Can we solve housing by abandoning big cities and growing more small cities instead?

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In this episode of More Fun Fixing It, we dive into the meticulous process of restoring Commodore 64 keyboards. Dealing with a batch of six keyboards spawned from five restored cases, I test each one to identify non-responsive keys and common issues like flaky space bars and sticky home keys.

Watch as I demonstrate a full teardown, including the removal of the shift lock wires and those tiny brass screws that are the bane of every restorer's life. This project also serves as the perfect field test for the WorkPro 3.7V electric precision screwdriver, which helps speed up the tedious process of removing dozens of fasteners.

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Re-published with permission: youtube.com/watch?v=kCbzHfKjTDs (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Original description included below. Learn more about Jade and their work on jade.hopepunk.me. Organised by the Good People of everythingopen.au.

Presented by Jade Ambrose

A vibrant ecosystem of open-source alternatives to big tech walled gardens is a critical part of building the free and open internet that we want. One interesting trend that has emerged in the last seven years is Local-first software, which as this manifesto promises, gives us the ability to own your data, in spite of the cloud.

Local-first, however, means local to your device, and thus tends to favour more technical users, and can create some confusing experiences when collaborating in groups. Instead of a rebuttal to local-first, this talk contends that Neighbourhood-First software is an ideal complement.

Neighbourhood-First software is hosted in cycling distance of your house, by volunteers in your local community, for the benefit of those less technical. In this talk, Jade will present a manifesto of Neighbourhood-First software, and discuss how it can help support local-first software, the Fediverse, and other key open source initiatives while also providing local resilience in an age of climate uncertainty.

It's not all talk, however, Jade will also present a working demo of the LoRes Mesh system of redundant local nodes serving open source web applications. This open source project aims to provide tooling for somewhat technical volunteers to administer a range of web apps for users in their neighbourhood, while also providing the capability for eventual consistency between nodes for apps that need that.

This is being used in the wild by the community group Merri-bek Tech, in northern Naarm (Melbourne) and has applicability to all local communities seeking climate resilience and a free and open digital commons.

https://2026.everythingopen.au/schedule/presentation/11/

From Everything Open 2026 - Canberra, ACT, Australia

Everything Open is a conference focused on open technologies, including Linux, open source software, open hardware and open data, and the communities that surround them. The conference provides technical deep-dives as well as updates from industry leaders and experts on a wide array of topics from these areas.

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Sesión 20-02-2026 - Breaks

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OK, so GrapheneOS. I've used it for almost three years now. I've very much enjoyed taking a bit more control over my privacy. Maybe you will too.

Links for the wicked!

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App stores that aren't Google:

About specific apps which might be helpful:

Also, thank you OpenMoji for the judge lady (CC BY-SA-4.0): https://openmoji.org/library/emoji-1F469-200D-2696-FE0F/

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Written, played, produced by Žarko Obradović

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow’s murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow’s relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.

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The Strange Woman is a 1946 American historical melodrama film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, featuring Hedy Lamarr as a manipulative woman named Jenny Hager who uses her beauty and cunning to control the men around her in 19th-century Bangor, Maine. The film explores themes of seduction, power, and moral ambiguity, making it a notable example of film noir blended with costume drama.