Save our trees: Stop printing tax forms!
- Anonymous

Good morning


nostr:npub19xmdy9y59mthjw0zwcvdd4rly8w4w6yw2wvf94kux2xkjr7767ysmhzstj Some people aren't that. I'm one of them.
Glad you liked most of it.


I just created a filter to remove posts about one 'Elon Musk' from my timeline.

If I want to know what that idiot/maniac/Nazi is doing, I will go to Xhitter and see it for myself.


nostr:npub1k24sy39zjs7pccfcafcfghn0tcl96wht85tf7ygv3tv2cqa7kezqum26zw There we go. Issue resolved before it's an issue, and all that via the interwebz.
May the Sonic Screwdriver be with you.


nostr:npub1k24sy39zjs7pccfcafcfghn0tcl96wht85tf7ygv3tv2cqa7kezqum26zw Well, if she thinks everything about you is useless, it's useless to put away your treasures and trophies. It won't make her mockery any less.

Also, the Doctor is not a silly show. It's been an icon for over 50 bloody years already, that's not something to ignore. If she likes to think so, in her world, let her think it. We both know who's the smarter one, and I bet more people will 🙋 with me on that.
I'll take your world over hers in an instant.


nostr:npub1k24sy39zjs7pccfcafcfghn0tcl96wht85tf7ygv3tv2cqa7kezqum26zw Your place. Your things. Your world. She comes into it so she'll have to live in it.

That's my take on things.


Mattie frowned as she heard her husband come in. Something was off. He was whistling.

"Hello, my dear," Gerald said, as he came into the living room.

"I'm going to call a doctor," Mattie said.

"Why?" he asked. "You don't look sick."

"I'm not, but you *sound* sick. You come in whistling, you say 'dear' to me. Something's wrong," Mattie said. "Did you mistress kick you out?" She knew he didn't have affairs, but this was just too uncanny.

#WipQuote

I can't stop laughing.


Nancy bounced up from the chair, and looked as if she'd hug him. Then she looked glum. "How would I explain finding his email address? Or phone number?"

Gerald hadn't thought of that. "I have an idea," he then said. "I can accidentally leave my address book open on my desk, and you could accidentally see the number and the address."

"But... wouldn't that be a bit unfair?" Nancy asked.

"My dear Nancy," Gerald said, and admired himself for that, "in love and war, anything's allowed. You're in it for the love. I'm in it for the business, which is its own kind of war. I wouldn't worry about that, if I were you." That was true. Gerald didn't worry about many things.

#WipQuote


#WordWeavers 2 Oct
Who is your most intriguing character? Why?

I think (at this point) it's Vincent, the son of Gerald Price. He's opposing his father's wishes to get a decent job. He's an artist and seeks to make his career with painting and drawing.
And he's going to get into a few rough spots I already have lined up for him. Soft rough spots.


#WordWeavers 1 — Introduce your MC from the perspective of the antagonist.

The man operating the garden center is taking up too much space. Space I need for my business. Imagine how much storage space I could have there if he'd just pack up and move.
I understand, packing up a large garden center isn't easy, but if he wants to, there would a way, right?


nostr:npub1ht0rq2ej339cv0nz4m260llgdq8mz05fwpz4zjc8s7lmtduzq8hq60dyc3 When I read 'Twiggy', I thought of someone completely different. 😁


#WordWeavers How educated is your MC?

Let's see.
Hilda the Wicked Witch graduated with flying colours and brooms from the magic school of Miss Hepatia Strunk.

Sheila Barnes finished a dentist assistant training.

Pat Jefferson learnt enough to be a computer programmer, and Jody became a physics teacher.

I think those are the most important ones at the moment.


We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place-
or not to bother.
- Jane Goodall

Good morning.


Excuse me when I fall over laughing.

A mail from Microsoft, with a link to a Microsoft website, is marked as spam by Microsoft Exchange.


Let go of who you think you're supposed to be; embrace who you are.
- Brené Brown

Good morning.


For some obscure reason, I get an invitation to go work somewhere as a car and camper mechanic. I wonder if they used AI to select me...

#AI - Artificial Idiot


Morning light

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#3GoodThings
- Helped out a customer and they were very happy with that
- Sunshine all day, despite a cloudy forecast
- A great #Vegan dish for dinner.


"Money can't buy happiness" means: The mindless accumulation of excess wealth ultimately leads to diminishing the returns on happiness."

It does not mean: "Poor people should learn to be content without basic necessities or financial security."

