Aeronaute 🇨🇦

My ballot is filled out and ready to return. You really can't count on a stray cat to deliver, though. Fortunately, my cat isn't a stray! She's very helpful! And kinda pampered, and has never left the house... okay, I'm starting to see issues with this fallback plan.

Saw a pen video on YouTube. I DON'T need another pen. But oh, that's pretty! Maybe I could find some space in the rotation... It costs what now? Yeah, I get what goes into that, but it thankfully helps reinforce my resolve against adding new pens.

I don't need a new mechanical keyboard! I don't need a new mechanical keyboard! I don't need a new mech...

Potentially of interest to @mac-b5.stickimporters.com and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com is this pallet test of the colours mixed from Snapmaker's full-spectrum CMYK set. The triangle is they grey they use for Key.

Some of my colour blending experiments with the new 3D printer. To be clear, this filament isn't well suited to this. I'm working through the filament that came with the machine, which is too opaque for good blending. Details of each print in the alt text.

The Senate Democrats should expel Fetterman from the caucus. It won't make a difference in the number of seats they need to flip, because he's not going to vote with them, anyway.

Drummer approves of the new Snapmaker 3D printer, since I made a top cover from an inverted storage bin.

As My Cousin Vinny said "I got no further use for this guy!" I get that one can take an initial position based on little data, and, when it's more fully understood, revise or reverse that. But no research was done here, because all the data shows this is done in ways that are safe and fair.

The Snapmaker U1 is alive!

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

I think I might need to get a cover for the new Snapmaker U1 3D printer, sooner rather than later. It's going where the X1C is now, and Drummer frequently camps the top of the AMS to spot birds, squirrels, and bunnies. I think both my prints, and the cat, will be happier for a closed top.

Fifteen minutes to 2027 Hobonichi 0-hour. Suppose I should finalize my choice for next year.

I mean, it's not like I want competent authoritarians, but the extent to which the US regime's ambitions overreach their intellectual capacity is staggering.

Just sent mail to feedback@apple.com asking them not to rename Lake Ontario in Apple Maps.

Having a 3D printer is another level of impulse shopping. Saw the pen stand in Reacher S04E02 last night. Woke up this morning to take this off my 3D printer. Did I need it? Absolutely not. But now I have it. (The pen was pre-existing.)

I wish Bluesky would prioritize individual follows over blocklist inclusion. Mass blocklists can keep one from seeing a lot of crap, and are useful. But sometimes, I disagree with their inclusion of someone, and wish I could still see those posts without throwing out the rest of the list.

She has a bed on the other side of the desk. But I finally tidied up this corner, today, and Drummer promptly colonized it. #caturday

The sky here is so yellow*, I wonder if the sun is blue. *Smoke from the wildfires in Ontario.

It's surprising how much I'm seeing about the Maine senate race, in the last few days, given that I muted the name of the Dem nominee months ago because I couldn't stomach all the people propping him up. I'm only seeing threads that don't mention that name, and it's still depressing.

Important tip: DO NOT use a robot mop to clean up cat pee! When the base unit washes and blows hot air on the roller to dry it, it will enhance the stench, and waft it through the house. Don't ask me how I know this.

Drummer seems to like sliced deli ham. It's the one human food she will consistently eat. I'm not sure if I should feel good for finally finding a human food she likes, or worry how kibble adjacent my deli ham is.

Post the best picture you've taken THIS WEEK of your pet (if you feel like it). Drummer in her feelings box. #proofofcat

I think the plan all along is to drape the curtain from the scaffolding, so nobody can see that the letters are still there. The scaffolding was never to support workers removing letters. It was a frame to hold the curtain.

humans have known how to construct a shoulder seam for thousands of years, but with AI, we are unlocking untold new ways to fuck it up

Had what I thought was a dead switch on my keyboard. No problem, I have spare switches. Pulled the keycap to expose the switch and could barely see it under the thatch of accumulated cat hair. Once I pulled that all out, the switch seemed fine, so I put the keycap back. I should do the whole board.

“the president was loudly booed in the countrys most populous city we traveled to this small town in south dakota to find out why”

I don't celebrate Christmas or Advent, but I like all the tea I've gotten from @fridaytea.com, and the single origin pure tea option makes this very attractive.

I've spent a frustrating evening looking at software for the iPad. I want the sort of thing that can run entirely on the iPad, with the results stored locally. There's no need for remote servers for storage or processing. I will NOT pay a subscription to enable necessary features! There are so many!

The power of AI! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXk...

So, I just fired up my Windows machine for the first time since the fall of 2024. It needs updates, clearly. Is there something I can do in the update process to avoid the AI crap that MS is going to try to shovel at me, or will I just have to try to root it out, later?

I feel attacked.

TIL that the UK flag isn't just usually drawn by people that are bad at symmetry. Looking at the blazon, it really is supposed to be that way, to represent Ireland and Scotland equally. So yes, it could be upside down. So glad Canada no longer uses it on the Canadian flag.

Every time some flunky says a White House ballroom is needed for security, because it's dangerous to leave the WH grounds, the followup question should be "Will the president be avoiding trips to private, insecure golf clubs?"