*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@social.cleverlibre.org

And I jsut received a really nice Japanese Crane stamp from a friend in #Slowly.

Love it - thank you! Now responding to your letter.

Had to share a snapshot for the friends who dig the stamp collecting in @slowlyapp - another of the neat ideas in this project. #xp #penpals

@SecondJon

Wired Magazine has an article on LibraryThing versus another competitor.

https://wired.com/2010/01/catalog-your-books-online/

#books #booklovers #tools

@SecondJon I joined there many years ago, paid a one time fee and have the account.

200 books is not much for someone actively collecting and reading, agreed. I had seen mention somewhere of how to get a free account with them -- will see if I could find that again.

They now have a mobile app, and that should ease adding new books, allowing isbn code scanning I imagine. I entered all of mine by typing them in at the time.

@Hedieh To access mastodon network? School blocking you?

I use and recommend Proton VPN, they offer a free account with a limited number of servers, but it works. Paid accounts get many more choices.

https://protonvpn.com

Goodreads is well know and popular. LibraryThing less so -- Although some (like me) might prefer it.

Less social, more books and info. Faerye has a blog post with her comparison of the Two - great idea!

http://faerye.net/post/cage-match-goodreads-vs-librarything

@LibraryThing #xp #Books #booklovers #unite

And if anyone hasn't had enough of Xmas for the year, how about this?

8 Hours of Department Store Christmas Music. No kidding. #xp #NoThanks

https://boingboing.net/2019/12/21/and-now-eight-hours-of-vintag.html

https://youtu.be/nQKlEkKXBzQ

#Fediverse is full of #Books and #BookLovers -- Do you know about LibraryThing ? a GREAT place to create a catalog of your own books, find recommendations, read reviews, etc.

https://www.librarything.com/

For Readers, Writers and book lovers, a neat place to be. #xp
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RT @LibraryThing
Merry Christmas from LibraryThing! May your day be full of joy and your stocking full of books.
https://twitter.com/LibraryThing/status/1209828798432194562

The Economist, a #favourite here. #xp #economics #earth #Internationalism
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RT @TheEconomist
Our special report from July shows that the golden age of globalisation may be over, and thinly-stretched supply chains are slowly unravelling https://econ.st/2LGc5cd
https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1209824761234239488

Gladstone is the official Cat of Her Majesty's Treasury in the UK. Besides being a beautiful mini Black Panther.

#Familiars #xp #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #mastocats #meow
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RT @TreasuryMog
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, nothing was stirring, not even a mouse. Of course not, I'm a fabulous mouser! (Pic from treasury_cat on instagram)
https://twitter.com/TreasuryMog/status/1209584357805035522

Attentive class.

#xp #cats #catsofMastodon #mastocats
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RT @gayocats
1117533961818
https://twitter.com/gayocats/status/1209823613462835200

@Iambharani Very nice, thank you! Great video.

It's Winter and always a more difficult time, for many if not most here in the Northern latitudes.

There's hope in the promise of Spring.

Celebrate Solstice and Yule.

https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/yule-and-solstice-season-greetings

@jump_spider Wonderful post, thank you!

@realcaseyrollins Awesome! It looks powerful from all the controls you can see in the screen.

I use Irfanview all the time, it has lots of functions and is probably easier than Gimp, has done the work I need so far. Gimp has the advantage of being cross platform too, in Windows and Linux, while Irfanview is Windows only.

Should check the Paint.NET one, I have heard about it. And I did use MS Paint just the other day - to make a mockup of an enhanced Pinafore screen layout proposal/request to the author.

Well done, Casey -- I can;t believe how active and busy you are! 👍

@Saederup92 @Hedieh Hang in there Hedieh, better days will come. 👍

@realcaseyrollins LOL, yeah, I noticed. lol....

Subtle humour is the *best*.

#Slowly is for #writers. Thank you to @slowlyapp@twitter.com Team for publishing my story! It is a full letter to a new #penpal in #japan and I thought it would look great in a Blog format. #xp

RT @slowlyapp@twitter.com

RG🇨🇦 learned from his pen pal that Japanese🇯🇵 would take a yuzu bath🍊🛀 during Winter Solstice🍃

https://www.getslowly.com/en/story/rg/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/slowlyapp/status/1209753312439857157

@freemo The tubs are water tight by their construction alone, I believe, similar to wine barrels. Wood should expand a bit when wet and hot.

I built a shower stand many years ago in cedar slats and it was lovely - the smell, the texture of the wood under my feet. Left the wood untreated, and curiously, the common nails did not rust, protected by the wood's natural oils.