I can see it on a good day, I'm in Marlborough. Maybe a trebuchet would help?
I'm too late to contribute to the census but I'd like to reserve a slice of your dessert please.
That's a good point. I have a set of random smiley-faced magnets that came from somewhere like Para Rubber or an Asian import shop. The only problem with those is they're usually packaged so you can't test them on the shelving to see how strong they are.
You could always buy the touristy ones and get the kidlets to paint over them 😉
Where do you live? Presumably any local gift shop will be selling magnets showing off the local attractions.
Mashed, definitely. With maybe a bit of sugar or stevia sprinkled on top.
Cheese goes on toast with marmite. Or better yet, on muffin splits with marmite.
I'd love to answer in te reo but I don't know the word for ennui, lol. Tuesdays always seem to hit different, which is why I'm sitting at my desk at work hanging out on social media on my own laptop.
I couldn't get back into lemmy even with a hard refresh, until I thought to try accessing it through mastodon and saw this message. Haven't tried sync yet, I keep forgetting I have it installed.
There have been theories for years about celiac disease. I found a trial and suggested Mum join in (she's in the extreme end of the disease) and she was horrified. Honestly, if I had tested positive for celiacs I'd been keen to give this a go. Having a passenger that would allow me to have a beer and a sausage roll with exploding at both ends? Sign me up.
I was using a Kensington Profit vertical wireless trackball (the one with the red ball) and that's what broke. I'm replacing it with a Logitech MX Ergo, which is what I had before trying the Kensington. Between the two, the logitech feels much smoother and is charged via cable, so there are no extra batteries to keep purchasing.
I have a wired kensington expert as well and definitely prefer the ball under the thumb instead of in the middle. I tried playing solitaire with the expert yesterday and it just wasn't a natural fit for the repetitive movements or drag and drop.
I much, much prefer either type of trackball to any kind of mouse, since they sit in one spot and are much easier to manage when you're sitting on a carpeted floor - you don't need a clear amount of flat space to use one.
I have compromised by stealing the SO's one.
But the new one is on special thanks to Boxing Day deals, so there's that.
My trackball died after being dropped one too many times and it's not in stock anywhere in town. 3-7 business days seems impossibly long when there are public holidays scattered all over the calendar (first world problems) so in the meantime I'm using a cheap ergonomic keyboard from Ali that has an embedded trackball in the centre and it's actually not too bad.
We're doing Christmas Lunch today, since yesterday was a bust. Mum is hosting and out of all of us she's the only one without a dishwasher but she will NOT let anyone take over from her, lol. We haven't done gifts for several years and have always stressed that it's a low key affair but somehow having it on not-Christmas-Day seems like a much more attractive idea.
Question for the group: will you be venturing out into Boxing Day Sale Madness? What have you got in mind to score cheap?
Thanks :) So far it's been the most chilled, laid back Christmas of my life.
For Christmas I got food poisoning, yay. Not feeling too miserable but a bit guilty that we've now left Mum on her own when she loves all the hype of the day. Have rescheduled for tomorrow when a few more family members will be able to make it.
I compromised and spent the rest of the afternoon lying on the sofa under the ceiling fan with a good book.
Nope, that's the sound of irate drivers leaning on their horns because people have lost their minds.
Oh, and I heard the first cicada of the summer this morning.
It's warm and overcast this morning, which is preferrable to the overheated mugginess of yesterday. The SO is trying to talk himself into mowing the lawns so I should probably get off my butt and do some housework but all I want to do is nothing at all.
Photo Friday didn't last long (although I may have warned you that I'm terrible at sticking with things) but it's a new month and a new weekend so let's try a weekend challenge instead.
Snapshot Saturday is more about taking candid shots of everyday things, rather than hunting out the perfect shot for a particular prompt. So feel free to share a photo of something from your weekend - before and after shots of gardening progress, the shiny finish on your freshly cleaned vehicle (haha) or a good sunset.
Rules: No NSFW, no shots you didn't take yourself.
It's Friday! There was no prompt last week because I sort of went into lurk mode - it's a bad habit that I need to work on.
This week's prompt is black and white.
Whether it's a two-tone cat or something quite mundane made dramatic with filters, I want to see how the lack of colour can be a focus of your shot.
Usual rules apply: No NSFW and no shots you didn't take yourself.
Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
Man, this week seriously got away on me. The only photos I managed to take this week were either work related, or photos of things I needed to remember Hopefully this weekend will be a bit calmer.
This week I already have an idea of what I want to shoot and it's going to require me to get out of the house, which is kind of the whole point, at least for me.
This week, the prompt is: something that looks like a face, but isn't
The same rules apply, namely, it has to be your own photo and it can't be NSFW but otherwise, go nuts 😁
Welcome to the first ever lemmy.nz photo challenge! Also the first time I've tried anything like this so bear with me while I make it up as I go along. With any luck I'll find some prompts that'll fit everyone but definitely chip in if you have ideas or have run forum challenges before.
Rules? Rules! (but not many)
- It has to be a shot that you've taken yourself, I guess. There are posts all over the net sharing other peoples' efforts but this is more about doing it yourself.
- No NSFW, since that tends to open all sorts of issues around content control and this is meant to be a bit of fun.
Okay, we're starting off with a cliche this week, because I'm all for easing into things:
#Prompt for 20/10: Spring
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I've never done cover pages before, my entries have always just run on one from the next, but I fell into the habit of doing a doodle calendar, then it expanded to two pages, then I needed to fill a blank page so the calendar would be on a single spread...
You know, the usual evolution of journaling, haha.
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Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
I really wish I knew more about this stuff, but every time I switch from Local to Subscribed Malwarebytes gives me a popup warning me that lemmy.world is compromised and blocked (even though I'm still seeing posts from communities there) but that's all it's telling me. Should I be avoiding that instance?
When I remember I add bits and pieces to my journal (I go through stages and then forget to collect stuff). I mostly use double-sided tape from the paint department at my local hardware store but I have a bottle of clear Elmers glue too, since I've seen that recommended quite a bit.
I used the glue to add some business cards from a local restaurant, only they were gloss cards and the glue gave out completely within a week, leaving a nice glossy expanse of nothing.
What do you use to add things to your journal? Any brand you swear by, or would avoid like the plague?
I recently finished my Ghosts of Planners Past series, where I went over the various planning systems that I’ve used over the years, their pros and cons and why they all generally failed. I’m now s…
This link popped up in my RSS feed today and it looks really promising - the writer is looking more at the how-to side of journaling than sharing pretty pictures.
A huge bucket of family drama was upended on me yesterday and when I sat down to write about it, I got all vague and glossed over it, even though I probably need to get it out somehow. I trust the people in my life not to read my journal but seemed like a risk or even a betrayal of confidence to put the words down.
Do you hold anything back, or is it all laid out bare? How did you get past the internal censor so you could write to clear your head?
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Yes, I created the daily today just to say how good the new kiwi icon looks, but feel free to chat anything that takes your fancy.
Today is Friday, what are your weekend plans?
Thank you for creating this community, it's good to see more hobby communities start to appear around the 'verse.