In case you missed it this morning, I wrote a piece on the replacement policy of computers for the hospital I'm doing an internship at. It's a little behind the scenes and is the first part of...however many it takes to satisfy you all!

Let me know what you think :)

https://linuxliaison.org/replacing-computers-in-a-hospital/

**Mike Stone** · Aug 13, 2018, 19:23

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**Kev Quirk** @kev · Aug 13, 2018, 19:23

I wrote a follow up to my #Mastodon post, following lots of feedback. Thanks everyone!

This one goes in to the basics of the Mastodon UI and how to get started.

https://kevq.uk/getting-started-with-mastodon/

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 13, 2018, 18:11

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 13, 2018, 18:11

Hey, there's a @kevq here. Couldn't possibly be that @kev is testing something could it? Nah.

**Mike Stone** · Aug 13, 2018, 11:36

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**Linux Liaison** @brandon · Aug 13, 2018, 11:36

Morning all! I wrote up a description of the system at the hospital I work at for replacing aging computers. There's a lot going down there so this is a lengthy post. Hopefully it's not too fluffy! Let me know what you think :)

https://linuxliaison.org/replacing-computers-in-a-hospital/

https://fosstodon.org/media/ZmJbmJ4KLd2feySCt0U

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 13, 2018, 02:11

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 13, 2018, 02:11

Thunder and lightning outside and our Internet just dropped. Sad face.

**Mike Stone** · Aug 12, 2018, 02:39

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**Natalie Weizenbaum** @nex3@mastodon.social · Aug 12, 2018, 02:39

Retweeted @nex3@twitter.com:

today is my birthday and my birthday request is that people doodle me something cute, send me a picture, and tag it #doodles4nat

**Mike Stone** · Aug 11, 2018, 13:54

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**switching.social** @switchingsocial@mastodon.at · Aug 11, 2018, 13:54

Looks like a lot of people want to #DeleteTwitter and try out #Mastodon! 👍 👏 🎉

If you know someone who wants to make the switch, here are some resources to help them:

Official Site
https://joinmastodon.org/

How does Mastodon work?
https://kevq.uk/how-does-mastodon-work/

Mastodon info incl. mobile apps
https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-facebook/

Twitter-style interface for Mastodon
https://social.dev-wiki.de/login/

Mastodon Crossposting service
https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br/
(M -> T currently blocked by Twitter, but T -> M works)

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 12, 2018, 00:00

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 12, 2018, 00:00

Wow, today has been a total waste. Work called me right before bed last night, and I was up dealing with that until 1:45am. My daughter woke me up at 3:00am and I didn't get her back to sleep until 4:30. She woke me up again at 5, but settled herself. Her sister woke me up at 10 minutes to 7 this morning. My wife had work until 1:30 this afternoon. When she got home, we had lunch and then I said I was going to take a 30 minute nap. I have no idea when that was or how long I slept. Now it's 5:00.

**Mike Stone** · Aug 10, 2018, 15:23

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**Chris Were 🐧** @ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online · Aug 10, 2018, 15:23

For my follow Friday #ff, I'm choosing @kev @omnipotens and @Curator. Three awesome admins from three awesome instances. They're definitely worth a follow.

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 10, 2018, 16:29

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 10, 2018, 16:29

Thoughts?

"Learning From Terminals to Design the Future of User Interfaces — Brandur Leach"

https://brandur.org/interfaces

**Mike Stone** · Aug 08, 2018, 23:08

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**Write.as** @write_as@writing.exchange · Aug 08, 2018, 23:08

#ActivityPub support is live! You can now follow *Public* Write.as blogs from Mastodon, such as our @blog

It's limited to Public blogs right now (a paid feature) so we can slowly roll this out and plug holes as needed -- once I'm confident things are stable in the next few days, it'll be available to everyone for free.

You can read a bit more about the update, and I'd love to hear any feedback / ideas / bugs here! https://discuss.write.as/t/activitypub-support/64

**Mike Stone** · Aug 09, 2018, 19:33

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**Allison Parrish** @aparrish@mastodon.social · Aug 09, 2018, 19:33

debugging my project gutenberg scraper unintentionally produced an emphatic rallying cry

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 10, 2018, 05:42

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 10, 2018, 05:42

Not sure if this will impact us in any way.

"Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoiners Losing Faith in Twitter Inspire an Exodus to Mastodon."

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoiners-losing-faith-twitter-inspire-exodus-mastodon/

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 09, 2018, 16:39

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 09, 2018, 16:39

Keep in mind this means the two most visited websites in the United States are both owned by Google, and all of these sites farm your data for income.

"YouTube is about to pass Facebook as the second biggest website in US"

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/08/youtube-is-about-to-pass-facebook-as-the-second-biggest-website-accor.html

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 09, 2018, 15:55

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 09, 2018, 15:55

Mycroft has a new voice based on their new Mimic 2 engine. It has promise, but there are still some glitches. Here's a quick demo. Please keep in mind this is still beta.

https://youtu.be/LjvuA0wq3Vk

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 09, 2018, 15:11

**Mike Stone** @mike · Aug 09, 2018, 15:11

Some days, there's just not enough caffeine in the world.

**Mike Stone** · Aug 08, 2018, 10:49

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**Kev Quirk** @kev · Aug 08, 2018, 10:49

People of the #fediverse, lend me your ears!

I come before you to propose a new hashtag - #BlogBoost were people can recommend their favourite blogs.

Not gonna lie, this is purely for selfish reasons so I can improve my RSS feed. 😃

I think #BlogBoost should be a link with a VERY short summary. For example:

https://omgubuntu.co.uk - Ubuntu, Linux blog.

I'll follow this post with my first #BlogBoost. Please join in if you're interested.

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