This is my grandad, he built the original R2-D2 for the first Star Wars film…

Jack was a master sheet metal worker, and was roped into using his skills on an obscure project to turn the sketches for the droid into something that could be constructed out of aluminium sheets.

I always knew he'd helped make part of R2-D2. However…

#MayThe4th #MayTheFouthBeWithYou #StarWars

News shouldn’t disappear. 🕳️

Some publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine, putting the public record at risk. Journalists are speaking out.

Add your name. Stand for preserving the news.

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#casio #casiocult #watchesofmastodon #watches

Now, I *love* watches, especially if they’re Casio and especially if they’re classics. But this reference is probably my worst Casio in terms of practicality. I don’t hate it - far from it, I love the graph paper background, the ani-digi innovation and the super cool method of setting the time. BUT… it is a bugger to see the time on either face (teeny hands/bad angle) and it’s a total fingerprint magnet!

What’s your ‘worst’ watch?

hey! do you know things? do you wanna learn things? (i hope the answer to both those things is yes)

the other day, I offered on here that i would be happy to teach folks some basic web and terminal stuff. other people picked up the idea, also saying they'd be happy to teach!

so, because i have too much free time and not enough enrichment in my enclosure, it's a simple website now.

introducing the fedi skillshare classifieds: https://inherentlee.codeberg.page/fedi-skillshares/

want to be involved? send me some real basic info (fedi handle, what you want to share, a category for it) and i'll put it on the site! and of course, share the site, either via this post or your own. I'm using the #fediSkillshares hashtag :)