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#Goals2025

Moving away from the constant upgrade cycle & moving closer to the ideals of #PermaComputing #MalleableSoftware

Design and setup a redundant system of old/used, cheap, low-power devices running ia: #Guix, #Linux, #FreeBSD, #macOS, #HaikuOS, #Plan9Front, #X11, #P9, #NFS, all working together

Become an expert on #MicroControllers #ESP32 #STM32 #RP2040 #MIPS #RiscV

DIY sensors which sing like birds to communicate their status

DIY robots "drones"

Move as much as possible of my computing needs to the #Terminal, #Emacs, #Rio #CLI #TUI #P9

Get an #3DPrinter and learn to use it

Design and build my own portable 8dot #braille terminal & try out if 3x3 or 3x4 dots is also workable.

Design and build my own low-power computers, their OS, and tools

Writing more of my own tools #DIY

#SmallTalk #ObjectPascal #Prolog #Scheme #Racket #CommonLisp #Haskell #Rust #Go #ObjectiveC #Swift

Deploy #LoRa #ReticullumNetwork #RNodes #MeshCore #Meshtastic

Start an #InternetResiliencyClub

Add #Tor, #I2P support by #WebProxy

#SolarPowered #SelfHost over #I2P, #OnionService #Blog #Wiki #Repositories #GopherHole #Darcs #Mercurial

#SelfHost my own #EmailServer, which will only accept email from #KnownServers #CommunityEmail #MutualEmailAcceptance

Share files via #BitTorrent over #I2P

DIY #HomeAutomation
DIY #GardeningAutomation
DIY #GreenHouse

Get a house cat, train the cat, use voice and gestures

Start asking money for advice & technology support

Build/program my own opportunistic and strange cryptocurrency miners #BTC, #XMR, #ZEC, etc #Art

#MakeMoreArt #LearnToDraw #Learn3DModeling #LearnGenerativeArt #LearnToComposeAmbientMusic

#ReCreateJottit #ReCreateInstikiWiki

#WriteMore #PublishMore #Letters, #Essays, #Missives, #Reports, #Treatise

Perspective & composition (the height axis).:
A few times i wanted certain composition effects such as "people looming over you" and got confused
Answers : there are basically 3 variables and two independent variables, two things to choose
- relative height of object to (height of vanishing point = height of viewer)
- relative height of frame, just include more "sky" or "ground" in the composition
My reference explainer:
#myArt #learntodraw #perspective

#LearnToDraw #webinar series from #SierraClubBC ✏️🦅🐋🦉
If you love #nature & #wildlife & want to learn how to draw - you'll enjoy their video #ArtLessons.

sierraclub.bc.ca/learn-to-draw

About the art instructor:

Dr. Julius Csotonyi is a Vancouver-based scientific illustrator and natural history fine artist. He has a scientific background in ecology (MSc) and microbiology (PhD) which has taken him to study sensitive ecosystems, from sand dunes in the Rocky Mountain parks to hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

These experiences have fuelled a strong resolve to work toward preserving the earth’s biota. Painting biological subjects is one means that he uses to both enhance public awareness of biological diversity and to motivate concern for its welfare.

He paints murals and panels that have appeared in numerous museums (e.g. the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History), press release images for scientific publications, books, stamp sets (e.g. the 2018 “Sharks of Canada” set for Canada Post), and coins for the Royal Canadian Mint. His work is viewable on his online gallery, csotonyi.com

Sierra Club BC · Learn to draw webinars featuring endangered beings and illustrator Julius Csotonyi | Sierra Club BCLearn how to draw stunning wildlife in this tutorial series with artist Julius Csotonyi and Sierra Club BC! Perfect for all ages and skill levels!

Trying out my new whssmith coloured pencils by drawing the same kind of a picture of a tree and long grass that I have drawn since I was a young child. I may now know fancy #learntodraw words like hatch, cross hatch, value, contour line or perspective but I still given paper pencil and no references draw at heart like a 7 year old. #mastoart

One of the hardest things for me to draw as I #learntodraw are eyes: main problems 1.eyes positioned too high, 2. Eyes different shapes and sizes 3. Eyes asymmetrical/lopsided. Problem 1 should be easier to fix than 2 and 3 mastoart