Welcome to my journal breakdown how I post finished commissions. If you are interested in how to post by hand without automation tools then this is the little guide for you.

Completed commissions are sent to SelfDugGrave (me) for posting, and delivery. I write all my own templates which do help save on time and stress. I never use bots to do my work for me. See the very end for the tools I do use, and how I adapt overtime.

The Breakdown

• The full-res file is always uploaded first to, ko-fi
  
• After that, it's uploaded to FA
  
• FA includes the link to the ko-fi download, always.
  
• Due to posting by hand, it's impossible to automatically include additional links at the start.
  
• Next the finished piece is posted on, Bluesky respectively.
  
• Both Bluesky and mastodon use “Alt-Text“ which is hand-written in real time.
  
• Tags are not universal between these platforms, and are also entered by hand, in real time. Furbooru's tags are our preferred standard.
  
• Alt-text is copied to match.
  
• FA link is provided in both posts, on both platforms in order to loop back.
  
• Estimated time to post to all 4 platforms: (~10-45m)
  
• Successful uploads to Bluesky and mastodon, are then copied back into FA, via the description.
  
• If you are too fast, you will see broken or empty URLS.
  
• Additionally the Bluesky link is copied into the ko-fi post as a bonus.
  
• This helps as Bluesky is the preferred platform for our current audience.
  
• Lastly, the final stop is over in the Telegram Channel.
  
• The FA link is provided as it houses all the other useful links.
  
• It is forwarded it to you directly, if you originally messaged us on Telegram Channel.
  
• If you did not reach out on Telegram Channel, you will be provided the FA link where you originally messaged us.
  
• ko-fi is an exception, as you would already be notified in your DMs there.
  
  

Special Platforms

• Toyhouse is primarily used for adopts.
  
• Also houses most of our own personal references for our characters.
  
• Pixelfed is currently under construction.
  
• we have plans to turn this into our main portfolio.
  
• SoFurry a backup, when/if FA goes down.
  
  

Inactive Platforms

• Weasyl used to be a preferred platform to FA. FA has far more activity. We tried for years to promote Weasyl and bring it back to life, this did not work out as you can imagine.
  
• SoFurryBeta we used to use also over FA. Once again, a not so lively platform. FA stomps out the competition.
  
• Pillowfort was promising as a Tumblr knock-off. The communities are very tight and small. No wiggle room. Paid invites really lock it down.
  
• CoHost appeared to be THE solution to almost everyone's needs. They are no longer running. RIP Eggbug.
  
• GitGay is where the public queue and FAQ was hosted. Please see the FAQ for more info.
  
• Trellolong long ago where we had the public queue. | Now I use, Gitlab! Way too bloated for what it is. Too demanding.
  
  

Closing

Now you have a better understanding on how I do things behind the scenes. Why this can take a lot of out me when posting multiple times a day, within hours. It can be done. Does not mean it should be done. Most can wait an extra day or so. This is also why I now push my BMC (Buy Me a Coffee) a little more frequently now, as this helps remind me there are those of you out there who do care about me, what I do, and feel that I deserve a little treat. My tiers are locked at $1, but in the bigger stretch if I have about 8 of you minimum, then yes I can head out and grab a coffee for reals, and sip it with the warm reminder that you are all proud of me, and happy with the work that I do. Thank you

Tools I use

I don't gatekeep with the tools I use, and I am very open to share and encourage others who are interested in doing things by hand to try these out.

Paper and pen – yup. I'm serious. If it's not broken, don't fix it.
Obsidian – massive workhorse, with a fantastic “everything everywhere all at once” and the ability to zoom way far out for a maximum overview.
Gitlab (or any flavor of git tbh) – I think it works a lot better than Trello, and is far far more streamlined, and easier for me to use.

There's plenty of other tools out there like Notion who can “do it all” and hey if that's what works for you, go for it. Maybe you don't like Obsidian because it's not FOSS, more power to you. Use ZIMWiki instead, it's pretty much the same thing, and extremely lightweight. Maybe you don't like Git at all and find it too confusing. I would suggest ignoring “fancy developer” talk and treat it like you would a blog, or Tumblr with an admin panel. Have a look at how I set things up, and you'll see it's really not that bad. Hell you can even store all your “journal” entries there if you really wanted (and it comes with RSS) so don't give up on Git too easily!

All that's left is a routine. Figure out what times work best for you, and manage your time carefully. If you have the ability to work with a friend, or partner, or even hire somebody else to help take some of the load off your shoulders, do that.

#CaffeinatedCoordinator

I've made a few posts finally showing off what this is.

