iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

I don't do anything via fiverr but I signed up a long time ago. Nice to see they're really leaning into neo-feudalism.

As a freelance marketplace, part of our job is to protect you from abusive clients
and other risks, but that protection only works on-platform. We've seen reports
of bad client experiences that, once investigated, happened oft-platform, where
those protections don't apply.

‘That's why moving business off-platform is against our Community
Standards — today we removed hundreds of accounts for doing exactly
that.

‘We'll keep enforcing this policy going forward, for any account, regardless of
level or tenure,

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

The world's most impressive fjord. Right here in Killary, Ireland!

Killary Fjord on a beautiful summer day in July.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

I sense electoral magic in the air.

Rachel Reeves on bluesky:

I will accept Nigel Farage’s request to be
appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of
Northstead.

It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and
the people of Clacton deserve better.

But if he wants to spend the summer arguing
with a bin, | won't stop him.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026

This is a graph of just renewables and batteries on the California grid on 24/4/26. There was a period in the early morning hours where imports were the largest supplier but for the rest of the day it was renewables and batteries dominating electricity generation […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

Graph of electricity generation in California on the 24th of April 2026. Renewables and battery are shown and there are periods where batteries are the top supplier of electricity to the grid.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

This is why I want to look into a wind turbine. This is mostly at 5.5m high - a few days at the start at 3m. The turbine would be at 11m.

Wind graph showing an average wind speed of 8m/s.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

I have some future retirement / open source projects where I want to release binaries for different platforms. So I'd like to have my home dir work well in several major environments. Need to come up with a way to get them running on demand.

neofetch output on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OpenIndiana, Debian (arm), Ubuntu (amd64), OpenIndiana and NetBSD

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026

My entertainment this week was recreating my old ~/.logout file. Sadly X terminals don't support double height chars, but I think I came up with a more modern take on it.

This is a screenshot of a logout banner. Using figlet it starts with the name of the machine in yellow "office". Then it has a table with a single word on the left column and related data on the right:

user kevin
host office
tty /dev/pts/8
time 2026-03-13 19:36:48 GMT
kernel Linux 6.12.62+rpt-rpi-2712
Login kevin sshd pts/8 2026-03-13 19:36 (192.168.4.143)
uptime 2 weeks, 4 days, 10 hours, 20 minutes
Load 4.02, 2.84, 2.79
quota /home 946 926 956
mail no new mail
procs 119 process(es) still attached to your uid
vcsh cryp(0/0) desk(0/0) home(0/0) past(0/0)

Then there's a fortune blurb:

Be careful when a loop exits to the same place from side and bottom.

And finally a right justified figlet in red: "goodbye"

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2025

A variation on a bagel recipe. Replaced some water with blueberries. Replaced 10% of flour with masa. Not sure how it works.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2025

The annual vaccination tradition continues.

Android hotspot config screen. Shows that it's on, that it's named 5g and the password is "Bill Gates".

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2025

You can even tell Disney why you're cancelling. BTW, your subscription continues to your renewal date. In my case December. Which, I suspect, means I'll get more opportunities to tell them why.

Disney Plus cancellation feedback page screen shot. Reason selected, "Other". The more detail box, "Kimmel".

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

Yes, that's another bowl with fresh, warm chicken and cheese. But it was more fun begging us for pizza and then licking the empty box. Sigh.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

Note: he has food. Including freshly cooked chicken with some cheese in it.

Two dog bowls full of food as well as two toys nearby.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

Poor Hugo. Starving to death right in front of me.

Hugo, a brindle terrier mix who has never eaten food in his entire life!

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2025

Never made a tequila sunrise before. This is a good idea.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2025

@izzykamikaze.bsky.social I'm just going to think you did it. I'll make it a bedtime story for Hugo. "Izzy Unfêtes Some Fascists"

Hugo in bed doing a batman impersonation.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2025

The sun dipping in and out of clouds and how that shows up for solar generation.

