Shimmin Beg (he/him)

So Internet Archive is giving a "Syntax error detected in pdf data" message when I try to upload. Well, first it's showing "400 Bad Data" and inviting me to try again, but when I check the details it claims "Uploaded content is unacceptable" and the syntax error bit.

Unfortunately it gives me no indication of *what* the syntax error is, so I can't work out how to find and fix it, and I'm moderately good with computers. This really isn't layman-friendly.

Feb 23 at 8:35pmWeb
Show threadShimmin Beg (he/him)Feb 23

Great job recommending pdftk, friends, a thing that an ordinary person will definitely attempt to install and use to fix a file. Note that neither IA nor the pdftk homepage says anything about *how* one might use this tool to fix an unspecified problem.

It's probably in there somewhere if you install this random 3rd-party software and play around, a thing that *I* might do but I very much do not think most people I know would do.

Show threadShimmin Beg (he/him)Feb 23

Ahh, there we go. GURPS Places: Tea and Coffee is now up (hopefully to be expanded in time with more cafes; I already have a couple in the works).

#gurps

https://archive.org/details/gurps-places-tea-and-coffee

GURPS Places Tea And Coffee : John Shimmin : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A fan supplement for the 4th edition of the GURPS roleplaying game, offering a coffee shop location (potentially more in future).

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Show threadKen DoyleFeb 24
@shimminbeg a great idea :)
Show threadShimmin Beg (he/him)Feb 24

@Kendoyle Thanks! While broadly GURPsy you can absolutely yoink it for other systems as well.

Next up is probably the mega-chain coffee shop. Working on it 😇

Show threadBlind MapmakerFeb 28

@shimminbeg Nice one! I like the layout that evokes a likeness of GURPS without (hopefully) infringing on trade dress.

Looking forward to your Institute of Metaphysics Library!

Show threadShimmin Beg (he/him)Feb 28
@blind_mapmaker Vielen Dank! I hope to keep a slow trickle of them coming out. It's very satisfying.
Show threadCharnockFeb 23
@shimminbeg I made it do that to you, to wind you up because I am one of the gremlins of the internet.
Show threadShimmin Beg (he/him)Feb 23
@Printdevil CURSE YOU GARGOYLE, I scream into the howling wind from the garret window.
Show threadShimmin Beg (he/him)Feb 23
@Printdevil I lie because I haven't lived in a garret since 2021. Not constantly banging my head on things is a great improvement. Also there was that time I got heat exhaustion during lockdown.
Show threadCharnockFeb 23
@shimminbeg That was also my fault, because I lowered the ceiling when you were fevered
Show threadShimmin Beg (he/him)Feb 23
@Printdevil CURSE YOU GARGOYLE, I scream into the howling wind from around the back of the house where I am putting out the bins.
Show threadCharnockFeb 23
@shimminbeg I also made the stuff stick at the bottom of the bins that never gets taken away.
Show threadJon HancockFeb 23
@Printdevil @shimminbeg Weirdest version of "Sympathy for the Devil" I've ever heard.
Show threadCharnockFeb 23

Sympathy for the Print Devil?

Better than Print it Black I suppose.

@BigJackBrass @shimminbeg

Show threadCharnockFeb 23

I've ear wormed myself with print it black...

"I see a K value and I set it to the max.. boo dii boo di.."

@BigJackBrass @shimminbeg

Show threadRoger BW 😷Feb 23
@shimminbeg I _might_ be able to throw some diagnostic tools at it.