• First Demo
• Guide – How to make
• Demo – Overview How I use
• Papr Companions in many colors

Those are all the visuals I've neglected to bring up sooner. I already have a public repo and wiki over on Codeberg: here which has loose documentation, a few bits of digital art, and my inspiration credit to other sources and authors where I got my ideas from.

This is not for profit

I am not selling a product.

Overall I want this to remain open. I can't really say open source as there is no code, but the philosophy would be similar enough. Make it yourself, make it for your friends, loved ones, etc!! It's pretty nice when you get into it.

#papr #productivity #adhdproductivity #organization #gtd #analog #madebyhand #madebycreature #crafts #workflow #offline #minimalism #minimal #minimalist

About CAARDS

CAARDS is an acronym that stands for: – Conscious – Intentional coordination. – Analog – Tangible tasks, at-a-glance. – Agenda – Priorities, at-a-glance – Real-time – Living in the moment. – Dashboard – Flexible, to fit your needs.
– System – Sorted by date, and type. CAARDS is the core that slots inside of any Papr Companion. They are 3x5in “blank index cards.”

Setup

If you already have your PC made, continue reading. If not, please do start with Papr Companion first.

It is possible to continue without having a PC, however I strongly suggest you give PC a try.

This guide works regardless if you bought index cards, or made/cut your own. Blank is preferred, however the back of common lined index cards are often blank in the back. I'll be using blank for this guide.

We will start with roughly 30 cards, or whatever set amount is for the month you'd like to begin with. Each of these cards is your “daily card” that you will use each day.

Daily Cards

Only 365 cards, one card for each day of the year. Or roughly 30 for the starting month.

If you are familiar with the 2min rule of GTD by David Allen, this is what I would suggest starting with. Only instead of “just doing it” I would suggest recording that action/task you just performed or are about to perform.

Starting with small records, that you slowly build overtime. I often found so many other systems to help aid our daily lives very stressful to start and even more stressful to continue or go back and fill in missed days.

This helps get things going without the stress.

Did you brush your teeth this morning? Write it down! Do you have anything planned this week, or even later today? Give it a try, schedule something easy to start with such as making your bed, or doing the dishes. Call a friend, check-in see how they are doing.

Overtime you will build habits, and begin to jot down tasks and events that develop naturally.

As of version 3.1: I have now included the “Daily Dashboard” system by Ryder Carrol (author of the Bullet Journal”) as I find the idea of it absolutely helpful to not simply view lists like this as a sort of “supercharged to-do list” as now this is intentional. See credits at the bottom for additional details.

Next Cards

David Allen suggests anything that requires an additional action or a “waiting” phase, would ideally be considered “next tasks” a follow-up.

Eventually Cards

Not everyone will need an eventually card. I like them as I like to set a lot of loose plans with no set dates, and pull from that list (similar to Chris Kyle's Strikethru method) and I can add them to my Daily Cards when I need.

Eventually plans are actions that you might want to do one day. Someday. These sit here and if you think you might make something here actionable, feel free to migrate it onto your Daily Card, or Next Card and schedule it.

Examples: – Go on vacation – Start a new project – Visit family – Buy birthday gift for friend

Credits

Papr Companion and all of it's related components (like CAARDS) take heavy inspiration from other authors like;

1. Ryder Carol, “The Bullet Journal Method”
2. David Allen, “Getting Things Done”
3. Chris Kyle, “The Strikethu Method”
4. James Clear, “Atomic Habits”
5. Matt Ragland, “The GAP Method”

#papr #productivity #organization #workflow #analog #TaskManagement #adhd #audhd #auhd #asd #adhdproductivity #gtd #bulletjournaling #bujo #discipline #offline #lowtech #minimal #minimalist #minimalism #madebyhand #madebycreature

Welcome to Papr. Papr + CAARDS (PC) is my analog companion to everyday life helping with tangible productivity. David Allen coined the term “GTD” and created a pretty great system, and this system has been adapted over and over again. The base framework is always there, different sections are removed, or added, and exchanged with what works for our individual needs.

This is my interpretation, and adaptation.

• No distractions
• No alerts
• No likes, no favorites
• No noise

From doom-scrolling to mindful shuffling and flipping. Papr is physical.

• how to make: guide
• example overview: visual
• example how I use, Papr: overview

Personal Development (in) Analog

• Track your goals
• Check your reminders
• Build your routine
• Customize your Papr needs.

Less Friction, little size

Papr comes in a small enough package that takes up less than the space of your phone. It's travel friendly, for all your open adventures. It's lightweight, it's Papr.

