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 Signalists become something that's popular

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 I'm not going to name it because I don't want to encourage people to use it.

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 This goes against the design of signal because the point of signal is you're using this messaging service which is end-to-end encrypted.

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 not using that service and just sticking with Signal. And this is a caveat of basically all

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 doesn't mean that everyone's evil or anything, but it's just encryption is inconvenient. And

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 if they cannot literally access it. But this doesn't change the fact that Signal itself works

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 to signal in the open sphere, you could of course use matrix. And I've been testing matrix

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 a lot, right? I use a matrix chat for my show, but also I use it to communicate with friends.

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 it's slow. It takes forever to sink and maybe I've just been using it for too

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 long in too many rooms, right? But it just feels so unresponsive and slow and

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 the whole idea of matrix is they have all these clients. But none of these

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 it's really awkward when you're using matrix and someone's trying to call you and

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 annoying, whereas Signal has never had this problem. I like both tools. If your goal is

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 then I think the only tool for that job is Signal. And I recommend checking it out if

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 you're moving off of Skype. And let me know if you think that these sort of responding to the news segments are interesting.

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 I'm happy to do it in this case because I've been using Signal a long time.

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 But let me know if you think that they're useful or you'd rather hear about other things.

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 Skype.

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 Signal.

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 Terminal tools.

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 Coming into the Linux Fest Northwest event last month, I had to submit a logo for the website.

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 It's a long-standing terminal tool you type in text and it turns it into ASCII art.

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 ASCII art being tons of characters, right, put together to make an image in text. And Figlet is a great tool for this.

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 I actually used a fork of it

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 they're even more embarrassing.

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 I'll include a link to the logo that I created, but I'm happy with it.

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 It looks good. And there are a number of very useful guides and cheat sheets.

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 If you want to show it in the terminal or whatever,

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 It's just fun.

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 So I can definitely recommend Figlet and Toilet.

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 Stupid, I know.

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 and I thought maybe there's a tool that can do that.

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 it's called Meme and it's written in go.

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 I found a active branch, as opposed to the original repo, all linked both in the show notes.

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 meme to share with the forum. So you can check it out online. Meme, something I've been thinking a lot about lately is dead technology. And I think dead

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 technology incorporates things like paper. When you're using paper, a lot of ideal scenarios

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 are that everything is digital and there's no longer a need to physically write things

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 down. I'm curious if you're listening to this,

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 if you write things down with the pen and paper

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 or with something similar,

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 as opposed to just recording on the phone

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 or with a photograph.

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 I would also be curious if you take photographs

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 of things on the phone,

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 do you actually reference those photos in a meaningful way

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 or not?

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 I don't think there's a right or wrong answer.

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 There could be a combination of things.

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 But let me know.

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 I'll include a little form in the show notes.

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 I'm just curious how people use or choose to use dead technologies.

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 There's also things like now, I feel like Blu-ray discs are still relevant, but DVDs,

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 cassette tapes, vinyl seems to keep coming back, but it is an old school,

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 making cassette tapes, let me know. I want to know why, how, I think it's interesting how old

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 things become new again. And I think we can all have those experiences for me personally.

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 of me right now. It's the one thing I carry on a plane or anywhere. It never fails unless

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 the pen dries out. I can always rely on pen and paper

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 You know, I can play hangman with a person next to me I can be entertained and I'm curious if you the listener find this to be the truth as well or not

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 that uses generic ink that you literally pour in,

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 and plug in, you actually just buy ink

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 and they're in the colors, right?

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 Like a CMYK color value.

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 So why yellow, you're like refilling the tank.

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 This is good for multiple reasons.

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00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:34,559
 One, it is the least expensive way to buy ink.

460
00:30:34,559 --> 00:30:36,880
 That means the ink costs $50.

461
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:38,519
 I think the price now is 55,

462
00:30:38,519 --> 00:30:41,279
 but it's been like that for many years now.

463
00:30:41,279 --> 00:30:43,119
 So it's rock bottom price.

464
00:30:43,119 --> 00:30:46,400
 Because of this, the printers are usually more expensive.

465
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:54,960
 They usually range from 200 to over 500 for the printer. And that's your increased print speed

466
00:30:54,960 --> 00:31:02,000
 and all that good stuff. But because of the way that the ink is designed, you get way, way, way

467
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,519
 more pages per print, way more, thousands and thousands of pages.

468
00:31:06,519 --> 00:31:11,240
 And I've been printing full color as I'll get into printing out all kinds of goofy things.

469
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:16,640
 And I've had no problem in terms of printing and having to buy more ink.

470
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:23,200
 The other thing, these printers, this is huge and I considered not even sharing this in the show

471
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,140
 because I kind of hate giving away my advantages sometimes, but whatever it's all good

472
00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:31,339
 You can get these printers for almost nothing. I

473
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:39,900
 Was able to get a $500 printer for 25 bucks. It turned out to be sealed in box never used

474
00:31:41,119 --> 00:31:48,000
 Why because people sell them secondhand like any other printer printers people don't want to keep them because the ink is expensive.

475
00:31:48,000 --> 00:32:00,000
 And this includes the Epson Eco Tank line. So when you look online, if you look up Eco Tank printers on classifieds or the model numbers, you'll see people selling them.

476
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:05,839
 And I've seen it over and over again. We're talking 20 bucks, 25 bucks. And

477
00:32:05,839 --> 00:32:11,839
 if there's a problem with the ink, it can be cleaned up by hand. So it's an incredibly

478
00:32:11,839 --> 00:32:19,359
 good printer. And if you find it on the use market for 20 bucks, geez. So yeah, what a deal.

479
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:28,559
 Anyway, epsent, inco, take printers, everything worked automatically. Scanner, they have scanner native applications you can install on Linux.

480
00:32:29,039 --> 00:32:30,119
 Everything works.

481
00:32:30,119 --> 00:32:31,400
 It has a web UI.

482
00:32:31,799 --> 00:32:37,359
 It's so easy to use as a scanner, scanner, no problem using that, plugging it into

483
00:32:37,359 --> 00:32:39,799
 paperless scanning platform.

484
00:32:39,839 --> 00:32:42,200
 Not going to go into that right now, but it works.

485
00:32:42,799 --> 00:32:45,119
 And the epsilent,nico tank has been fantastic.

486
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:52,079
 So this is a killer, killer printer. And if you get it on the used market, wow, it is a deal.

487
00:32:52,960 --> 00:33:00,000
 So your mileage may vary, but can't do a better deal than that. The epsi-nico tank line. Because

488
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:06,039
 the ink is generic, people are also DIYing these printers

489
00:33:06,039 --> 00:33:08,119
 to be used for sublimation printing.

490
00:33:08,119 --> 00:33:13,119
 Sublimation being transferred prints for t-shirts,

491
00:33:13,359 --> 00:33:15,720
 mugs, all that kind of stuff.

492
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,880
 So this is an incredibly flexible piece of gear.

493
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,440
 And if you look it up online, sublimation printing,

494
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:26,119
 you'll see that this is a common use for these printers and

495
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:28,799
 Sublimation printers are incredibly expensive

496
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:32,200
 So to be able to buy the ink for cheap on

497
00:33:37,759 --> 00:33:38,359
 Amazon or whatever and then throw it into one of these printers you have to clean them out swap out the ink but you can

498
00:33:41,039 --> 00:33:41,799
 You have a sublimation printer that costs next to nothing

499
00:33:43,799 --> 00:33:47,619
 So that is huge That said once I got this bad boy, what

500
00:33:47,619 --> 00:33:52,759
 are things we can print? Well, I think a really fun thing is to print old school print

501
00:33:52,759 --> 00:34:00,240
 and play game, people print card games and board games. And I want to give you a recommendation

502
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:07,599
 for a board game. First, I'll tell you one you can print and then I'll tell you one you can just make on anything. For the print one

503
00:34:07,599 --> 00:34:10,199
 I want to recommend kill Dr. Lucky.

504
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:16,400
 Kill Dr. Lucky is by cheap ass games. It used to be sold for about 20 bucks maybe.

505
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:21,400
 Bought a copy a long time ago for a friend for Christmas present and

506
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:26,079
 Kill Dr. Lucky is an inversion of clue. So include

507
00:34:26,079 --> 00:34:32,239
 you're trying to solve a murder, right? It was so and so in the room with the coat hanger or

508
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:38,719
 whatever it was. And in this game, what it is, is you're trying to actually kill doctor lucky.

509
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:49,599
 So you're trying to be the one to commit the murder, you and all of the other players. The entertaining thing about this game though is everyone's trying to do it. So on your turn,

510
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:55,519
 you're trying to successfully kill off this person in whatever room of the house with whatever

511
00:34:55,519 --> 00:35:00,960
 tool is available while everyone else is preventing you from doing it. So they serve as the doctor's

512
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:07,440
 luck, which makes it incredibly hard to kill the person. And it's very humorous that they're in a Mr.

513
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:11,840
 Magoo kind of way constantly evading their otherwise certain death.

514
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:16,679
 So it's a very entertaining game, very simple, kill doctor lucky.

515
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:21,599
 I'll include a link through the wonderful archive.org way back machine to all

516
00:35:21,599 --> 00:35:22,800
 of the associated files.

517
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:24,480
 You can print and play it yourself.

518
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:25,239
 Otherwise they do sell a fancy commercial version. back machine to all of the associated files you can print and play it yourself otherwise

519
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:28,239
 they do sell a fancy commercial version.

520
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,239
 And this isn't unique to Dr. Lucky.

521
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:35,880
 There are still games in the modern day that are available as print and play that are top-tier

522
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:36,880
 games.

523
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:41,840
 The most famous example in the modern is a game called Root.

524
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:47,079
 Root is available as print and play for free and that is fantastic.

525
00:35:47,079 --> 00:35:52,179
 Otherwise it can be purchased for about 70-80 bucks. And so then I wanted to go

526
00:35:52,179 --> 00:35:56,280
 to another game that you can make yourself with a felt tip pen and some

527
00:35:56,280 --> 00:36:02,559
 napkins. And that game is called Skoll. Let's go over the rules of Skoll. For the

528
00:36:02,559 --> 00:36:12,159
 sake of making it simple, we're gonna to say that they are cards. Okay? So each player starts the game with a hand of four cards.

529
00:36:12,159 --> 00:36:19,719
 Three of them are meaningless and one is a skull. Each player takes turns placing one

530
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:26,280
 piece in front of them face down in a stack. So you continue playing one at a time

531
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:31,340
 until someone chooses to make a bet. Anyone can make a bet. What you're betting

532
00:36:31,340 --> 00:36:37,199
 is you're betting how many pieces you can turn over before you turn a skull. So

533
00:36:37,199 --> 00:36:42,559
 let's say you're playing with four people. Four people times four pieces, 16

534
00:36:42,559 --> 00:36:47,119
 pieces, four of which are a skull. So if everyone played

535
00:36:47,119 --> 00:36:52,320
 every single piece at the luckiest you would be able to turn over 12 pieces

536
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:56,559
 without turning a skull to 16, right? But you know they're replaced in whatever

537
00:36:56,559 --> 00:37:01,519
 order. So whenever somebody wants, they start the bet, it's got to start at one.

538
00:37:01,519 --> 00:37:07,199
 It can be higher. So if you start, let's say you say, I bet I can turn

539
00:37:07,199 --> 00:37:15,320
 one piece without getting a skull. Well, once someone has made that first bet, the opening bet,

540
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:20,960
 the only response another player can give is a higher number. So they can say, I bet I can turn

541
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:26,960
 two pieces without getting a skull. I bet I can turn three pieces without getting a skull. I bet I can turn three pieces without getting a skull.

542
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,280
 Once the bets begin, there's no more placing.

543
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:30,739
 You're just betting.

544
00:37:30,739 --> 00:37:32,760
 At that point, you turn.

545
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:38,079
 If you draw a skull, you lose one of your pieces.

546
00:37:38,079 --> 00:37:41,199
 And by that, it means you hold up all your pieces.

547
00:37:41,199 --> 00:37:43,519
 The person doesn't see what the values are.

548
00:37:43,519 --> 00:37:46,079
 You just hold them up and they randomly draw one and discard it.

549
00:37:46,079 --> 00:37:48,599
 So they don't know if they discarded your skull or not.

550
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:52,760
 And once you run out of all your pieces, you're out of the game.

551
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:58,440
 Super simple game, classic bar game, bluffing game, so fun.

552
00:37:58,440 --> 00:37:59,880
 Highly recommend skull.

553
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,760
 You can do it with napkins.

554
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:07,360
 You can make it like I did with a laser cutter out of acrylic and collage it.

555
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:13,840
 So have skulls and I did like animals on all the other ones, just goofy stuff. But it's a super

556
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:19,840
 fun game. You can also do what they say a classic way is with skulls and roses. But skulls super

557
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:25,000
 easy game, super easy game to learn to play and check it out.

558
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,719
 Skull, you can also buy it commercially for probably about 20 bucks, but I think it's

559
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:32,960
 a really fun game to make and give to someone as a present, which is what I did.

560
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,639
 So yeah, check out Skull.

561
00:38:35,639 --> 00:38:41,079
 Another super fascinating use of paper is in making paper circuits.

562
00:38:41,079 --> 00:38:44,920
 You've probably heard of a circuit board or an electrical board, right?

563
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,659
 It's usually the thing that you'd find like if you broke apart your computer or your DVD

564
00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:52,820
 player or whatever, there's going to be a circuit board in there of parts that are connected

565
00:38:52,820 --> 00:38:55,420
 together with what are called traces.

566
00:38:55,420 --> 00:39:00,300
 But what if you made one of these yourself and what if you did it on a piece of paper?

567
00:39:00,300 --> 00:39:10,079
 It actually can be done instead of using a traditional circuit board or a breadboard. You can just stick physical components through paper and you could solder them in place.

568
00:39:10,639 --> 00:39:14,880
 Then you could power it. You can get crazy. You could use solar cells, nine volt batteries.

569
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:20,639
 Nine volt batteries are actually child friendly. They won't electrocute you like 12 volt. So

570
00:39:20,639 --> 00:39:26,480
 it's okay if you touch them with your bare hands, you'll be safe. You can also use even smaller, what is it?

571
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:32,559
 2-2-3-2 style batteries like you would use to keep your BIOS running in your computer.

572
00:39:32,559 --> 00:39:34,119
 Those are available.

573
00:39:34,119 --> 00:39:35,639
 They'll turn on an LED.

574
00:39:35,639 --> 00:39:36,920
 I've seen it done.

575
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:41,639
 The positive negative, if you connect it directly on an LED, it will turn on the LED.

576
00:39:41,639 --> 00:39:43,159
 That's known as a throwy.

577
00:39:43,159 --> 00:39:45,559
 So if you ever want to make an LED throwy

578
00:39:45,559 --> 00:39:47,760
 with a simple battery, that can be done.

579
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,199
 But let's talk paper circuits.

580
00:39:50,199 --> 00:39:53,199
 So paper circuits, at the base minimum,

581
00:39:53,199 --> 00:39:55,880
 we're talking basic circuits.

582
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,960
 They can be made with things like a conductive ink pen

583
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,079
 or it could be done with copper tape.

584
00:40:01,079 --> 00:40:03,239
 You can get as creative as you want.

585
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:05,599
 You can do it as a sort of art installation.

586
00:40:05,599 --> 00:40:10,880
 It could be done with children. You can make tons of circuits, even with a basic battery,

587
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:16,480
 no fear of electrocution. So think watch style batteries. You're making little LED lights.

