Maerman

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Recently discovered House of Leaves and it is fantastic in c/literature@beehaw.org
[–] Maerman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's great, right? Did you manage to read the full colour edition?

John is in the 10th year of his multiple life sentence... in c/dadjokes@lemmy.world
[–] Maerman@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't believe you got away with that one.

What's Lemmy reading? in c/literature@beehaw.org
[–] Maerman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Right? It just slaps so hard.

What's Lemmy reading? in c/literature@beehaw.org
[–] Maerman@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If that's your vibe, try Blindsight by Peter Watts. It's a very technical examination of the phenomenon of consciousness which isn't afraid to get into the weeds, but never quite gets lost in them.

What's Lemmy reading? in c/literature@beehaw.org
[–] Maerman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm reading a book of short stories by John Sayles, called The Anarchists' Convention. There have been some absolute bangers so far.

What's Lemmy reading? in c/literature@beehaw.org
[–] Maerman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of my favourite books of all time. Do you have the full colour edition?

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Disappointed in my first flex nib. (beehaw.org)
 

So I got my first ever flex nib today, an FPR Himalaya V2 with their Ultraflex nib. I really wanted to like it, because line variation always looks so beautiful to me. But I encountered two problems right from the start: the nib guzzles ink, and it is just way too soft for me. For some, it may be obvious that this is the case with flex nibs, but you don't know what you don't know.

I ordered myself a replacement nib, and I will do the swapping once it arrives.

Has anyone here had similar experiences with things like this? Maybe shimmering ink?