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Folk musician Pete Seeger had a custom banjo bridge made for him by legendary luthier Stu Jamieson. The bridge was designed to transfer more vibration from the strings up and into the center of the banjo head, making the head act like a conical speaker to project more sound, making it sound clearer 39 views Folk musician Pete Seeger had a custom banjo bridge made for him by legendary luthier Stu Jamieson. The bridge was designed to transfer more vibration from the strings up and into the center of the banjo head, making the head act like a conical speaker to project more sound, making it sound clearer My partner is getting into crocheting and y'all: it looks cool as hell. She's making this little purple dinosaur dude and I'm really enjoying watching it come together. I'll post an update when she's done BUT in the meantime, I've just been having fun searching "<open source project name> crocheting23 views My partner is getting into crocheting and y'all: it looks cool as hell. She's making this little purple dinosaur dude and I'm really enjoying watching it come together. I'll post an update when she's done BUT in the meantime, I've just been having fun searching "<open source project name> crocheting I'm using a 3D printer to help me prototype a historic bridge for my banjo (details forthcoming) and I have to admit, I'm catching the 3D printing bug. I'm finding myself thinking about buying a Raspberry Pi and a framing kit to build one myself. However, I have some concerns. PLA, the most common 315 views I'm using a 3D printer to help me prototype a historic bridge for my banjo (details forthcoming) and I have to admit, I'm catching the 3D printing bug. I'm finding myself thinking about buying a Raspberry Pi and a framing kit to build one myself. However, I have some concerns. PLA, the most common 3 Also, fair game to announce it here as well as on my blog, but I am going to be speaking about this Drupal and NixOS integration at DrupalSouth in Wellington, NZ on May 14th! The talk is titled "Reproducible Drupal Environments The Easy Way: A Hands-On Look At Using Drupal With Nix & NixOS" https:/9 views Also, fair game to announce it here as well as on my blog, but I am going to be speaking about this Drupal and NixOS integration at DrupalSouth in Wellington, NZ on May 14th! The talk is titled "Reproducible Drupal Environments The Easy Way: A Hands-On Look At Using Drupal With Nix & NixOS" https:/

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🔥 Top post: Folk musician Pete Seeger had a custom banjo bridge made for him · 39 likes + reposts

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🔥 Top post Folk musician Pete Seeger had a custom banjo bridge made for him by legendary luthier Stu Jamieson. The bridge was designed to transfer more vibration from the strings up and into the center of the banjo head, making the head act like a conical speaker to project more sound, mak… ★ 39
@lmpeate at the NZ Tech Rally conference this last week serving up choice slides like this. Great talk on the ethics of AI and how to keep your values centered in modern tech! An important discussion, and a perspective sorely lacking from … ★ 2 Also, fair game to announce it here as well as on my blog, but I am going to be speaking about this Drupal and NixOS integration at DrupalSouth in Wellington, NZ on May 14th! The talk is titled "Reproducible Drupal Environments The Easy W… ★ 9 WYSIWYG or idk im not a web developer ▶ OK so here's a new computer type I didn't expect to see. It's a projector and a camera pointed at a tabletop. You print out these little QR code doodads (called a folk tag) and stick them to whatever you like. The camera detects the tag's … ★ 4 Of course there's a crochet Tux plush https://stringydingding.com/tux-the-linux-penguin-amigurumi-free-crochet-pattern/ Plus a snazzy red scarf! #Linux ★ 4 ▶ My partner is getting into crocheting and y'all: it looks cool as hell. She's making this little purple dinosaur dude and I'm really enjoying watching it come together. I'll post an update when she's done BUT in the meantime, I've just bee… ★ 23 TIL, University of Florida has a mascot for their baseball team called the Miami Maniac, who, in 1985... "married Mrs. Maniac, who was performed by Nancy Vasquez, in a ceremony during a game between the Hurricanes and the Maine Black Bears… ★ 2 I'm using a 3D printer to help me prototype a historic bridge for my banjo (details forthcoming) and I have to admit, I'm catching the 3D printing bug. I'm finding myself thinking about buying a Raspberry Pi and a framing kit to build one … ★ 15 If I don't come back its because I'm at the SHREK RAVE I was making a face for a joke and my wife said "You look just like that guy! What's his name.... Suffering Dave?" It was this guy. She meant this guy. ★ 2 Giant Banana Slug Plushie 2028 - Gastropods Against Corruption ★ 1

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hachyderm.io
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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2025 — 1 year ago.
👁️Averages 10 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.2× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

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  • Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong content engagement (~6.0% of followers) — an active, real audience.
  • Verified account.
Est. authentic audience
89%
Fake-follower risk
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About

Web developer in #Drupal tooting about #Writing, #Linux, and #Programming. A yank living in Aotearoa 🇺🇸 => 🇳🇿 I maintain the Drupal service for #NixOS Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Opinions are my own. Avatar Alt Text: A giant plushie banana slug surrounded by smaller plushie banana slugs. The big slug has a tag that says "I Can't Be Bought". Banner Alt Text: A mossy green stump with a little cluster of tiny, cream colored mushrooms.

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@lmpeate at the NZ Tech Rally conference this last week serving up choice slides like this. Great talk on the ethics of AI and how to keep your values centered in modern tech! An important discussion, and a perspective sorely lacking from a lot of talks about AI these days. #AI #GoodPlace #ShirtPost Also, fair game to announce it here as well as on my blog, but I am going to be speaking about this Drupal and NixOS integration at DrupalSouth in Wellington, NZ on May 14th! The talk is titled "Reproducible Drupal Environments The Easy Way: A Hands-On Look At Using Drupal With Nix & NixOS" https:/ WYSIWYG or idk im not a web developer OK so here's a new computer type I didn't expect to see. It's a projector and a camera pointed at a tabletop. You print out these little QR code doodads (called a folk tag) and stick them to whatever you like. The camera detects the tag's shape, position, angle, distance, etc, and then changes the p Of course there's a crochet Tux plush https://stringydingding.com/tux-the-linux-penguin-amigurumi-free-crochet-pattern/ Plus a snazzy red scarf! #Linux My partner is getting into crocheting and y'all: it looks cool as hell. She's making this little purple dinosaur dude and I'm really enjoying watching it come together. I'll post an update when she's done BUT in the meantime, I've just been having fun searching "<open source project name> crocheting TIL, University of Florida has a mascot for their baseball team called the Miami Maniac, who, in 1985... "married Mrs. Maniac, who was performed by Nancy Vasquez, in a ceremony during a game between the Hurricanes and the Maine Black Bears. The 14-minute ceremony was nationally broadcast live in its Folk musician Pete Seeger had a custom banjo bridge made for him by legendary luthier Stu Jamieson. The bridge was designed to transfer more vibration from the strings up and into the center of the banjo head, making the head act like a conical speaker to project more sound, making it sound clearer

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