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In this episode:

• Martin has been brutally reclaiming GitHub runner disk space using Nothing but Nix
  • This technique can be applied to other purposes. Get the technical details from Martin’s blog: The Nix Space Heist: Reclaiming 130GB in GitHub Actions
• Alan has resurrected a very nerdy website.
  • Go to Nerdy Day Trips² and submit your favourite fascinating places to visit around the world - science museums, observatories, maker spaces, research facilities, and other spots that’ll scratch a curiosity itch.
• Mark has been pushing the limits of his Steam Deck playing Avowed.

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In this episode:

• Alan builds a content pipeline with ALL THE MODELS!
• Mark switches Bookshelf Buddy
• Martin completes his Fedi-migration from Fosstodon to GoToSocial.

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In this episode:

• Mark has been prototyping Bookshelf Buddy devices with Raspberry Pi. See the demo here.
• Alan has been using bots, to build bots, that pretend not to be bots.
• Martin fell down a rabbit hole filled with keyswitches and keycaps.

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In this episode:

• Martin switches from traditional mice ️🖱️ to trackball ️🖲️ and gets a bit carried away with customising them 🪩
  • L-Trac Trackball 🇬🇧
  • L-Trac Trackball 🇺🇸
  • Kensingston SlimBlade™ Pro Trackball
  • input-remapper: An easy to use tool to change the behaviour of your input devices.
• Alan refines his contribution workflow to Savannah and brings it bang up to date.
• Mark self-hosts an ONLYOFFICE integrated with Nextcloud.

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In this episode:

• Alan gives a talk about Luddites at Monki Gras 2025
• Mark continues developing and names “Bookshelf Buddy”, a self-hosted replacement for the Yoto or Tonie audiobook players.
• Martin keeps an eye on his resources with Resources

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In this episode:

• Mark has started developing a self-hosted replacement for the Yoto or Tonie audiobook players.
• Alan has taken a look at Docs, but didn’t use it.
• Martin has upgraded his home networking with Deco and YuanLey devices.

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In this episode:

• Martin has created smiti18n (pronounced smitten) - A very complete internationalization library for Lua with LÖVE support 🌕💕
• Mark has been hard at work Moodling himself silly on the run up to the Moodle 5.0 release
• Alan has been wrangling with Django and has worries about contributing large patches to SavannahHQ

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In this episode:

• Mark built a server rack using parts from LinxcomUK (ebay) and Kenable.
• Alan wrote a measure-syft for benchmarking syft performance.
• Martin created the LÖVE Game Development & Automated Build System.

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