grimfrenzy @grimfrenzy@mstdn.social

A better view without her sister butting in.

My garden #rats playing in a planter box

Ratling update, day 12: Petunia's brood is eleven strong. All the pups have fuzz on them now with their patterns beginning to show. Ears are out and on full display. It'll be a day or two before their eyes open as well. They're still instinctively huddling into a warm pile but it's going to be pure madness in a few days when they all start exploring on their own.

#petrats #fosterpets

Petunia gave birth last night!

When our shelter gets rats who may be pregnant they have volunteers foster them for the duration of a pregnancy before allowing them to be adopted. We've watched 'tuni steadily gain weight and build a nest out of scrap cloth over the last few weeks and last night I heard the little laser like squeaks of these pups coming from her nest.

#rats #petrats

Did a #digitalpainting of some falling monitors.
#MastoArt

Good Morning!

During the winter the first part of my day is usually restarting a fire in the woodstove. Finding red embers in the ash is like finding 20 minutes of setup time since I can bypass ignition, tinder and even kindling by using a set of bellows to get the remnants glowing hot again.

I think there is an analogy to be made here about the benefits of momentum and the costs of running to true empty vs just running low. Then again, I don't think every observation needs to be tied to some kind of broad, general life lesson. Maybe it's enough to know that it's easier to keep a fire going than start one.

So slax ended up checking all my boxes and happened to be easy to install on flash media

Looking for a portable Linux distro recommendation. I'd like to avoid packing my laptop when traveling but have SSH keys, passwords and tools ready to use on a borrowed computer. Something like TAILS with its encrypted storage option would be good but I don't need the built-in Tor functionality.

What are you using for a USB bootable OS with persistent and preferably encrypted storage?

#askfedi #distro #linux #portable #recommendationtechnology

Facility #doodle

ink #doodles

#swaywm question: how can I set up a keybinding to open a terminal below (horizontally) the active window?

By default Mod+enter opens a terminal to the right. Is there a flag to bindsym or exec that would make Mod+shift+enter open the same below?

The pups have their first coats now. Their eyes opened yesterday. #petrats #rats

A puzzling cairn vexes the #dog

Bundos (aka #rabbits)

"This is not the ventriloquist's concern."

Reminder: WiFi modules for your older laptops are cheaper and easier to replace than you think. $11 to pull the one pictured and replace with a newer model that keeps up with my wireless gear.

Forced myself to draw for the first time in awhile. Once I started, time disappeared. I hope to keep up the habit this time.

A #digitalsketch of a lightbulbhouse.