Crossword Man @crosswordman@qoto.org

My dad and I are both trying to learn Morse code so we can connect with our ham radio, and he’s kicking my butt at this (which is awesome). We’re both using MorseMania but he’s learning the rhythms while I keep staying stuck in mentally translating the dots and dashes. I remember in second-year high school French class when I suddenly had a thought IN FRENCH and it was INCROYABLE - Dad is doing that with Morse, it’s so cool. #morsecode #hamradio

Hey people of Mastodon! For the past months I've been making progress in my career in #music, poetry and film and my new Etsy shop. On a daily basis I wear the hats of: Composer-Arranger, Singer-Songwriter, Producer-Director, Jewellery Maker-Seller and much PR work of reaching awesome humans such as yourself!

I love what I do. But, I could use the support by a music manager / #business partner to move faster and better.

Know anyone? Could you reblog so maybe it reaches someone?

Thank you ❤️

The tick, one of the wonders of nature. Why not make a delicious cake in the shape of one?

Think of chocolate, jam, all beautifully glazed to show this animal in all its glory. Think of the satisfaction when you cut it into pieces!

Happy baking and bon appetit!

#Ticks #Food #Cake #Dogs #Dogsofmastodon

I got laid off yesterday. We'll be ok, but it still sucks. Tough time to be on the market.

I'm giving myself space this week, but applied to a role yesterday 🤞🏻

Looking for roles in open source as a senior IC, management in a larger org, or nonprofit leadership. I'm most known for partnerships, community building, nonprofit operations, and program management, and I hold my own in compliance and media relations.

Resume etc: https://joshsimmons.com

#OpenSource #GetFediHired

Hi everyone, I'm a totally blind electronic musician. Looking for a audio, developer fluent in C++ d to help me with a very special open source project to assist blind people with electronic music production. If you can help me, or know anyone in your network who can please reach out and get at me. Thanks very much everyone :-) #electronic music :-)

Is the colour red the same in every artist’s paint tube? Obviously, not necessarily the same. Learning to read a paint tube label can enhance your colour selection for your paintings. In this blog, I’ve listed the 8 important pieces of information you would find on a quality paint tube label. Have a look and would appreciate your feedback.

Here’s the link: https://www.ezeeart.com/how-to-read-a-paint-tube-label-easily/

#abstractart #abstract #AYearForArt #MastoArt #art #artist #mastodon #painting #ArtCollector #fediart #ArtMatters #MastoArtist #mastoartists #artwork #supportart #supportartists #follow #artnetwork #wallart #HomeDecor #InteriorDesign #artbooster #blogging

Introductory post: Hi there! I'm a fledgling block printer, looking forward to improving my skills and learning from other artists. I'm slow to finish things and even slower to post them, but currently thrilled that I recently sold my very first octopus print, and I'm planning on doing different versions of him to practice multiblock and jigsaw print techniques.

#introduction #art #MastoArt #linocut #printmaking #printmakersofmastodon #blockprint #octopus #pumpkin #selfportrait #dumbooctopus

Another backyard visitor for #tinyPrintTuesday. I wanted to capture the slinky way foxes skulk. I’m using little scraps of lino and offcuts of paper. 3”x4”

We were surprised to see a fox in our tiny yard but it lives nearby.

I think maybe I should go even tinier!

#fox #linocut #printmaking #printmaker #peelreveal #washi #wildlife #urbanEcology #wildlifeArt #MastoArt #printmakersOfMastodon

scribo: I write
Minimus is practising his litteras (letters) on a tabula (writing tablet). He's using a calamus (pen) to dip in his atramentarium (inkpot). Minimus has already finished an epistula (letter) and fastened it with his mouse sigillum (wax seal).
#LatinVerbs

The beavers have been busy...

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Wetlands #Beavers

some possible reasons for 8-bit bytes https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/03/06/possible-reasons-8-bit-bytes/

Milkweed.

As seen in Catskill Center Thorn Preserve (before the snow covered everything).

My latest nature drawing: https://matteofarinella.com/Nature-Drawings

#illustration #plants #naturedrawing #nature #sciart

Part 1: I felt like doing a new #Introduction post as I never pinned my original one. I'm Mark a #DigitalArtist and #Photographer - I've been doing this around 15 years now, most of that time it's been my only gig. I feel like I've been starting over the past year as I spent the past 5 years taking care of my Mom who is in the late stages of dementia. Last spring I had to face it was no longer something I could do at home. Luckily she's very close and I walk over to see her almost every day.

Does it look familiar to you? 🤭 #catsofmastodon #kissat

A selection of #insects from the #SLAM #Malaise trap I run in #Canberra for the week 3-10 February 2023.

#Fly: Austrotephritis pumila #Diptera #Tephritidae

Darwin #wasp: Anacis sp. female #Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae

Click #beetle: Conoderus sp. (probably C. exsul)

Small wasp: #Encyrtidae sp.

https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-slam-3-10-february-2023/

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?user_id=dhobern&on=2023-02-10&place_id=any&verifiable=any

#Entomology #Coleoptera #Elateridae #Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae #Encyrtidae

"Aye, the sirens," says the lighthouse keeper, picking a bit of tobacco from his beard. "Some nights, when the wind is just so, I swear I can hear 'em singing." "What do they sing?" I prod him. A faraway look in his eyes, he says in a voice barely above a whisper, "Tubthumping."

Late 1980s: "Old Miles Davis LP: £3.99"
Early 1990s: "Old Miles Davis LP: 50p"
Late 1990s: "Old Miles Davis (jazz musician) LP: 2 for 50p."
2000s: "Miles Davis 1st Quintet. Vinyl, 1st pressing. 1957, (Prestige 7094), deep groove mono, 200gram, Obi strip (VG+/NM-): £950"
#vinyl