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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

@Jerry could you fix this minor issue? need to configure a different tile service..

screenshot of my-events map page which shows a series of "access blocked" images from openstreetmap

Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

@whitequark I have not used it before, however this seems wrong, it appears to be a table with columns Key, English, German, yet Key+English are both in the first column. translate.codeberg.org/translate/Ch…

screenshot of the weblate page for translation into german. the Key column contains Key and English string, the English column is empty

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

@dakkar .. and after the form it goes back to the 403 ... wtf:

Screenshot of an rt.cpan.org page which says Forbidden. You are not authorized to use this resource (403)

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

This morning's walk featured the same fingered cloud formation from multiple different viewpoints #walking #clouds

Landscape photo of blue sky with cloud "fingers" looking like they are rushing towards the photographer. Below are the ends of several house lots mostly used for parking.

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

Heading northish to a Wales adventure, keep passing signs for Ledbury #EMFCamp (tracking courtesy of #owntrack and #homeassistant)

Map showing a track entering on the east side near Gloucester, travelling west between Ledbury and Ross-on-Wye&10;

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

Gaaames! Played my copy new Expedition to Newdale, and Guild of Merchant Explorers, both good, wonder if I can get anyone to play the EtN campaign

Guild of Merchant Explorers endgame, centre of the table are the round cards. In the foreground is my game sheet showing several dark blue cubes and three towers on a map&10;

Expedition to Newdale endgame, a board representing a map with several white, brown, orange and grey houses on it. Right of that the score board with my orange marker in front (it counts R to L.. why..) In the foreground is my player board and a layout of cards any player was allowed to build&10;

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

Borrowed "The Hat" to try on, @pikesley's head is a bit bigger than mine! #EMFCamp

Left, Sam P with blue spikey hair, emf2024 shirt. Right me with red hat, propped by by my glasses, without them I could barely see out from under the hat! Background: roof of the Robot Arms tent

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

Still a rollercoaster, more cursing until midnight. Code mostly functional, wiring abominable. Errors now due to USB disconnects/cable gravity. #emfcamp #installtions #cluesbysam

The back of the installation, a series of wooden panels leaning in a corridor. Help with cable management wanted

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

.... It IS possible! (PCI-USB card to the rescue) #emfcamp

Screenshot of a linux terminal, in which the user has counted how many "Galax" usb devices there are, and how many "Rasp" devices, both say 20

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026

@pikesley Well they work.. how does one connect 20 VGA monitors to a computer..?

Left, a 1024x768 VGA touch screen (designed for POS devices), right my Chromebook, in between VGA->HDMI->USB-C adaptor.. and its working!

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

In the “should do this more often” department, had tickets to see Brandon Sanderson and Joe Abercrombie yesterday. Queued an hour outside the Emmanuel Centre for good seats, excellent talk. Touristed a bit after. QOTD: “Ideas look so shiny before you start working on them” #goodbooks

3rd row view, empty stage with two red armchairs,above them is a large screen with the text "Brandon Sanderson in conversation with Joe Abercrombie"

Home Assistant map screenshot of owntracks/home assistant location tracking roundtrip from Swindon to London (Ealing, then on the tube to Westminster), out via the M4, return via M40 as M4 was partially closed

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

@Floppy @pikesley several cups of tea later .. I had to very minorly craft knife the part that fits in the badge slot, that may just have been remnants of the support material though

Brick hexpansion on a printer bed (that has a face on it), sideways with a fair amount of organic supports

Brick hexpansion printed in purple, attached to an emfcamp tildagon badge, supporting a meeple wearing a hat and holding a tea cup

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

@spacehobo hrrrrmmm? Loading using the shared storage functionality, copies/saves etc on a non-public (kinda) dir (the per-application access one).. I'll make a fork/branch so I don't lose it!

Screenshot of an Android emulator running TextFiction, playing a IF game named "Bear"

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026

Current state: Who knew 2mm headers were a thing, let alone "2mm to 2.54mm jumper cables"? Tiny motherboard in biggest tower case we had. Memory not-included, donated courtesy of my desktop update (so this thing has 32GB now!)

Tiny X99 motherboard in the largest tower case we could find. A 2mm pin header on the motherboard is jumpered to a dangling pi-pico

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

Warmest it’s been this year! Spent some time in the garden enjoying the 17C sunshine, and battling ivy versus tree. Here’s a buddleia bush which refuses to be beaten back, next to a (Cherry I think) tree which the ivy is trying to reclaim and is also still alive somehow under the ivy.

Buddleia bush (left) next to ivy-covered tree, which looks dead but has buds on the top most branches. The buddleia bush seems to be trying to rival the tree for height (by sending one shoot up quite tall which is possibly being helped by ivy)

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

Post #fosdem / #brussels morning cafe recommendation: Damn Good Cafe (north edge of the pentagon), proper tea (with a timer!) and pastries / cake

A glass of milky tea with a milk jug, timer and loose tea strainer. A pain au chocolat is in the foreground

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2026

#fosdem/#brussels day 1: Made it from home to the hotel, despite some interesting navigation

Flixbus window sign showing wifi and charging information &10;

Heathrow Terminal 5 gate B36 sign showing BA394 to Brussels leaving soon&10;

British Airways free|complimentary 1hr flight food: a bottle of water and two(!) golden oat biscuits &10;

Citymapper display of a route from Brussels airport into the city. The user location is nowhere near the suggested route (though we were on a train going the correct direction!)&10;

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/11/2025

This evenings game, The Hobbit, There and back again. James won! #boardgames

2 finished boards for the first chapter of the game, left on each is a score board counting points for dwarves arrived at Bag End, and whether they get bread, on the right is a map with lines connecting the dwarves. The dice show map squares that can be used on the map.

