Day 3 of internet outage (CenturyLink). The library doesn't open til 1pm on Sundays. I'm sure glad I keep all my stuff local on my computer rather than relying on cloud services.

Good morning! There's fog in the canyon this morning. And we have another internet outage, just a few weeks after the last one. They're predicting it'll be fixed at 5:28pm (yes, that's what they said; apparently they add an integral number of hours to the time of outage).

#sunrise #godrays #crepuscular_rays

Discovered today that #LWV's online Voter Guide, #Vote411, has wrong information for #NewMexico - it says in-person voting is only available on Election Day. Not true: NM early voting started October 6, with expanded early voting since Oct 17.

Vote411 says the bad info comes from Google Civic API and they can't change it. Great. I'm steaming. LWV is supposed to be about providing accurate information to voters, and here we are passing along Google's bad information.

#voting #vote

Frijoles Canyon was beautiful yesterday, all the various types of trees turning gold together. And the canyon itself is always spectacular.

#hiking #NewMexico #FallColors

How to install better fonts on an #Xteink running #Crosspoint. It's a bit fiddly, especially if you want bolder fonts, but I wrote a script that helps.

@nprofile1q... -- I think you mentioned wanting to update fonts on your Xteink page. This doesn't make it easy but it at least gives some background.

https://shallowsky.com/blog/tech/xteink-crosspoint-fonts.html

Sandia Peak from Coronado National Monument, for #MountainMonday #NewMexico

#SilentSunday #hiking #NewMexico

We have some other big spiders besides the tarantulas. This one hangs out right outside my office window.

#SpiderSaturday #spider

Quite an impressive collection of repair techniques for many types of clothing. Bookmarked.

It's #tarantula season (seems a bit earlier than usual). I've seen one in the yard, and one across the street (initially in the street, but fortunately it went off onto the shoulder while I watched). I'm always happy to see these guys (and yes, it is the guys who are out walking around, while the girls wait in their burrows); they're not super common.

#SpiderSaturday

Earthstars (Geastrum puffball mushrooms). I usually see them long after they've released their spores, with the center puffball fully deflated. These still had inflated centers and I thought they hadn't released yet, but looking at the photo later I saw they both have holes in the center already.
#FungiFriday