Also, I've been sitting on this archive for far too long. Screw it. Be bold. Ask for forgiveness, not permission. It's back online. The world deserves this (even if the Flash doesn't work).

The American Astronaut original website
https://theamericanastronaut.com/

This is the #Ploopy Bean, a pointing stick, also called a "nub mouse", and it just launched!

In case you don't know, a "pointing stick" or "nub mouse" is the little dot in the middle of most laptop keyboards. The Bean takes this design to its full potential.

And of course, it's 100% open-source!

For full details, check out our blog post about the Bean: https://blog.ploopy.co/the-bean-is-here-435

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers is still open!

https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people!

We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see the CFP text.

Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles