Very cool exhibition by a friend from the @iffybooks community
https://5uspace.net/
> It’s all wireless now, but wire is everywhere. Wire is overflowing from the storeroom closet at work, it's burrowing under every sidewalk and road. You see wire day in and day out, maybe the last thing you see before sleep is wire, when you plug in your phone and click off your lamp. It hogtied the buildings, it traversed the sea.
Celia Jailer
April 2025
Wilderland
https://remote.materialsmatter.ie/about.html
"Wilderland is a partnership project between the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), North Mayo Heritage Centre, Mayo County Council’s Arts Service and Environment, Climate Change and Agriculture Department, TASC Think-tank for Action on Social Change, and artist Elaine Harrington.
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The project will create a public space for discussion about the biodiversity and climate crises and explore our relationship to our environment through creative workshops and climate awareness events that promote sustainable use of materials and stewardship of the landscape, using collaborative, co-creative activities to initiate conversation about how we use and protect our natural environment, its resources and its plant & animal life.
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Wilderland is collaborating with graphic designer and lecturer Colm O’ Neill [ @colm ], to extend its sustainable thinking by considering the digital and communication requirements of the project. This means acknowledging that computation and the internet can have a direct, negative, impact on the climate."
#permacomputing be when your server is down for days because $life, some neighbours send you gentle reminders to fix it but you can't find some cable you need to do the fix. then another neighbour delivers one to the door and it's back on. my kind of computing
When #FLOSS devs get in a “let’s be disruptive, yay” mood it really turns me off. The strength of FLOSS should be in #permacomputing, pursuing the long view of continuity, sustainability, and backwards compatibility. If you’re not helping keep the production loops long, you’re failing the Earth.
No rando VC is going to fall in love with your project, guys. It’s just not on.
Description: "[A] new series focusing on how to build computers [from scratch] using simple electronic devices such as microcontrollers (MCU) and system-on-chips (SoCs) to achieve meaningful and concrete computing capabilities... [Y]ou will also be able to come up with your own computer designs, tailored around your computational needs."
As this video nicely illustrates, AntiX might really shine installed on a USB stick as a carry-everywhere portable OS and diagnostic toolkit. My interest is indeed piqued!
@osfa_2030 @tunubesecamirio @motorhueso @ana_valdi @manje simplemente soltar un concepto que creo que coincide con lo que estais diciendo #permacomputing la aplicacion de los principios de la permacultura al mundo de los ordenadores
An interesting online festival has just started right now for three days
FLEURON
a three-day online festival for all things at the overlap of #botany and #technology. Join us online from April 23–25 for the most inspiring creators working at the overlap of botany, design, illustration, and tech.
It's 33$, online, right now:
After the Code of Conduct and the Mediation process, the Core Governance document is now ready for wider feedback.
This document describes what JoinJabber does and what we aim to achieve. It also describes what our values are and a way to make proposals to the entire community.
Feel free to share and read/respond to the document.
https://codeberg.org/joinjabber/collective/src/branch/governance/Governance/Governance.md
Tän hetken iso kiinnostus: #permacomputing
Katselin huvikseen löytyykö Youtubesta videoita, niin Arte julkaissut sinne yhden, josta kanssa saatavilla saksaksi käännetty versio, tämä ranskaksi. Vaikken kieltä osaa enää juuri ollenkaan, niin tämän menon katsominen inspiroi vaan ihan törkeesti.
Uxn - Virtual Computer - Equipment - lines
So, let’s have a dedicated Uxn thread! Sound potato What? Uxn is a portable 8-bit virtual computer inspired by forth-machines, capable of running simple tools and games programmable in its own assembly language. In English: Imagine a workstation that is so simple that it can be implemented in an afternoon by a single person. Imagine that every tool/application is a only a few bytes. Software for Uxn are most similar to roms for the classic Nintendo, except that the console is designed es...
I haven’t read all of this gigamegahypersuperthread, but it is too amazing not to share.
These artists are making tiny ROMs that will probably outlive us all
I think a found a new favourite fantasy console computer thingy. I like PICO-8 and TIC-80 deeply, but there’s something in Unx’s minimalism that stands out.
#l.eng, #permacomputing, #pico-8, #programming, #tic-80, #uxn
@sounddrill I didn't choose it for its coolness but it feels natural to me, of course its freaking cool.
check out https://permacomputing.net
Still browsing like it's 1999: Fresh tools that keep vintage Macs online and weirdly alive
The principles of permacomputing are:
* Care for life
* Care for the chips
* Keep it small
* Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
* Keep it flexible
* Build on solid ground
* Amplify awareness
* Expose everything
* Respond to changes
* Everything has a place
I was thinking of buying a new-to-me #Thinkpad next month, but I think what I'll do instead is try to spruce up my #PinebookPro:
I need to look up some videos on applying threadlocker to screws. It's much looser stuff than the typical locktite and it tends to make a mess.
I'm debating just dribbling locktite (regular CA) on top of the screws as well to try to make them a little more permanent. Not a great solution, but the thing just loves to fall apart.
It's always best to try to #reuse! <3
@doskel you're basically doing #permacomputing, you should be proud :3 /j
#dotmatrix Porn for you #nerdsofmastodon. I get to print my first banner for 32nd year of #Intenet in #Turkey.
#retrocomputing #permacomputing #asciiart
Inoculating the Odd in AuDHD 
in medias res 
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