Solar PV generation graph with very spikey solar production.

Sun hidden behind a small cloud. Not shown: wind.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2025

1 2 3 4 5 6? That's amazing! I have the same combination on my luggage!

McDonald's Al recruiting platform had a
really embarrassing security flaw - and it left
millions of users open to attack

By Sead Fadilpasi¢ published 16 hours ago

Researchers were able to log in to McHire with a "123456"
password

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2025

I lack @b0rk 's cool stapler thingy, so I set my hole punch to A5, push it down, slide the zine spine up against the punches, raise the punch, slide the zine in a wee bit more and then punch. Run the yarn through and make a knot.

Two of Julia Evans's printed zines secured with yarn.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2025

I have this pillow I can put my feet in. Normally it's in my office next to the under desk heater. Yes, I'm aware it's June, unfortunately the weather is not. Hugo is now upset that the pillow is in the wrong room. So he's hovering over the pillow and […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

Hugo, a brindle terrier, stares at my foot pillow. He is vaguely upset though it's not fully clear in the picture.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2025

Besides adding random journalists to your Signal group chats, it's fun to post things like this and then mute group notifications for a week when there's an anti-EV millennial on the group.

An anti-EV doll. Pull a string and it makes the usual ignorant anti-EV arguments.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2025

OMG, this is actually a real thing? Come on, this is the best stupid timeline *ever*!

Screenshot of an article by Liz Truss on 14/4/2025 with the headline "Trump has been proven right about just about everything"

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2025

I thought there were controls on political advertising in Ireland. Also, if you click through it sure sets off a bunch of scammy red flags. I certainly wouldn't put money anywhere near it.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2025

A map of #Australia with County #Cork placed on it to give you a sense of just how large Australia is. Not sure folks get how massive Australia is until they see it compared to Cork.

An outline of County Cork nearly covering an outline of Australia.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2025

Not only amazing comedy writers, @WaterfordWhispers makes mugs!

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2025

See, there's still room for solid, beneficial tech innovation. Though maybe we start with it just squirting you with water.

The picture describes a new type of door bell which has a light on top and a button below it.

Quoting the text in the picture: "Doorbells really need to have red and green lights like a traffic light. This will help people who don't understand how boundaries work.

If you push it when it's green, the bell rings.

If you push it when it's red, you get tased and you quickly learn not to fucking do that again."

End quote.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2025

Poor Alan. That seems like overly exact times they're tracking him on.

A text message from a delivery company saying Alan will deliver my package between 11:09 and 12:09.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2025

I got it replaced but this is the one that flew off during storm Éowyn. Note, this was at the very top of my roof so it's only about a third of a normal slate. The piece on the right was in the gutter of my garage - about 20 cm from a solar panel.

Five parts of a roofing slate. Probably 20% of the slate is missing.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2025

When you want to do the thing but you're also tired.

Hugo, a brindle terrier, laying exhausted next to my foot holding a ball in his mouth. Subtly hoping I'll throw it but also too tired to ask.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 09/01/2025

These expired in March of 2006. I have at least one new TD who I haven't trolled about this... More seriously, do tablets like this really expire? More context: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/1214/133…

A package of iodine tablets from the Irish government from 2002.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2024

It's only half four and look how bright and sunny it is here in Galway. #GrandStretch #SummerIsHere #SunCremeRequired

A bright and sunny landscape photo that is too dark to make out much besides the deep grey clouds.

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2024

First they came for the avocado toast and I didn't say anything because I didn't eat avocado toast...

From a social media post describing a TV interview:

Social media description: Elon's mom, Maye Musk, talks about how people should have kids even though they can't afford it.

May Musk's quote: "You don't have to go to the movies, you don't have to go out to dinner."

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Kevin Lyda @lyda.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 22/11/2024

Red circles are where there are small doors to the attic crawl space. Apparently I should insulate those a bit more.

Back of my house with snow covered roof. Two melted spots are circled in red.

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