#PFE (Proudly Found Elsewhere)


I just reviews the short story "Solstice" on Smashwords:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1451762


Humans are the only creatures in the world that will cut down a tree,
turn it into paper
and then write "Save the trees" on it.

Good morning.


Callista picked up her fork and made a strange, waving move with it.

"Is that normal here?" Felix already had his fork in hand and wanted to do that too.

"No. I used some magic," Callista said. "Now we can talk and the others won't hear us."

"I want to learn that," Carrie said. "People often tell me I talk too much." Her words made the others laugh.

#WipQuote #Writing


I'm still so impressed with #Manuskript as a writing software. It's fast, has all the options I want and more.

#Writing #Software


#WordWeavers Day 16 - How are people like your antagonist viewed?

Coming in from my new children's story:

The antagonist is regarded with fear. Having kidnapped a few important people, to wield power over the land, isn't making one loved.


In a master move to make life hard on the Extinction Rebellion activists, who are worried about the climate and our future, the police had to take away any musical instruments from protesting people.

A government to be proud of, right?

#XR


nostr:npub1ht0rq2ej339cv0nz4m260llgdq8mz05fwpz4zjc8s7lmtduzq8hq60dyc3 Indeed. And you nod off again, and when you wake up for the second time, you feel you need sleep...


nostr:npub1ht0rq2ej339cv0nz4m260llgdq8mz05fwpz4zjc8s7lmtduzq8hq60dyc3 I often have such periods without garlic. Wake up between midnight/ 00:30 and be awake for 1.5 to 2 hours. It's tiring.


Storage question.

The 4TB disks in my ancient Synology NAS are getting old and close to the moment where I am considering replacing them. As I said: ancient Synology. It's well over 10 years old.

Would it an option to replace this NAS with a Nextbox? (https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nextbox-116)
I'm looking at a 4GB Ram/5TB HDD version. The only drawback I see is there are no mirrored disks, as the Synology has.

#Nextcloud #Synology #NAS #Storage


When you get a mail from Microsoft on Sept 15th, asking to inform your users about something, and please do to before Sept 15th. Of this same year.


Zoveel rapporten. Zoveel wetenschappers die waarschuwen.
En zoveel politici en bedrijven die dat allemaal in de wind slaan.

https://mastodon.nl/@BrabantsBurgerplatform/111067557945334669


Customer wanted to do an export from excel to CSV.
I told her not to touch the field delimiters.
"Eh.... okay..."
And set the character set to UTF-8
"You do it."


Morning light

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Never assume that people know the difference between left and right.


Time for Hobbit #coffee.

https://media-akkoma-fedi-nlpagan-net.ilja.space/media/5f1a303a-2914-4cbb-a38d-70df5ee1484d/image.png


I made over 1000 words appear in 3 projects, before work.
Happy? Damn right I am.

#Writing


nostr:npub1ysemehc2adrdz27k5crmfhcqkmjpjdkqc4pe887ks9s60zfrj40qg8jaay Dang... Well, there's always a next book. :D


nostr:npub1ysemehc2adrdz27k5crmfhcqkmjpjdkqc4pe887ks9s60zfrj40qg8jaay Will there be a Wind Wolf in that book, to make the switch easier? 😉


#3PositiveThings

* Changed to a new, environmentally friendly bank.

* Discovered how awesome my relationship with our customers is.

* Early weekend, this week.


nostr:npub1ht0rq2ej339cv0nz4m260llgdq8mz05fwpz4zjc8s7lmtduzq8hq60dyc3 I gave up on such apps. They don't help at all, and at the worst, they will even make you feel worse about not sleeping because they point that problem out so clearly.


nostr:npub1ysemehc2adrdz27k5crmfhcqkmjpjdkqc4pe887ks9s60zfrj40qg8jaay Thank you. I also noticed that
about:pforiles
does not work.


Is there a way to instruct Windows (sorry...) which Firefox profile to use by default, when clicking a link? I want to move to FFox for work (away from Chrome). First profile I made was for my own stuff, then the one for work. Clicking a link kicks in the first, 'own' profile and I need to change that.
Any ideas are welcome!

#Firefox #Windows #DareToAsk


Apparently the website of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce moved to a Russian provider.
Link ended in nl-1226-onl.ru
I guess it's cheaper to host there. The grammar blunders tell me it was probably written by a Russian too. 😂

#Spam


A Solar Panel Tree in Marrakesh, Morocco. People can charge their phones and laptops here.

https://media-akkoma-fedi-nlpagan-net.ilja.space/media/6d10fcb6-2953-46c8-9023-0a9431417f5c/image.png