Australis13

You’ve finally shown interest in it, so now they’re interested in it too.

Plenty of dogs I know would happily chase and harass a cat, so I’m inclined to think that it’s more likely that the dog deserved it than not…

Some of us do, but you can see their eyes glaze over the moment you mention Linux…

Not these days, at least.

I did go around telling people how much better 7 was over Vista at the time, though.

I fully expect tomorrow’s update to include a sixth and possibly seventh cat.

I use Pi-hole, except that I originally retrofitted after setting up DNScrypt years ago to connect to Cisco OpenDNS. That’s not the only DNS server you can use with it, though, and it’s added more features since.

To use DNScrypt with Pi-hole on the same device, set DNScrypt to listen on 127.0.0.1:54 and point Pi-hole to that as the DNS server.

The only time I have ever had any trouble with this setup and DNS resolution is when the network is recovering from a power outage; there’s a race condition somewhere between the Pi and my modem/router that I’ve never found the time to pin down (given outages are so infrequent I just haven’t gotten around to it) and it’s easily resolved by rebooting the Pi.

Hmm, could use some more variety. When will the calico or gingers be back in stock?

Fantastic update - great to see so many plants added.

Couple of additions to suggest, if I may. Both of these are due to rather unfortunate naming changes that mean the common name for a plant is actually the botanical name for a different one!

• Hippeastrum as an alternative name for Amaryllis. Today only one species (Amaryllis belladonna, or the Belladonna Lily) is considered true Amaryllis; most of the showy hybrids people grow are Hippeastrums and at least here in Australia, the correct name is often used. Botanically the two genera are in the same family and have similar risks.
• Pelargonium as an alternative name for Geranium. Again, what most people think of as Geraniums are actually Pelargoniums; true Geraniums are not as common in cultivation here.

Lycoris (Surprise Lilies) and Nerine are also in the Amaryllid family and many species seem to have the same toxins as Hippeastrum.

You’re most welcome! I am both a cat lover (have had them for 30+ years) and also a gardener, so I have had to learn which plants to keep away from my pets! Gets a bit difficult when Liliums are one of my favourite genera.

If memory serves, Dahlias and Irises also cause gastrointestional upsets (so I don’t have them in the house since one of my cats like to chew on any greenery that comes inside) but aren’t likely to be fatal.

Digitalis (Foxgloves) are deadly to not only most pets but people as well (although in the right amount it can actually be used to treat certain heart conditions).

This looks great. It would be good to expand the list of toxic plants as well.

It’s worth noting that a lot of plants have the common name of “Lily” or “Lilies” despite only the genus Lilium being true lilies and the severity of injury varies, so it might be worth separating out the “Lilies” entry appropriately.

• True Lilies (Lilium) are the most toxic to cats (good to see that you have flagged every part of the plant as hazardous). I suggest adding a note that the highest risk of accidental exposure comes from the pollen, since if a cat brushes against a bloom the pollen gets in their fur and then they ingest it when they clean themselves.
• Daylilies (Hemerocallis) are also highly toxic.
• Pretty much anything in the Arum family (Calla Lilies, Anthurium e.g. Flamingo Lilies, Spathiphyllum e.g. Peace Lily) is toxic but far less likely to be fatal.
• Peruvian Lilies (Alstromeria) are also toxic but again not as dangerous as true lilies and Day lilies.
• Lily of the Valley (Convallaria) can cause irregular heartbeat but are not necessarily fatal.

In the cat’s defense, it does look like a raised cat bed… It’s also exactly the type of thing my cats would go for (I had to buy a raised cat bed for one of them so I could get my desk chair back).

At least it looks like one of the quick-release ones (the clip pulls apart if the collar gets caught on something). We have those for our cats.

Confirmed: https://www.science.org/content/article/yes-cats-are-liquids-only-one-dimension

Yes, although regular brushing (esp. with a deshedder) and vacuuming helps a lot.

Currently testing out Shiori. I have tried both it and Readeck on my Raspberry Pi 3B running 32-bit Raspbian ‘Bullseye’. From an installation and performance perspective, Shiori is easier: 32-bit binaries are available and its web interface is a bit more responsive. If you are not running a 64-bit version of the Raspberry Pi OS, you have to build Readeck yourself (which I successfully did).

The main attraction of Shiori over Readeck is that it has both a readable and archive view. The main downside for me is it lacks the read/unread feature of Readeck and Pocket (although that’s apparently something planned for future and in the meantime, it’s possible to workaround using tags).

Both have a browser extension to enable capturing pages that contain Javascript and do not gracefully degrade. Both also have an export-to-ebook function that may suit your e-reader.

Bottom line: if you have an RPi4 or later, then Readeck is probably want you want. If you’re running an older Pi, though, Shiori may be a better option.

I do use folders for my bookmarks, but I prefer my bookmarks to be for pages that I regularly use or are important for me to find quickly using the address bar. Articles that I want to read or have read and want to keep for future reference I much prefer in a platform like Pocket. With Pocket’s demise I will be looking at Wallabag and Readeck.

I find it much easier than managing an unwieldy number of bookmarks and the tagging & list functionality allow you to group things in more than one way. Both the web interface and the app strip all the unnecessary clutter out of articles (making them easier to read), plus the app gives you offline reading.

It’s for saving articles. Plenty of people use it, myself included. Very handy.

At least you could get away with using a chair cover and share the chair.

I ended up getting not only a second chair, but an elevated cat bed too so that both my cats had somewhere comfy to sit whilst I was at my desk!

One of mine very quickly learnt to jump onto my desk and get in my face when he wanted attention. The other (the lap cat) recently realised how effective that was and has started doing it too.