Bent a rim yesterday. It was bad enough that I had to immediately disconnect the rear brake to continue onward.
Took it to the bike repair project and got a used rim, but didn't have time to fix the broken spoke or replace the bearings.
Will do that on my next trip.
Dr. Hax
Dr.Hax@hax0rbana.org
npub16v82...eqha
Cypherpunk. Infosec veteran of about 15 years (vulnerability research, exploit development and cryptography). Cypherpunks write code. :-)
Signet maintainer. Self-custody your passwords... in hardware! https://hax0rbana.org/signet
Want to see wider adoption so Bitcoin can be used as digital cash and not just an investment vehicle.
XMR: 44RDkTFmTeSetwAprJXnfpRBNEJWKvA5dBH5ZVXA4DofgoZ9AgjyZdSa2fo7pMD3Qe3pdKga8X22y3Lyn1xYde5kPQPzVUu
Is there any place I can register a domain and pay in BTC without having a "verified account" with BitPay?
I stopped shopping at NewEgg for this reason and now I found that Gandi is doing this same thing.
#AskNostr
24km ride today. It might be child's play for a cyclist, but it's an accomplishment for a pleb like me.
Why hasn't #Nostr integrated DIDs yet? It already has a keypair as an identity... #askNostr

GitHub
GitHub - awesomelistsio/awesome-decentralized-identity: A curated list of awesome resources, tools, frameworks, and educational content related to Decentralized Identity (DID) and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). Decentralized Identity enables individuals to own, control, and share their digital identities securely without relying on centralized authorities.
A curated list of awesome resources, tools, frameworks, and educational content related to Decentralized Identity (DID) and Self-Sovereign Identity...
I hope to see the day when paying for a burger and fries over lightning is as unremarkable as paying with a credit card.
Someone talk me down.
I have too many projects and I'm about to order half a dozen or more differeent models or Meshtastic hardware just to try them out.
I don't have a product review blog, or tech review video channel, or anything like that. I don't want one. I just want to know if there is really much of a difference between models.
I need to be finding collaborators, not digging deeper into the little side quests I've been taking.
Someday I'm going to try to crowdsource ideas for a series of nice quality videos that promote the ideas of #decentralized systems & #FreedomTech, starting with #Meshtastic.
Not today though. I've already got too many irons in the fire right now. I'll take that project on when it wouldn't immediately get dropped on the floor. But hey, if someone else wants to do this before I get around to it, go for it.
Hat tip to @Great Ghee for boosting other independent businesses on Nostr!
I just found out about @Bitcoin Beans and am looking forward to see what they have to offer.
One of these days I'm going to do a 24 hour no-phone challenge. This means not having easy, instant access to:
- alarm clock
- my calendar
- clock
- timers
- email / social media / text messaging
- camera
- meshtastic
- web browser
- password manager
- phone calls
We'll see how I cope. Will I grab my T-deck? Probably. Do "phone things" from my computer? Absolutely, but it's more effort to go to my computer than to whip out my phone, so we'll see how that ppays out.
Why take this made up challenge? I feel like I am too dependent on my smart phone. I want to really feel that and see if I like it better going without, what I miss the most and what seems good, but is actually just holding me back.
I'll plug nearly anything into my computer if I made it and flashed the firmware onto it.


Anyone know how much I should expect to pay for a 30-60 second video that shows a diagram of how a product works and comparing that to the design of an open source product (e.g. signet)?
Doesn't have to be a professional design studio or anything, but by someone who understands storyboards, scripts, music & effects, and so on.
I don't know if this would take them an hour or a day, if it'd be something like a $100 or $500+
#AskNostr
Hey @West Major, just heard about you today. Looks like high quality stuff. Do you get some or all your fabric domestically?
Moved about 25 buckets of mulch off of the driveway and over to the path to the new composter location.
Composters are moving to make room for the shed.
Relatedly, it's hot out!
For those who follow me and have been following along with my shed building project, I now have framed out 4 walls and the roof. I also cut and stained the 4x4" posts that will anchor the shed to the ground.
Next up is to clear the vegetation from the area where the shed will sit, mulching things that need mulched.
Then it'll be time for a barnraising! Breaking ground, setting posts, building the floor, attaching the walls & roof on day 1. Then getting the ply onto the roof & walls, completing the roof and getting the outside painted on day 2.
The door, shelves and other things can wait until the following weekend.