Jens Bonk-Wiltfang
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Jens Bonk-Wiltfang
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Works in higher education, somewhere between teacher support and digital anything. Studied popular culture and copyright in a former life, but still thinks about it all the time. Plays too little, types too much. Eternally too online.
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Yet another day that I am reminded of "The Fun They Had" by Isaac Asimov. I thought it was a bit goofy when I first read it, now it seems almost too on the nose.
Excerpt from the short story: Margie went into the schoolroom. It was right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on and waiting for her. It was always on at the same time every day except Saturday and Sunday, because her mother said little girls learned better if they learned at regular hours. The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions. Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot.” Margie did so with a sigh. She was thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day. They learned the same things so they could help one another on the homework and talk about it. And the teachers were people. . . . The mechanical teacher was flashing on the screen: “When we add the fractions 3^ and 34 — ” Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. She was thinking about the fun they had.
August 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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… then cover the edge with a satin stitch. So that goes over the edge. Stitch the rest of the patch and rinse the stabilizer off. The result is an edge that is like an overlock stitch, so the border is covered by the satin stitch all around.
An iron-on patch I made, with the waypoint logo.
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 AM
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It’s not like I spent the time away from Twitter on stuff like “reading that book that’s been on your table for 6 months” or “finally finishing a video game again”. That’s too easy, so I picked up new interests. Here are some of the keyboards I have built over the last four years. #keebs
A lumberjack ortho PCB in a wooden case, with Smokey black GRID keycaps and U4T switches. A Le Chiffre in a matte black acrylic stack with a brass accent layer, Geekark Triangle keycaps and lavender switches. My very own macropad, an acrylic stack that is shaped like a cloud, with four keys and rainbow acrylic. With some KAT Milkshake caps on Royal Blue clickies. A collection of some of my keyboards. From left to right, top row: Planck, Le Chiffre, Discipad. Middle: Corne and QAZ. bottom: Fifi and Sweep. With my own Sofle case design top right.
November 27, 2024 at 8:30 AM