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3D printing software? [tech]

I want a widget that doesn't exist so I might be stuck designing it for 3D printing. I have never done this before. For design software, I gather both Onshape and TinkerCAD are available for free. Anybody with experience have opinions which I should start with? I have never used any CAD program before, but am not new to drafting. OTOH my drafting experience was all about 40 years ago. Open to other suggestions available for the Mac for free.

Also, I don't have my own 3D printer, so I'll be availing myself of various public-access options. But this means the iterative design feedback loop will be irritatingly protracted. Also I might have to pay money for each go round, so I'd like to minimize that. Also I am still disabled and not able to spend a lot of time in a makerspace. But I am a complete n00b to 3D printing and have zero idea what I'm doing. Does anybody have any recommendations for good educational references online about how to design for 3D printing so your widget is more likely to come out right the first or at least third time? By which I mean both print right and also function like you wanted – I know basically nothing about working with the material(s) and how they behave and what the various options are, while the widget I want to make will be functional not ornamental and have like tolerances and affordances and stuff. So finding a way to get those clues without hands-on experience, or at least minimizing the hands-on experience would be superb.

Current Mood: excited

Hello Hello!

Name: Mary (they/them pronouns)

Age: Late 20s

I mostly post about: Meta, media roundups (books, series, and videogames), recs, and the occasional odd post. My journal is strictly about my fannish hobbies so it's unlikely you'll every see personal irl stuff. It's also fairly new so please bear with me as I'm still learning how this site works.

My hobbies are: Writing fics, developing OCs, psychoanalyzing fictional characters. Reading manga, playing videogames, watching series. Web development, web design, and web accessibility. I maintain my own websites.

My fandoms are: Ace Attorney, Sasaki and Miyano, Hirano and Kagiura, all MXTX works (Scummy main), Inazuma Eleven, and Katekyo Hitman Reborn. While I have only written fics for Sasaki and Miyano, Hirano and Kagiura, and Inazuma Eleven and actively talk about those series in my journal, all of the series in the list are those I would love to find people in common with.

I'm looking to meet people who: Are queer and/or neurodivergent who are screaming their journals about their fannish interests, write meta, and obsess about their blorbos (OCs or not). I'm a thousand percent more likely to become interested in something new if I see how much it means to you!

My posting schedule tends to be: Sporadic atm as I finish setting up my account.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: People who vent, complain, and write using inflammatory language without contributing to advancing on the issue they are complaining about in their journals. I'm not particularly interested in people's personal lives nor am I interested in befriending people who publicly speak about their hateful phobias and -isms, particularly on queer identities and ableism.

Before adding me, you should know: My journal is under a blanket "view with discretion" warning. While I have some NSFW and 18+ posts (appropriately tag), these are not the norm. Please exercise caution when viewing.

Fiction

Hugh Howey, Wool: ( underground dystopia )
Stephanie Burgis, Wooing the Witch Queen: ( meet cute )

R.F. Kuang, Katabasis:( hell is other academics )

Qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division: ( fighting a war you can't remember )

Mia Tsai, The Memory Hunters: ( memory and mushrooms )

John Scalzi, R. F. Kuang, Peng Shepherd, Kaliane Bradley, Olivie Blake, P. Djèlí Clark, The Time Traveler’s Passport: ( short stories )

Francesca Serritella, Ghosts of Harvard: ( ghosts or just mental illness? )

V. E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic: ( world hoppers )

Orange

Orange by Ichigo Takano

This is available in five volumes, and also in two omnibus editions (the second included a backstory which I didn't get into), but it reads as one story.

It opens with Naho receiving a letter. It says it's from her future self, that a new boy will arrive in class and sit beside her, and she must not ask him to walk home, because he's no longer with them in the future.

Not knowing what to believe, she joins with her friends in asking

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Current Mood: disappointed
Current Location: House in the woods at the edge of town
Current Music: Tinderly Twitch stream

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If this were a complete episode, I'd have shared it at Crazy Eddie's Motie News

Instead, it's an ad, so I wrote Vox explains 'The salmon dilemma' instead.

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Books & Videos (Etc.) Giveaway 2025 Edition

As usual, these are all free to a good home in the US. Alas, international shipping is beyond my budget, never mind the ridiculousness of the current everything. If you'd like something, it's yours. Please just say thank you and let me know it arrived.

