@tindie Why on earth wouldn't you just email the sellers
Why does this statement expire in 6 days when the downtime could clearly exceed that
Why wouldn't you build a new site in parallel while operating the old one like everyone else does
Who are the new owners
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Apr 16, 2026
DC: Doing an artists' talk tonight (April 16) at 7PM-- three of us from Otis Street Arts Project will be speaking about our group show at the Washington Studio School in Dupont Circle: https://www.washingtonstudioschool.org/events/4-16-third-thursday-artist-talk-in-reflection-of-gleaners
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Apr 15, 2026
Gypsum, the brassica of materials
Drywall? Gypsum
Plaster? Gypsum
Gesso? Gypsum*
Spackle? Gypsum
Sidewalk chalk? Gypsum
Chalkboard? Gypsum
Alabaster? Gypsum
Mortar? Gypsum*
*sometimes
Drywall? Gypsum
Plaster? Gypsum
Gesso? Gypsum*
Spackle? Gypsum
Sidewalk chalk? Gypsum
Chalkboard? Gypsum
Alabaster? Gypsum
Mortar? Gypsum*
*sometimes
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Apr 14, 2026
dang, this hits me right in the "Miniature Books" section of the heart
Photos from https://www.ebay.com/itm/374976865333
Photos from https://www.ebay.com/itm/374976865333
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Apr 14, 2026
I liked today's poem from Poetry 180:
After every war
someone has to clean up.
Things won't
straighten themselves up, after all.
[continued...]
https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-141/the-end-and-the-beginning/?loclr=ea180
After every war
someone has to clean up.
Things won't
straighten themselves up, after all.
[continued...]
https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-141/the-end-and-the-beginning/?loclr=ea180
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Apr 12, 2026
lol is this anything
This is just to despair
I have looked
upon your works
that were in
the desert
in which
your shattered visage
lies
half-sunk
Forgive me
nothing remains beside
your sneer
so commanding
so cold
This is just to despair
I have looked
upon your works
that were in
the desert
in which
your shattered visage
lies
half-sunk
Forgive me
nothing remains beside
your sneer
so commanding
so cold
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Apr 12, 2026
I would argue that if a dialog box does not express an intent or modality of the user--such as an interruptive dialog that bursts into your reading experience with a promotion--it is not a modal, but a fauxdal
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Apr 09, 2026
@jalefkowit Custom search engines are also a thing in *fox (and just as prone to the same braino/typo failure mode ;_;)
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Mar 21, 2026
starting to wonder if systemd is the Google Play Store of linux?
monolithic, does way too much, operating with elevated permissions, ends up imposing policy on the system instead of the other way around
monolithic, does way too much, operating with elevated permissions, ends up imposing policy on the system instead of the other way around
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Mar 07, 2026
wow, as someone who's been using Thunderbird for a few weeks—being greeted by a massive full-screen donation plea inside my email client for the $1.4B Mozilla Foundation is REALLY off-putting
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Mar 04, 2026
I mean, they do say the single biggest remnant from the Anthropocene will be concrete
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
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Mar 04, 2026
@JamesAkers Hell yeah!! I did a shy light (motion sensor) with a small incandescent Dialight indicator, would love to see your version with neon...
https://chriscombs.net/2023/04/13/shy-light/
https://chriscombs.net/2023/04/13/shy-light/
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Mar 01, 2026
@rich Lol. Also those are fifteenths (I lifted those from the original meter face)
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Mar 01, 2026
the most precious resource in every computing environment is the same: user input.
buy high-quality switches; set input handlers early; and for the love of god check whether a field is empty before you initialize it with a default value
buy high-quality switches; set input handlers early; and for the love of god check whether a field is empty before you initialize it with a default value
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Mar 01, 2026
morale is mandatory
https://chriscombs.net/2020/04/01/morale-is-mandatory/
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/burger-king-ai-assistant-patty
https://chriscombs.net/2020/04/01/morale-is-mandatory/
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/burger-king-ai-assistant-patty
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Feb 25, 2026
"tongue": cursed
"tounge": blursed
"tung": blessed... optimal. efficient. sublime. it will win over the next 250 years
"tounge": blursed
"tung": blessed... optimal. efficient. sublime. it will win over the next 250 years
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
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Feb 21, 2026
bought something on eBay with the idea of avoiding Crazy Jeff's Discount Warehouse. It has "VDTrack" as the shipper and is arriving very quickly.
Turns out you can "convert your tracking number" from Amazon to VDTrack for a mere $0.05 per package. Presumably the shipper has done so. Markets in everything...
Turns out you can "convert your tracking number" from Amazon to VDTrack for a mere $0.05 per package. Presumably the shipper has done so. Markets in everything...
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
@combs@mastodon.art
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Feb 20, 2026
Really excited to attend the Bosch Parade this June. A multi-day aquatic parade in his .nl hometown of Garden of Earthly Delights floats w/ performers. Any of y'all been?
https://boschparade.nl/
https://boschparade.nl/
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@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
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Feb 20, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.art/@combs/115940867749125400
lol I think I flew too close to the sun by parodizing a sloperator on here... feels like I caught some mutes. oh well!
lol I think I flew too close to the sun by parodizing a sloperator on here... feels like I caught some mutes. oh well!
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
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Jan 28, 2026
@petrillic I wish I could find the cite for this! Anyone got a link?
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Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
mastodon.art
Chris Combs (he/him)
@combs@mastodon.art
I make art about technology: often interactive; my own circuit boards + software; metal, wood, found objects. In Washington, DC with a studio at Otis Street Arts Project in Mount Rainier, Md. https://chriscombs.net
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Dec 12, 2025
@bonkers @paulrickards The first two pictures in the thread show it operating in different colors.
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