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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 9h

Dang! How to arrange the panels on the sheet of plywood has *finally* hit me, and I should be able to punch some numbers into either a CAD program or at least a spreadsheet. After all, I still don't have any actual dimensions yet, and the aspect ratios of the boxes still haven't been decided upon...

Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 16h

Here's hoping the AI bubble pops sooner rather than later...
=>.<=

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 17h

The culprit and its replacement.

I'm not convinced the replacements are the best option, as I've accidentally opened the base part too wide and cracked it. Definitely more delicate than I'd expected.

Then again, I didn't expect the original piece to break, either...
=>.<=

Two zipper pull tabs. The left, the original tab from my jacket, complete with broken loop on the bottom, and text engraved in the tab itself. On the right, the replacement, complete with pivoting loop as a cheap way of installing it onto a zipper pull.

Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 18h

Odd. I do have a trio of buttons I'd specifically set aside for rank pips, but it appears I have NO photos of them at all. Guess I need to compare them against at least two of these other buttons to see how they look together.

I am a little worried I won't have enough of the left set for pips...

Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, maybe it's a little more muddy. The middle set is right out, and the left set looks pretty good as well. Anybody have any thoughts?

And yes, that is a prototype for the button bands. Works pretty good! But needs to be a little bit wider...

#crochet #tng-cardigan #crochetcardigan
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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 22h

Man, NOTHING brings you up short faster than the tab on the zipper pull on your jacket breaking off when you pull it all the way up on your way down the street.

I'm very glad I still have some replacements,despite not being the best quality. I was able to dash home, replace it, and head out again.

Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 1d

How the *heck* can you have a three-pin EEPROM?!
=o.0;=

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, that's a particularly hilarious end to that individual moment of terror! =^.^=

Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 1d

And yes, I was at the library for five hours last night. We had someone due yesterday to service the furnace, so we'd turned the furnace off. And since I'd packed my cardigan already, I headed to the library early.

Though I still need to check how hot this is getting...

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 1d

Project status: Looks like I've been using the *wrong* USB power monitoring device. The other one has a higher-value current-sensing resistor, which restricts the amount of power the LED panel could get.
Now, it's drawing an entire Amp of power, and is just that bit brighter!
#electronics #maker
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The USB power monitoring device I was *supposed* to have been using to keep an eye on the amount of power my lamp has been drawing.

At the moment I took the picture, the USB power bank was providing 4.92V of power, the lamp was pulling an entire Amp of power (sometimes getting as high as 1.02 Amps), and the device was plugged in and running for almost five hours, drawing a cumulative 5166mA/hrs, or over 25 Watt/hours.

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 2d

It's definitely an unusual "hereditary health condition". And an intriguing solution to it.

On the other hand, I'm not convinced that very much of Tedd's computer was damaged. From what I know about computers and the pictures, it mostly looks like the display got destroyed. Maybe it can be fixed?

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 2d

See "horseless carriages" and "lights" from early in the "Hope" storyline.

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 2d

As much as I agree within general, I'm pretty sure it wasn't an "important enough" situation. Pandora had been storing memories slowly, thinking she had more time, until she suddenly had a great (for her) reason to do something abruptly that would force her to be reset.

Thus, incomplete memories.

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, I'm keeping a close eye on everything right now. Stitch counts in each quadrant, the height of the cardigan's back, and anything else that catches my eye right now.

I'm even keeping track of where to heighten the back on my stitch counts page, as it's listing which row I'm on.
=^.^=

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 2d

And in order to make sure the back of the collar sits a little higher than the front, I've started expanding the height of the back. The idea is that each "zone" between the various stitch markers will get heightened to tapering degrees. I'll be keeping a close eye on how that turns out...

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The front and back sides of the cardigan's back panel, showing two stitch markers indicating where the center line is (one each on the front and back), as well as sets of other stitch markers indicating the front/back and left/right edges of other sections of equal width.

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, maybe it's a little more muddy. The middle set is right out, and the left set looks pretty good as well. Anybody have any thoughts?

And yes, that is a prototype for the button bands. Works pretty good! But needs to be a little bit wider...

#crochet #tng-cardigan #crochetcardigan
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Three different sets of buttons in a test swatch for button bands. The left is a set of semi-translucent dark orange buttons, the middle set is far too pink, and the right set has a diagonal streak of light brown, with a patch of dark grey on the bottom edge and lighter grey on the top edge.

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 2d

I once attended a performance of The Pirates of Penzance where the choreographer deliberately left the stomping out of that song. Absolute travesty...

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 3d

WARNING: ANYONE TRYING TO SOLICIT MONEY OUT OF ME WILL BE IMMEDIATELY BLOCKED!

I'm on a fixed income right now, and don't have the mental energy to research every demand for money, so you all get blocked immediately.

ESPECIALLY if you've tagged me!

Fuck off.

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 3d

Dang that's a fun outfit! =^.^=

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 3d

Also, while you're there, uncheck "Google Vids" too.

Not sure what it's used for, but it's supposedly another AI thing that nobody needs.

Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 4d

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

$Screenshot of text: unfuck google drive by shooting gemini Hey folks! Google is fucking you via sneaky enshittification again! Want the shit in your google drive to load instantly again, instead of taking for-fucking-ever? Open your gdrive (web OR app) Settings > Manage Apps Gemini was checked "use as default" (and i sure the fuck didn't set it that way, this was a silent push) Nuke that, and suddenly, folders that took up to a minute to populate and sort do so in a fraction of a second.$

Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 3d

Not sure how long this is going to be in the end, though. It feels like I'm already past the first third of the yarn cake, which means this won't be all that long.

Buying more yarn may not be an option, I'll have to keep an eye on everything. Not sure I saw more of this yarn at the store...

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 3d

I was a bit surprised to see that it's taking up just a bit more than the entire length of the afghan hook, too. It still works quite nicely, but that was a little surprising.

Also, it's not all that easy on my hook-holding hand, as it's rubbing against the edge of my palm in an odd way.

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 3d

Had to undo it and start it over again with the next hook size down. Otherwise, when you stretched it around your neck, it would have opened LOADS of holes all the way through.

It doesn't feel as soft, but it still feels really good!
=^.^=

#crochet #crochetscarf #scarf
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A slumping skein of Caron "Slice of Anniversary Cake" yarn (in "Hocus Crocus", a range of shades of purple, pink, and, oddly, a shade of very pale green) next to a foot long beginning of a Tunisian Double-Knit Stitch scarf, with the afghan hook across the entire width of the working end.

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 4d

Sounds like temptation will suddenly slam from a mere 2, all the way up to 12, very, very shortly!

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Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 4d

A pair of colours that go together VERY well. Craft cord from the dollar store, that I'll (eventually) be making into a basket of some sort.

Christmas colours, no less!

I was a bit surprised at how much I liked this tan with the darker red. A slightly unusual pairing, but it works!

#yarn

Two rolls of craft cord, one in a slightly darker red, and the other in a very light brown, verging on tan.

Carl Foxmarten @carlfoxmarten.bsky.social · 4d

As soon as it rolls over to November 1st, I will ABSOLUTELY be switching over to my Christmas playlist. And I have NO REGRETS about that! =^.^=

SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 4d

A picture of Kyle Reese there, with the text reading:

"Listen, and understand. Mariah Carey is out there. She can't be reasoned with, she can't be bargained with.

She doesn't feel pity or fear or remorse, and she absolutely will not stop, ever. Because all she wants for Christmas is you!"

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