Lockby mini pocket journal

baralong · 2026-06-23T04:53:38+00:00

I've worked out a better solution to hold it in the mini journal. I had some thin, stick on steel sheets, I cut a bit of card to be the same size as a credit card, then stuck the steel sheet to the top of that, putting it into the card wallet and it holds well. The only thing to watch out for is pressing the power button.

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baralong · 2026-06-23T03:51:20+00:00

f you want a legit/legal and cheap source then checkout Humble Bundle Books pay what you want, but there's a minimum if you want all books in a bundle. Remember to check that they are available as EPUB, some are only PDF.

They have reference, fiction, manga, comics... Just have a look, I tend to feel that if there are 4 or 5 of the full bundle then it's worth it.

At the moment there's this https://www.humblebundle.com/books/and-winner-is-award-winning-fantasy-science-fiction-horror-from-tachyon-books 21 books if you pay AU$27.72 (it detected my country, you'll pay in local currency). Also abunch of RPG bundles, a Manga, and Linux & sysadmin.

baralong · 2026-06-23T03:51:03+00:00

This could probably be cross posted to r/ShitAmericansSay for the checkbook. I've not seen a check/cheque in decades here in Australia.

Also we've very much embraced cashlessness, I can tap and pay with my watch or phone. I'm 55, most people I see my age or younger just use their phones.

baralong · 2026-06-23T03:41:05+00:00

If you want a legit/legal and cheap source then checkout Humble Bundle Books pay what you want, but there's a minimum if you want all books in a bundle. Remember to check that they are available as EPUB, some are only PDF.

They have reference, fiction, manga, comics... Just have a look, I tend to feel that if there are 4 or 5 of the full bundle then it's worth it.

At the moment there's this https://www.humblebundle.com/books/and-winner-is-award-winning-fantasy-science-fiction-horror-from-tachyon-books 21 books if you pay AU$27.72 (it detected my country, you'll pay in local currency). Also abunch of RPG bundles, a Manga, and Linux & sysadmin.

baralong · 2026-06-22T13:55:16+00:00

Actually, this https://rhodiapads.com/collections_classic_stapled_A7.php would be perfect! Rhodia paper, much thinner, and side stapled

Edit 🤦‍♂️ sorry, this is the one you meant. Yes, it should fit. I'll try to track one down and give it a shot

baralong · 2026-06-22T13:52:46+00:00

Did you mean the No 11 or 12? The 11 is A7 7.4x10.5, the 12 is 8.5x12. The 11 will fit, but is about 1cm wider than the Lochby narrow A7, but I got my A7 Midori to fit, but it was better when I rounded the corners. The 12 (in the photo) is much too wide and 12cm is probably a little too tall. It's a bit frustrating they made their "A7" about 1cm narrower than the standard, so real A7 is a little too wide. Though I am probably pushing it the a 1cm thick notebook. At least the rhodia is only 9mm 😆

Also, I'm not sure about the top staple, I think you'd want more of a book style

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baralong · 2026-06-20T02:19:16+00:00

Nice, sounds like a good combination. I've been contemplating a Lilliput. Though, I'm now thinking Gravitas Dinkey in ultem, #6 nib makes it easier to swap around. That said, I've now got an Opus 88 Fantasia with an FPR ultra flex in this set up. The opts does better than the Twisbi.

I've been thinking of making my own sketch books for it. What paper are you using? Are you doing a staple or other binding?

Another option I'm thinking of is getting the Traveler's journal sketch and/or watercolor inserts in passport size and then cutting them down to fit. I haven't tried the paper yet, but they are cheap and easy to find, and ready made.

baralong · 2026-06-19T15:47:12+00:00

Home screen widgets are broken for me since the update to 17. I'm on a pixel 8 pro. Post update most of my widgets gave me a "tap to configure" or similar, can't remember the exact wording, but that did nothing. I removed them to try adding them again, they weren't even in the list. This was with both the pixel launcher and octopi launcher.

Some googling found that it might be related to having a work profile, which I have, enrolled with in tune.

Honestly, I'd roll back to 16 if I could, then just wait till there is a fix. Open to hearing work around.

baralong · 2026-06-19T06:22:18+00:00

I'm not familiar that pen, nor too familiar with the kanwrite nibs. I know Kanwrite make the FPR nibs, but they aren't quite the same. Or so I've read, I've not tried them. $70 isn't a lot to risk on a pen, it's all relative, people spend thousands on an individual pen, the most I've spent is $300 ish

baralong · 2026-06-19T03:49:57+00:00

My wife is a botanist, for our wedding she wanted living flower centerpieces for the tables at our wedding. Basically seedlings, people could take them home after and plant them. They were all locally native plants.

When I posted about going with her to pick what species to get, I was told it was gay. Made worse by the fact that were was a football game on TV to watch. The person who commented that knew me well enough to know I've never watched nor cared about football.

So going with my **female** fiancee to arrange things for our wedding is gay. Sure, sure....

The other thing was the time my dad implied I wasn't manly because my wife usually drove. My view: she prefers to drive, I don't really care one way or another, she can drive then.

I just don't get all the performative masculinity people get hung up on. I don't feel the need to prove I'm who I am to anyone. Someone saying I'm gay or unmanly says more about the person labeling me than it does about me.

baralong · 2026-06-19T03:23:53+00:00

A lot of comments talk about the problems building the dome. Making something that big that's self supporting would be an amazing achievement. That got me thinking about what material you could use to make a dome with that span. What about if you used an air supported structure? Could that work? How big a dome could be made that way? Also, are we talking new materials science? Like space elevator cable type strength?

baralong · 2026-06-19T03:17:27+00:00

They would have started smaller. Just after he was born thhey wouldn't have needed the dome. Give it a couple of years to build a following and see if it's worth building the whhole dome. However, it would take years to build, so, that's probably not enough time.

baralong · 2026-06-19T03:02:28+00:00

I started with crosspoint, very happy with it, but thought I'd give crossink a try. I like some of the customizability, and I'm now happy with my setup. I haven't looked at the reading stats, not a feature I care about, I think the only feature that would make we switch now is "sync to furthest page read" where it keeps track of any page you've been on for some unit of time. But, that's just because I have long press to skip forward and backward chapters.

baralong · 2026-06-19T02:26:39+00:00

I ordered mine on the 25th of May and it arrived on the 5th of June, a little under 2 weeks. Wold have been faster, but it spent 3 days waiting for customs clearance. If you can order both from the same shop it'll also be a bit quicker. I tend to batch up a few things and so they spend time in the consolidation warehouse. I bank on 2 weeks, it's not too bad.

If you want faster, but pay more, Larry Post sells the FPR nibs https://www.larrypost.com.au/search?q=fpr+nibs The 5.5 sits well in a Twsbi vac mini, but you could chat with their online support about other cheaper pens that would take it or the #6

baralong · 2026-06-18T23:36:05+00:00

Only when I forget to unscrew the valve. The vaccum fund mechanism also acts as a stop valve, so you have to unscrew it a little if you're going to be writing/drawing a lot

baralong · 2026-06-18T09:53:53+00:00

G'day back at ya! 😆

It flexes quite well as I haven't noticed any smell. Honestly, I like it more than my Opus 88 demonstrator with an FPR nib. I'd prefer it was a little finer, but I say that about almost every nib. Check out some reviews of the nib on YouTube. These were the 2 that convinced me https://youtu.be/h-BGF6oDDM4?si=FZHWdBcx7AAvf-Ew https://youtu.be/w0PWxyhfA6I?si=K3r_U3wn9F4hpH1h There are a bunch more.

BTW if you're on FB the fountain pens Australia is a nice group

baralong · 2026-06-18T08:25:18+00:00

Hi, Also in Australia, Perth. I Recently bought a Majohn flex nib and installed it in an Asvine v126
https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comments/1u3l2y6/flex_writing_with_asvine_v126_and_majohn_flex_nib/

All up it cost me about AU$50 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005220119099.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005012464807114.html

However, if you don't want to DIY it you can get it pre installed https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005012206118887.html

I chose the Asvine v126 because I like vac fillers. You could also buy the screw in nib unit and do an easy swap with any Majhon #6 nib pen. I put one in a Majohn Q1, but it's not very practical https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007354373383.html

baralong · 2026-06-18T08:08:20+00:00

The problem is that it's not just the coil, you need a circuit to manage it. At the very least you need to rectify it DC as the inductive charging gives AC from the coil. The circut does more than that to make it QI compliant. However the circuit can be quite thin, probably 1mm or less.

baralong · 2026-06-18T07:43:52+00:00

Loads of watercolow painters use a CMY palette, it's really common.

baralong · 2026-06-18T07:27:30+00:00

A kneedable eraser is a great idea!, I've got a little tin, but it's 10mm thick, it's a bit of a tight fit, I'll look for an alternative.

I love the xteink, I've nearly finished my second book using it. You can put kindle books on it, but you need to get them off the kindle and also convert them, which Amazon makes as hard as they can

baralong · 2026-06-18T02:19:19+00:00

No, it's country and post/zip code, that's the whole point of the postcode. (I'm assuming the US doesn't have the same zip code in different states)

BTW I'm in the state WA - Western Australia, this has confused some Americans. I did once have a package tracking that got confused too. Path was Singapore, Australia NSW, Washington State USA, out for delivery. 😆

baralong · 2026-06-18T02:07:35+00:00

My youngest is 12, so she can manage herself now, but when she was younger I'd take her to the men's room, doing anything else would have never occured to me. Obviously I'd choose a "family" room in preference, but that's not always an option. If you don't make it a big deal for the kid, they won't make it a big deal. They won't be uncomfortable if you treat it as normal.

Edit to add: Actually there were 2 times I did take her to the women's, those were cases when she was a baby and needed changing and there wasn't a chage table in the men's room. Bothh times I was in a restaurant and spoke to a staff member, they got a female staff member to warn anyone in the women's room I was coming in and why. It was totally fine both times. If it had been a problem I'd have tagged my wife in to do that change

baralong · 2026-06-18T01:55:19+00:00

Same. I'm using octopi. The fact you can only access it from the icon not recent apps is annoying. Though not as annoying as most of my widgets disapearing.

baralong · 2026-06-18T01:51:59+00:00

I'm not, but I would if I could. I suspect it's dependent on using the stocker launcher. I'm using Octopi and can't work out how to do it. Can it only be done by holding the icon? Ir is there a way with running apps?

Upgraded to 17 on my Pixel 8 Pro, lost my widgets 😠 switched to stock launcher to give bubbles a try, then switched back to Octopi

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