588
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:22,480
 You're making things turn on and off. I made a discuss.James.network post, at least breaking

589
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,539
 down some basic guides. There's also a very

590
00:40:25,539 --> 00:40:30,719
 detailed guide from Mauser and a STEM guide on making your first paper circuits. And even

591
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:35,900
 the most basic chips can be used with paper circuits. And I'm not talking about Arduino's

592
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:40,679
 or Raspberry Pi's or any of that kind of stuff. I'm saying the most basic chips, electric

593
00:40:40,679 --> 00:40:47,199
 chips that you can get in a, you know, for a few cents. These kinds of chips can be used

594
00:40:47,199 --> 00:40:53,000
 in paper circuits and for teaching yourself and your children how electronics work. It's

595
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:58,440
 very interesting. And it also has an interesting look to it. If you make a paper circuit and

596
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:04,039
 solder it up, let's say you solder it up and you make these electrical connections,

597
00:41:04,039 --> 00:41:05,920
 even if the paper dissolved over

598
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:12,000
 time or whatever, you kind of have this interesting looking metallic installation artwork piece.

599
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:20,000
 They're very interesting looking and they're used as the basis for a lot of popular companies,

600
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:26,159
 musical instruments and things. And I want to give an example of professional grade paper circuits

601
00:41:26,159 --> 00:41:33,599
 for DIY music that's fun, but it's also pretty hardcore. So this is a quote from Peter Blasser

602
00:41:33,599 --> 00:41:38,559
 of C. Outlaw and Bard. And these instruments are constantly sold, including in the paper circuit

603
00:41:38,559 --> 00:41:45,760
 variety for hundreds or even thousands of dollars. He says, "Paper circuits have two mirrored sides, printed adjacent,

604
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:52,000
 with a fold line in the middle. A piece of card moistened with glue is inserted between

605
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:57,840
 the folded sides. The top side indicates where to pierce by needle, and where to then thread

606
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:03,400
 components, resistors, capacitors, and chips. On the underside, lines trace how to weave

607
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,920
 the component leads together for soldering.

608
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:11,960
 It is a quick way to craft a sketch of a circuit, but it also serves as a platform for studying

609
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:18,800
 crossed or circuit bent nodes. Component connections form metallic islands, usually kept insulated

610
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:25,199
 from one another. The paper leaks some electrons between these islands, which may influence the purity of

611
00:42:25,199 --> 00:42:27,079
 electronic sounds.

612
00:42:27,079 --> 00:42:32,880
 Another unusual design implication of paper circuits arises from the organic nature of

613
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:36,840
 paper, which spreads electronic influence among nodes.

614
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:42,320
 The "official" circuit can be described in the schematic, but once built, the paper

615
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:46,000
 introduces unofficial connections between each of the nodes.

616
00:42:46,559 --> 00:42:51,519
 And that is a quote from Peter Blasser in his section of the book, Homemade Electronic Music.

617
00:42:53,039 --> 00:42:57,920
 I'll also include a link you can get paper circuits designed by Peter Blasser directly on his website.

618
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:04,880
 These paper circuits actually serve as a basis for the incredible hand-carved,

619
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:05,760
 handmade beautiful

620
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:10,119
 instruments of C. Outlaw and Bart is company, which are made out of Germany now. But tons

621
00:43:10,119 --> 00:43:15,199
 of other companies and products have emerged from this same space over the years. I think

622
00:43:15,199 --> 00:43:20,960
 paper circuits, another really famous modular synthesis company is 4MS. They have also come

623
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:25,480
 out of the paper circuits. There's many more music from outer space by Ray Wilson

624
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:30,320
 rest in peace is another. There's all these different companies that have been connected

625
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:35,159
 to this kind of DIY schematic type sharing. Even if it's not a paper circuit, it's, you

626
00:43:35,159 --> 00:43:40,480
 know, it can become that it's, it's about your imagination. And just think of this idea

627
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:44,400
 of running your own paper circuit, right? Like, for example, you draw flowers, you stick

628
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:45,440
 LEDs in the center of

629
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:49,159
 those flowers, and you make it so they'll light up. It's like a

630
00:43:49,159 --> 00:43:51,760
 great project for a kid, but it's also a great project for an

631
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:58,360
 adult. And it's just a wealth of information and experience, and

632
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:02,280
 ideas and creativity in paper circuits. And I think it's not

633
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:07,639
 talked about enough in electronics. So consider making paper circuits.

634
00:44:07,639 --> 00:44:10,400
 If you're curious about getting started in soldering

635
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,960
 and you need a soldering iron,

636
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:17,280
 there is an amazing one that is sold by PINE64.

637
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,480
 And yes, this is free open hardware,

638
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,320
 but it's also a great soldering iron

639
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:24,159
 and it's really inexpensive.

640
00:44:24,159 --> 00:44:26,639
 It's known as the PINESill. I actually have the

641
00:44:26,639 --> 00:44:32,480
 version one. I guess I've had it now for at least several years, but I've had no problem with it.

642
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:36,719
 The newer version includes like Bluetooth connectivity and it's just the new standard.

643
00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:42,239
 Basically, you know, it's the same price. It's just newer. But the parts in it can all be replaced.

644
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:46,119
 They're 3D printable, replaceable parts at home.

645
00:44:46,119 --> 00:44:47,920
 Also, the internals can be replaced.

646
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,920
 It's actually a risk five chip.

647
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,679
 So for me, it's my only risk five device.

648
00:44:53,679 --> 00:44:55,320
 It runs Iron OS.

649
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,199
 I've updated the firmware.

650
00:44:57,199 --> 00:44:59,000
 It has a little tiny readout on the side

651
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,440
 that you can add little graphics to, which is cute.

