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Natasha 馃嚜馃嚭
Natasha 馃嚜馃嚭
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Discworld: "Martina, who has a passion for bookbinding and DIY, decided to take on this mammoth project as her very first mechanical build. Her idea was both whimsical and practical in the most Nerdforge way: she would bind all 40 Discworld books and arrange them around a massive wooden wheel."

https://www.yankodesign.com/2025/06/17/entire-discworld-series-turned-into-a-rotating-book-wheel/

#TerryPrachett #DiscWorld

A photograph of a woman wearing glasses and pink tail in a ponytail hand cranking a 2 foot book wheel with complex cogs as its mechanicism
A photograph of a woman wearing glasses and pink tail in a ponytail hand cranking a 2 foot book wheel with complex cogs as its mechanicism
A photograph of a woman wearing glasses and pink tail in a ponytail hand cranking a 2 foot book wheel with complex cogs as its mechanicism
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News

Entire Discworld series turned into a rotating book wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAdnN0TDZ5w To say that the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett has a cult following is one of the biggest understatements in book world. It's a pretty long series but for the fans, it isn鈥檛 just a fantasy series. It鈥檚 a universe, brimming with wit, wisdom, and unforgettable characters. The thought of having every Discworld book
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Natasha 馃嚜馃嚭
Natasha 馃嚜馃嚭
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Discworld: "Martina, who has a passion for bookbinding and DIY, decided to take on this mammoth project as her very first mechanical build. Her idea was both whimsical and practical in the most Nerdforge way: she would bind all 40 Discworld books and arrange them around a massive wooden wheel."

https://www.yankodesign.com/2025/06/17/entire-discworld-series-turned-into-a-rotating-book-wheel/

#TerryPrachett #DiscWorld

A photograph of a woman wearing glasses and pink tail in a ponytail hand cranking a 2 foot book wheel with complex cogs as its mechanicism
A photograph of a woman wearing glasses and pink tail in a ponytail hand cranking a 2 foot book wheel with complex cogs as its mechanicism
A photograph of a woman wearing glasses and pink tail in a ponytail hand cranking a 2 foot book wheel with complex cogs as its mechanicism
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News

Entire Discworld series turned into a rotating book wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAdnN0TDZ5w To say that the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett has a cult following is one of the biggest understatements in book world. It's a pretty long series but for the fans, it isn鈥檛 just a fantasy series. It鈥檚 a universe, brimming with wit, wisdom, and unforgettable characters. The thought of having every Discworld book
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Charlie Stross
Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  路  activity timestamp last week

#WritersCoffeeClub Jan 28. What resource (book, podcast, tool, conversation) unexpectedly helped your writing this month?

A chat over a coffee with a friend.

(I'm revising a novel that needed an extra interstitial chapter, and brainstorming aloud helps force me to linearize my ideas鈥攖he author equivalent of rubber duck debugging. In this case ... well, he was already assured of a place in the credits, anyway.)

Token Sane Person
Token Sane Person
@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk replied  路  activity timestamp last week

@cstross Just been rereading "A Life With Footnotes" by Rob Wilkins (biography of #TerryPrachett). He says that #Pratchett had a list of people he would phone up to discuss plot problems. But frequently he would explain the problem and then suddenly hang up without the person at the other end saying very much.

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keith
keith
@bytebro@mendeddrum.org  路  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@GeePawHill

Several, but never 'all the way through'!

Also, how many versions of the 'magpie' rhyme do you know? Apparently the sainted #TerryPrachett asked this of one prospective assistant, and she was like "erm... about fourteen?"

She got the job 馃槀

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jackcole
jackcole
@jackcole@mstdn.social  路  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@tomjennings @mhoye

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. #TerryPrachett

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jackcole
jackcole
@jackcole@mstdn.social  路  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@tomjennings @mhoye

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. #TerryPrachett

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Christine Lemmer-Webber
Christine Lemmer-Webber
@cwebber@social.coop  路  activity timestamp 7 months ago

Criminy, the difference between me working with one or two full sized monitors is a huge difference in productivity

It's really hard to get things done sometimes without having a full second monitor. The laptop screen really doesn't suffice.

Token Sane Person
Token Sane Person
@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk replied  路  activity timestamp 7 months ago
@cwebber Or as the late great #TerryPrachett said, "People ask me why I have six monitors on my desk, and the answer is that I haven't got room for eight."
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