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"One can believe in a story without believing it happened."
- Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

Software Developer, dad, animal person. Maybe not in that order? […]

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This is my first, like, “original” amigurumi pattern. It’s supposed to be a sort of curly-leafed plant. Looks more like a sea creature.

The color isn’t right, but I just grabbed “green yarn I have a lot of” to practice.

I think I need to see it in more colors […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
A small, handcrafted crochet piece resembling a sea creature, featuring a red body and green, curly appendages. It’s actually just a weird plant pattern I’m practicing. A small crocheted piece resembling a plant with two leaves, made from light green yarn. The piece is placed on a cosmic-themed mouse pad, next to a smartphone.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Here’s a better picture of the finished #crochet tote
A crocheted tote bag in sage, blue and yellow with a square checkered pattern, resting on a wooden table. The bag features a handle and has a yellow base.
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Project update: complete. Kiddo loves it. Puts all his toys in it and then cuddles with it in the couch.

#crochet
A young child sitting on a brown leather couch, cuddling a colorful crocheted bag featuring blue and yellow patterns. The child is lost in thought, sucking on a finger. Another child's foot can be seen in the background.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Further progress has been made. The body is done, all that’s left is the handles.

#crochet #crafts #fiberarts
“Crocheted tote bag in progress - just needs handles (cat for scale)“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Progress has been made. #crochet.

I’m not the biggest fan of the stitch work, but hey it’s my first time with three different colors and this style of round. Don’t even know what the name of this pattern is; 3 dc to a gap, ch 3 and skip the last rows stitches […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Close-up detail of the tote bag showing the texture and stitch work Colorful crochet tote bag in progress with bright yellow, sky blue, and sage green yarn
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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First time doing floating yarn in #crochet. So far…so good?

Gosh I can imagine doing more than three colors.
A close-up of a colorful crochet project, featuring shape with yellow, light blue, and green yarn. A portion of the finished work is visible, along with loose yarn strands, on a leather couch with a glimpse of a living area in
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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We're up to 5568 words before work today, meaning I wrote about 500 words in the last forty minutes.

I'm feeling pretty good about this year's #writingmonth :D
a screenshot of my word count. It shows that I have an actual make target for getting the word count. Bwahahaha.
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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5024 words. Like I said yesterday, not nearly on the level as days one or two, but I also did a fair bit of rewriting, expanding, etc. to my existing work.

#writingmonth #writersofmastodon
A screen shot of my word count in the terminal: === escape === 1050 escape/chapters/0000-prologue.md 1851 escape/chapters/0001-chapter-one.md 2123 escape/chapters/0002-chapter-two.md 5024 total
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Seems relevant.
A screenshot of tailscale status, saying it can't resolve the control plane server.
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Anyone using #Tailscale on #OPNsense ever seen an issue with it populating its TS IP address? I've tried restarting the service and stuff. I'm out of ideas for now and don't really have the time to troubleshoot personal stuff what with work and all.
A screenshot of my OPNSense's interface config. It shows that the tailnet's interface hasn't been given an IP address.
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I’ve been #crochet-ing for a few years now. I’m pretty good. Not an expert by any means, but I’m decent.

I’ve always been annoyed by yarn. I’ve tried everything. I bought a yarn bowl, but hated that I had to reroll my skeins to work well with it (we will come […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
A gray bag sits on a table with crochet supplies visible inside, including a green yarn strand extending from it. Beside the bag is a red gaming controller. The setting appears to be a cozy room with wooden flooring and a glimpse of a kitchen in
November 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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956 words today so far for a total of 3446.

I think I can hit 4000 today if the kiddos cooperate.
A screenshot of my word count. This is from the `wc` command, the middle number is the actual word count: 34 1038 5806 0000-prologue.md 67 1452 8044 0001-chapter-one.md 25 956 5237 0002-chapter-two.md 126 3446 19087 total
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This one is only cuddly when it’s the most inconvenient for me. She won’t leave my yarn alone!

🧶 🐱 #crochet
A gray and white cat is resting on a person's lap. Next to the cat, there is a crochet hook and a small brown crocheted ball, with the yarn coming from a yarn project bag visible in the background. A small trampoline is partially visible in the background.
November 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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This is not going well for me. :x
A screenshot from a Pokémon game displaying a party screen. It shows a selection of Pokémon, in a box marked "DED." Several Pokémon silhouettes are visible, along with options to manage the party.
November 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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…Oh no.

#pokemon #nuzlocke #pokemonnuzlocke
November 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
b4ux1t3.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Ayyyy that wasn't so bad.

#writingmonth
A screenshot of my word count. I have just over a thousand words in my prologue, and about 700 words in my first chapter.
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
b4ux1t3.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Okay, actually, NOW I'm prepared.
A screenshot from writingmonth.org, showing my progress this month of 0/50,000 words. Also you can see my goal went unfinished in May.
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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#writingmonth

I am prepared.

Well, no, I need to write the command for "Get word count in the current directory", but I'm prepared _for today_.
A screenshot of my vim config, with a special command for getting the word count of a specific file.
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Here’s me trying to work out a properly fastened off one.
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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I couldn’t attach the picture. Here it is.
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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#mathstodon, I have a question:

It involves crochet.

Are crocheted goods:

A. Unknots
B. Hilariously high-dimensional knots
C. Something else?

Note I’m assuming you’ve attached the ends so that you have a mathematical knot.

I’ve been trying to work it out by […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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One thing i do in my “primary” hobby (#ttrpg ) is make pocket references. For my players, but mostly myself.

#crochet patterns are ugly. I dunno what it is, but these folks don’t know how to do desktop publishing.

I’ve decided to revamp all my patterns, both […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
A collection of wrinkled papers on a wooden table, including instructional sheets with images and text, and a small booklet titled "Introduction." Two crochet hooks and a part of a bag are visible in the background.
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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I just got the spoils of the only crowd funding project I’ve ever backed.

Since my experience with crowd funding is now 100% positive, I should just throw money at every single thing I find remotely interesting, right?

#drawsteel #ttrpg
A person's hand holds a book titled "DRAW STEEL Book Two: MONSTERS." The cover features a dynamic illustration of a monstrous creature and characters casting spells. The book is displayed among other tabletop gaming publications on a shelf. The image shows the cover of a book titled "Draw Steel, Book One", which is presented as a tactical heroic cinematic fantasy. The artwork features a variety of characters engaged in battle with fantastical creatures, including a prominently displayed heroic figure with wings.
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I. . .I did no need to get nerd sniped by this today.

This is NOT me downloading my own mattermost instance just to see what happens. I did talk myself out of trying to stream a 3.8PB file to this prod instance.

I am NOT on this page, setting up a postgres DB […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
A screenshot showing that the profile image for this service can be up to 3815TB. You did not read that wrong.
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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I hate slack for a lot of reasons, but they're also just fun suckers.

Passive aggressive much?

That's it, I'm legally changing my name to be 🤩🥸
A screenshot of slack getting real' fuggin' lippy to me when I tried to use an emoji in my display name. "Of course you want a name with an emoji. Sadly, it is not to be. Try letters?"
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM