Toki Pona

Toki pona I don’t know.
To learn new talk can sure be slow.
But should it sometime happen
I’m sure I’ll let you know.

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Word of the Day – Toki Pona

Toki Pona is a philosophical artistic constructed language known for its small vocabulary. It was created by Canadian linguist and translator Sonja Lang for the purpose of simplifying thoughts and communication.

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This is a multi-purpose post. I’ve been working on a 3D print project which ties into my daily fun on the social media “fediverse”. Along the way, suggestions from others for mottos have been coming in.

Some have been recommendations for Latin mottos, but “E Pluribus Unum” has been taken.

One suggestion was “kunupu ni li ala je wan lala” which is in the toki pona language for “This community has no king.” As mentioned above, I don’t know the language, so I’m taking the word of a respected colleague.

The coin design is done using Inkscape and OpenSCAD. It’s a work in progress. The icon on the front is the logo of Mastodon, one of the popular versions of fediverse server softare. The other icon is the proposed fediverse logo.

Have fun.
Be creative.
Be safe.

dainty

dainty

/ˈdeɪnti/
adjective daintier, daintiest
1 Delicately small and pretty.
1.1 (of a person) delicate and graceful in build or movement.
1.2 (of food) particularly good to eat and served in a small portion.
2 Fastidious, especially concerning food.
noun dainties
Something good to eat; a delicacy.

Origin
Middle English (as noun): from Old French daintie, deintie ‘choice morsel, pleasure’, from Latin dignitas ‘worthiness or beauty’, from dignus ‘worthy’.

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Doreen, daintiest damsel
Killed her prize pig
So she could ham, sell.
A small silly, not big.

pumpkin

pumpkin

/ˈpʌm(p)kɪn/ [pump-kin]
noun
1 A large rounded orange-yellow fruit with a thick rind, the flesh of which can be used in sweet or savoury dishes.

Origin
Late 17th century alteration of earlier pumpion, from obsolete French pompon, via Latin from Greek pepōn ‘large melon’ (see pepo).

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All day, I’ve been trying to convert an imaginary pumpkin into a 3D printable Jack o’Lantern.

Deathly Hallows Pendant

Who needs a 3D Printed Harry Potter Deathly Hallows pendant?

Probably nobody. It’s been 12 years since the book and nine since part one of the movie. You people have moved on to new interests, after all.

Still, I did have fun doing the design, so I’ll leave it out here for you to see.

If you want the gruesome details of how it was done, go to my 3D page: http://runeman.org/3d/

phare

phare

/fɛː/
noun
rare
A lighthouse or beacon to guide ships at sea.

Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin pharus, from Greek pharos (see Pharos).

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To be fair, the phare fared only fairly well at its job. There were scores of shipwrecks dashed on the rocky point.