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2025

Monday #boardgames, Ayar and External decks, both good, would play again

The External Decks end game: A black cloth with many card shaped spaces, 4 stars indicating we won,. and several coloured cards

End game state of Ayar: The main board with 4 tracks covered in scattered player-colour house/tambo pieces, my player board with half a woven carpet, a number of coloured pottery tiles, and all its maize cubes&10;

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2025

Over the first week we’ve walked 29% of the virtual Cotswolds walk, finding it useful as a way to check I have done steps today, and to encourage Hannah to walk! #walking

Chart and map of our virtual walk, on the left the chart shows we have walking 29% of the way 50,558 of 174,436 steps, on the right the map shows that we are over half way between Bath and Cirencester

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2025

Oct 1st! Attempting to do more exercise, so friend Hannah and I have joined worldwalking.org, we’re going to do the Cotswolds walk. So far we left Bath.. #walking

A screenshot of thw worldwalking webpage, showing 14k steps completed of 174k steps on the Cotswold walk, a map shows that we have barely left Bath

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2025

Monday night’s game: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles, Episode 3. Would like to play again, the “how do I actually get points” felt a little obscure(d) (the individual goal cards don’t get you many). #boardgames

View from the end of a very full table, in the foreground a group of coloured dice with icons on, a player board with some dinosaur and ranger figures, in the background stacks of cards, a large board that shows four columns of city dice-action spots, and a map of wilderness exploration trained-dino spots

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2025

Fixing things: I 3d printed this backpack hanger in Dec 2021, 3.5 years constant use isn’t bad! How long will the replacement last? Design from www.thingiverse.com/thing:4228049 #thingiverse #3dprinting

The side of an Ikea Ivar shelving with two backpacks hanging from 3d printed hooks. In between the bags is a third printed hook which has broken

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2025

Monday’s #boardgame pics (all behind this week, I blame bank hols!). We played Perseverance, the castaway chronicles, episodes 1 and 2.

Perseverance, Castaway chronicles, Episode one mid-game. The board shows a beach with various worker-placement (dice) locations which can be used to gather resources, send out soldies on patrol, train more soldiers. After the beach there are defensive positions for soldiers and walls, and attacking dinosaur models

Perseverance, Castaway chronicles, Episode two end-game. The board for episode 2 has similar worker placement spots to episode 1, but now they are behind a fortified wall and safe from attack. To capture dinosaurs there are extra missions out into the wilderness beyond the wall, and also, for some reason, a temple in the jungle

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2025

#3dprinting fun this morning, working on the Inferno #boardgame box insert for a friend, looks very pretty! cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/infern…

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2025

End of yesterday’s Galactic Cruise #boardgame, I managed to win this one! (A rare occurrence), mostly by having a large number of end game points

End stage of the game "Galactic Cruise", a large board with pastel coloured design, blue, yellow, green and pink player meeples occupy worker spots for collecting and building spaceship parts, and planning space criuises. Orange, Blue and Purple "guest" meeples wait at the edge of the board. Each player has a sub board tracking their progress and several assembled space ships

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2025

I don’t usually cook a lot, have been trying #pinchofnom “All in one” lately, recommended for cooks with less time to spare. Latest recipe, Tuna, Pepper and Potato bake. Takes about 50min (book says 40), if using frozen onions and peppers, tastes good, 4/5 #cooking

The Pinch of Nom, All in one book cover, coloured tabs marking pages can be seen sticking out the top edge

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2025

Yesterday’s Monday games: Robinson Crusoe, scenario “The Dying Island”, we won! (and I failed to take a photo", then Tranquility: The Ascent, a co-op card game (see photo), Deep sea adventure, won by the one person who made any treasure at all #boardgames

A finished game of "Tranquility: The Ascent", a triangle of cards laid out on the table, square cards corner side down, at the top is the summit card

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2025

This image needs smell-o-vision, currently in the garden: Apple blossoms, Purple Syringa pubescens blossoms, and White Cherry tree blossom #garden

View through several layers of garden tree greenery: Foreground, white+pink apple tree buds, middle ground: white fluffy cherry tree blossom, background purple Syringa pubescens ("Miss Kim"?) tall shrubbery

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2025

@trunksapp@mastodon.socialthe '...' enu on posts in the stream overlays a menu with a transparent background, is that on purpose? (oh and the attach photo button tries to open google photos, i don't have that installed..)

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2025

I did not have #uksnow on my bingo card for today in SN1 1/10

Top view of a medium sized short haired black lurcher dog, with about 10 snowflakes on it

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2025

Last nights #boardgame was Galactic Cruise. I lost this by miles on Sunday, played again Monday and won! (Just about, it was a first place tie-breaker)

"Galactic Cruise" board game laid out on a table, image from the short side - it almost takes up the entire table. In the foreground some pastel coloured passenger pieces lurk, beyond that potential cruises and ship parts. In the middle are worker placement spots and various placed player technology gears. In the background there is a tea tray and an enormous (750ml) mug

Galactic Cruise board game box, in the foreground is a large rocket, behind it a planet with smaller rockets taking off.

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2025

Hobby mashup: #boardgame from yesterday’s session, #3dprinted #Psion (retro tech) case part. Case part design CC Jon on printables: www.printables.com/model/1123397-ps…

Items on a wooden table: In the background, a board game box labelled "Ticket to Ride: Legends of the West". In the foreground some light yellow 3D printed objects, one a pile of tree-structure support material, the other a Psion 5mx case part

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Jess Robinson @castaway.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2025

ALT text micro.blog -> mastodon experiment

Street art on a garage door, a series of black squares on a green background. The next garage door along has a colourful tag.

Street art on a garage door, a cartoon cat with pink ears, green eyes and brown fur, which has a red fish in its mouth. The next garage along has a tag/airplane design in blue, red and green/

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