Mastodawn

Not to be dramatic, but…
I really needed good coffee this morning. Used my one cup style mini French press with plunger and water from electric kettle. 2 cups are there because I’ve learned how to get 2 rich cups of coffee from the one press. #Coffee #FrenchPress #Cups

ResearchBuzz: Firehose 2d ago

UPI: Indian man earns world record for collection of 858 paper cups. “An Indian man with a lifelong passion for collecting earned a Guinness World Record for his collection of 858 different paper cups. Sunil Joseph, 57, told Guinness World Records his collecting habit started with stamps, coins and matchbook stickers when he was a young boy.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/30/upi-indian-man-earns-world-record-for-collection-of-858-paper-cups/

UPI: Indian man earns world record for collection of 858 paper cups

UPI: Indian man earns world record for collection of 858 paper cups. “An Indian man with a lifelong passion for collecting earned a Guinness World Record for his collection of 858 different p…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Hacker News May 20

None of Starbucks' 'Widely Recyclable' Cups Ended Up at a Recycling Facility

https://www.beyondplastics.org/press-releases/starbucks-cups-recyclable-report

#HackerNews #Starbucks #Cups #Recycling #Sustainability #Environment #ConsumerAwareness

Beyond Plastics Tracked Starbucks’ ‘Widely Recyclable’ Plastic Cups. None Ended Up at a Recycling Facility. — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution

A three-month national investigation by Beyond Plastics found that not a single tracked Starbucks cold-beverage cup ended up at a recycling facility — even when the cups were placed in clearly marked recycling bins inside Starbucks stores.

Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution

RevK

May 19

Today, in order to save me maybe 10 seconds each time I do postage, I am trying to set up CUPS to print directly to my printer from the server in London.

Yes, it should be possible…

No, it is not working…

Could take a while…

#CUPS

[there is always an xkcd]

[finally working, and I think within the chart time]

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C++ Wage Slave May 14

@poisonpunk @inherentlee

We have family coming this evening and I have to cook, so I can't work through the whole process, but here's the starting point:

Open a browser on the #Linux box
Type localhost:631 into the address bar and press Enter
If you get an error message, use your Linux distribution's package manager to install Cups and then try again

The page you now see in your browser is produced by #Cups, the Common Unix Printing System. Once you're there, work your way through the menus. You'll find a screen that shows which #printers are already installed and a screen that lets you install a new one. Once you've got one installed, Cups can send it a test page; that confirms that the physical connection is good and you have the right driver. (Choosing the right driver isn't especially easy, so you may need to resort to trial and error.)

I think Cups lets you set your chosen printer as the default, so do that.

Then try to print a few words from a word processor or Web browser.

Good luck!

Noam writes May 6

It's a #cups kind of day.
🎵You're gonna miss me... 🎶

This is Lulu and the Lampshades, they sang this before #PitchPerfect

youtube.com/watch?v=DWCOYJg9ps…

#song #music

You're Gonna Miss Me, Lulu and the Lampshades

YouTube

Linux Easy May 5

PrintEase rivoluziona stampa e scansione su Linux: niente driver, niente configurazioni complicate, solo semplicità immediata 🖨️ #Linux #OpenSource #GTK #CUPS #Printing

https://www.linuxeasy.org/printease-stampa-scansione-linux-configurazione-manuale/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Adam Trickett

May 4

Today I came across a weird #printer problem. From #Debian #Linux I could print to the #Canon PIXMA printer in simplex or #duplex.

BUT, in duplex mode it would print a side, eject the paper, re-load the paper, then eject it again without printing anything on it, and then start the second page on a separate sheet of paper.

This happened from my PC and a separate one using the stock #IPP driver in #CUPS

Annoyingly it works perfectly in Windows...

yi-ching lin photography Apr 20

spread

dreaming… a random bit

** in the ending of The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenges from WordPress, here’s your Sunday Weekly Photo Prompt: travel **

medicine buddha mantra: Tayata Om Bekandze Bekandze Maha Bekandze Radza Samudgate Soha

health, wealth, and prosperity: Om Vasudhare Svaha

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#backyard #backyardCookout #baguette #bread #cookout #courtyard #courtyardCookout #crackers #cups #dailyPost #dessert #eggSalad #firstCookoutOfTheSeason #food #foodPorn #foodie #grilling #grillingSeason #macaroniSalad #mangoStickyRice #mangoStickyRiceCake #mangoes #mangos #newYorkCity #photography #picnic #picnicTable #postaday #potatoSalad #pubCheese #salad #sides #snack #snacks #strawberries #sweet #sweets #thaiMangoStickyRice #weeklyPhotoChallenge

Trendel Apr 19

I need the cheapest #SBC to share a printer on a local network. I only need:
-run #CUPS
-have WiFi (even with a dongle)
-have a USB port
-automatically boot when powered on.

What device would you recommend?

At my home I have a Raspberry Pi 2 and it works fine, but the "Raspberry" brand is on hype lately. Maybe there is something similar at a lower price.

#mastohelp #opensource #printer #LAN