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I've been Sketched

Sketchy Elf, who knew?

I was invited to the Kava Bar for Open Mic Night to watch some friends perform, and one of the patrons decided to do some urban sketching. Well, they decided to use my silly self as a subject and I'm Totally happy with the outcome. Not a bad likeness.

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Urban Drawing

Sketch

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Killed it again.

Always worth a laugh.

I sort of had a good reason this time.

Ok so running elfLand on a new server now. Because of the CentOS debacle, I'm switching to Alma Linux like pretty much everyone else.

So anyway, when I'm testing a new server build I generally move all of my crap over first to see what breaks. With BackDrop, NextCloud, WordPress, Matomo, and a few other things running on the nice new Apache/PHP/PHP-FPM/MariaDB/APCu it gets a workout.

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My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

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Julie Webgirl @juliewebgirl@mstdn.social · 08/14/2026 - 7:53pm · View original

2/ ...keeping contact between the two hands, slide your right hand to the left. Imagine the carpet getting caught on the other carpet, so it catches and starts to buckle. As you keep sliding it further, the buckle gets larger and the pressure builds and builds until finally it…

Julie Webgirl @juliewebgirl@mstdn.social · 08/14/2026 - 7:53pm · View original

BTW, I love explaining how a subduction zone #earthquake happens. Imagine your hands are plush carpet. Put your left hand face up (plush up) with fingers pointing towards your right. Put your right hand face down (plush down) with fingers pointing towards your left. Put your…

Julie Webgirl @juliewebgirl@mstdn.social · 08/14/2026 - 6:55pm · View original

*deep breath* ... Ohmmmmm...... The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a megathrust fault. It does *not* "slide alongside each other" One slides *under* the other. The clue is the word SUBDUCTION. And here I was reading, while formulating a clever headline about lube... *closes tab* …

The Cascadian Subduction Zone is a large strike-slip fault off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. That’s where two of the tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s crust meet up and slide alongside each other. And the reserve of water bubbling up from Pythia’s Oasis acts as lubrication between these two plates.

Julie Webgirl @juliewebgirl@mstdn.social · 08/14/2026 - 6:22pm · View original

@stonebear2
I love small earthquakes. Means little bits of energy being released, not building up for a big release.

The zero water filters don't kill bacteria though, right?

Julie Webgirl @juliewebgirl@mstdn.social · 08/14/2026 - 6:12pm · View original

@DukeDuke
Me toooo!

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https://mstdn.social/users/allpoints · 08/14/2026 - 6:09pm · View original

@juliewebgirl good tip. I'd also recommend looking into iodine for making water potable. And keep some vitamin C tablets on hand as well. After treating the water, a few vitamin C will precipitate out the iodine and help remove that off-taste. Note that you have to leave the…

Julie Webgirl @juliewebgirl@mstdn.social · 08/14/2026 - 6:09pm · View original

@allpoints
Didn't know that about Vit. C.

Now I want to know the mechanics of that.

Julie Webgirl @juliewebgirl@mstdn.social · 08/14/2026 - 6:03pm · View original

I'm pretty sure all of America is on the decoy plane.

`Da Elf @elfin@mstdn.social · 08/14/2026 - 4:45pm · View original

WOAH! Car drove off of West Cliff Dr into Steamer's Lane last night?!?

`Da Elf @elfin@mstdn.social · 08/14/2026 - 4:41pm · View original

Kernel updates ... FOUR days in a row.

This is bullshit.

#SysAdmin