652
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:03,760
 But the best thing about the Pinesol

653
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:05,679
 is that it uses generic

654
00:45:05,679 --> 00:45:14,320
 Weller style tips. I bought the fine and the thick core style tips. The thing

655
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:19,280
 costs about 30 bucks. It's so cheap. What it's replacing costs multiple times more

656
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:23,599
 than this. It's just an insanely good deal. I used to have a Weller iron, but

657
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,239
 the Pinecil, it just looks like a pen.

658
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:34,480
 It has a connection for a DC plug as well as USB-C, and it works wonderfully well. You plug it in,

659
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:38,480
 you have temperature control on the side, it only takes a few seconds to heat up,

660
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:43,039
 and then you can use the pine sill for soldering, and because you have total control over the

661
00:45:43,039 --> 00:45:45,599
 temperature, you can get it exactly

662
00:45:45,599 --> 00:45:51,079
 where you want it on device. You don't need an external controller as normally you would

663
00:45:51,079 --> 00:45:57,480
 need for one of these for adjusting temperature. It's just so easy and it's cheap and it works.

664
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:06,639
 Peter Blasser, I did a workshop with him some years ago, helped run it for him. And he told me that he only solders with silver-based

665
00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:13,199
 solder instead of Rosenkor leaded solder, because lead is bad for you to touch. He works a lot with

666
00:46:13,199 --> 00:46:18,719
 children and he has kids. So he recommended silver solder, which I personally switch to

667
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:27,840
 because it can be touched with the fingers without that same toxicity danger. Obviously handling any kind of sauter is probably not great for you.

668
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:30,239
 I would imagine, but I took his point.

669
00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:32,280
 I didn't personally need leaded sauter.

670
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,800
 I changed out of it and I've never needed it.

671
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:38,000
 If other people need it, I guess let us know.

672
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:41,639
 But I figured if he can do it and make some of the nicest instruments in the world, I

673
00:46:41,639 --> 00:46:44,119
 can probably get by with it fine for my day to day.

674
00:46:44,119 --> 00:46:47,400
 So I use basic silver sauter. it costs like an extra buck or something.

675
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:48,400
 It's not a big deal.

676
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:49,400
 But I've had no problem.

677
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:50,400
 I never run out of it either.

678
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:51,800
 I guess I don't solder that much.

679
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:56,079
 It's worked fine with the Pinesol and I can recommend anyone to order the Pinesol.

680
00:46:56,079 --> 00:47:01,920
 I'll drop a link, I'll drop a link to a meridroid for them, but you can also find them other

681
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:02,920
 places.

682
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:08,400
 Prices will vary probably between like $30 to $40 now or something like that, but it's great. And I'll also include a link to the

683
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:14,719
 generic tip type, which you can replace at your leisure. And it's a great tool. So I hope you guys

684
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:19,679
 enjoy the pine sill. If you need a soldering iron, oh, I guess I'll give another recommendation that I

685
00:47:19,679 --> 00:47:27,559
 use with it, which is the pine 64 travel charger. It has two USB-C and a USB-A connection on the back.

686
00:47:27,559 --> 00:47:31,559
 I use one all the time doing landscaping masonry,

687
00:47:31,559 --> 00:47:34,039
 carry it with me, you know, my hands covered in dirt

688
00:47:34,039 --> 00:47:36,440
 and stuff, like I plug up

689
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,039
 though and charging connections, right?

690
00:47:38,039 --> 00:47:39,320
 With dirt and everything over time.

691
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,519
 But the Pine 64 travel charger has never had an issue.

692
00:47:42,519 --> 00:47:44,119
 It's rock solid.

693
00:47:44,119 --> 00:47:48,119
 I also have the desktop Pine 64 version.

694
00:47:48,119 --> 00:47:49,199
 That sits at home.

695
00:47:49,199 --> 00:47:51,880
 It's got like five plugs on the front

696
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,880
 and it has auto sensing for the amount of power needed.

697
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,639
 I use it a lot for doing basic,

698
00:47:57,639 --> 00:48:00,880
 you know, it's five or nine volt connection to O droids.

699
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:05,000
 I run like a three node cluster off of one of these.

700
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:08,360
 It also has a port that I've used

701
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,920
 with higher power draw devices or phone charging.

702
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:14,360
 And the top has wireless charging.

703
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:15,800
 I've used it, not much.

704
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:17,079
 I've had friends that use it,

705
00:48:17,079 --> 00:48:20,039
 but it basically just looks like a little tiny box,

706
00:48:20,039 --> 00:48:24,639
 like a little Apple TV type size, like five inch across thing.

707
00:48:24,639 --> 00:48:26,679
 I think it's like two, three inches tall.

708
00:48:27,199 --> 00:48:29,360
 And I've just had it running underneath my desk.

709
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:31,880
 If I ever need to look at power draw, I can glance at the front.

710
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:36,400
 It'll tell me I can also turn the display off, but the pine 64

711
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:38,239
 desktop charger works great.

712
00:48:38,559 --> 00:48:40,239
 I think it's around 40 bucks.

713
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:42,760
 Mine's been working for like four years.

714
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:49,900
 Like I said, I also really love the travel charger. Keeping in my bag always, but I would recommend all these devices all leave links to them in the show notes.

