Andy Lowry @AndyLowry@qoto.org

@alanthwaits@noc.social
When they released the Pi 4 with 8GB RAM, I immediately got one. That left me with a Pi 4 with 4GB as a spare to do something-or-other with. The 8GB one mostly just runs PiHole for the house, which is what the 4GB one was doing, though I'm thinking about running DNS on it too. Also use it for a little general computing when I need to check something in Linux for whatever reason.

Not sure what I'd need a Pi for in Tufty-land though; looks like I can do what I need to do on a Mac desktop. Unless I'm missing the Big Idea somehow; I have been known to do that.

@oliverdietrich
Astonishing. Thank you.

@alanthwaits@noc.social
The deluxe kit (which I got in order to have the little battery pack) comes with a USB-A to USB-C adapter. What do they think I am, some kind of PRIMITIVE? 😀

@Eccehom
"Chef's-kiss"

@jayarava
That's an odd thing for a bongo player to say.

@SrRochardBunson
Okay, if you like. Not really all that exciting or private. 😉

Before going into the career I recently retired from (sysadmin), I spent 25 years in the restaurant business. The last job I had in that field, around 1990, was in management at a place where the owner/founder wanted an upscale New York-ish artsy super-hip-and-modern feel (there was space set aside here and there for art installations that changed every month or so), despite being located in Columbus, Ohio. She had been the governor's chef just before opening the place, so had a good background for taking that approach; she knew everybody who was anybody, locally anyways.

At that time, if you were artsy and cool, you probably mostly wore black. She wanted us to do just that, but not with the usual tie or waiters' jacket or whatever the other super-fancy places were doing. She encouraged personal creativity as to neckwear. Most of us wore brooches and pins at the collar. I wore a priests' shirt with a pin of some kind.

I was chatting one day with the boyfriend of one of our waiters and I complained about not being able to find something I thought really original and fun. He worked at a vintage jewelry shop, so had the right background to immediately think of using a vintage rhinestone art-deco shoe clip-- my first one was from the thirties, but they're still sold new today. It was a perfect idea, and I looked FLAWLESS in it. I couldn't wear the same thing every time I went to work, so gradually accumulated an assortment to choose from.

I still use them here and there nowadays as a substitute for a pocket square when I wear a blazer, which is very frequently this time of year when it's cool enough to want a tweed or other sort of wool jacket or blazer. I just clip them on the pocket where the silk would have gone. It's a fun way to add a little flash and acts as a conversation starter; I often get to explain what a shoe clip is and a bit about their history.

Should you ever get to know somebody artsy or yuppie-ish from Columbus who was there in the early 90's, they'll likely remember the place-- it was the hottest of the hot for a time, and was called Nonni's (the owner's name).

And there's your story!

@Svining@universeodon.com
Whoa, that's an amazing space. I hope all went well.

@redrummy @VeryBadLlama
Having the public elect their representation was supposed to take care of that, but it doesn't seem to have worked out very well.

@VeryBadLlama
Oh, there is a plan all right. You're seeing it right now.

@joehumphrey @ami_angelwings
Hah, you beat me to it! That was my immediate first thought. 😆

"...but when I drew Grimsever, I think the poor man soiled his armor."

@LOLRH1 @stevesilberman
He's definitely right up there, but let's not forget a certain recent President. 😉

@clmorgan
Oh, that's really cool! Thanks. You have my hopes for a jackpot, and may all your trenches be tidy.

@SrRochardBunson
What an interesting thing to collect! I would not have thought of it. Am boosting to enhance your chances of encountering another enthusiast.

It's amazing the kinds of things that people can get interested in enough to start collecting and then wind up in one of three or four organizations that spring up organically. Just did a quick search and, sure enough, there's at least one Coleman collectors' association.

I don't think there's a club for this one yet, but I somehow managed to wind up with a small collection of vintage shoe clips. I won't bore you with the story of how that came to be, but it's a good example of how somebody can accidentally go from being a normal person to a collector. 😉