I
kind of enjoy doing that sort of thing
Well, that's it. Time for breakfast
and another day of renovating. Take
care, gopherites!
[0] gopher://circumlunar.space/1/~kvothe/
[1] gopher://sdf.org/0/users/pkotrcka/0025
[2] gopher://sdf.org/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2019_07_07.txt