Carly

@krytes42

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Carly@krytes42· 14d

Style. Kiddo has the Zimi with cat stickers.

A hand holds two masks. One is a flomask with a bright rainbow neck strap, one is a Zimi mask with a small cartoon cat sticker on the filter. The cat is eating a slice of pizza.

Carly@krytes42· 17d

Don't usually think of late July as strawberry-picking season, but this summer I'll take whatever I can get. At least the dragonflies have been ramping up quite a bit recently.

A hand holds three bright red strawberries

Carly@krytes42· 23d

This one is part of a series translated from Japanese. Short, cute illustrations, and satisfying to read. Japanese name Sayonara no mahou, by Kazuko Nakajima

The front cover of the Chinese translation of the Japanese children's book "goodbye, magic!" It shows a cartoon cat riding a broomstick over a forest cottage at night, while the face of a friendly witch looks down from the sky.

Carly@krytes42· Jul 19

Someone was having fun.

A yield sign on a neighbourhood street. Someone has stuck a pair of giant googly eyes to the sign, giving it a face.

Carly@krytes42· Jul 13

Redoing bits of the tablet-weaving loom design as pieces break. The pawl kept snapping off and generally the pieces aren't quite as sturdy as I would like. Total weight hanging from the loom is about 800g.

A warp-weighted tablet-weaving loom 3d-printed in shiny purple PLA is clamped to a table. A rainbow birka pattern is in progress. Beside the loom are several broken pieces, including a snapped pawl and screw. The arm that previously held the pawl has been cut off. A 3d-printed counter beside the loom shows row 40.

Carly@krytes42· Jul 9

Rainbow tablet weaving!

Tablet weaving in progress on a shiny purple 3d-printed loom. Pattern is "birka - pride edition - twist neutral" by sweepgrass in fine black and rainbow-coloured hemp thread.

Carly@krytes42· Jun 24

The sage is flowering. First time I've ever seen its flowers.

A patch of sage in scrubby herb garden. A long stem with small purple flowers rises above the leaves.

Carly@krytes42· Jun 12

Statistically they *are* significantly wealthier than transit riders (statscan 2022: public-transit commuters have a median income only 69% that of car users).

A table from statistics Canada (https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810046301): "Main mode of commuting by employment income groups, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts". The median employment income of someone commuting by car, truck or van is $45,200, while the median employment income of someone commuting by public transit is $31,200.

Carly@krytes42· May 29

Chapter navigation works. Now to make it solar powered.

Carly@krytes42· May 29

The Bonnie Doon Community League is whining about proposed bus rapid transit on Whyte / near the University. They've now turned off comments after I praised BRT, so possibly not so eager to hear people speak up after all. Survey link: bit.ly/4nXdDiV. Go be enthusiastic about curb-running BRT lanes!

A Facebook post from the Bonnie Doon community League with a map showing proposed BRT route. Text reads "Edmonton's BRT route B2 (West Edmonton Mall - Bonnie Doon via U of A) is coming, and it means big changes to 82 Avenue: reduced traffic lanes, removal of on-street parking from 109 to 91 St, and new transit lanes. Two design options are on the table and your input matters. If you have concerns about deliveries, parking, signage, construction timing, or accessibility now's the time to speak up.

Carly@krytes42· May 26

114 Ave renewal draft design, connecting Prince Rupert to the 127 St bike lane. It's... certainly better than the road without sidewalks that we have now, but they haven't done anything to improve intersection safety or shorten crossing distances! That's the main problem with this stretch!

Draft design for 114 Ave in Edmonton between 119 St and 121 St. A sidewalk has been added to the north side, a multiuse path has been added to the south side, and some landscaping and trees have been added on both sides.

Carly@krytes42· May 18

Chapter-progress bar! The file is now paginated the first time is opened, and reading progress is saved. Next up is navigating between chapters.

A bare 480x800 pixel, 4.26 inch e-ink screen displaying text from Pride and Prejudice. A progress bar at the bottom of the screen shows that this is page 5 of 9 pages in the chapter.

Carly@krytes42· May 16

That's one way to respond to criticism. Now I feel like I should have been a lot meaner about his AI-slop image.

Response from me to Jared Wesley under his AI-slop-image post. Text reads "There's no need to slop AI onto this. Please don't."

Carly@krytes42· Apr 22

Progress! Now with non-monospaced fonts, chapter headings, and page turns. Next up is paginating the file and storing current-position info so it'll resume at the proper spot on startup.

A small e-ink screen displaying text from the first page of Pride and Prejudice, with a non-monospace font. The chapter heading is larger than the body text, centered, and bold.

Carly@krytes42· Apr 21

Jealous. Transmission and distribution fees are usually more than half of my bill here, so we effectively pay much more per kw of energy imported from the grid than we get in credits for energy exported to the grid.

A screenshot of an Edmonton electricity bill, showing $47 in electricity costs, $19 in microgen credits, $57 in transition and distribution fees, and $17 in other fees.

