MidwayTheMagnificent

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[–] MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.eu 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just looked - six pages of posts. Might not even bother scripting, that's not a ton of copy/paste.

[–] MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.eu 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That could work and is simpler - Might be scriptable, have to think on that. Don't recall whether the request archive button is a GET or POST. Parsing out the links to posts and throwing away the others would be straightforward, 'if /post/ in url'

I do know that I won't get to it today - my work is finance-adjacent, and with a deadline in the next week, work is keeping me rather busier than usual.

[–] MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.eu 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

That's unfortunate, thank you for giving it a solid try!

My primary instance is stable, and the admin is quite able. I'd consider stepping up. I definitely don't want to be the only mod for any period of time. It's not just the time commitment, it's the implicit non-democratic status of the sub when one person makes all the mod calls. I'm @____@infosec.pub there, incidentally.

Edit: Went ahead and created it as a placeholder, pending any necessary further discussion or other volunteers here. !fountainpens@infosec.pub

Since content is instance-dependent, it might be nice to have a mirror on some other stable instance - not sure how to sync them so both get each others' posts, but don't duplicate though. This group in particular tends to have a lot of high-quality content and losing it is a blow - especially to noobs, who we actively want to be friendly and accessible to.

Is there a library for the API? Would be nice to seed a new community with some/all of the content here, if you don't object. Not like the reddit mirror bot posting a ton of things, but for initial content. Would prefer not to lose it all.

Once in a while I've had luck with 206-343-0011 also. "Your call requires a coin deposit" message.

[–] MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.eu 14 points 1 year ago (8 children)

This is awesome. Stateside they’re often tied to phone number, and/or buried in the (otherwise worthless) app

Shared loyalty cards really are a privacy necessity, I know exactly how much data those stores already have on me, and it’s a privacy nightmare.

[–] MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.eu 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love it. Miss my keyboard, badly. Was a die hard Crackberry user for many years.

I see a reference to adding a lightning connector. Is it that trivial to adapt?

I was just thinking the other day how nice it would be to port pamac into some more prod-oriented environments.

Looking through the docs, it appears to tick most of the boxes I’d want, will have to play with it in the coming days.

Have an upcoming project that will actually require some consistency and documentation, this might be useful.

I don’t mind building when necessary, but doing so is not calculated to communicate well with future me, so it’s not ideal.

[–] MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.eu 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines - I find it has near universal applicability.

[–] MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.eu 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fair point, I don't see why a cartridge wouldn't fit, since the chopped down converter does. That's probably the way to go...

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Sailor 21 - Converter (wayfarershaven.eu)
 

Got a fair price on ebay on a couple of Sailor 21s. Love them, but modern converters seem to fit only in theory.

Cutting them down works, but also makes it nearly impossible to advance or retract, because there's no leverage on the screw that moves the plunger.

Am I missing an obvious source here?

Edit: They can be made to unscrew if a syringe is used to push the plunger up consistently, there's just enough to grab onto. Still not ideal, but...

[–] MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.eu 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Clairefontaine Triomphe - it comes in lined, but for 90g paper it's surprisingly translucent - enough so that the guide sheet they include is clearly visible.

You can do either - I started with a box of Pilot Varsity disposables just to get a feel for it. Then the Preppy / Kakuno / Sport price range. Discovered Sailors, fell even more in love, collection kept expanding... Might as well use the,

Needless to say, I have a fair number currently inked. I don't have many reserved for special purposes, save for one cheap blue/black 'business signature' pen that I generally always carry because some people think signature color matters.

You make your own path in this hobby, for sure. One of my true favorites is my namesake ink, I'll use that purple shimmer anywhere :)

20+ inked, one set of duplicate inks in semi-duplicate pen (MTM in a Safari, and an Al Star), the rest are all disparate colors. Primary criteria is that it needs to make me smile in some way, or otherwise improve my life.

 

Bay State Blue (practically indelible), and Polar Green (supposedly resists common forger's tools.)

Both are opened, and maybe 5-10 % used.

Goulet wants $14 for a new bottle, I'd go $10 each / $14 for both USD.

Alternatively, open to trades.

PPG&S only

I probably should have reduced the size of that image before posting, sorry...

Also, paper is Rhodia A5 dot grid <3

 

Currently inked list just keeps getting longer...

Context: I take a ton of notes in meetings, journal, and make lists - for now, I have them all lined up on my left. I take one from the right, use it, and when I put it down it goes on the left.

Next time I need a pen, I grab the next one, and so on. Makes it much easier to discern where things start and end.

Alt text for image: Currently Inked:

  • Perkeo / Pumpkin
  • Plasir / Golden Ivy
  • Metropolitan / Peridot
  • Safari / Midway the Magnificent
  • Sport / Comet SL9
  • Kakuno / Earl Grey
  • Safari / Pink Sugar Beach
  • Safari / Julia
  • Preppy / Quinuai
  • Perkeo / Hana Ikada
  • Prefounte / Apple Glory
  • Preppy / Topical Glow
  • Perkeo / Song Southern Country -Perkeo / Hotaru Bi
  • Sailor / Peach Haze
  • Perkeo / Sodalite
  • Sport / O.F. Schwartz
  • Safari / Tsutsuji.

Each written with the pen and ink combo in question.

 

Do we have a wiki? Didn't see one, in the sidebar. Would be willing to host and port content from r/fp. There was some very useful data/collected wisdom there.

 

Wiki is up at Pen Swap Wiki

I'll update shortly with rules, etc.

Automod or similar probably coming soon, to keep out the crap and scammers.

 

Long shot, but since this is a Goulet exclusive that I really want and I just can't quite justify the new price...

I'll never pare the cheap stuff out of my collection completely, too many "but I have to know what that ink looks like!!!!!" moments, but I'm trying to be intentional about tools that I enjoy, and this would be one.

Open on price.

Image via GouletPens.com

This post is dual-purpose: I would happily buy one of these if the price was right, and also serves as a test post and some initial content for a new sub.

 

Now accepting input on community banner and icon.

Must be CC0 or similar and/or an image you as an individual have rights to license appropriately.

 

Hello, and welcome to Pen Swap. Sidebars, rules, etc. are still in development, and additional mods are welcome.

Image credit

 

Edit 23-08-10: It's live, and there's even some content there. Descend freely upon it, y'all know what to do. :) Working on rules, wiki, and the trappings of communities that aren't yet baked into the codebase.

https://wayfarershaven.eu/post/154395

https://wayfarershaven.eu/c/pen_swap

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Nice to meet you all, I used to be active over on the other place...

One of the resources I liked having was Pen_Swap - is there any interest here in something like that?

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