Mastodawn

I'm looking tool/service for managing a volunteer rota for our Library of Things. We are out growing the current solution of a shared spreadsheet. Would be good to hear if anyone has experience using something for a similar case (I can search the web, but its getting harder to sort the wheat from the slop).
Requirements are fairly simple, we have 2 shifts a week, each shift needs 3 volunteers including at least 1 director/keyholder. Volunteers should be able to enter the shifts they are available for. Auto scheduling, notifications and calendar integration would be nice. A free/cheap online service or FOSS self-hostable system would work.
#AskFedi

Qwyrdo and β, music witches 4h ago

Just came across a music video of someone playing an instrument unfamiliar to me.

It's a bowed stringed instrument resembling a fairly narrow medieval fiddle (vielle), but only has 3 strings. Bridge appears to be fairly flat. Bow is held underhanded like that of a viola da gamba, but the "weight" of each stroke is reversed: the player uses the pull for strong notes, and the push for weaker notes. No frets, I should note. Held between the knees like a treble viol, too.

#AskFedi #Music

Qwyrdo and β, music witches 4h ago

Just noticed a new link on the right-hand panel of my home screen. "Collections." The description of this feature is unclear to me.

Anyone able to elucidate what this feature is for? Maybe a non-technical description of how it works? Anything to help me wrap my head around this cryptic feature is welcome (including boosts).

Thank you in advance!

#AskFedi #Mastodon

Valerie Aurora 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🇳🇱5h ago

Does anyone have experience with PixelUnion? It's an EU-hosted fork of open source Immich with face recognition, which is what my friend is looking for, but wanted to check

https://pixelunion.eu/

#AskFedi

PixelUnion - Free your photos from American tech platforms

Privacy and safety are not optional. Free your photos from American tech platforms.

PixelUnion - Free your photos from American tech platforms

Hazel 6h ago

Shoe repair: Suggestions on how to self-repair the inner lip of a boot that wears down from sliding your heel against it on entry?

#AskFedi #Repair #RepairCafe

David Peach 6h ago

Random #AskFedi . Does anyone on here have an allotment? We are about to possibly get one local to us and just wondered if this was a thing on fediverse? Like any cool related tags?

JW 6h ago

During the month of July I will open source my server rack designs and chassis under the CERN OHL. The designs included will be the server rack, MiniPC/ATX/mATX/Raspberry Pi Chassis, and SSD/HDD accessories.

I have created a schedule that you can follow if you're interested:

https://invirtuate.com/announcements/mountlet-release-schedule

#minipc #homelab #selfhosted #opensource #hardware #cern #ohl #askfedi #blog

Mountlet Release Schedule

Release schedule for Mountlet designs including ATX Chassis, MiniPC Chassis, Raspberry Pi Chassis, HDD/SSD Bracket and Server Rack.

Show thread

Bradley M. Kühn 🏳️‍🌈7h ago

…my problem: I eat very slowly, so meals start out at the right temperature, but finish mediocre. Especially bad in summer indoors, because the air conditioning keeps humans at a comfortable temperature, but food gets cold even faster.

So, #AskFedi: slow eaters (be it for #diabetes or not): have you experienced this? How do you solve it? Do you reheat meals in the middle of them? One thing I tried is keeping a cover over it and keep putting it back while working, but this is a lot of logistics.

Jennifer Moore 😷7h ago

#AskFedi, clothing maintenance...

The other day, someone here was giving a tip about, iirc, using an atomiser spray of vodka plus hanging in the sun to get rid of perfume smells on clothes.

My question is, how much does it have to be vodka versus some other high-alcohol drink? Would any clear spirit be pretty much as good? I might want to try it on this dress I got off eBay (which still smells of someone else's smell-choice despite an ordinary wash), and I don't think we have any vodka here but we might have something else.

#alcohol #clothes #cleaning