slowneedler

joined 1 year ago
[–] slowneedler 1 points 1 year ago

I've used gnome for years, about a month ago I decided to give KDE a try on my old spare laptop. Two days later it was on my desktop and work laptop. I am loving KDE.

[–] slowneedler 3 points 1 year ago

It would be better to cut out the planned obsolescence of phones. I have a $1000 phone in my hand that is in perfect working condition. In a few months it will no longer receive security updates. I could use this phone for another five years if the manufacturer wasn't so greedy. That would reduce the land fill.

[–] slowneedler 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I found Summit about 2 hours ago and love it! Thanks for your hard work.

[–] slowneedler 2 points 1 year ago

I am not quite sure how measure. I would say around 20" at the withers, but he is much bigger than any of the other dogs from his litter.

I have had full sized Aussies before as well. Imagine taking that energy and compressing it to a singularity that is always ready to explode. That is Rufus and I wouldn't trade him for the world.

[–] slowneedler 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He's a large Mini American Shepherd. By large we are only talking 38 lb. But he does have that classic Bernese coloring.

 

This is a regular laying position. Seems cramped to me but what do I know.

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submitted 1 year ago by slowneedler to c/dogs
 

This is Rufus. He's a two year old Mini American Shepherd.

[–] slowneedler 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The pickups are Lace Alumitones. They are ultra-quiet and articulate pickups and have no wire coils. The polished aluminum bar that you see is the conductor of the electromagnet. I also wired a ghost pickup system into the bridge.

I cut the pickup rings out of sheets of copper and melted silver dust into them. This gives a discoloration from the heat and splashes of silver on the copper substrate. I have been silversmithing for a few decades, but woodworking is always a challenge for me. When you mess up, you can't just melt it down and start over.

[–] slowneedler 2 points 1 year ago

I just made a post. Hopefully, we can get some traction to build a small community on Lemmy.

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Rosewood and Walnut (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by slowneedler to c/luthier
 

This is a build from several years back. The body is chambered walnut sandwiched between Brazilian rosewood that was not useable for an acoustic guitar. I made the pickup rings, switch mount, and truss rod cover from copper and silver dust. It's not all polished up because I have played daily for almost five years.

[–] slowneedler 2 points 1 year ago

This sounds great. I moved to CT a round a year ago and am into Linux and FOSS as a hobby. I will check out Discord.

[–] slowneedler 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Great build! Thanks for starting things off over here.