Janeishly

she/her. Writer and editor. French, Swedish/Norwegian/Danish to English (UK) translator. Manx European. Gamer (mainly 7 Days To Die, but also table top gaming). More than slightly obsessed with music (mainly #IDLES and #65daysofstatic). Trans rights are human rights. #translation #7DaysToDie #Gaelg #StreetPhotography #geocaching #Luddite #fedi22

Website: www.janeishly.com
Nicole count: 4
Location: Sweden or Navezgane
GenAI: Fuck no

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2025-05-13 21:40:22 UTC

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I bloody loved that book. Must be about due a reread!

2025-05-01 07:16:00 UTC

Techy people - I, an idiot, apparently failed to transfer the folder of images from my elderly camera's SD card to my laptop before a) formatting the card and b) taking more photos with it. Do I have any chance of getting the original pics back? (I shan't be able to try any solution until at least Sunday anyway, but I'm interested to hear whether anyone has ever managed this - initial verdicts have been "you're screwed", but seeing as those pics were almost the entire point of me being on the Isle of Man and I can't go back and take em again due to lack of time and batteries... I'm a bit bloody miffed)

2025-03-29 14:24:32 UTC

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They're very good. A bit information-dense, but I like that, and the writing is always good. I love the way that so many of the main characters are *nice* (very Becky Chambers, in other words).

2025-03-28 18:06:49 UTC

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Thank you! Yes, it was a peculiar thing. My ex always insists that he knew who I was (ie who was playing the character) but I certainly had no idea that it was him! I still remember being a little intimidated when I realised who it was. I'm not sure I'd ever have approached him IRL!

2025-03-27 19:55:31 UTC

Right, now I have everyone's attention, what should I be using for online meetings instead of Zoom?
Only for me and at most half a dozen other people, all freelancers (in other words, not all from the same company).
I don't mind paying, but I'd rather it wasn't *very* expensive as I only need maybe 1-2 meetings a week.

2025-03-27 16:47:15 UTC

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Yeah, I've already had a mate saying "Pah! 2800 baud rate was all we had".
I'm not actually sure how fast(slow) my first connection was, because after I finished my MA in 1991 I was offline for about 8 years and missed all the very slow bits!

2025-03-27 15:50:33 UTC

I'm really loving how Mastodon has become a refuge for all the grizzled seafarers on the ocean of the internet. They pop up in my feed and their bios all say something like
"I've been online for longer than the internet. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. 56k modems on fire in the light of Usenet. I watched IRC forks glitter in the dark near the Gateway 3000. All those moments will be lost in slop, like tears in rain. Time to deshittify."

2025-03-07 20:33:01 UTC

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Dashlane. The extension works fine with Firefox, but makes things fall over fairly quickly with LibreWolf. Like I say, I don't actually care. At least this time I know why it's happening. And we need to get used to non-frictionless interactions if we want to do away with the Googleverse and its ilk.

2025-03-07 16:29:53 UTC

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I'm on LibreWolf again too. And this time I've worked out how to stop tabs crashing - disable my password manager extension. I just switch it back on when I need it. A bit of a faff, but still waaaaay better than the alternative