Excellent post by Ploum: "Small low-tech manifesto"
My initial take-away: Even as a somewhat "advanced" user, my relationship to my computing technology is precarious. He writes:
"Thanks to the complexity, constant change and the imposition of a strict “intellectual property” regime, users have been transformed into consumers. "
#Computing #FOSS #Apple #Linux #LowTech
Ah, seica os modernos smartphones nom contam com umha rádio FM integrada? Vai tudo por apps? Vaia, vaia! Os primeiros smartphones coma o meu (que nem tenho ligado à internet) resultam entóm máis úteis! 
#apagon #lowtech #smartphones #radio
A few years ago, I started keeping a paper running journal for 90% vain reasons. When I die, whatever online system I use will just … linger. No one’s gonna know it even existed. But half a shelf of notebooks? *Someone’s* gonna have to do *something* with them, and maybe they’ll open one and be like “whoa, Uncle J did some *really* stupid shit!”
Aidez-nous à rémunérer une illustratrice et rendre encore plus chouette ce jeu/outil libre pour planifier son potager 
Le financement participatif c'est par ici 
https://www.kengo.bzh/projet/4943/les-cartes-legumes-jardin-biskoul
Téléchargez les cartes legumes dès maintenant, envoyez-nous vos idées d'amélioration 
#IntelligenceCollective #Potager #LowTech
BRUSSELS — BOOK LAUNCH — 29.4
→ How to make books more sustainable? During this evening, Low-tech Magazine will present our "Compressed Book Edition", this time in Brussels, at Architecture Curating Practice's gallery.
→ Inspired by the image compression on its solar-powered website, Low-tech Magazine squeezed the article catalog of their three-volume chronological book series into just one book. Compressing the content — an editorial and design choice — produces a larger reduction in resource use than printing on recycled paper could ever do.
18:30 Doors open
19:00 Book presentation and introduction of Low-tech Magazine
19:45 Q&A
20:00 Book sale / snacks & drinks / discussion
Architecture curating practice,
et al. architect-run space
37 Rue des Tanneurs / Huidevettersstraat 137
1000 Brussels
(talk will be held in english)
Poster by our current intern Hugo Lopez
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#lowtechmagazine #lowtech #solarpoweredwebsite #solar #obsoletetechnology #bikegenerator #opensource #selfhosted #krisdedecker #degrowth #offgrid
Email has become too complicated for my dement mother. Also just reading a message doesn't work.
Is there such a thing as a cigarette-sized box, maybe with ePaper and SMS reception, no buttons no nothing, onto which we could send a short text "your gym session begins in 20 minutes" or something along those lines?
(Please don't say 'smartphone', you've no idea, and don't say Arduino and do it yourself.)
[Nouveau podcast] LHDG25. L'obsolescence de Murphy
Nouvelle chronique où je vous propose une théorie assez simple mais qui se vérifie pas mal en pratique : plus un objet est complexe, plus il a de chances de tomber en panne. C'est pour ça que j'ai tendance à aimer les objets simples.
Écouter cette chronique : https://grisebouille.net/lhdg25-lobsolescence-de-murphy/
Le livre best of : https://editions.ptilouk.net/gb10ans
Soutien : https://ptilouk.net/#soutien
NEW BOOK
→ Our new book - The Compressed Book edition - is available for sale in our online store! To reduce the resources involved with producing each copy, we squeezed our article archive (3 volumes) in just one book!
We did this by switching to a smaller font size (similar to the one used in the comments book), by downsizing most images, and by opting for a two-column layout. We rewrote some articles, especially older ones, resulting not only in fewer pages but also in better articles.
As all our books, it's printed on demand, which means they is no overproduction.
→ EVENT REMINDER
We are organising a book launch to celebrate in Barcelona (at Akasha Barcelona) this Friday (28.3). We will present the book and follow-up with a discussion on books and sustainability. We also have a number of copies for sale! All the info in the article below
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/03/the-compressed-book-edition/
Credits
Published by Low-tech Magazine
Articles by Kris de Decker
Production Kris De Decker & Marie Verdeil
Cover and Layout Design
Laia Comellas, Marie Verdeil (with inputs from Lauren Traugott-Campbell, Johanna Gratzer)
Photos
Hugo Lopez and Marie Verdeil
Worked out double exposure on my #thermalprinter camera. This opens up a lot of possibilities!
Starting Permacomputing Club on the 7th of April and every following Monday 6:30 pm at SET Social, London!
Come join if you want to work on and discuss small tech and sustainability <3
Sign up + more info here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/permacomputing-club-tickets-1290371077629
#permacomputing #solarpunk #lowtech
Si vous cherchez une marmite norvégienne certes onéreuse (une centaine d'euros) mais de qualité, sur le marché du mercredi soir à Monplaisir, un fromager/éleveur en propose des artisanales, rembourrées à la laine de mouton
#Lyon #lowtech
C'est un accessoire de cuisine méconnu mais fort utile. Il me permet notamment de faire cuire des légumineuses (pois chiches et haricots blancs) en grande quantité pour les congeler ensuite. Le coût en version sèche + l'économie d'énergie valent vraiment le coup vs. des conserves du commerce.
I don’t have a little dropper / pipette bottle so I’m just going to make the saline solution in a bowl and add the requisite drops with my finger #lowtech
Electronics Faire at Temple was full of tiny delights. It was super cool learning about the history of BASIC games to bring coding to the people with @exquisitecorp and the history of other networks with an emphasis on arts and play with @loriemerson. The day ended with some atmospheric and intimate low db performances. The first one was by i <3 files (Clara Venice & Zsofi Valyi-Nagy) who were sending us electronic care waves with a commentary on sexism in the electronic music industry. There should hopefully be a recording soon! https://iheartfiles.studio/
Temple also has some popping food trucks. @iffybooks and I grabbed vegan falafel and crepes respectively for lunch. It was also super neat to get to see fedi folx like @ragman @palomakop @marblenote and @Famicoman.
Pictures were shot on a Sony CyberShot T-300. This was the perfect place to test it out. I had a moment of panic when the stabilizer went wild, fingers crossed this camera stays in good condition, because that's not something that can be replaced.
#lowTech #philly #philadelphia #electronicsfaire
Tomorrow is the 2nd day of the Electronic Faire at Temple University! During the "sit and tinker faire", I plan to work on my personal website in HTML: Adding 88 x 31 buttons, a robots.txt page, and projects. I might also work on transcribing my dream journal into markdown files. Feel free to join me in that! I'm happy to chat about Iffy Books, the Philadelphia Mycology Club, and using the Air Gradient. You can find me wearing a SEPTA hat, mask, and pin that says "pixel" on it.
I'll also be attending @exquisitecorp's workshop "Programming a BASIC Game with Lee Tusman". Registrations are full but keep an eye out for slots that open last minute. https://charlesstudy.temple.edu/event/14200746
Games and slide scan be found here https://github.com/lee2sman/yabasic-games
Tonight I built and shipped my own personal Content Delivery Network 
A FTP-accessible folder on a distant server with proper conf, a subdomain pointing to it, a root url added before every media link in my static site source code, and
voilà
Content
Delivered
through the Network.
Thank you, good night.
BOOK LAUNCH — How to make books more sustainable?
→ How to make books more sustainable? Inspired by the image compression on its solar-powered website, Low-tech Magazine squeezed the article catalog of their three-volume book series into just one book. Compressing the content — an editorial and design choice — produces a larger reduction in resource use than printing on recycled paper could ever do.
→ During this book launch event, we present our "Compressed Book Edition", followed by a public discussion on sustainability in the book publishing business. We also have a number of copies for sale during the event.
18:45 Doors open
19:00 Book launch
19:30 Q&A
19:45 Book sale / snacks & drinks / networking / low-tech showcase ;)
Barcelona — Akasha HUB, Carrer de la Verneda 19 (El Clot)
sign-up on meetup! (https://www.meetup.com/akashabarcelona/events/306644137/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze_canvas&utm_campaign=mmrk_alleng_event_announcement_prod_unfiltered_v7_en&utm_term=promo&utm_content=lp_meetup&dispatch_id=67ceebedb8e8eab07052f4842939fd80)
poster by our intern Hugo Lopez
I've done a lot of automation throughout my career, and I have no idea what I would need a smart home for.
I can happily walk to that light switch at the wall, the heating control has little potential for optimization beyond setting the temperature below "T-shirt level". I can open and close the window shutters and look for the plants on the window sill while I do it.
I don't need to think of "OpSec" and I don't need to change batteries.
What did I miss?
#smarthome #lowtech
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Inoculating the Odd in AuDHD 
