Andy Piper

@andypiper

Developer Relations @matrix freelance technologist & #PenPlotter artist. I do things with code, & tinker with gadgets co-runner of #Maker meetup 🛠️ […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Andy Piper@andypiper· 21d

this is depressing. Original title "The Linux kernel is falling apart" (yes, dear reader, I did indeed click). A small link offered me "clickbait shield". It rewrote the title. ("AI" feature, of course. daily.dev so I shouldn't be surprised?) Everything about […] [Original post on macaw.social]

Screenshot showing a headline "Linux kernel LPE vulnerabilities are accelerating due to Al-assisted research" with the text
"This title was optimized with Clickbait Shield" in small type below it.

Andy Piper@andypiper· 23d

Headed away from Eastnor and #EMFCamp 2026 - some family time for a couple of days before getting back to normal life later in the week. Lovely time. I did not post much or read much online because of the IRLs. I saw some folks, and I missed many others I know […] [Original post on macaw.social]

A board attached to a phone pole at Electromagnetic Field 2026. It is plastered in colourful stickers and messages.

Andy Piper@andypiper· 24d

I hear @cubicgarden talk about Death Glitch, I search, I find @Edent #EMFCamp breadcrumbs

A search result for the book Death Glitch by Tamara Kneese, with a review by Terence Eden highlighted.

Andy Piper@andypiper· 24d

The stickers arrived! Eleventh hour. #DuckFacts #emfducks #EMFCamp

Two bags of shiny stickers, featuring a pixelated yellow duck with a hat, and a pixelated Mallard.

Andy Piper@andypiper· 25d

@dansup @Mastodon I've also been leaving #FediverseForFreedom zines and @theindiebeat posters about the camp 😊 thank you!

Two small zines, Celebrity Ducks and Choose a human web

A flyer instructing EMF attendees to call a camp phone line to listen to music from the Fediverse

Andy Piper@andypiper· 29d

If you are a @matrix fan and you come find me at #EMFCamp later this week, then I have a neat badge hexpansion to share with you (subject to availability). An NFC token for your Matrix handle or favourite room 👀

Andy Piper@andypiper· Jul 5

Space? SPAAACE! #EMFCamp #LEGO

A LEGO set box for an arcade pinball machine, titled "Arcade Pinball Machine," featuring various space elements!

Andy Piper@andypiper· Jul 3

Space? Space. 🪐🚀🦆 #EMFCamp @forgeandcraft @heidigoseek #NightMarket

A collection of six colorful fabric pouches featuring various space-themed graphics and text. The pouches include labels such as "GEEK THINGS," "ORBITAL GEAR," "ROCKET FUEL," "MISSION CRITICAL GEAR”

A collection of colorful fabric pouches with various designs and texts. The prominent pouch features the text "ORBITAL GEAR" with a planet graphic.

Text on a fabric surface reads "GEEK THINGS" in bold, colorful letters featuring a galaxy design. The background is a light, textured fabric.

Andy Piper@andypiper· Jun 23

#emf2026

Andy Piper@andypiper· Jun 10

At #DemocracyDrinks in Brussels. Thank you @AliceStollmeyer for the invitation! In other news, I made a strategic error by not bringing an umbrella 🌧️

Andy Piper@andypiper· Jun 3

No, you're obsessed. #badgelife

A screenshot showing a commit log, in reverse order:
- Major redesign. Duck animation, several new options, duck party lights
- Completed: duck hunt, info/credits (repeated twice)
- It might be ready

Andy Piper@andypiper· Jun 3

The UI is better with icons I think. Approaching final form. Shake for an offline fact, press to get one from the interwebs. #ducks #emfducks I think @diondiondion might appreciate my efforts.

Andy Piper@andypiper· Jun 3

Reading the @EUCommission press release on strengthening tech sovereignty. Something missing here 🤔

A screenshot showing a list of links to follow the European Commission on various social platforms, all of which are not EU sovereign, and all of which are owned by US tech giants.

Meanwhile, the European Commission has its own Mastodon instance... 🤦🏻

Andy Piper@andypiper· Jun 3

Interesting salary dynamics here.

LinkedIn job listings for two roles - both Chief Technology Officer - UK Home Office, £120K-£150K per year; HM Treasury, £70K-£77K per year

Andy Piper@andypiper· Jun 3

Lots of features still to add…

Andy Piper@andypiper· May 21

“… I am never gonna describe this as a Physical AI meetup…” #iotlondon

A glass door with a Pull handle. A white sheet of A4 paper is on the inside of the door facing outwards, with the text “London Internet of Things Meetup”

Andy Piper@andypiper· May 20

Also. Badge acquired! #HopefulTechnologist

A badge with the text "Society for Hopeful Technologists" and a design featuring a sun and waves, positioned on a textured fabric with colorful horizontal stripes.