* One lot of BPAL perfume, including a couple of little bottles and quite a few of the tiny vials. I'll have to inquire how best to ship these but I'm guessing in bubblewrap and tupperware.

( Books, Videos, etc. )

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cake,
dessert

Champagne Cupcakes with Champagne Truffle Filling

Champagne Cupcakes with Champagne Truffle Filling
Prep Time: 1 hr 15 min Cook Time: 15 min Total Time: 1 hr 30 min, plus cooling Yield: 12-14 cupcakes

Ingredients

2 cups (480ml) champagne

Champagne Truffle Filling
8 oz white chocolate chips
1/4 cup (60ml) champagne reduction, above
1/4 cup (60ml) heavy whipping cream

Champagne Cupcakes
1 1/4 cups (163g) all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
6 tbsp (84g) unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cups (155g) sugar
1 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1/2 cup (120ml) champagne reduction, above
2 tbsp (30ml) milk

Champagne Frosting
3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 cup shortening
4 cups (460g) powdered sugar
4 tbsp champagne reduction, above
1/8 tsp salt

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monday [fandom] madness

Monday [Fandom] Madness! The Mistletoe Murders Edition

Season two is now over, which is a bummer. I enjoy this show, but there are only 6 episodes (and with them airing two a week, that meant they were over quickly). I commented about the first four eps of s1 previously, so here are my comments on the rest of s1 and all of s2. With some bonus screencaps | promo shots.

~*~

Emily Lane, played by Sarah Drew.

( 3 more back here )

( episode comments )

If you have any interest in a Christmas-themed murder mystery, I recommend this show. Here are some links if you want to learn more:

About Mistletoe Murders (hallmark.com)

Sarah Drew Talks Hallmark+ Series ‘Mistletoe Murders’ (telltaletv.com) (from Nov 2024)

Also, also! I learned that Cobie Smulders voiced Emily in the audible series! I thought that was neat.

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The Day in Spikedluv (Sunday, Nov 23)

We slept late this morning (7am *g*). My excuse was that I didn’t sleep well during the night. In the middle of the night I woke up experiencing some unpleasant symptoms of gastric paralysis, which I haven’t had but once since I switched from Ozempic to Trulicity. I felt off all morning and took several naps. I finally felt better after my noontime nap, when I got up at 1:30pm to put supper in the oven. I didn’t eat anything until supper, just drank water, but I did, thankfully, start to feel hungry.

Symptoms, for my own information

I woke up in the middle of the night experiencing sour burbs, gas, and the feeling that I might have to vomit. Every time I woke up I had these experiences. The sour burps continued all morning. I did not vomit, but I did have diarrhea all morning. I also had no appetite and zero interest in eating, and was super tired. Enough that I laid down between chores and took three separate ‘naps’.

I did three loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, ran a load in the dishwasher, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and changed kitty litter. I roasted a chicken for supper, which was delicious and I was thankfully hungry enough to eat and enjoy.

I read fanfic and watched Mistletoe Murders. Zoo North Carolina was my evening background tv.

Temps started out at 32.7(F) and reached 41.2. We had snow in the morning when the temps were still in the 30s, then some rain when it hit 40s, then back to snow. Nothing heavy that accumulated, thankfully.

Mom Update:

Mom sounded good today. She had a friend visiting when I called her, so we didn’t talk long. Sister A took her to her treatment today. (I thought it was strange that they’d schedule a Sunday treatment, but apparently they didn’t want to skip a few days to get her final treatment in. (If they only did M, T, W this week, she’d have to wait until M next week for her final treatment.) She’s really looking forward to her last day!

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exchange:misc

Misc things

The n-OH-vember Flash Exchange revealed, and I am delighted with my gift!

A Momentary Thing (Biggles/EvS, 3100 wds)
Absolutely delightful and satisfying enemies-era forced drugging/rescue. Bittersweet and delicious.

In other news, evidently Paletteful Packs (makers of curated art supply boxes) are going out of business and having a sale. However, the two things I attempted to buy both came up as "out of stock" when I clicked to add them to the cart (though this was not otherwise indicated) and after that I gave up. So either my choices were uniquely unlucky, or a bunch of items appear to be available for purchase on the website but actually aren't.

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fanfiction: clair obscur

thrash the lake white (new Clair Obscur fanfic)

"Verso," Sciel says, smiling brightly, "I'm starting to think you don't want our little expedition to succeed."

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Verso’s working toward another end. Sciel won’t let it happen.

Set during Act 3.

Sciel &/ Verso, ~7k words.

Read here on AO3.

( author's notes (contains spoilers for the fic) )

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"The Old Usher," by Oliver Reynolds

The Old Usher
Oliver Reynolds
2010, from Hodge

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for Farès Moussa

I have
shouted Lights! in the foyer as the show begins

I have
opened and closed a million doors
Push and Pull stamping my palms

I have
woken with Good Evening on my lips

I have
ROH in moles over my left nipple

I have
Tchaikovsky as a heart-beat

I have
told ten thousand bladders
It’s down the slope and on the right

I have
stood at the bottom of Floral Hall stairs
with Peter Bramley at the top
tapping the metal hand-rail with his ring
to annoy me

I have
bent my head to complaints about the row in front
the big hair-do, the change-jingler, those who snore or smell

I have
turned a blind eye, a deaf ear, and a stopped nostril

I have
opened and closed a million doors
Push and Pull stamping my palms

I have
waited in the wings to present flowers
cygnets wafting past me in a crush of tutus
each back tight with the cordage of muscle

I have
sold ices with Susie Boyle

I have
passed the black-and-white monitor at Stage Door
and felt proud to see Haitink in the pit
a bottled homunculus preserved in music

I have
opened my locker on a vista of dirty shirts

I have
killed a moth for Monica Mason
It wants to settle on me!
she who once danced her death in the Rite
now frightened of millimetres of flutter

I have
Tchaikovsky as a heart-beat

I have
bassoons and strings planned for my last-act death
the weightless pas-de-chat
lifting me out of this ninth life
into the proscenium’s eternal gold

I have
perfected my farewell
a final turning-out of the pockets
as I rise and vanish into air
swirling with the confetti of ticket-stubs

I have
shouted Lights! as the show begins

I have

Hello! I'm Diana. :)

Name: Diana

Age: 40

I mostly post about: trying to build a gentler life, small daily victories and struggles, mental health, and job-hunting reflections

My hobbies are: walking in quiet neighborhoods, beginner yoga, journaling, solo dining adventures, reading nonfiction, and classical guitar.

I'm looking to meet people who: are kind, nonjudgmental, gentle, and thoughtful. People who understand being in transition and trying to build a life that feels more like their own.

My posting schedule tends to be: more or less daily.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: cruelty, judgment, political hostility, and unsolicited advice.

Before adding me, you should know: I live with bipolar disorder and write openly about managing it while working full-time. I would love to meet other neurodivergent folks.

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Library Update #22: Blown Apart

Halfway through Sorting of Office/Art Supplies
iPhone 13 mini photo

In this situation, the only solution is to blow everything up and reassemble pieces. The photo above is actually after a lot of sorting and reorganization has been done, and organized items are put away. But obviously there’s still a lot of work to do.

In opening all the boxes at the same time and moving items onto the table, I learned I had two sets of four rolls of double-sided tape... and then found two giant rolls of double-sided tape. (Yes, I use a lot of double-sided tape.) Now they’re all in one place, and I won’t be tempted to buy another roll.

I had 5 + 1 + 1 boxes of 5000 Swingline staples (plus a small box). One of those boxes was from J.K.Gill when I was young and was on sale for 69¢, originally $1.25. I’ve never finished one box, and it’s clear I’ll never need 7 full boxes of staples. At least four boxes are in the giveaway pile. So is an extra stapler – and a third Scotch tape dispenser. (I think that dispenser is the one I kept at work. The extra pair of scissors I kept at work is also in this surplus pile.)

I’ll continue to separate the necessities from the collectables (e.g., Nyanko Burger stationery) from the Don’t Need This Stuff Anymore clutter. I’m aggressively cutting back so that I don’t fill up my storage. I was really worried about storage for a while, but I’m less freaked out as items are falling into place. We’ll see how it goes.

