Public posts from @andypiper@macaw.social
there's a broader set at https:// fedidevs.com/s/OTEx/ and that is *still* missing some due to similar discovery settings / choice not to show up in search or directory results. Which as a choice is completely fair, but a bit unusual if you're a makerspace, IMHO.
I made a (small) Collection! It was intended to contain a lot more makerspaces, but a number of accounts are on Mastodon servers that are not at v4.6.x yet (or otherwise have discovery disabled). Anyway, some makers and hackspaces and related things I know about / follow https:// macaw.social/collections/11699 1655563527506
It is warm 🥵
A friend of mine has a new iPhone app launching this weekend, for those in that ecosystem it may be of interest https:// apps.apple.com/us/app/stepwise -improvements-walking/id6786835291
I have a soft spot for brilliantly / amusingly-named OSS projects like chiplotle and WiVRn. Just came across Cryptic Elephant in the new NLnet funding round announcement. I like it. 👌🏻
e564 with Michael, Andy and Michael - a # spider filled episode with # AdTech and # lifesaving # robotic implications, # VR # MarioKart , # quantum # LawnMowing , # IdentityManagement and a whole lot more! http:// gamesatwork.biz/2026/08/10/e56 4-saving-drowning-people-with-spiders/
(I will observe that this piece led me to learn what a state of tech debt Evernote was in at time of acquisition; that said, I’ve seen these leeches destroy Meetup, StreamYard, Vimeo and more, so I wouldn’t stick around on Airtable)
Do you use/like Airtable? Time to find an alternative. Sorry about that. https:// blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the -pulse-bending-spoons-acquisition-strategy/
RE: https:// mastodon.social/@concretedog/1 17043609470432664 Consistently a great read, and made by a great human! 🚀
RE: https:// mastodon.social/@limebar/11702 7370556131798 Do. Not. Miss. # NHAMFest26 I 💝 the music and creatives community here on # fedi !
This year's # Matrix Workation is coming! An opportunity to work somewhere different, and also to hang out with like-minded folk from the Matrix ecosystem. Also, there's an overlap with # hackmas26 if you happen to have a ticket for that as well. Krems, Austria 🇦🇹 Aug. 22 - Sept. 13, 2026 (you can do one or two weeks / blocks, or all three) Huge shout-out to the Matrix Community Events @…
e563 with Michael, Michael and Andy - @GamesAtWork game, and a cornucopia of games: # Haex , # PathbindQuest , a physical # cockpit for # HalcyonDawn , Chris Pirillo’s # UFOgame from his # Arcade and a whole lot more! http:// gamesatwork.biz/2026/08/03/e56 3-space-nerds-in-space/
RE: https:// mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix/11 7013064413297085 Look how cool these shirts are! See you in Malmö? 😉
alright, I know I said last week that Doomsday might be a superhero mess too far (and it still could be), but I saw Brand New Day and really enjoyed it. Yes it was somewhat continuity heavy / probably helped that I had a ton of context, but it was also a pretty good fun movie in general. YMMV. There is a single post credits teaser, for those interested in whether to stay put.
What do / have people done in relation to email account history etc for deceased persons? Has anyone yet built an OSS tool to download the Gmail archive for future use / archive searches? Both keen to close out a Google account, and loathe to do so as it is the key to so many things I might not have discovered I want access to, yet. I feel like this is the kind of thing there could be good guides…
I put links to the two zines I made for # EMFCamp on my Kofi page, free downloads / CC usage. https:// ko-fi.com/post/Zines-for-EMF-D 5G0240L9B
e562 - Field Notes with Andy and Michael M - # EMFCamp recap, whole lot of # LEGO love, the # GameOfLife , a # Playdate # miniMMO , # AR assisted # murals with # sketchar .io and a whole lot more! http:// gamesatwork.biz/2026/07/27/e56 2-field-notes/
@ felimwhiteley @ latenightlinux of course then I had to spend an hour hunting around for the remakes / updates of Exile, one of which (Nameless) looks reasonable and I might have more of a poke at now I got the vsync not to make the whole thing run at an unplayable ultra-speed.
So I learned of a remake of Cholo (BBC Micro game from the 1980s) via @ felimwhiteley on @ latenightlinux - assuming you grab the 2000s remake Windows app from archive.org, you drop in the files from ovine.net and then tinker around with Wine to stop it from running in a tiny corner of the screen and yep, I am still very bad at this game. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholo_(v ideo_game)
We had a nice @ hackwimbledon meetup today, and helped a younger tech enthusiast to get Linux Mint installed on an older laptop - he was very excited!