715
00:48:49,900 --> 00:48:55,199
 But yeah, the Pinesil, the Pines64 travel charger, which I know I also mentioned in

716
00:48:55,960 --> 00:49:03,000
 Episode zero, the very first episode of this show, but it's been awesome and the Pines64 desktop charger has also been awesome.

717
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,340
 Doesn't really do anything exciting. Just sits under my desk, but it works well

718
00:49:06,340 --> 00:49:12,420
 And I can recommend all these devices for getting you into soldering and also for just powering basic tools

719
00:49:12,699 --> 00:49:19,780
 Of course be sure to check your power needs, you know, because new phones new devices all need different amounts of power in the modern day

720
00:49:20,420 --> 00:49:23,880
 Back to paper crafting paper crafting has a rich history

721
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:26,800
 I mean it goes far beyond what I know.

722
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:29,800
 And I think playing with dead trees, as people call it,

723
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:31,199
 is just incredibly enjoyable.

724
00:49:31,199 --> 00:49:32,519
 It's productive.

725
00:49:32,519 --> 00:49:35,320
 And just think of it as pen and paper, getting things done,

726
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:38,039
 having fun, because I have a lot of fun with it.

727
00:49:38,039 --> 00:49:41,840
 And I really like whiteboards and post-it notes, right?

728
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:45,719
 I like using it as a way to reflect and also collaborate.

729
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:50,719
 So what I've been thinking is about ways to use paper.

730
00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:53,760
 And I was saying, when I was at Linux Fest North West,

731
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:56,880
 I used paper to throw together my little trivia challenge

732
00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:58,719
 with Post-it notes and everything, right?

733
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:00,199
 So that was fun.

734
00:50:00,199 --> 00:50:03,679
 But a big area focused for me with paperwork

735
00:50:03,679 --> 00:50:05,000
 has been zine Printing.

736
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:12,000
 So that was me acquiring the printer secondhand because I wanted to do Zine Printing on my own and print things at home.

737
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:18,000
 And as part of that, I needed to figure out how to do some manipulation of documents.

738
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:19,000
 Okay.

739
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:29,440
 Because a lot of documents are available in PDF format. So for using PDFs, I found a few different tools. One was just the

740
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:37,280
 scanning of paper goods, which is I find best done with paperless N G X. I'm not going to talk

741
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:47,039
 about that today, other than to say that it's an excellent tool. You can also serve PDF documents, which I've had a lot of success doing that with tools like

742
00:50:47,039 --> 00:50:57,480
 Kavita, Comga, Codex, Caliber web. There's like these tools that are designed more for like reading

743
00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:03,280
 comic books and ebooks, but they're a nice way to browse through PDF documents. Feel free to share

744
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:10,179
 ones if you guys know them. I'm curious about it. But let's talk about the actual manipulation of PDFs related to

745
00:51:10,179 --> 00:51:19,440
 printing. So the LibreOffice suite is one that I found very useful for manipulating PDF documents,

746
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:27,199
 getting access to text, things like that worked well for me. I ended up finding the most useful tool, which I see

747
00:51:27,199 --> 00:51:34,320
 paid versions of online all the time, is PDF arranger. PDF arranger is a fork of PDF shuffler. It's a

748
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:41,599
 small Python GTK application. It helps you merge and split PDF documents, rotate crop, rearrange

749
00:51:41,599 --> 00:51:45,519
 pages using interactive and intuitive graphical interface.

750
00:51:45,519 --> 00:51:48,179
 It's actually a front end for Pike PDF

751
00:51:48,179 --> 00:51:51,559
 and it can be run on, I think Windows, Mac,

752
00:51:51,559 --> 00:51:53,980
 flat packs, nap, repos, whatever,

753
00:51:53,980 --> 00:51:56,079
 but it works really well.

754
00:51:56,079 --> 00:51:59,760
 PDF arranger, you can combine multiple PDF documents,

755
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:01,360
 move the pages around however you want,

756
00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:04,119
 change orientations, which is useful for printing.

757
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:10,079
 Related to that, I found a useful tool called PDF Book 2.

758
00:52:10,079 --> 00:52:12,519
 PDF Book 2 is a terminal application.

759
00:52:12,519 --> 00:52:18,719
 It will convert your PDF document into a principal layout because when you print, your page

760
00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:22,039
 order is not normal, right, because you're, say, you're stapling something together.

761
00:52:22,039 --> 00:52:25,119
 Well, then your pages aren't going to be one, two, three, four.

762
00:52:25,119 --> 00:52:27,840
 Instead, it's gonna be a page, right?

763
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:31,960
 It would be the cover page would also be

764
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:34,599
 the last page of the book, right?

765
00:52:34,599 --> 00:52:36,320
 'Cause it's folding over itself.

766
00:52:38,239 --> 00:52:41,360
 I also wanna say that another tool I found very useful

767
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:46,679
 in PDF land is called PDF-TK. It's a terminal application. It's

768
00:52:46,679 --> 00:52:52,179
 for adding a universal password protection to a PDF document. And I actually found myself

769
00:52:52,179 --> 00:52:57,559
 needing this when I sent a PDF document that had sensitive information over the internet.

770
00:52:57,559 --> 00:53:02,440
 And I use PDF TK to add a password that that person would know because I had to email it

771
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:10,139
 to them, you know, like you do in life. And I just didn't want to have that information available without some sort of password. But

772
00:53:10,139 --> 00:53:17,880
 PDF TK worked well for me. For actual zine printing by hand, I found some pretty useful gear.

