Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

@cardassianvole It's fine as long as you've got an accent where the t is silent and online nobody can be sure you don't.

Web site for one of my suppliers is down for maintenance until January 2. I suppose it doesn't say what year.

where there means the web site for the book

Latest video was a PeerTube exclusive for a few hours but hasn't seen much attention there. Over on YouTube it took about 24 hours for that to become the most watched/liked episode in the series, mainly because someone shared the book announcement over on a forum. When I start doing videos that are just related to the book I'll be preferring those PeerTube embeds there.

I've also gotten a few people who have worked with me on education projects previously offering to provide feedback as I work through the editing process. I was hoping I'd be able to get that sort of help from exactly these types of people.

On my latest video I shared more info on the coffee roasting book I'm writing and so people are starting to ask to be informed about things like when the ebook version will be available. I think that means I really need to put up a proper web site for the book and let people sign up for a mailing list for that sort of update. Just registered a domain for that and I think I've got an underutilized server that I can put that on once I decide what to put there.

Latest total from yesterday's fundraiser is $832.66. I'm rounding that up to an even $1000 plus a $100 check someone left. Any other post-event donations will go separately if there are any. Not bad for 4 hours.

Had two good phone conversations today in response to my letter resigning from regular committee work and a few email exchanges. Also had a good event. I don't remember the exact total but in the 4 hours the shop was open we raised about $900 for the local food bank. We usually get a little more over the next few days so I won't have the final total until later.

The cat had stuff on her face.

@mwlucas no problem. just a word of warning, whichever small business accounting program you go for, you'll hate it.

@mwlucas when payroll got challenging. It's all about the tax tables.

In the latest video I talk about my experience with System76 technical support, my exit from work related to the Coffee Skills Program, the book I'm writing, and a preview of stuff that I needed to push to the next episode.

https://video.typica.us/videos/watch/f61e0b48-5cce-4d43-8da4-6a3bde1e4f7c

This time I'm guessing it's some idiot shooting. Ugh.

12:01AM, time to play everybody's favorite ghetto game, guess the sound: fireworks or gunfire!

Render went faster than estimated, but audio levels were bad. Let's fix that and try again.