Between trying to find work, there have been a few projects I’ve given myself to keep the brain functioning.
I will soon have a couple Taste of Poverty posts that are actually worth reading, less depressing, and with the right ingredients actually some how cost less than a struggle meal. Go figure.
Hot Curry fried tofu
Fried tofu with sprouts ramen
There has been some very good news, I have three supporters (two here, one off platform) which has given me the opportunity to switch over two of the deltachat.me servers on to a longer prepayment, a tiny bit towards a rather large debt with my ISP (I had most of the funds but was missing 134€). Once the avoir for the FTTH line that has been down from March is applied, I can start redirecting some of that monthly spend to extend other servers that don't come with a discount.
I've also been able to get ahead of Jarod's croquettes which have a long delivery period and are going up in price, that saves me 35€ a month for the having to get a small emergency bag from the vet because the 3kg bag is still lost in orbit.
I've started publishing updates by email, added a mastodon bot for Buy Me a Coffee when somebody supports as a very quick thank you before I can get a personal message out, and a few small projects for the BBS.
I'm also looking at the API for Listmonk to see how I can trigger a transactional email to supporters to be able to keep in touch in various ways, including RSS Feeds. Not adding them to a mailing list, but a simple email with all the details if they're interested to follow on their own.
I haven't had a lot of time to come up with a zine post, I'm trying to not procrastinate on this as a good zine comes out of the right moment. This is more to say I haven't forgot about it.
Finally, last night I had a nuclear meltdown of my server Frans which took me hours to fix, ironically having to power cycle it actually fixed a few problems but I'm absolutely sure that more issues will resurface over the coming days.
You're also welcome to some cat photos, enjoy !