Carly@krytes42· Apr 16

Making progress on the tiny ebook reader.

A 4.26 inch e-ink screen. The opening text of Pride and Prejudice is displayed on it in a very small font.

Carly@krytes42· Apr 7

For the picture.

Closeup of a cartoon bike. The chainring is half on the left side of the bike, half through the rear triangle. The chain disappears into the opposite side of the bike.

Closeup of the front of a cartoon bike. The line representing the second brake cable is only half drawn in and doesn't connect to the brake lever.

Closeup of the back of a cartoon bike. The metal struts that are meant to support a rear rack have instead transformed into a metal loop that supports nothing and serves no purpose. The basket that should have been attached to the rear rack is either floating in midair or glued to the bike saddle.

Closeup of a cartoon bike. The rider's left foot appears to be partially merged with the bike. The rider's right hand has an indeterminate number of fingers.

Carly@krytes42· Mar 26

It's quite something.

A Facebook ad for "REaL climate crisis camp for high school students", supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The image used is AI slop of a cartoon city with buildings on fire.

Carly@krytes42· Mar 11

I think this might be even more enraging than CPL's "we've heard your criticisms and we're gonna do it anyways". I have questions about how they've defined "ethical AI use" and "AI literacy", or whether they just copied those terms directly from techbros without even attempting to define them.

Email text reads: Hi Carly,

Thank you for your questions about EPL’s policy regarding generative AI.

Digital literacy is a core EPL service and we consider AI literacy is a natural extension of this commitment. As customers regularly ask for assistance with and information about AI systems, our policy specifies how staff are expected to use AI into their work. We are dedicated to the ethical use of AI and actively monitor developments in this area.

Thank you for your interest in EPL.

Sincerely,

Vicky Varga

Executive Director, Collections and Technology

Carly@krytes42· Mar 11

One neighbourhood walk, four 311 parking complaints. The highlight was this upstanding resident parked fully across the multi-use path. He suddenly decided to find an actual parking spot when I started taking photos.

Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Church on the left, multiuse path to the right of the church. A grey car is parked sideways across the multi-use path, fully blocking it.

Carly@krytes42· Mar 3

A fluffy grey cat stands on a human arm, peering towards an embroidery hoop with half of an embroidered lion in it.

Carly@krytes42· Mar 3

Loaf in the bread bin, because she fits and it was accidentally left open.

A tuxedo cat is lying down with her paws folded under her body in the bottom half of a red plastic bread bin. She fits perfectly.

Carly@krytes42· Feb 28

We got a Creality Ender 3 V3 earlier this year and I've been happy with it.

The front end of a 3d-printed tablet-weaving loom, printed in purple silk PLA filament on an Ender 3 V3 printer.

Carly@krytes42· Feb 22

Wanted to practice with Freecad, so now I've got an improved version of last summer's tablet-weaving loom. This one's smaller, doesn't use external parts, and packs flat for storage. Also the metallic purple/pink looks nice.

The front half of a metallic purple 3d-printed tablet-weaving loom. A red and yellow Oseburg band is wound around the shaft, and a ratchet and pawl on one side prevents unwinding.

The back end of a 3-d printed tablet-weaving loom, with a slotted bar attached to clamps. The threads from each card are held in their own slot.

Carly@krytes42· Feb 19

I love the Outlier Essentials dictionary. Won't have trouble remembering this radical again.

A screenshot of an entry from the Outlier Essentials dictionary, showing a breakdown of the Chinese character 悬. It identifies the upper radical as meaning "to hang a person's head (which has been cut off) from a tree".

Carly@krytes42· Feb 14

Thanks, dictionary, very useful.

A photo of an ereader screen. A dictionary entry for "effulgently" fills most of the screen. It's defined as "In an effulgent manner".

Carly@krytes42· Jan 31

Last but not least: the connection through Unity Square. The city-cleared MUP was an unsafe and icy nightmare. The business-cleared sidewalks were fine.

Carly@krytes42· Jan 31

Next up: the new MUP connecting the 113 St lane with the 105 Ave bike lane. I didn't even try to ride on this one and used the road, which was completely clear.

The MUP North of 105 Ave. It's a mix of rutted snow and ice.

Carly@krytes42· Jan 31

On to the new protected bike lane on 113 St! Surely separated bike infrastructure like this will be cleared to a standard that makes it safe to use, right? Apparently not. I fell once and eventually gave up and used the car lane, which was clear enough to be usable.

A section of the 113 St protected bike lane. A bike symbol is visible through a thick layer of ice. The car road beside the bike lane is cleared to bare pavement.

A mass of heavily rutted snow and ice where a parking lot exits onto the 113st bike lane. The adjacent car lane has two tracks that are clear to bare pavement.

Carly@krytes42· Jan 31

How easy was it to bike to today's community engagement for Wîhkwêntôwin's neighbourhood renewal? It's a short trip that's nearly entirely on protected bike lanes or multi-use paths, so it should have been easy. First up: the new MUP beside Central Lions. Seniors should be fine on slick ice, right?