Thanks.
I've ordered lacewing larvae, put the plants inside the balcony and closed the glass panes on the front. Hopefully the invasion is under control before I get complaints that a hot balcony full of flies is not a great place to enjoy the warm weather..
In the past years I have ordered ladybug larvae, which kinda worked, but of course once they turn into the beetles they will soon fly away.
I have now ordered a bunch of lacewing larvae. They say that they're great aphid killers too.
This time I've put most of the plants inside the balcony and closed the glass panes on the front. This helps keep the temperature nice and cosy, and it will prevent most of the adult lacewings from flying away, hopefully have them lay a few more eggs near the remaining aphids.
I'll try to keep the panes closed, but at some point someone will want to enjoy the warm weather on the balcony, and a hot balcony full of flies is probably not appreciated..
Thanks for the advise.
This balcony is open only to the front, so birds don't visit often (or they're very sneaky).
Though I'd like to see birds, currently I really want insects that keep the aphids away. Occasionally I see a bee-shaped creature making a few circles across the balcony but then they leave again.
The internet tells me I need to add dille, rosemary, mint, marigold, and other plants to repel the aphids and attract ladybugs. Well, I did all that, and the aphids even destroyed the mint and don't fear the rosemary either, while the ladybugs hardly ever visit unless I add them myself, after which they eventually fly away never to return.
I think I've written down a few like "find the license in the menu of your TV" or "find out which Open Source software your TV uses", something like that. The idea was to have the user find out that many devices use Open Source, and to give a sense of what open software is used in commercial products,
I agree with your sentiment on the "free" part. It can be confusing to spot the difference between free, libre, Open Source, and FOSS. I'm not sure how to make this easy and interesting for the user. Maybe a single item "Know the definition of FOSS/FLOSS" would lead the user into a small rabbit hole that explains the whole thing.
Once the user knows the difference, they might go look through their device/app's license again to get a perspective and find any violations.
Target multi-player more. This spreads faster.
Good point.
Teach others how to spread these ideas without trying (see my posts).
bring an old device back to life with Open Source software
it's in the list
I think "try a Linux live distro" was on the original list somewhere, I'll check.
The list is not ordered right now, so it's all mixed up.
The idea of repeating items like "for a week, a month, etc" is nice. It's relatively easy for the user, gives them that goal to achieve, and it's an easy way to fill more of the boxes. :)
Maybe move the apps into a work profile meanwhile.
The keyboard looks very sleek and minimal, I love it!
How is your experience typing on that layout? Where is the space button? Where is return? Where is the scroll lock? ;-)
Also, how is your experience with a finger-operated right-handed trackball? I'm looking into getting a trackball again, probably finger-operated to minimise hurting my thumb, but I'm not sure if I want to go symmetrical or right or maybe left-handed (if that's even an option).
Having a trackball sitting between a split keyboard does sound like a great option. Right now I have my mouse in front of the keyboard and use it left-handed which helped with the RSI.
Good point. I've ordered lacewing larvae now, but if it happens again in the future, I'll check if there are any environment-friendly soaps.