Jonathan Lamothe

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Programmer and free/libre software enthusiast. This is my *primary* account on the Fediverse. See my website for an authoritative list of accounts.
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2025-04-28 22:50:53 UTC

So, I've finally settled on a technique to keep shimmer inks from clogging my #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPens]FountainPens[/url] and it's working well, but it's not exactly condusive to writing in #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=teeline]teeline[/url] which is what I use 90% of the time these days.

2025-04-28 02:04:46 UTC

It always amuses me whenever I think about the fact that I got one of my favourite #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPens]FountainPens[/url] for free with a bottle of ink. It's even more amusing that I've never inked that pen up with that ink.

2025-03-24 00:25:55 UTC

Welp, it's #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPen]FountainPen[/url] cleaning and re-inking day. #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=Today]Today[/url] I re-learned why I don't use shimmer inks in my #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=TWSBI]TWSBI[/url] Diamond 580. In fact, I usually reserve them exclusively for dip pens.
Time to meticulously clean out a clogged feed. It didn't even make it a paragraph.

2025-03-10 02:29:29 UTC

It's that time again: time to clean my #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=BaystateBlue]BaystateBlue[/url] #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPen]FountainPen[/url]. How many times do you think I'll have to run it through the ultrasonic 'till the water stops turning blue?
Time will tell.

2025-03-06 02:04:20 UTC

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@[url=https://mastodon.social/users/douglasvb]Douglas[/url] @[url=https://penfount.social/users/penfount]Penfount • Pen Community[/url] These are the pens I recommend to newcomers where price is a factor:
- Platinum Preppy (very cheap, well loved, but I have personally never used)
- LAMY Safari (reasonably priced, nigh indestructible, the EF nibs don't necessarily flow super well, but this isn't an issue with F and above)
- TWSBI Eco (holds a ton of ink, really smooth writer at a low price, can be prone to cracking, but has good customer support who typically will send out replacement parts for the cost of shipping)
- Pilot Metropolitan (nice looking pen, cheap, decent writer, but I'm not fond of the ink converter)

2025-02-19 02:16:08 UTC

Okay, I'm done making pen rolls. This is the first one I actually [em]didn't[/em] eyeball and am reasonably satisfied with the finished result. Made an identical one for Katy. #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPens]FountainPens[/url]
[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/photos/me/image/163273685267b53d9755ee5712628571][img=https://social.jlamothe.net/photo/163273685267b53d9755ee5712628571-1.jpeg]Another pen roll. This one is made from a fabric with various cats on a bookshelf. There are six pen slots which are all filled. There is a fold-down flap on the top.[/img][/url]
https://social.jlamothe.net/photo/163273685267b53d9755ee5712628571-0.jpeg

2025-02-17 17:15:36 UTC

Learned from the last pen roll and have signigicantly upped my sewing game. I made this one out of an old shirt that no longer fit me. (I swear it shrunk.) #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPens]FountainPens[/url]
[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/photos/me/image/894506376367b36b717ea5b037332118][img=https://social.jlamothe.net/photo/894506376367b36b717ea5b037332118-1.jpeg]A pen roll made out of a denim-like material. It has six pen slots which are filled mostly with LAMY Safaris as well as a caligraphy pen and a small eye dropper pen. The pockets and flap are both lined on the inside unlike the last one, and the pens have considerably more vertical space.[/img][/url]
https://social.jlamothe.net/photo/894506376367b36b717ea5b037332118-0.jpeg

2025-02-16 01:37:10 UTC

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@[url=https://merveilles.town/users/neauoire]Devine Lu Linvega[/url] What about the 80s and 90s? "four twenty ten nine", really?

2025-02-11 00:33:55 UTC

I have never before in my life touched a sewing machine, but now that I have one, I decided that the first thing I'd try to make was a pen roll for my #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPens]FountainPens[/url] (one of them is a ballpoint, but we don't talk about that). There are definitely some things I'd do differently the second time around, but I freaking love this machine!
[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/photos/me/image/161439719567aa9a6cd3150416396624][img=https://social.jlamothe.net/photo/161439719567aa9a6cd3150416396624-1.jpeg]A (somewhat shoddily constructed) pen roll made of fabric with a wiener dog pattern. It holds three pens, a Parker GT Urban, a TWSBI Diamond 580, and a random ballpoint.[/img][/url]
https://social.jlamothe.net/photo/161439719567aa9a6cd3150416396624-0.jpeg

2025-02-05 21:41:42 UTC

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@[url=https://ottawa.place/users/stephanie]Stéphanie[/url] At least you're not StÃ©phanie, though.

