Dogs really are the best people . got himself nice and snuggly through the night . transition from my bed to his complete . he's 10 . never too late #dogs #winter #olddognewtricks #photography

I didn't expect to be fiddling with Helm charts today, but that's the job. Sounds pretty cool, huh? Wearing a gleaming helm, poring over nautical charts. #olddognewtricks

Aaron (12) hat uns gestern gezeigt, dass er Türen öffnen kann, wenn er es für nötig genug hält. 🤯
#OldDogNewTricks #DogsOfMastodon

Me using Affinity Designer after 30 years of Adobe Illustrator. #AdobeIllustrator #AffinityDesigner #OldDogNewTricks

i am now trying to go on a mindbending adventure to migrate from my custom config to lazyvim.

i just kept running into a bunch of issues with my custom config maybe so i'm hoping that using a 'standard config' like lazynvim could help...

but that also means a big learning curve to use their keybindings and other such things. #olddognewtricks

Figured out how to add dark mode support on my website. #olddognewtricks

For those who transitioned from lightning to USB-C cords on their iPhone, how many of you have made the absent-minded mistake of trying to use a lightning cable on the new phone? 😆 #musclememory #olddognewtricks

Which brings up a salutary aspect of learning a new system; you need to learn new tricks. Initially you try to make, say, Fedora like Ubuntu or Mint or whatever, whereupon you learn the new design philosophy and retrain your muscle memory.

#OldDogNewTricks

Big news! I found the case for the CD that I borrowed from the library. And the past several days of consternation taught me to implement a system now that I'm borrowing physical media again. One spot in the house for all library materials when I'm not using them.

#learning
#OldDogNewTricks

Since my only use for Windows these days is gaming and I’d really like to get away from it, after I found an old #MacBookPro (from 2006!) stuck on Snow Leopard hidden at the back of the cupboard I thought I’d give #linux a go, purely for the hell of it. Since it’s my first go and an old machine I thought #LinuxMint #XFCE made sense. Who says you can’t teach an #olddognewtricks eh? #MyFirstDistro

Just completed my first use of transfers on a mini. I'm really enjoying learning these new skills, despite being old enough to remember the 1970s. #ChaoticQueer #GeekCrafts #MiniaturePainting #Warhammer40K #OldDogNewTricks

Learning to surf: day 1. The board shaped bruise is testament to my lack of agility. Maybe I'm too old for this? #olddognewtricks

After a break and rethink of strategy the superheroes are primed. Not enough room on the lazy susan for the villains. I'll do them once the heroes are dry. #ChaoticQueer #GeekCrafts #MarvelUnited #MiniaturePainting #OldDogNewTricks

Used an airbrush for the first time to prime a miniature. I only kinda sorta made a mess of myself... and didn't get good coverage on the mini due to angle. Yay for learning new things! #ChaoticQueer #GeekCrafts #MiniaturePainting #OldDogNewTricks

I’ve registered with #TheOU tonight to study for a #degree. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (English Language).

If I finish it, I’ll be 60 when I do.
You’re never too old to learn, right?

#OldDogNewTricks #study

A friend invited me to a “paint party” at a local art gallery. I hadn’t painted since grade school. 8 acrylic paints morphed into this painting with the help and guidance from an art instructor. I was surprised at how fun it is to create something from a blank canvas. The class had the same sample painting and each of our paintings ended up unique. #PaintParty #artisineyeofbeholder #olddognewtricks #fun

Progress! 50+ and entering the world of #crossfit or as I like to say #oldDoGnewtricks

HSPU progression. Never done a handstand in my life, so this is the place to start! Getting there, but need to work on holding the position.

With the influx of Rust in the Python ecosystem it makes me ponder if I should start learning Rust. #rust #pyton #OldDogNewTricks https://www.rust-lang.org/

#SilentSunday
#OldDogNewTricks
#SecretCodes

Any #PHP #cryptography geeks out there? I'm working on doing something w/ the Fediverse, but every time I go to validate the signed headers, I get a big fat NO. I'm kinda stuck, I've tried three different approaches, and all three have dropped me at the same endpoint, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

#codeHelp #fediHelp #OldDogNewTricks #WhatTheHellAmIDoingWrong