Cryptid: Fox + Jackalope = ? Tea! More tea! Inherently multicraftual. Also: lego, fountain pens, birds, board games, tea, my cats, music (esp. synth), books, history, random learning. Disabled, fat, queer, nonbinary & trans demiboy (slightly genderfluid), romantic ace, anarchish, antifash. AUdhd, hEDS, PsArthritis, MCAS, exhaustion disorder, LC, ++ Please tell me if I say something arseholey, I want to improve. Work: UX, product owner/manager, etc; public sector. #nobots Pronouns: Xe/xem/xyr, though I won't be mad if you use they/them, or he/him. Autodelete: 6 months alt-text for profile header photo: B/w photo of cobblestones close up, beyond, a lake with forested islands silhouetted in the distance. The sun is sparkling off the water. Flirting?: You might have to tell me that's what you're doing!
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Last Notes npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I am glad I sent you the toot sticker 😁 npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Test rolling my d20s to see which I want to bring tomorrow. One rolled "1, 20, 1, 20" and I nixed it without further testing. A, who's game master, was yelling for me to use that. (1 is critical success and 20 is critical failure) npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Stuck a zoom nib in a jinhao 82, and am delighted that the feed keeps up. My natural angle isn't low enough for the truly fat lines, but I like how I can easily get skinnier lines by holding it upright, and my natural angle is a juicy bold line. ... Another 82 with a nib costing many times what the pen did. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth nah, no cats, I watched it fall and reached to pick it up and couldn't find it. You know how some people appear to have been cursed at birth with a minor mostly just annoying thing that never works for them? Not ever being able to make a printer work and such. Mine is that things detour through a parallel dimension for a bit before they reappear. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth My pen fell to the floor and disappeared. HOW??? (A brush pen, not something that'll break, luckily) npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth also! We did daylight savings fuckery this weekend and it's really messed me up this year, monday my bp was sky high. Better today, but I am still tired and physically worse off than last week. Don't like it one bit. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I think maybe finding the right bp meds will fix it. The two I've tried I've reacted to (one anaphylactic, the other one hives and continuous asthma attacks that the inhaler did nothing to fix). Starting a new type tomorrow (hopefully, if it arrives), but it's one that'll take time to get to an effective dose. On the plus side it's supposed to help with immune stuff/allergies, adhd/cognitive stuff as well, so I am keeping my fingers crossed. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth You know the sound, scratch, scrape, feedback you get if you pull a metal implement against the surface of a cast iron pan? I feel that dissonant vibration in my chest with every breath, with every heartbeat. The doctor can find no such effect, it appears to be either psychosomatic or neurological, a perception, a weird signal. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth it looks like dark mustard. I can like a good mustard yellow but this isn't it to me. I haven't been interested in new colourways for quite a while... npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth If you have bought from cultpens and have enough loyalty points for a discount, last date to use a 20% discount code is april 1st. Currently codes created have to be used within five days of creation, you can no longer make a code and have it work for 90 days. #fountainpens npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth you need a steel cocktail stick with a ball on the end, I use that for all swabs —completely waste free! npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth welp, my Krita is in Swedish which in itself is a challenge. The first menu, create a new document, has menu choices in text, but the words are clipped and I can't find a way to see the entire title. Very cryptic and I don't know what those menu choices do. I clicked create on a random one just to get a file. I do get a mouseover name on the small icons in the left menu, but I don't know if we are talking about the same menu, and maybe not the same version of the program. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I have Krita on my work computer but I've never started it even. I'll do that because now I want to know what you are talking about! npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth cool! Then they're actually replaceable if they're fun inks, good to know. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth they came with a plastic Vector I bought ten years ago, 5 of each colour of the four. Dunno if they're actually parker inks or someone else made Parker cartridges for the set! npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth that one came on a big sheet of like 18 so I've sent it to everyone, so that's about the only one I'm certain of. I'm sure I picked out some stuff I thought you'd like in particular but hell if I can recall that far back. I'll be /really/ curious to see your swatches of the inks though and if the pink is UVreactive (I was swatching cartridge inks today by knocking them twice against the swatch card and then swirling with a cocktail stick, and started wondering where that letter was!!) npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth lol! It's the ones that feel extra plasticky and have extra material (there's a protective sheet on top, the actual decal is thin). One of them should be an antifash cat paw in a circle. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth they were very cold, so I haven't opened them, letting them thaw. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth especially at much less than rrp 😁 npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth There's some people who have a papershop, or rather bujo shop, online, but they're in this county, and their impulse control is worse than mine, they're fun! Also they go "uh we've been to a fair we need space here half price off all of these random things!!" so they're my main provider of paper. They don't do fountain pens much at all but have a handful of inks, mostly Herbin. And anyway half price off sale yay! New ink day! https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/116/137/020/417/548/044/original/393e20402b719e08.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth #fountainpen adjacent: I picked up one of the glass nibs advertised for Jinhao 82, and stuck it in one of my franken82s with a transparent cap (so I'll remember that it has a glass nib). I have quite a lot of glass dip pens but I have to admit I'm pleasantly surprised. It looked like it was going to be sharp and scratchy, but what I got was one of the most well tuned glass pens I've had out of the box, smooth and writing well at all angles. I'm used to having to tune them, this was very nice. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/116/124/490/130/365/503/original/00432c44099af404.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/116/124/489/622/503/468/original/14354f1cac91bc48.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I should stop buying orange or yellow fountain pens, because I inevitably put light orange or yellow ink in them to match and those inks tend to be fussy and then I go :( at my new pen. Yes, I have another orange pen and yes I filled it with a light orange ink I've never used before, before I remembered that I always do this. Pen: Natami PrismX (I like the pen so far) Ink: R&K Sanddorn #FountainPen https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/116/120/656/828/981/104/original/6d177506336890d0.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth How do you store your ink samples? #FountainPens npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth It wrote well until I left it untouched for two days over the weekend. Not a mark on the page. A drop of water on the nib and wiping it off was sufficient to restart it, but all those air holes definitely affect the seal negatively. Boo. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/116/098/149/662/393/392/original/26b2bfc106923e60.jpeg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth A majohn wancai 2 btw. I have spare nibs/feeds/feed casings so it's not a problem. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Other though: scary that the feed casing for an eyedropper had cracked, that could have become worse than it was (there was ink in the cap but I think it must have been almost empty when it happened). npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I have jinhao 82s with a better seal than this. If it wasn't that it writes so smoothly I wouldn't bother. It was advertised as having a good seal!!! npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth The Prera which I thought did better wasn't just empty because I had used it a lot, there was so much dark and dried ink in the converter and feed, and the grip section is actually blue stained. Arrrrrgh. Took me a long time to get it clean. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth 2h meeting where I have no active participation... I need to do something to listen that long, so I'll clean pens at my desk. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth The nib doesn't have a breather hole, but a heart shaped etching in that spot. I look forward to trying it with other ink, and it'll be interesting to see what the seal is like. If it's good I could see this being a pen in my rotation! https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/116/093/264/460/893/268/original/81660f3be82fb36d.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth The cap is meant to post, and the heart clicks out when posted. It's a screw cap but slides on for posting. It has antichoke air holes, but there appears to be an inner cap around the nib, it'll be interesting to see what the seal is like. The ef nib has a very soft feedback, less than a sailor, doesn't feel scratchy at all. It's ef but close to a platinum preppy fine, slightly skinnier than that. The kaco retro has a markedly narrower line. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/116/093/259/668/800/798/original/f1cf2d8bdd1b071f.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth So I picked up a cheap Kaco First fountain pen, I have several gel pens of the same brand and name and like them. Thoughts: It's made of matte plastic, not quite soft but not shiny. Very lightweight pen! Comes in white or black. It came with a few cartridges, and that's good because the body is very short. I'll have to empty them out and clean them. The ink itself is very black but also very sticky an slow drying, still wet spots a minute later despite the skinny nib. #FountainPens https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/116/093/241/115/398/748/original/c5fb9e5bc6081235.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/116/093/243/048/558/504/original/dca8897237867e87.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth actually we should all do that lol npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth maybe send an email to goldspot and plant the idea... 😀 npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth what might happen is something similar to when they made a single sport in a semitranslucent with shimmer and now many of the store exclusives are that. Hopefully we'll get pink, yellow and purple GITD sports as exlusives from Pen And Tool, Goldspot, and all the others now. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Yea, my hope is to recruit someone who doesn't want one for themself or maybe isn't into fountain pens at all, that's seems the best chance. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth my nearest brick and mortar retailer is a full days travel one way. It's a nonstarter :( npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Okay friends if any of you have a chance at a kaweco diy event and can get me a glow in the dark sport this year I'd be eternally grateful. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth srggggh I need to find someone who can get me one of those sports 👀👀👀👀👀👀 npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Npd! I've heard good things about Kaco Retro, and I do love Kaco gel pens, especially Kaco First (with the popup heart). So when they releared a kaco first fountain pen that's what I got, as well as the new round-ended Jinhao 82 Plus, and a limited edition jinhao 20 with rose gold metal bits, and a BRIGHT yellow (with blue shimmer) Majohn Wancai 2. I am extremely pleased about that yellow color. Only inked the Kaco First, I like it! The heart pops out when the cap is posted, otherwise hidden. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/116/092/072/978/433/787/original/bcec34b2aa4276a0.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Polar night was extremely pale, it became useful once it had been left in a pen with a questionable seal for a few weeks, but lost the visible chromashading. Erebus crater I quite like, but it doesn't feel unique in my collection. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth So, pink skyline sport and iridescent pearl perkeo? I think I want the sport at least. Perkeo lies weirdly in my hand. #FountainPens npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I never did go to bed because of a feeling of Hard Work to get up and go there and fill a hot water bottle, and I also had a cat on me and was starting to feel hungry which would mean getting up again. Partner heated soup, that was nice. Maybe a new attempt at bed in a bit. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Considering going to bed with a hot water bottle, this wonky heart thing is coming with a lot of tiredness and also some of the most stubborn Raynaud's hands and feet I've had in years. 3 in the afternoon is okay for bedtime aye? (I took some flex hours and already quit work) npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth the prera writes so nicely when it doesn't dry out *sigh* npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I came scrolling from below, so picture first. Thought process: - Pen spa! - wonder if that's Jim It was! Also, I really appreciate having the cleaning bulb that came with the pilot parallel pen. The cartridge size is the same so it does wonders for flushing other pens too, even if it's tiny. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Yea I generally travel by car/train, so no pressure stuff to worry about. More a case of I've noticed I worry slightly if I have expensive pens with me to the office, hotel, etc. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth the 20 held up fine for the first few weeks, so it might become my travel pen, leaving the pricier pilots at home. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth speaking of, I forgot about the jinhao 20 and when I checked it again all the ink had evaporated. Sigh. My prera experiment isn't going too well: I have used it so much it's now empty because of that. The Platinum BISO seems to have a seal that isn't as expected from a Platinum, but not terrible - a few hard starts I wasn't expecting. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Didn't make it to the post today because likely covid. One of A's students had identical symptoms to him but wound up hospitalised 😭 My lego will have to wait until I'm safe to go get it. Gonna see if A can get the letters dropped off though, there are outdoors mailboxes npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I haven't gotten any of the LotR sets, because space, but yea, if I had a Lego Room or something I'd definitely get them. If our energy levels ever improve enough to deal with everything, including my untouched moving boxes, we do have a tiny bedroom in the basement that we plan to turn into an overflow library & lego room with space for a single width air mattress for a guest. But the entire chronic illness thing means that's a big maybe that may never happen. Right now it's a box room. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth In line with my christmas promise to myself to buy lego sets when I want them rather than wait until their retirement is announced and maybe not get them, i have now ordered the d&d lego set which was heavily discounted in a swedish shop. Thus I already need to revisit the Lego Display Solutions. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth yea I mean That's why I'm in there, so you are unfortunately correct*. The question being more of when I break it even more. *I think it does what it's designed to, I just disagree with the design npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth It's taken less than 12h and I'm already poking at the css and html, how long before I break things you think? npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Today I started a forum on the same forum platform we used for a fandom I was on 20 years ago. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth there's a reason contractor to hire is a common trajectory in Sweden. (Ie we hire someone we've already worked with) npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I am ridiculously tempted by the turquoise Lamy CP1. I am not that fond of my lamy pens, but my black cp1 is probably my favourite of them. And a turquoise cp1 fp with a matching mechanical pencil.. lovely, yes? #FountainPens npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth So what are the options for forums nowadays? Have domains and hosting, would prefer to not have to go that route, but will if the alternatives are bad enough in comparison. Am trying to make attractive alternative homes for a few discord friend groups where I might have the pull to get them moved, at least if discord starts getting enough worse for them to notice, and I figure if I already have alternatives that might be easier. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Definiera ai, förklara skillnaden på automatisering (inte nödvändigtvis ai, automatisering har vi alltid jobbat med!) och GAI, förklara hur LLM funkar (jag brukar jämföra med telefonens ordförslag). npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth are they glow-in-the-dark, I wonder? npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth ooo nice colours. Perfect for a pencase? npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I think part of the problem is that there were dice everywhere. I've collected most of them now. I think I have 21 sets of sharps, in addition to a ridiculous number of "regular" ones. Chessex and similar are so cheap I tend to just buy the ones I want when I see them, which results in *gestures* I sorted out a few more sets that can be gifted anyway. And dumped most of my 20s, and a few whole sets, and the spinner, in the travel case. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I'm a dice goblin. So many lovely clacky rocks. And now I have to choose which to bring to a game?! I hauled them all out to compare and admire... npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth One thing I do every january is start a new ink log, just new pages in the same book. My system is to write out date, pen, nib, ink with the pen and ink in question as I fill them, and I try to strike them out as they get empty or cleaned out but I'm only half successful at that part, so a clean ink log with what's actually filled is a good start of the year. I do tend to have a lot of pens inked at the same time, so the log is necessary, or I won't remember. And now it is time! #FountainPens npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth it's drying from its bath now, should be ready for new ink tomorrow. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth the nib didn't dry out, it wrote immediately. It could be the ink oxidising. It's why I want to test with an unproblematic ink to be sure. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth yep, although I have others that do it better (an old baoer, in fact — capping it is oddly tactile and satisfying) npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth @npub1hmu…k6rx welp, I filled up the prera with, as I remember it, about half a converter of ink and wrote a little with it, then ignored it over the holidays. The converter was empty, and the ink left in the feed decidedly light brown. I'll do some more sciencing (because yellow inks are finicky too — I'll use a blue ink to test), but preliminary findings points towards subpar cap seal. That was a disappointment, but in line with what you said. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth What would you rather be doing? (Boosts welcome) npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth So this extreme tiredness I’ve been having the past week (the kind that comes with fever normally, but without fever)? People at A's workplace has had it too over the holidays. Current guess is covid, because weird symptoms is usually a new covid manifestation, but if anyone has insight... (Mid Sweden, if relevant) npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I've seen that too and also with two colours of wax, making a kind of cameo looking thing npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I just want to do my fox seal, and not branch out into too many designs:) might change my mind later. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Welp, since I now have a seal, the kind you stamp in wax, I should probably get the rest of the stuff for sealing my letters. New sidequest-hobby to letterwriting I guess! Anyway, you people who already have and use wax seals - any dos and don'ts? npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Another good distraction right now is the Daily Spell (word, or rather sentence guessing game that reveals a story), which I am working through from the beginning after a rec from @npub1tcs…5al0 . Doing it chronologically is worth it, both for the continuity in the stories and for picking up on some names and such that are recurring. https://jamwitch.itch.io/the-daily-spell npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I'll dive back into lego and podcasts, because reality sucks. Be back in a few hours with a castle-update. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I use the large binder clips to hold things open when needed, so I don't have to worry about what kind of binding a book has. That said, most good notebooks seem to open wide without resistance. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I have a project notebook, set up with double sided tables for Ideas and Ongoing, as they fill up I make new tables further out (I use a notebook with page numbers and an index so it doesn't matter). The pages between I use for notes and sketches about said ideas and projects, with space in the table to reference relevant page numbers. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth This was a build thread for #Lego set 10312 Jazz Club. Scroll up for pictures of the build process bag by bag. Modifications I've done: raised all chairs but one. Lowered the sewing table. Made a single rose from leftovers and gave the singer One I still want to do is build a microphone stand for the stage. Below: building from the front, and the cast, 8 minifigures. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/810/978/157/669/608/original/dd8de8ca3a9cf6c0.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/810/978/160/989/778/original/f3fa4146a8625126.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bag 15 was the roof of the yellow building - it has a greenhouse, presumably for the pizza baker. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/810/968/819/875/005/original/cd91e35cc278c8ca.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/810/968/820/175/749/original/25bbbdaa7e13653b.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I have seen skinny transparent fridge inserts, so that might be a segment of organisers to look into. Edit: also the long and skinny organisers for cutlery, the ones with each compartment lose so you combine your own. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth I use the ikea gärdesgård series, with the drawers (four sets stacked in a cube-shelf) for shorter inks bottles and one of the taller boxes for the ones I have that are too tall to fit. I combine that with some slightly taller, letter sized, older cardboard boxes I have with internal partitions, but the partitions only work well with some brands, and leave unused space with most, so I am shifting to gärdesgård and will repurpose the ones with separators for other craft stuff. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bag 14 was the jazz club roof and sign (I'll show them on it in the final wrap-up post). There's a squirrel on the roof. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/810/487/846/938/958/original/f8523d47554fa3ad.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bag 13: greenroom floor finished. A magician joined the cast with a white rabbit. The facade matches the one on the floor below. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/810/288/121/187/532/original/b3fcfe967d795618.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/810/288/117/359/250/original/a9fd7f0c96e09924.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bag 11: starting the top floor, a greenroom. There's a yellow sofa, a notestand. A minifigure with a black dress and black curly hair has a microphone. Bag 12: the walls have risen further, and a lighted dressing table has been added. There's coloured windows on one side. I raised another chair. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/810/124/497/482/901/original/1cc476942130d21e.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/810/124/553/654/066/original/8c36db78c5765f8a.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bag 10: finishing the second floor. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/809/042/832/844/167/original/7cff2c973871113f.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/809/042/837/703/307/original/494a06d6d7de89c4.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bag 9: beginning the tailor's workshop. I lowered the sewing machine table (full reconstruction of the guts), it was above shoulder height on him. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/808/902/284/404/540/original/14cd19ad8427172c.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bag 7: more walls, the club owner, and she's got a gramophone. Bag 8: more walls, and windows, doors. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/808/689/602/716/543/original/7c03fde97d7dafe8.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/808/689/839/749/080/original/3cdaf601397a1328.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bag 6: beginning of upstairs, an office for the club I think. Another set of floor chairs I raised a bit. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/808/446/266/632/392/original/bbff43a29587cd3e.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bags 5: some more details to the pizzeria facade, an entrance for the jazz club, and stage lights and curtains https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/808/260/978/695/714/original/375d884bc39a34ae.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/808/261/001/460/782/original/2d99b53c2c897d53.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/808/261/077/511/825/original/fe2ecbcd4c6c902d.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth ink 💚! What's ink you want to get but haven't? npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bags 4: more walls, the facade of the pizza place is finished, and all the back walls. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/805/307/719/791/012/original/d53183d0f33605d5.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/805/307/723/116/980/original/65e7b0fc661e17ab.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bags 3: walls came up, stairs going up (over the loo), pizza baker moved in with all his stuff, and another musician. Tables and chairs in front of the stage. I made my first modification and raised the chairs a bit since the tables are so tall. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/804/962/470/324/452/original/2c479419ebb9ae3e.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/804/962/460/069/983/original/a62e5b190034a039.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/804/962/530/393/244/original/ce61d5e8585713d4.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bag 2: more floors, pizza oven, stage with a drummer and an unmanned saxophone, and a toilet https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/804/665/622/702/770/original/b135ba5a92645e1e.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth my work desk is in the hallway at the top of the stairs, and next to the desk I managed to squeeze in a cupboard/shelf combo (ikea eket), my ink lives there along with a lot of related stuff. But unless we start adding shelves above the tv we are out of space to put things after the dresser gets its shelf companion. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth yea, our living area is about 100sqm which is honestly tight. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Yea, I will have a dresser that I can use for stuff I am still messing with, and a high shelf for some things I don't want to put away but can handle not being ok obvious display. We might add a shelf above the dresser too. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth we did a bit of reorganising and cleared space on top of a row of bookcases, enough for my little street (bookshop/townhouse, and the larger townsquare set, in addition to these two new ones). I have space for one more I think before I have to reorganise again. npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth Bag 1: foundations and pavement, and a checkered floor in one room https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/804/356/550/600/179/original/a1a8db919e37d01f.jpg npub17n74d49mpq4hhs4mjtv822hvv2surlc0pftv5lc5fhxu6e37af5qdpllql StarSloth All the potential of an empty 32x32 Build thread for #Lego 10312 I won't use tags during the build, but will pin this post, and tag again in the last post. https://cdn.masto.host/craftgoblinclub/media_attachments/files/115/804/193/038/385/259/original/4a9a6f831d440e45.jpg