2025-02-05 21:35:41 UTC

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@[url=https://ottawa.place/users/stephanie]Stéphanie[/url] For crying out loud. How long has Unicode been a standard now? At this point, that's just embarrassing for them.

2025-02-04 23:24:38 UTC

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@[url=https://atomicpoet.org/users/atomicpoet]Chris Trottier[/url] You mean kinda like Friendica's "channels" feature?

2025-02-04 16:22:09 UTC

Finally got the replacement barrel for my TWSBI Diamond 580 #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPen]FountainPen[/url] from the factory.
[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/photos/me/image/147546251867a23ce3f094d072275437][img=https://social.jlamothe.net/photo/147546251867a23ce3f094d072275437-1.jpeg]A notepad with "The Pen of Thesius writes again!" written in green (Pelikan Edelstein Adventurine) ink. The pen itself is uncapped and laid out on the page beneath the text with the nib end propped up on the cap.[/img][/url]
https://social.jlamothe.net/photo/147546251867a23ce3f094d072275437-0.jpeg

2025-02-02 21:17:17 UTC

I swear my hobby isn't as sketchy as the tools would have you believe, though it can perhaps be as expensive.
#[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPens]FountainPens[/url]
[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/photos/me/image/1092650181679fdf0b6580e453461954][img=https://social.jlamothe.net/photo/1092650181679fdf0b6580e453461954-1.jpeg]A notebook sitting on a cluttered desktop. There is a letter with a wax seal hardening on it with a test seal on the notebook. There are also a metal spoon with melted wax residue along with a lighter and a blunt tip syringe in the shot.[/img][/url]
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2025-01-24 16:40:25 UTC

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@[url=https://studio8502.ca/users/mos_8502]mos_8502 :verified:[/url] Am I safe in assuming you're already aware of Hetzner?

2025-01-22 05:35:08 UTC

I need to find more excuses to use my glass pen. It's totally not practical as a daily use pen, but it's soooo satisfying to use.
I need to write some fancy letters or something.
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2025-01-20 22:44:26 UTC

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@[url=https://atomicpoet.org/users/atomicpoet]Chris Trottier[/url] It's like when people say XMPP is dead.
What are you talking about. I use it every day.

2025-01-20 15:11:58 UTC

Who was the genius that decided that Cult Pens' search bar should disappear as you're typing in it on mobile? This person belongs in UX jail.
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2025-01-19 22:06:17 UTC

It blows my mind how the exact same ink can look so [em]completely different[/em] between two different #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPens]FountainPens[/url].

2025-01-17 22:00:30 UTC

Okay, so I've seen a thing were people will send a box of #[url=https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=FountainPen]FountainPen[/url] ink samples around by mail from person to person. Individuals will add and removed inks from this box recording the changes in a log book. It seems like a really cool way to get exposed to new inks, and I'd really like to participate in one of these. Is anyone doing this in Canada?
[url=https://youtu.be/nyq2PJc3zrQ]This is an example of what I'm talking about.[/url]

2025-01-02 16:19:42 UTC

My replacement TWSBI cap [em]finally[/em] arrived today. Went to finally ink the pen up only to discover that the thread that connects the nib assembly is broken.
I know I can order a replacement nib assembly relatively inexpensively, but I don't know if the thread in the pen body is intact either.
It looks like when I lost the cap I didn't clean the pen out properly before pitting it ib storage and there was still some ink sitting in it for a few years. I don't know if that was what caused the damage.
My local pen shop apparently has an AL in stock, and I happen to have gotten a gift card for them for Christmas that would cover the difference between the Diamond 580 and the AL. Perhaps it's time to upgrade?
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2024-11-25 19:29:45 UTC

So, [url=https://phidonpens.com/]my local-ish pen shop[/url] has a collection of these Korean inks (Wearingeul) that I've not seen before. Just bought a bottle of Enki and can't wait to get it home to play with it.
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