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I'm feeling extremely meh about this, but I haven't drawn much of anything in about 40 days, and I expect to be a little rusty starting back up.
This is a catch-up for the #ArtABCs in which "I" is for... Indigo Iguana!
56 views
Made a new set of stackable cardboard cases for my notebooks today. Previously, I was exploding a single long box.
#cardboard #notebooks
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So I'm reading a book about the history of library card catalogs (which I checked out from the library).
I was admiring the picture of this particular specimen when I saw that one of the stamped words is literally the word "Stamped".
It's like the meme with the metal sign that says, "Caution: The edges of this sign are sharp."
#library #libraries #books
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I try not to talk about this subject. But I'm so bummed/pissed. I just got this in the mail today. I was so excited to see it.
The musical talent is incredible... But they used huge full-motion slop videos in the background during the entire thing.
I'm not even selling it. It must be destroyed.
I don't understand how music artists can do this to visual artists. I'm pretty much done buying anythin
📊 Post engagement
31
Avg engagement / post
1.2%
Engagement vs followers
Jul 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: I'm feeling extremely meh about this, but I haven't drawn much o · 76 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.9 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 7 text · 5 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
12×
Follows 217 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
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I'm feeling extremely meh about this, but I haven't drawn much of anything in about 40 days, and I expect to be a little rusty starting back up.
This is a catch-up for the #ArtABCs in which "I" is for... Indigo Iguana!
Like a big dope, I was still recommending that people use Google Earth as a globe because I've always thought it was really neat.
But they've completely broken search. For example, searching for the country of Jordan does a text search for…
Made a new set of stackable cardboard cases for my notebooks today. Previously, I was exploding a single long box.
#cardboard #notebooks
Hello fellow paper #notebook people! I have been very pleased with this calendar format for my pocket notebooks. Pictures and instructions and musings:
https://ratfactor.com/cards/pocket-notebook-calendar
#notebooks #fieldnotes #fieldnotes…
I try not to talk about this subject. But I'm so bummed/pissed. I just got this in the mail today. I was so excited to see it.
The musical talent is incredible... But they used huge full-motion slop videos in the background during the enti…
If you have or haven't been enjoying the card catalog posts, you'll be happy to know that I've probably got that out of my system for the moment and the book review is here:
http://ratfactor.com/b/the_card_catalog
Another catalog card. I love how someone wrote the card in 1936 in beautiful Library Hand and then somebody with handwriting like mine updated the card with "1965" when TS Eliot croaked. Gold star.
Seeing a bunch more of these on cards... I'm guessing it means the book itself has been stamped?
(If so, I guess that's kind of obvious in retrospect.)
So I'm reading a book about the history of library card catalogs (which I checked out from the library).
I was admiring the picture of this particular specimen when I saw that one of the stamped words is literally the word "Stamped".
It's …
https://ratfactor.com/cards/personal-website
"[This is] as good a time as any to write down these thoughts I’ve been germinating for the last decade."
(Also, I just realized my website is going to be 30 years old next year. Wow.)
#website …
"Good magic opens the mysteries to all; bad magic seeks simply to mystify." --Theodore Roszak
https://ratfactor.com/cards/good-magic-bad-magic
With apologies to Kernighan:
Everyone knows that figuring out the place where you stored something is twice as hard as putting it there in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you store it, how will you ever find it?
…
Made a new set of stackable cardboard cases for my notebooks today. Previously, I was exploding a single long box.
#cardboard #notebooks
Hello fellow paper #notebook people! I have been very pleased with this calendar format for my pocket notebooks. Pictures and instructions and musings:
https://ratfactor.com/cards/pocket-notebook-calendar
#notebooks #fieldnotes #fieldnotes…
I try not to talk about this subject. But I'm so bummed/pissed. I just got this in the mail today. I was so excited to see it.
The musical talent is incredible... But they used huge full-motion slop videos in the background during the enti…
If you have or haven't been enjoying the card catalog posts, you'll be happy to know that I've probably got that out of my system for the moment and the book review is here:
http://ratfactor.com/b/the_card_catalog
Another catalog card. I love how someone wrote the card in 1936 in beautiful Library Hand and then somebody with handwriting like mine updated the card with "1965" when TS Eliot croaked. Gold star.
Seeing a bunch more of these on cards... I'm guessing it means the book itself has been stamped?
(If so, I guess that's kind of obvious in retrospect.)
So I'm reading a book about the history of library card catalogs (which I checked out from the library).
I was admiring the picture of this particular specimen when I saw that one of the stamped words is literally the word "Stamped".
It's …
https://ratfactor.com/cards/personal-website
"[This is] as good a time as any to write down these thoughts I’ve been germinating for the last decade."
(Also, I just realized my website is going to be 30 years old next year. Wow.)
#website …
"Good magic opens the mysteries to all; bad magic seeks simply to mystify." --Theodore Roszak
https://ratfactor.com/cards/good-magic-bad-magic
With apologies to Kernighan:
Everyone knows that figuring out the place where you stored something is twice as hard as putting it there in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you store it, how will you ever find it?
…
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On Mastodon since
Jul 2022
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💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 4 years ago.
👁️Averages 31 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.9× per week.
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Estimated81/100
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Credibility score
97%
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High
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~1.2% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (4+ years old).
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Hi, I'm Dave! I like art, books, writing, and programming computers.
Amazing pixel art avatar by @misnina from my old watercolor original.
Banner illustration is a watercolor drawing of a shelf of colorful books.
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