773
00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:23,239
 It's a lot to go into and you can look it up. But the basic tools I found that were useful were

774
00:53:23,239 --> 00:53:29,400
 a bone folder. It's just literally a thick instrument that you can fold paper on cleanly,

775
00:53:29,719 --> 00:53:32,920
 as well as thread hooks and binder clips.

776
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:38,840
 So those are different ways to just, you know, using thread, you can tie together

777
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:44,199
 your book by an interesting way or you can also use a heavy stapler.

778
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,679
 I found one at the thrift store, 100 pages at

779
00:53:47,679 --> 00:53:53,280
 a time, costs three bucks, otherwise ordering them online, they can cost you no 30 or more.

780
00:53:54,480 --> 00:54:00,000
 Also, you can get various staple size support. For example, binding, say like a half inch worth

781
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:05,780
 of paper, things like that. If you're interested in book binding, I also recommend getting

782
00:54:05,780 --> 00:54:12,760
 heavyweight paper. Regular paper is just too thin. So if you look at cardstock, for example,

783
00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:17,559
 for covers, because it's really thick, you can then work your way down through thinner

784
00:54:17,559 --> 00:54:21,840
 poundage of paper and find what works for you. There's different colors, there's different

785
00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:28,420
 thicknesses, but I think it's just a more satisfying if you're printing like a little zine book. It's a more satisfying

786
00:54:28,420 --> 00:54:34,159
 way to print that out. I would also recommend considering getting some paint pens or highlighters,

787
00:54:34,159 --> 00:54:38,360
 as well as a three hole punch. Three hole punch again, I would get it at a thrift store

788
00:54:38,360 --> 00:54:43,599
 for like a dollar. But these are all really useful tools. You can also get one of those

789
00:54:43,599 --> 00:54:45,360
 guillotine like paper cutters.

790
00:54:45,559 --> 00:54:47,519
 I haven't gotten one of those, but those are pretty fancy.

791
00:54:47,559 --> 00:54:48,559
 I'm just using scissors.

792
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:51,280
 But these are all useful tools.

793
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:54,800
 If you're interested in zine printing and getting started in

794
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:56,760
 binding your own books by hand.

795
00:54:57,480 --> 00:55:01,119
 Another interesting use of printable

796
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:08,880
 zines, books and paper crafts that I found is in pen and paper games.

797
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:13,079
 And I would say probably the most famous pen and paper game that I can think of off the

798
00:55:13,079 --> 00:55:16,519
 top of my head would be Dungeons and Dragons.

799
00:55:16,519 --> 00:55:20,159
 I personally have never played Dungeons and Dragons.

800
00:55:20,159 --> 00:55:22,260
 Probably you haven't either.

801
00:55:22,260 --> 00:55:25,840
 But I found that there is actually tons of independent content

802
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:29,480
 in paper games that you don't have to play on the computer and they're actually really

803
00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:36,960
 fun. And I want to recommend some and I thought you'd find them in usual places. But the place

804
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:46,820
 I found that's the best for supporting independent content creators making paper games, which can also play as a PDF document on the computer, is

805
00:55:46,820 --> 00:55:48,639
 available through itch.io.

806
00:55:48,639 --> 00:55:54,019
 itch.io is an independent content creator site where people can choose how much they

807
00:55:54,019 --> 00:55:56,980
 want to pay back to itch.io for selling there.

808
00:55:56,980 --> 00:55:58,099
 People can set their own prices.

809
00:55:58,099 --> 00:56:00,820
 They can also offer things for free.

810
00:56:00,820 --> 00:56:11,719
 If you're interested in playing a fun pen and paper game that's 20 pages maximum. It's so clear and it takes about two hours. It's like the length of a movie. I recommend

811
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:13,400
 Ronin

812
00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:20,480
 Ronin is a game you play with a couple D6 dice just the typical normal dice that you would have on hand and

813
00:56:21,239 --> 00:56:22,800
 Ronin is a

814
00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:28,639
 really fun game you're a wandering samurai looking for redemption and you get into these like

815
00:56:28,639 --> 00:56:33,079
 random encounters walking into a village or people are chasing you down or whatever.

816
00:56:33,519 --> 00:56:35,480
 And it's just a simple, simple game.

817
00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:38,000
 And I really enjoyed playing it.

818
00:56:38,559 --> 00:56:41,159
 I thought Ronan was, was cool.

819
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:42,519
 It had almost no needs.

820
00:56:42,519 --> 00:56:47,340
 And if you're playing this game and you wanna keep track of your adventure,

821
00:56:47,340 --> 00:56:49,019
 the way the game manages it,

822
00:56:49,019 --> 00:56:51,099
 you're playing by yourself to solo game.

823
00:56:51,099 --> 00:56:53,139
 You can do a process called journaling

824
00:56:53,139 --> 00:56:55,699
 and it's literally when you roll the dice,

825
00:56:55,699 --> 00:56:57,699
 you write on a piece of paper,

826
00:56:57,699 --> 00:56:59,900
 what happened to your character and explain it to yourself.

827
00:56:59,900 --> 00:57:03,659
 So if someone finds you or you discover something new,

828
00:57:03,659 --> 00:57:05,400
 you're just writing out what happened

829
00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:07,980
 and you're kind of like creating the story as you go.

830
00:57:07,980 --> 00:57:11,119
 In the game, like I said, last maybe two hours maximum,

831
00:57:11,119 --> 00:57:12,179
 but it's really fun.

