Anxious moments


503 of it


Two days back I logged-in to post a new one. Moved over to another task in-between, and when switched tabs to get back, the New Post editor wouldn't load, and the page kind of grayed out, exiting with something like No Server available to handle the request or some such. Closed the tab after a long wait with no way to log-out. Tried loading the site since then so many times only to face a 503 Services not available.
A simple search on the error code pointed to possible maintenance mode, and checking if the site was down told it was indeed for all!
Even the Friendica Directory from where I got the lead to register didn't include this server, letting you wonder if it got taken off.
Internet for the last two days is full of 4 in all possible ways, posts, memes and news and links, so the guess was obviously something was getting fixed-up in the larger interest.
A few minutes back on trying again the nth time, it suddenly popped-up as usual as if nothing has ever happened! All is well that ends well. After all it's not just me to have experienced.
in reply to Spormat

Sketchy stuff



Many of us like sketching, doodling, scribbling or whatevering depending on the end product -- a neatly finished one, or left as is, though making sense with some sense of semblance even in its raw form.
With the advent of smartphones, things have become easier to have apps to aid, when you have some time and inclination. A picture if is worth a thousand words, but the smarter ones these days use a thousand words to tell AI what to draw though!
The above is one such, done on the phone with no definite idea when started. The kind that begins somewhere in the middle, and depending on the blank canvas around, gets shaped into something finally, mainly when not done in one sitting, trying out various brush effects just to get the hang of it.
Having tried different applications, don't recall which got used, but my guess is Markers by ng-labs on Android.

Just a formal-first


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