Back to the slab build thread. Took time to declutter and make some space in the shop yesterday. All the lumber on the rack was on the floor, a lot more room for activities now, but still ways to go (strategically cropped photo).
Had to flatten the epoxy, it was my first time and it went well-ish. Mistakes were made, but I feel good about all the things I learned. When you do knowledge work all day, seeing results of your actions in the physical world is great, even if it's failure. I did some repairs with black CA glue but I'll have to take it back to my friend's planer and take an ⅛" (3 mm) off.
If you're following along still, thanks! And let me know if there's something specific you want to see. I'm not good at any of this but happy to answer questions for anyone interested in getting into woodworking. Especially if you didn't grow up around tools; I didn't, not sure if we had more than a screwdriver, if that.
@stefano great step towards the public release of the code, good luck @vortex@tldr.nettime.org and thanks for kicking the tires. Excited to give it a spin soon™️!
For the first time, littleFedi will be shown publicly
And I have to say, this makes me very happy. :)
A pre-release build will be running on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W at Berlin FediDay, where people will be able to see it, try it, play with it, and probably abuse it a little too.
Unfortunately I won't be there in person, because I'll be at EuroBSDCon that same weekend.
But really, what better place than FediDay for the first public appearance of littleFedi?
A huge thanks to @vortex@tldr.nettime.org - Adam - for taking this on, building the demo, testing it independently, and agreeing to respect the temporary source embargo while we complete the last checks before the public release.
I'm especially curious to see how littleFedi behaves once it's in the hands of people who didn't build it.
This is exactly the kind of test I was hoping for.
More details about the presentation:
https://ctalx.c-base.org/fediday-2026/talk/review/AJNLVMPYRSVX3JDHDHYSEZZNSP9KQSYH
if a grid misaligns
with a grid right behind,
that's a moiré
Quote post into a Blog Post
I have a woodworking build thread on my GtS account that would be awesome as a blog post. Another reason why I think making a thread into a single post would be a good use case. I made the last post about this into a blog post. Now I'm trying a quote post as a blog post to see what that does.
Oh yeah I forgot I tried this. I still think it would be good if the quoted post was linked from the generated blog. Also it would be nice to get a reminder to add a heading when checking the blog post checkbox so the post title isn't the truncated post body. I'll write up some feedback properly later. I'm just sleep procrastinating now.
I love long shadows and light that makes mundane things pretty.
@shom@gts.shom.dev
The news and world events are loud and sad, appreciating a quiet calm moment.
Did another new thing today, mixed and poured epoxy! Popping the air bubbles was the most fun part. I mixed more than I needed and it got way too hot and started smoking when the left over started curing. In the future I know to spread out left overs in a thin layer to let it cure. That's the current state of the slab, I 'm really hoping it's one of those things where it needs to look worse before it starts looking better. Up next will be a bowtie for the crack on the underside and then decide on if I want to round over the the bottoms and/or the tops of the straight edges, then legs, joinery, sanding, finish.
I've been strapped for time this week and this will be the last update for a couple weeks due to other commitments. Thanks for following along and the encouragement.
@stefano nice to have a timeline for release, looking forward to poking at the self hosted instance, reporting, and maybe even contributing (probably beyond my very rudimentary Go skills). Good luck team!
@fasnix definitely wouldn't want littleFedi to be a copy just a really good profile viewing experience. Having the fillers is great and being able to control them via url params is fantastic if someone wants to link their profile from another site (like a blog or another social media platform) so just their posts are shown on visit. This is great stuff!
@pluvialgeist @stefano
@pluvialgeist @stefano #phanpy handles this very nicely with Replies, Boosts, Media, and featured hashtags. Example profile (and baby goats): https://phanpy.social/#/mastodon.social/a/108194428751240116
Also the dev actively encourages other clients and platforms to use the UI/UX concepts from Phanpy. Boost carousel and the way notification grouping is handled truly elevates my whole fedi experience!
Pulling up my own comments from the thread
clearly they're trying to hide their shame. Why are you doing something you're ashamed of, choose not to or don't be ashamed and stand by it.
If you think the technology is so great, stand behind it and disclaim, rather proclaim, your use. WILD!
@pluvialgeist yeah it's great and the developer, Gus, is on the fedi and shares excellent information on color science.
What does quoting a GoToSocial post with a photo and link look like? Also, Saulala is cool, check it out.
@stefano @shom@gts.shom.dev but I doubt you're swapping between SBCs and VPSs at your job. If you are, that's super cool. And either way, this is an excellent scaling demonstration!
@stefano this post breaks the UI on mobile pretty bad: https://toki.social/ap/users/116031907936927572/statuses/117089468990860130
The toolbar at the bottom wasn't visible at all until I did some fast scroll to get it to appear. Interesting break, would love to learn what you find. I'll be able to look on the desktop tomorrow night.
@pepdmin I tried logging off and on based on @epn4littlefedi's suggestion, thanks. We'll see if I notice it again.