• Fits in your pocket
• Fits in your bag
• Nestles on your desk

Slow Down, Foster Mindfulness

Papr helps us slow down by being analog, and being entirely hand-written, and hand made from the ground up. This also helps us become more mindful instead of endlessly adding tasks.

• Works offline
• No need to charge it
• Use your favorite pen or pencil

#adhd #adhdproductivity #analog #auhd #bujo #concept #crafts #diy #draft #gtd #guide #handcrafted #handmade #journal #madebycreature #madebyhand #minimal #minimalism #minimalist #offline #organization #papr #productivity #project #selfduggrave #strikethru #workflow

I've made a few posts finally showing off what this is.

• First Demo
• Guide – How to make
• Demo – Overview How I use
• Papr Companions in many colors

Those are all the visuals I've neglected to bring up sooner. I already have a public repo and wiki over on Gitlab: here which has loose documentation, a few bits of digital art, and my inspiration credit to other sources and authors where I got my ideas from.

I haven't quite centralized my information yet as I am still working on this actively. It's a lot easier to show this off in conversation, so perhaps a small video might be in order. However I want this to be pretty accessible so a script or other documentation would be good too. So balancing out both can be a little tricky.

This is not for profit I am not selling a product.

Overall I want this to remain open. I can't really say open source as there is no code, but the philosophy would be similar enough. Make it yourself, make it for your friends, loved ones, etc!! It's pretty nice when you get into it.

#papr #productivity #adhdproductivity #organization #gtd #analog #madebyhand #madebycreature #crafts #workflow #offline #minimalism #minimal #minimalist

How exactly do you introduce something to the world exactly? Typically others would tell you “just do.” which is pretty simple. Right?

There are many ways to go about this. Especially when some of the best ways are with a demo video rather than a written blog or something.

I want to kickstart this loosely. Casually and raw. My thoughts, my feelings. Here. Read this as it comes out of my head as I type. Disorganized? Maybe.

So what even is the project?

The name itself has not yet been solidified. So let's skip that for now. Humor me for a second.

Remember not that long ago, realistically when the world had a device for everything? Something for your music. Something for photos. Something for notes. Your bag would oftne be filled with various things to solve a very spesific problem, right? Not really a Swiss-army-tool to do it all. Sure sometimes that was in our bags, but more often than not you would use a tool designed for the task, right? where is this going?

I'm not here to say inconvenience is better. Clearly smartphones are the primary tool we have and use and they aren't going anywhere. Home PCs or laptops, similarly are extremely powerful to be able to do so many different things without much effort or friction.

Sometimes intentional inconvenience is not so bad. Hear me out.

I'm a big pen and paper nerd. I love how tangible it is. I can see it. Make It. Touch it and put it in a binder or folder, my pocket, my backpack. Anywhere really! It's offline. I don't need a paid subscription to reflect on this piece of paper with whatever I wrote. I don't feel distracted or compelled to worry about hastags or even titles. I can just do my own thing and move on.

Some of you may be really into tech and the solution for you is an app, or digital tool of some kind. That's okay, I'm not here to tell you that you're wrong. Keep doing you!

I want to be able to reach out to those who share similar woes to me and maybe felt like they didn't have a choice or a solution. Sometimes the existing solutions are paid, or not exactly obtainable or open.

So paper is open source, what?

Some of the core philosophy behind FOSS, is pretty neat. I kinda want to adapt something very similar to the analog world. Why not? I guess I never saw this really done before or executed in the way I've been looking for and I've been too hard on myself that releasing this openly would flop or be useless.

With how many other ideas are out there, hey why not? I'll add my drop in the bucket. Whatever. It'll be out there and at the end of the day somebody will find this helpful or useful and that's awesome.

like comment subscribe?

Not exactly. I don't want to do newsletters. I don't even want to make a dedicated blog or page for this. I want this to be pretty raw and open as you can tell from how informal this is. So I'd like to continue it as-is

At best I will collect everything I can into a repo probably on Codeberg. That's my current solution and idea.

This might get buried by thousands and millions of others but that's okay. I think some ideas shine all by themselves and because of that, I won't even include hastags here. If it develops itself, then it'll do that.

In practice I should share more about how I go about this project personally and worry about the documentation, and eveything else later.

Does that make sense?

Since I documented my journey with PostmarketOS on Nexus 5 – here. I briefly mentioned I neglected to document my journey of SailfishOS (OnePlus One.)

I can at the very least provide all of the resources I stumbled upon, or used to help me get it running.

