Been struggling to keep the batteries on our 2 tractors charged since winter. Did some testing and discovered both of our old 6/12v chargers only charge to 12.5v this year. And discovered the alternator no longer works on the JD. New charger purchased. Will remove alternator this week and have […]

Any folks here with experience upgrading their Android tablet to Linux? I am in the market for a smallish tablet. I've always bought into the Apple ecosystem for devices, and am Debian/Ubuntu Linux all the way for servers. Given the nut-so pricing of Apples tablets, it is time to look at […]

OMG. My wife made granola this morning and it’s so so yummy 🤤

New (to me) ScanSnap SV600 book scanner has arrived. Arrived from Japan 9 days early (eBay purchase). Was missing the black mat and power supply ( knew in advance). Waiting for the pad still which seems essential to get the auto pagination editing to function. More updates soon! #bookScanning […]

Our small garlic crop is in. #gardening #garlic

I am curious how the new Laravel package-skeleton compares to Spatie’s? I’ve not dug into either at this time, it I have used the spatie https://github.com/laravel/package-skeleton https://github.com/spatie/package-skeleton-laravel There appears to be some code cross over? #php #laravel

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[Swearing - USA made … again !!!] Boy oh boy this buy in Canada thing is tough. Neal Brothers foods, wonderful stuff right? Guess what, they moved production of all their chips to the USA. It may be wrong to say but fuck them, i can in today’s political climate support that behaviour […]

Roughly 7.95lbs / 9pints / 18 cups, of wild black cherries, ready to to turn to jelly #gardening #baking #diy

First time out black cherry tree has managed to get the berries this far. Typically birds and squirrels have ravaged the tree by now. Our fluffy little miniature schnauzer is earning his keep this year! I may attempt some wild black cherry jelly later today. #gardening #trees

Been awhile since I checked out the collection of Canadian alternatives to common Internet by services@Taffer@mastodon.gamedev. This list deserves a look if you are looking for a Canadian alternative. #boycottUSA #glovesOff #elbowsUp

A few days ago I left one of my Thinkcentre M910Q boxes sitting on top of my rack. It’ll be fine there until I install it. Out of the way… today in a rush to get to my physio appointment my shirt caught the box and sent it flying onto my TrueNAS. Remember folks, if you think at the time, “it’ll […]

I’ve seen several positive stories in the news lately, getting mentioned here on mastodon. People who comment on these, you really don’t need to find some negative comparison or element of the story and make a post about that. You can just be happy something good is happening. Really, be happy […]

Back around 1990 I had the privilege of helping to create tye cassette cover for a then new Oliver Jones album. Wonder if I still have that? #OliverJones

After the Quebec ice storm we carefully selected an affordable and reputable contractor to build a replacement garage. It had 2 windows, one size X and one size X+2”. We watch the contractors put the first window X in opening X+2”, it fit with extra shims. Then we watched for 15 minutes as they […]

Does anyone have knowledge of a custom CRS ModSec ruleset for Mediawiki? Or perhaps have put together their own small plugin? We just discovered a few valid rules were blocking legit wiki edits on one of our coded oriented wikis. #modsec #owasp #crs

The migration from Cloudflare to Bunny.net has begun. I've had the account for 2 months, wasted my freebies due to lack of time to research. Better late than never. #cloudFlare #bunnyDNS #elbowsUp

Looking for Canadian cereal. Must be Canadian sourced ingredients. Any suggestions? Looking for things like Raisin Bran, vector type dry cereals. In Holland they have a great subscription based granola type serial. Reasonably priced too. Either in store on online is fine for our needs […]

I used to love playing Machinarium. If you played and enjoyed it, three is a new (to me) game from the same developer called Creaks, and it is on sale today on Steam for 85% off - $3.89. Oh and Machinarium is also 80% off, for only $5.19. #machinarium #steam

Please watch and pass along. It is important that our American neighbours learn what is really going on, and not what their government states. And yeah, probably not many Americans on here, but more exposure is important. #elbowsUp #forestFires https://hci.social/@tod/116943227218546288

Ordered a shelf for the server rack online. It made it to the first sorting facility and was returned due to extensive damage. I've now discovered a Montreal company that manufactures and sells shelving for less. https://sysracks.ca/ #homeLab #buyCanadian

Felt a lot of satisfaction yesterday at the grocery to pick an item in my hands and then… oops, US made. Good bye, back on the shelf Keep it up, every $ diverted is a win. #buycanadian

We read that Que Pasa chips in Quebec were selling bags marked “Made in the USA”. Surprising since this is a Canadian company. We wrote Nature’s Best, and heard back that yes, they make some products in both countries, but to sell in those countries. They didn’t say anything about why they are […]

My trademark lawyer has told me to use it or loose it. One more thing on my todo list 🤨

Knee is still out, which gave me time to install my TrueNAS and DAS box into the server rack. Small steps … literally and figuratively. #homeLab

To California congress people. Get a clue, Quebecers do NOT want your alcohol. “I think there are a lot of wineries that if the Canadian market doesn’t open back up, they flat out will not survive this,” Dirk Heuvel (board member of the California Association of Winegrape Growers) said. You […]

Any Python users here? Not really a Python dev here, but I use pip when asked to install something. Today I saw `uv` to install something. Which do Python devs here prefer, `uv` or `pip`? #python

We had a single Yellow Transparent Apple tree in our orchard. We picked those for ourself and to sell at the door. They made the absolute best apple sauce! #apples #orchard

Looking to start using NextCloud, but don’t want to, or don’t know how to self-host? Canada’s own StormWeb offers managed NextCloud hosting, and quite affordable too. If you prefer something other than NextCloud, check out Canadian owned Sync. #nextcloud #selfHost

Was discussing apples with someone over on gander, a little tip, when your local tree org offers you apple trees, make sure you get at least 2 varieties to cross pollinate. Hearing a few folks that get all the same variety, and then wonder why they never get apples. #apples #orchard #gardens

We built our gazebo from an old fence we built back in 2008, which the neighbour replaced (no cost to us which was nice) still some work to be done, but sure is peaceful and enjoyable in the evening. #relaxing