Current Music: Girl Ray, "Space Song"

The dusty light, the final hour

My ability to get any sleep has deranged like a spiderweb on LSD, but just a moment ago in the street it was thinly but distinctly snowing. I turned on WHRB and got Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time (1944). I still can't believe Opera Boston folded right before they would have staged the Mozart-out-of-Eliot Hermetic crack of The Midsummer Marriage (1955). I can't believe in impending Thanksgiving.

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ch: bingo 03.25

Bingo 03.25 - Week 12

Week twelve of our Bingo Challenge is open now.

Try to fill at least one square every week to keep the challenge running. You can fill up to five squares (= one bingo) every week. Important: In case you have missed one or more weeks, remember your wildcards to get five extra squares per card.

Your Bingo Card can be found here

Short reminder of the rules
(for more information, visit the general BINGO post)

Possible Bingos:
General:
Row (example: B 1+2+3+4+5)
Column (example: 1 B I N G O)
Diagonal line (example: B 1 / I 2/ N 3 / G 4 / O 5)
Corner (possible in every corner - example: B 1+2+3 / I 1 / N 1)
Corner Squares + Middle (B 1+5 / O 1+5 / N 3)
Middle Cross (I 3 / G 3 / N 2+3+4)
Middle Diagonal Cross (I 2/4 / G 2/4 / N 3)

Specials:
Free Bingo = five squares of your choice
Blackout = all squares on the card

Let's play
You may create fandom works, original works, and real-person works.
Every square requires one complete work; single chapters are allowed as long as they can be read as stand-alone works.
Don't mix up two or more squares in one work.
Bingos can overlap, but if you re-use a prompt for a second bingo, you will have to create a new work for the square.

Fills Minimum
Every square comes with a minimum of:
100 words
1 haiku
2 icons (100x100)
1 graphic work bigger than an icon

New Card
After finishing at least three bingos (general or free), you can ask for a new card. Leave a request at the sign up post; otherwise, I might miss it.

Team Challenge
If you have signed up, please visit your team Alpha or Omega to play.

Posting for this week officially ends Sunday, November 30 17.00 UTC. There is a grace period until the week is finally called 'closed'.

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Bingo 03.25 - Weekly Score 10 and 11

Posting for week 11 is closed now. Thank you to everyone participating this week.

Week 10
Regular Challenge
We have had a total of 10 participants in week 10.

All participants completed a General Bingo Line:

aliensamba

dianafortyseven

endlesstwanted

melime

mrs_leary

pattrose

peppermint_shamrock

tarlanx

Blackout in week 10:

melime

pattrose

peppermint_shamrock

tarlanx

Team Challenge
There were three participants in both teams; every team earned three points.

Card two:
Team Alpha: 5 points = 59+5 points in total
Team Omega: 5 points = 46+5 points in total

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Week 11
Regular Challenge
We have had a total of 8 participants in week 11.

All participants completed a General Bingo Line:

dianafortyseven

melime

pattrose

peppermint_shamrock

tarlanx

Team Challenge
There were three participants in Team Omega and four participants in Team Alpha. Both teams completed one line and earned 2 extra points for the team. Every filled prompt for the completed lines is worth one individual point for the creators.

Card two:
Team Alpha: 11 points = 59+11 points in total
Team Omega: 10 points = 46+10 points in total

To check out all scores, have a look at the Google Highscore Sheet. If you find an error or have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana

(no subject)

Name: Misty

Age: 16

I mostly post about: my dreams and random things that happened in my day, I may post pics from my Flickr at some point

My hobbies are: making music n playing guitar

My fandoms are: none 😭 I like music theory n rock tho

I'm looking to meet people who: like music n wanna be mutuals

My posting schedule tends to be: sporadic

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: if they're 13 or younger (15+ preferred)

Before adding me, you should know: I'm a closeted t girl (irl)

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site: dreamwidth

How Online Privacy Has Been Championed by Dreamwidth

If you care about privacy on the web, then you should care about how anti-privacy laws have been challenged by Dreamwidth. Its unique role in these legal battles hasn’t been getting any dedicated press coverage, and so it falls to people like us to spread the word: Dreamwidth is proactively going to court against anti-privacy laws and highlighting itself as a positive example in order to show how these laws are predicated on assumptions that don’t apply.

Crossposted to Pillowfort and my personal site.

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Current Mood: amused
Current Location: House in the woods at the edge of town
Current Music: birds and traffic noise

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Peanut butter jelly time!

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