Andy Piper@andypiper· May 16

Vintage #penplotter, who dat?

A Roland DXY-1100 plotter, drawing out a portrait of the post author composed of contour lines on A3 white paper.

Andy Piper@andypiper· May 16

Day 3 of the #WimbledonArtFair - come and talk about #PenPlotters and other drawing machines with us! @forgeandcraft

An A3 pen plotter drawing a multicoloured sketch of Bamberg Rathaus

A display of various pen plotter artworks in a stand on a table.

Two technical looking pen plotter artworks of circuit-like designs, framed on a wall. Next to these are some artist statements for Heidi Blanton and Andy Piper.

Andy Piper@andypiper· May 14

Number of times someone has asked “so is this all AI?” at the art show today - three! I’ll keep a running total for the weekend 🫣 fairly quiet, but it’s only Thursday evening. Town hall in Bamberg, Germany, from a photo on our recent trip. #plotterart

A detailed colourful A3 pen plot of the town hall in Bamberg, Germany.

Andy Piper@andypiper· May 13

Come and shelter from the British winter - the #WimbledonArtFair kicks off tomorrow, and you can come and talk to us about #PenPlotter art and algorithmic creativity @forgeandcraft

An intricate electronics style pen plot in a black frame outside of an open door with a Forge & Craft sign above it.

A large Cistercian numeral / rune style icon on cotton rag paper.

Text on a sign on a wall

A pen plotter is not a printer - the pen and the materials interact in distinct ways. I'm fascinated by the different effects and textures available.
The symbol is a medieval Cistercian numeral. In the early thirteenth century the Cistercian monastic order in England created a compact numeric system whereby a single glyph could indicate any
integer from 1 to 9999, depending on the location and format of digits on the stave (they eventually adopted the more common Arabic system invented
around the same time, that we still use today.
This artwork is the number 1984, calculated in code and plotted using a twenty-first century machine, onto handmade cotton rag paper.

Andy Piper
Forge & Craft
Studio 273

An intricate electronics style design pen plotted in black and silver inks on white paper.

Andy Piper@andypiper· May 13

@simonwood this guy - tap it to get the extra field

Andy Piper@andypiper· May 12

Oh COME ON. It's YOUR THING and you can't even get this right.

Screenshot show a Google search for "google chrome fedora 44" and the AI instant answer describing the "fastest and most efficient" method as downloading an RPM via the command wget https://google.com

This will not download an RPM.

Andy Piper@andypiper· May 12

FWIW this double-post happened via the web app (4.5.9), not a third party API client @MastodonEngineering (I've now deleted one of them) #bug

A screenshot showing two identical posts, with the same relative timestamp.

Andy Piper@andypiper· May 10

Today's artwork in progress. #penplotter #plotterart #NextDraw Come and visit us @forgeandcraft at the #WimbledonArtFair May 14-17 for more 😊

An imaginary circuit board design on paper, being drawn out by a pen plotter

Andy Piper@andypiper· Apr 30

... and, you can come to visit us @forgeandcraft from May 14-17 at the Wimbledon Art Studios NB the magazine I'm holding in the photo is the very nice Machine Arts from @bantamtools #WimbledonArtFair #London #PlotterArt

Two people chatting in a busy maker studio beside pen plotter equipment. One holds a copy of Machine Arts while text on the image reads “Forge & Craft, Pen Plotter Art, Studio 273.”

Andy Piper@andypiper· Apr 26

Shout out to @nham from @falken at #oggcamp2026

A speaker mid-talk on a conference stage, standing in front of a large projected slide filled with QR codes and bold branding (“NHAM” and a bright pink “FP”). The slide headline reads “Could you have…”

Andy Piper@andypiper· Apr 26

Hearing about The Great Moose Migration at #OggCamp

Michael Dales pointing at a slide showing moose captured in a forest on a TV camera.

Andy Piper@andypiper· Apr 25

#oggcamp random scribblings

Handwritten text on a whiteboard reads: "Someone should talk about the dead internet theory."

Andy Piper@andypiper· Apr 25

Loving the collision of my art and programming and education interests with… stitching and needlework #oggcamp2026 @megjlow