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In preparation for my new Framework laptop, I've been playing around with Fedora 41 on an old laptop. For the most part it works really well, but theming doesn't. I have no idea, but no Gnome Shell themes will work and the default one is horrible - everything is WAY too big on the default theme.

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So who's up for a global recession then?

Anyone?

No?

Thinking about my next laptop and #Apple has been giving me the ick lately with some of what they're doing.

Anyway, politics of it all aside, I'm thinking about a #Framework 13. Very expensive, but will hopefully last a lot longer.

Anyone have one? What do you think of it?

I heard this great saying today...

"Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing to not put it in a fruit salad."

My wife recently got a rooster to help look after her flock, and it's a fucking beast!

For reference, the one behind is a fully grown, normal size hen.

I swear it's a goose in disguise! πŸͺΏ

Youngest: Daaaaaaaaad, how was the earth made?

Me: [explains the Big Bang theory]

Him: So it made EVERYTHING??

Me: Yup

Him: Even that rock?

Me: Everything

Him: Even that tree?

Me: Everything

Him: Even those ponies?

Me: Everything

Him: Even my socks?

Me: EVERYTHING!

Him: Even the farts that come out my bum?

Me: πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

Walked up to my youngest, put my wrist on his head and said.

"Don't move, you're under a wrist."

I am fucking hilarious. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

I really wanna play around with @mauricerenck@mastodon.online Komments and IndieConnector plugins, but I really don't know if I want to open that can of worms again.

https://maurice-renck.de/en/projects

Just read @thewk post on building his Polar Explorer II replica. Such a great post, and considering it’s pretty much exactly the same as my Seiko SBSC009, but for 1/3 of the price - and he got to build it - I’m a little jealous. πŸ˜‚

https://www.thewkblog.com/2025/03/16/i-built-myself-a-watch/

Spring is definitely in the air. Today might be a good day for the first grass cut of the year...

I got my phone back today, really quick turnaround, which is impressive. But they only repaired stuff that's broken, not anything cosmetic. So the bezel still has a shit load of chunks and scratches out of the aluminium.

Annoying...

I don't know how anyone uses an #iPhone without a case. They're almost impossible to grip without one!

Are these things made of Teflon??

Riding to work this morning and my iPhone fell out of its carrier, then a fucking van ran over it! It's a bit damaged...

This is how utterly shit #AppleIntelligence is...I received an email yesterday in response to my "iOS Mail Is Shite" post and the email started with "Kev - I cannot agree with you more."

But Apple "Intelligence" summarised the email as "Disagrees with Kev; uses Mutt for blog email."

What an utter shit show.

And the new steed is home!

How did this petulant fucking moron get voted in??

https://kottke.org/25/02/trump-ejects-zelenskyy-from-white-house

I'm getting really bored of the constant "block #YouTube ads" battle. Like it or not, it's the streaming service I spend, by far, the most time on.

Thinking about admitting defeat and just paying for Premium.

Having to put another fish to sleep is a really shitty way to start a Monday.

This is the problem with the #fishkeeping hobby - when you setup a tank and stock it with a load of babies, they all grow up together, but they all grow old together too. So you end up losing them one after another.

I think I might hang up my buckets once these all pass.

When you're thinking about getting a motorbike and decide to go around a few showrooms to narrow down your shortlist, you should definitely NOT spend Β£22k on a new bike.

No, that's a stupid thing to do and very irresponsible. I'd never do such a silly thing. 🫣