Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

... I have 66 icons to manage so far, wow. :/

- 18 icons I configured to do nothing but look pretty (by running `true` if clicked)
- 48 icons that actually do things when clicked
- also, 5 programs running in windows that look like icons

I ended up writing a shellscript to help me manage them all (so much for not being as hard as it looks), because I'm definitely not done moving them around and adding more. https://computerfairi.es/media/FPgpo1AoVETrludsk38

I am so close to liking this icon theme I'm working on well enough to call it ready to write about. Whole screen, left-edge icons, and top-edge icons.

(Wallpaper: "Chakats on the Beach" by rickgriffin https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5271044/ )

(Also, I like sailorhg's fairyfloss editor theme too much: https://sailorhg.github.io/fairyfloss/ - https://github.com/sailorhg/fairyfloss/ - and that's why I turned my xterm pastel purple, which I also need to share.)

. https://computerfairi.es/media/kZoOszITrkVFQqYQnds https://computerfairi.es/media/eBqRzkim3uTTyykgsv0 https://computerfairi.es/media/3Q-HA6O69O5sSQnk4sE

Plug a cheap bog-standard USB mouse into the PC.

Linux: It just works.
Unix: It just works.
Windows: https://computerfairi.es/media/OgwMZ2cgyNhoq-MlT-Q

Want to use xman on #FreeBSD? Start it this way to get manpages formatted right:

#!/bin/sh
export GROFF_NO_SGR=1
/usr/local/bin/xman

Before & after: https://computerfairi.es/media/4Ac1TAE-XvlGV9p_G0M https://computerfairi.es/media/9-5mWICKz0GBtbG1nXg

More progress with my desktop theme. There's still some work left, but it's mostly usable & somewhat presentable.

4 xbiff mail boxes beside 3 mail action icons (read mail, write mail, use webmail), above "Netscape" (Firefox), Xpdf, Gimp (rockin' the Deluxe Paint I brush), canfield solitaire, & a drawer for pcmanfm. I still need a volume mixer & frequent Web bookmarks.

Wallpaper: "Chakat Newbeat" by Kacey Miyagami.
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/10233357/ https://computerfairi.es/media/GKMrrLbeF8KSewYLrSQ https://computerfairi.es/media/3XI6U8IP47PQ_KgHw50

My minimalist work desktop so far. wmx as my window manager, idesk for all the decorations & static icons, & xcal, xload, xclock, & xbiff as undecorated windows. My load avg peaked above 1.0, & I got new mail while taking screenshots (using xbiff icons I drew today).

Wallpapers used in the screenies:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/21975312/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3771319/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/22242412/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/10675384/

https://computerfairi.es/media/4nwnJtKjToTFJiKUvNc https://computerfairi.es/media/oZbZ3MCWf_dtbB5dE54 https://computerfairi.es/media/zSlPkjiMRl0OwpmMblA https://computerfairi.es/media/ALcjM5bO3qvun0CcKzM

Good morning, folks. I'm still having a really hard time believing that this is somehow a controversial opinion to have in 2018.
(Art by ladysnakebite on FA.)
https://computerfairi.es/media/h1JjeOjZLB9xCQSzPW0

https://computerfairi.es/media/UVHFGcF3mJYXnprJRpU

Reminder about technology, magic, and end-user support calls: https://computerfairi.es/media/xW65B6fAPoufmAT1s8U
src: http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00255.htm

*homph*
https://computerfairi.es/media/SjSiIBoCsy5Ew5AME8k
src: https://twitter.com/blade4649/status/783851881818750976

I don't expect it matters to too many other people, but I'm excited and happy. Anyway, a screenie (croppped) of xcal running and partly customized on my PC: https://computerfairi.es/media/W40bNZdWr2Bhudlybqw

(My window manager is x11-wm/wmx.)

If we're going to reuse nonces in WPA2, then we need a way to better verify their integrity. Thankfully, my favorite rag, Hacking Gibsons, was on it four years ago. :V
https://computerfairi.es/media/UkWau8OkX4iwA542ytQ

What's the cute animal that makes clacky-clacky sounds when you stroke it? :3
https://twapa.deviantart.com/art/A-typewriter-146084888 https://computerfairi.es/media/zk6aX7j8BNaBnGKaaqE

Move over, Remy, I just found the COOL typewriter! :V https://computerfairi.es/media/CAUNrsVL_O8EITN_llY

I got excited and found what looked like a candidate manual typewriter for easy conversion to any layout imaginable, the Sears Easy Touch from the mid-'60s. The slugs just slide right on and off. Then I saw its price and a typing sample showing off its build quality. Shame.
http://type-writer.org/?p=3417
https://computerfairi.es/media/ATuJ_mdkjBMYYDZ1Ogw

I want a typewriter with the Dvorak layout, but they're as rare as hens' teeth.

There's a place that converts typewriters, but only Selectrics. They're excellent typewriters, but my goal is a manual over an electric. Besides, nearly $1,000 for purchase, conversion, and shipping is quite an investment.

A Blickensderfer with the non-qwerty Blick keyboard would also be nice if it's in good enough condition to be a weekly workhorse.

https://computerfairi.es/media/EyG0umdj4K5M7ARVOFY

Oh, bloody hell. Not all the palantirs are accounted for, you idiots. https://computerfairi.es/media/QWr17CPVdDpqLgXokb4