Notices by Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop)

#Bee!

A friend of mine gave me an #AmericanChestnut sapling. These trees are nearly extinct because of a fungus that nearly wiped them out. Usually they get sick and die after a few decades. I hope we can keep this one alive, and keep hope alive, so that this beautiful species can come back once again.

edit: gah, if course, it's a chestnut!

#trees #biodiversity

The #AmericanChestnut sapling survived the winter!

I am impressed this company managed to snag "climate.com". Probably not a cheap domain to buy.

Are comedians more troubled than the rest of us?

Or are they exactly as troubled as the rest of us, but they have to speak in public for a living, and grief and anxiety are good content?

Could be either way.

The best part about having a friend who is an indie game developer is proposing hundreds of experiences that would be impossible to deliver.

@tinker Mango is pretty good.

I get a kick out of modding my old systems, even with simple "insert part here" mods. My old DS lite is still in daily use in 2025 as an e-reader and an audiobook player for my nine-year-old. (#moonshell for the win, baby!)

This was my first experience soldering a beloved piece of *working* equipment. It was scary, but a really helpful video walked me through it. And now my ~25-year-old old cube is as good as ever, now with a little of me in it. I love it.

I'm no expert, but the GameCube seems really well designed for maintenance. I encountered just 3 types of screws. Parts popped on and off relatively easily.

What a journey with the #GameCube mod. I soldered (and resoldered, and resoldered) a #RaspberryPiNano into the GC. I must have broken down and rebuilt the cube a dozen times. But I've plugged it in, and combined with a digital-to-HDMI, Windwaker has never looked better. :)

Bravo, Canada.

At the point of no return with the #GameCube modding project. Everything up to Herr has been screws, now I'm going to solder cables onto this board.

Let's review all this documentation one more time...

It's kind of remarkable that I searched for Mark Twain quotes about work, and this simple page shows up high in the list.

http://www.twainquotes.com/Work.html

It doesn't have an SSL cert. It's simple HTML. There's no search engine optimization (voice o authority, tags, etc etc. It's just a page with a couple of tables, two images, and a wall of quotes.

I just soldered some wires to a #rapsberrypi #pico in preparation for a #GameCube mod.

@turquoisefloyd I did, but thanks for the reminder. Everything helps!

I planted seedlings this afternoon, and they already seem half dead. My continuing respect for farmers who make things grow at scale for a living.

I'll take "mixed emotions" for 400 Alex.

https://ctmirror.org/2025/04/24/ct-prison-solar-panels/

@amiserabilist Taking his time out of office to grow the facial hair. Also, how sensible is this!

@MichaelWhelan This is striking.

@statsguy The ultimate in "post facto rationalization"