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Synology issues
Last Thursday I discovered my NAS was having issues. Starting the day to warning beeps from the NAS and discovery of a failed drive — Andy Piper (@andypiper@macaw.social) 2024-08-09T09:22:45.564Z The...
View ArticleTechgrumps – with added duckweed
Techgrumps 3.18 – Down The Stack This was a fun recording last weekend – enjoy! Also available in a range of your favourite podcasting apps.
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The Trunk Line
One of my freelance roles at the moment is as Developer Relations lead on the Mastodon project. It is a project and platform I’m really passionate about – I use it every day, it is Open Source and...
View ArticleMidweek miscellany
Shorter update today, rather than anything substantial. A couple of news items to share Prusa launched the MK4S, which makes the MK4 look even more tempting. I have a Bambu X1C which is a great...
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I love the Web
I use a lot of apps, and, I love my iPhone. BUT I really love the Web. A few things lately reminded me of what a great and – so far – durable, open set of of technologies the Web is based on. You can...
View ArticleFediverse for Freedom
Over the past week, there’s been a noticeable shift away from X in the UK, and it feels long overdue. According to Bluesky’s PR, the platform has seen a surge in new users and activity from the UK....
View ArticleA list switcheroo…
I’m enjoying seeing more folks pop into existence in my feed on Threads… but, I generally prefer to use Mastodon as my primary social app. I’m not likely to stop using Threads itself, but, well,...
View ArticleMany micro:bits
Today, I was at Canons House & Gardens in Mitcham with two of my friends from our local maker group, Makeroni. Makeroni itself evolved out of the earlier HackWimbledon meetup – we try to get...
View Articlethe birth, life & death of stars
Plotter artists get to enjoy the challenge of joining #PlotParty, and for this month’s mini plot party the theme was “Star Shape”. I used NodeBox to generate three grids of stars with differing...
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Mastodon – on your wrist
As Developer Advocate on the Mastodon team, I try to check out as many different apps and experiences built using the platform as I can. The other day I noticed an app for the Apple Watch that I had...
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Return of the Ogg(Camp)
One of the earliest community events that I got heavily involved with here in the UK was OggCamp. Back in the later part of the first decade of the 21st Century, otherwise known as around about 2009,...
View ArticleA fresh coat of paint
If you are looking at my blog directly on my site today, and if you have looked at it there before (rather than consuming the RSS feed or the posts via ActivityPub on @andypiper@andypiper.co.uk), then...
View ArticleThe Collage Atlas
It might be a bit ironic that I’ve not posted anything about gaming, given that a) it’s a bit of a Blaugust theme, and b) I co-host a podcast that is at least slightly about gaming. Time to fix that....
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On Symbols & Symbolism
Some chatter on the Fediverse in the past couple of days, around a proposed symbol for the network of networks. Background There is an icon / logo that has been used for the Fediverse as a whole, for...
View ArticleTweaking templates
Now that I’ve got the site more into a shape that I’m happy with… I’m doing more tweaking. Since I published the site with the refreshed theme, I’ve made a few updates: I made various adjustments to...
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Today’s notes
I had hoped – and really wanted – to be at Wuthering Bytes / Open Source Hardware Camp this weekend, but didn’t get that sorted out because of Reasons. So, I spent today doing various other things...
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Somewhere in the (M5)Stack
Following on from yesterday’s tech activities, today I went along to Makeroni, and later spent a bit of time tinkering in the studio, and that’s where today’s blog post starts. The images are a bit...
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MNT Pocket Reform: a (literal) field test
Using the Pocket Reform outdoors I am typing this while sitting in the Fountain Garden at Hampton Court Palace, as a test of being out with it. We are at the Hampton Court Food Festival today. It is a...
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Learning about the ATmosphere
Quick post, mostly to journal things. This evening, I went along to an interesting talk about ATProto and its ecosystem, that was held at Newspeak House in Shoreditch. This was a presentation by Dan...
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Some fun small games
A platform where I love to play quick and fun games is PICO-8 – a so-called fantasy (virtual retro) console from Lexaloffe. It’s particularly interesting to me because it enforces certain constraints...
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