As it happens, I set up my Mastodon account some time ago, long before Elon Musk’s ego decided it needed a new toy to destroy. I just hadn’t used it much because … well, I didn’t use Twitter much either. However, all the kerfuffle over Twitter has prompted me to look again at Mastodon. You can find/follow me at: @speculatrix@mastodon.online… Read more »
Something weird happened to my Twitter account. I have no idea what or when, but at some point – maybe as long as a year ago – it stopped working. You’d think I’d have noticed, but the honest truth is that I treated Twitter as write-only media. I used it to announce new blog posts (which WordPress handles automatically) and… Read more »
So I’m finally getting somewhere with my HMV1960, a gutted valve radio that I’m using as a somewhat oversized case for a Raspberry Pi. It looks great with the keyboard I’ve just bought via Massdrop. I’ve replaced the original fabric-covered speaker section with some aluminium sheeting into which I set a display, an LED matrix and two speakers. Because I’m ham-fisted… Read more »