832
00:57:12,179 --> 00:57:14,119
 Ronin's available for free.

833
00:57:14,119 --> 00:57:16,880
 You can also pay the creator if you want,

834
00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:19,039
 but Ronin is an amazing game.

835
00:57:19,039 --> 00:57:20,440
 It was so fun.

836
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:25,000
 And there are multiple iterations improving on Ronin,

837
00:57:25,340 --> 00:57:28,980
 which I bought because I just wanted to support the creators,

838
00:57:28,980 --> 00:57:31,019
 but it's a game called the Notorious,

839
00:57:31,019 --> 00:57:33,079
 which is about being a space bounty hunter.

840
00:57:33,079 --> 00:57:35,619
 I think it's inspired mostly by Star Wars,

841
00:57:35,619 --> 00:57:37,380
 Mandalorian, things like that.

842
00:57:37,380 --> 00:57:40,340
 But there's also some spin-offs of Notorious,

843
00:57:40,340 --> 00:57:44,099
 and that can be purchased for about five, 10 bucks.

844
00:57:44,099 --> 00:57:45,639
 There's also a beautiful printed,

845
00:57:45,639 --> 00:57:46,840
 I think it's like foil or whatever,

846
00:57:46,840 --> 00:57:48,280
 like really nice version.

847
00:57:48,280 --> 00:57:52,000
 Do you wanna buy a physical printed book from the creator?

848
00:57:53,079 --> 00:57:57,039
 So, Ronin and Taurus, I would recommend those.

849
00:57:57,039 --> 00:57:58,840
 And it opened me to like a whole world

850
00:57:58,840 --> 00:58:02,800
 of independent content available through HIO.

851
00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:04,280
 And there's all these spin-offs of things

852
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:06,360
 like Dungeons and Dragons, if you're curious about it

853
00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:10,440
 And it's all available on there. There's also kinds of all these cool

854
00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:16,159
 Independent games that you can get and play not just by installing them

855
00:58:16,159 --> 00:58:21,360
 But by playing them in a web browser for example. I'm gonna link one in the show notes

856
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:47,260
 this is a web browser game, but it's called snake acid. And it's a play on snake where you're trying to avoid being caught. And apparently the world record for this game is 10 seconds. I could last three. But yeah, if you want to play a game that'll be over in a few seconds, check out snake acid. And it just gives you an idea of how much independent content there is out there.

857
00:58:47,579 --> 00:58:51,579
 And I don't just mean the independent content like what you see when you go

858
00:58:51,579 --> 00:58:54,519
 onto, you know, your typical game store or whatever.

859
00:58:54,820 --> 00:58:59,219
 There's all these independent creators in the world, making things that are new,

860
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:01,059
 that are different, that are fun.

861
00:59:02,179 --> 00:59:04,579
 And I think it's cool to support that in a real way.

862
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:13,360
 that are fun. And I think it's cool to support that in a real way. So with that in mind, I would recommend checking out HIO with an open mind and just looking at what's out there in this kind of

863
00:59:13,360 --> 00:59:19,599
 indie scene. And if you have other places that you recommend looking into indie content, let me know.

864
00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:25,420
 If you find that you do want to get games from HIO and install them the tool

865
00:59:25,420 --> 00:59:31,719
 I found that's most useful for doing that is called Lutris L-U-T-R-I-S and

866
00:59:32,360 --> 00:59:36,119
 Lutris sports things like steam G-O-G

867
00:59:36,559 --> 00:59:39,699
 Dot-com itch and a ton of other stores

868
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:41,880
 But it works well

869
00:59:41,880 --> 00:59:46,920
 When you install it on the left side menu is where you'll find the option to add HIO

870
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:47,920
 support.

871
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:51,840
 I always find that slightly confusing, but it's on the left side menu of Lutris.

872
00:59:51,840 --> 00:59:57,119
 And then you'll be able to install the things that you've purchased from your account.

873
00:59:57,119 --> 01:00:05,000
 So yeah, HIO, Lutris, pen and paper games, it calls them physical games.

874
01:00:05,500 --> 01:00:08,920
 And like I said, you can also look into print and play games.

875
01:00:08,920 --> 01:00:10,599
 If you wanna just look it up more broadly,

876
01:00:10,599 --> 01:00:12,679
 so much information online.

877
01:00:12,679 --> 01:00:15,360
 And there's so many ways to use paper crafting.

878
01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:17,480
 If you've thought of ways to use paper crafting

879
01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:20,719
 that I completely missed as part of this,

880
01:00:20,719 --> 01:00:23,119
 let me know, we can talk about it.

881
01:00:23,119 --> 01:00:24,760
 There's tons.

882
01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:26,480
 I'm happy to discuss it more.

883
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:29,900
 And I look forward to continuing this kind of topic

884
01:00:29,900 --> 01:00:31,659
 in new ways in the future.

885
01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:35,360
 But yeah, I hope you enjoyed this dive

886
01:00:35,360 --> 01:00:39,719
 into paper crafting and different sides of paper crafting

887
01:00:39,719 --> 01:00:40,920
 'cause there's tons.

888
01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:41,900
 It's overwhelming.

889
01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:47,719
 So yeah, thank you so much for listening to this episode of Linux Prepper.

890
01:00:47,719 --> 01:00:50,159
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894
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895
01:01:03,679 --> 01:01:06,000
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