I've just spent several hours trying to get a Brother QL-500 label printer working with Linux. I have failed. Fuck all #printers .
It's not even working with the configuration I managed to get working (with support from the driver authors) last time I tried using this damn thing.
BBC Radio have recently released a bunch of plays by #TomStoppard, so I've been listening to them.
He's clearly a big #PinkFloyd fan -- one of them (Darkside) is basically set to Dark Side of the Moon as a soundtrack. The whole thing. In order.
The one I'm listening to right now has Syd Barrett as an important (but off-stage) character.
This realisation makes it now less surprising that the intro to the film of Rosencrantz and Guildensterm is set to "Seamus" from Meddle...
"If you find it hard to remember which way the clocks will change, then the phrase "spring forward, fall back" is a useful reminder."
No, it isn't, because "clocks go forward" is also really hard for me to work out which way the change happens.
Just tell me if tomorrow is an hour shorter or an hour longer than normal.
Or, better, ditch the whole sorry mess entirely, and if the farmers want to get up earlier in the summer to catch the extra light, they can.
Dear LazyFedi: I have a #GrapheneOS phone. Assume I know absolutely nothing about Graphene or Android (and want to know as little as possible).
How do I get photos off the phone onto a Linux machine on the local wireless network? Preferably with something that I can run on the Linux machine to go and grab the data, rather than having to faff around on the phone. Preferably command-line.
(Something like ssh/scp to the phone would be my preference, because I know how that works already).
Anyone in #rdguk have problems with their water this morning? I've got none at all, in RG30, and nor has my neighbour.
#ThamesWater website says nothing so far.
I've just acquired a Pixel 8a, and installed #GrapheneOS on it, as a replacement for my much unloved PinePhone. It's my first Android-based phone. Let's see how this goes.
I don't suppose anyone in or near #rdguk wants a #reprap #3dPrinter ?
I built mine years ago, and I've barely used it since. It worked well, last time I used it, but it needs a bit of fettling if you want to print over the whole bed area (there's a bearing mounting that needs to be printed and fitted).
In her retirement, my mum has been learning to play the cello, having played it when she was at school.
She went to the Oxfam music shop at the weekend to get a book of studies, to practice with.
She found one, opened it up, and... saw her name written inside the cover, in her own handwriting from 60-odd years ago.