Please note: Like I mentioned with the Nexus 5, my OnePlus One was already unlocked. It used to run Ubuntu Touch, but that quickly became deprecated. I only saw DivestOS supporting bacon with what is essentially LineageOS 13/14. However DivestOS is also deprecated. PostmarketOS seemed like a good choice but as I already have a few devices with it, I wanted to try something else. So I settled with SailfishOS.

SailfishOS is extremely tricky as the official website is very corporate forwarded. Requiring licenses and subscriptions for the OS, and an extremely limited amount of supported devices.

As usual there is a small community that makes an effort to port to other devices, and that's where my journey begins.

Getting Started: The most helpful resource for the fastest results getting SailfishOS running quickly was this website here somebody else shares a similar passion for the bacon device, and saw some potential with SailfishOS so here we go!

From the installation section the first step is flashing a version of CyanogenMod 12.1 and then immediately flashing SailfishOS. Both downloads are provided on the website. There is a bonus installation method using MultiROM but I was not interested in this, so I moved on.

Almost eveything is available on that website from installing packages (especially newer ones) to getting your terminal running, SSH, etc. The only time I deviated was when I ran into an error installing warehouse – source which was related to a missing package or dependency because this version of SailfishOS is quite old. In the source for warehouse, there is a newer package – here by the same developer Olf. I was able to get warehouse installed but that's it. Nothing else appears to load, refreshing, and rebooting doesn't do anything.

A quick look into the store front doesn't appear to have many apps to really use. It's closer to what was in the Ubuntu Touch store but even less.

Another resource: There was additional information on the Mer Wiki – here which points back to the previous website and also confirms the build: The current version is 3.4.0.24 (Pallas-Yllästunturi), released on 2020-11-26.

It's installed, now what? That's it. I only tested the stock apps, and a few of the Jolla apps recommended from – here but that's as far as this goes currently. Camera works, gestures work. Battery life is to be desired but that's expected on very old hardware.

I don't see this as a daily driver or anything, but it is very fun to see a sort of alternative timeline if somehow SailfishOS was able to compete back when the OnePlus was still on the market alongside Ubuntu Touch. Or maybe that's just me that finds that fascinating?

#SailfishOS #mobilelinux #linuxmobile #foss

Since I haven't been able to focus on my own blog entries on my personal site. I may as well leave a small note for myself here. I'll probably remember to come back, right?

PostmarketOS – website Once in a while I dust off an old device, or aquire one randomly. I check the PMOS wiki for supported devices, or just browse whatever and see what's available for testing/fun. Today's entry is focused on Google's Nexus 5 (hammerhead.) – Originally released in 2013 and launched with Android 4.4 KitKat. At the time of writing we are in 2025, and current android is on 15, with no fun codename.

Previous Notes: I already had this device unlocked and running DivestOS (now defunct.) which at its core was LineageOS 13/14? Very impressive as the performance was incredible to even see such an old device running modern android without too many hiccups. Granted it wasn't the fastest, but it also wasn't as slow as you might think. I mention this as the device was already unlocked and re-paritioned according to modern guides for LineageOS, TWRP, and of course DivestOS. This context is important to know before continuing reading.

Installation via PMOS Wiki: – Source Naturally most installation instructions are always on a dedicated wiki or thread of some kind. I used the official wiki which only has two steps (minus the unlocking step.)

while in Fastboot mode:

Flashing For installation you need to flash lk2nd and flash the rootfs. Do not flash the boot partition since lk2nd uses fs-boot functionality to boot the kernel from the /boot partition of the rootfs.

1. $ pmbootstrap flasher flash_lk2nd
2. $ pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs If flashing fails with an error like “Unknown chunk type”, you may need to update your bootloader. bootloader-hammerhead-hhZ20h.img comes with the latest firmware from the android image page and can be flashed with fastboot flash bootloader path/to/bootloader-hammerhead-hhZ20h.img.

This might seem straightforward but it's missing a crucial step. What isn't directly mentioned is that you need ADB tools (this typically is already installed if you're used to flashing Android.) and pmbootstrap. See now pmbootstrap is the key to getting everything up and running as once you have it installed and setup, you run the script (as the wiki suggests) and it walks you through whatever device is supported and gets you all setup. So in this case it would be hammerhead I get to select the device, the PMOS version (edge/stable) and a very important step, the desktop! Thankfully the script only shows you what is supported by the device so you don't accidentally install something that doesn't work by default. Although be aware just because it's supported doesn't mean it runs smooth. The wiki shows a photo of the Nexus 5 running with Plama Mobile, but I have already had a different device running this and know what to expect and I wanted to try something else. I ended up choosing FBKeyboard at first as I had an idea to use this device as a small testing server. Hey others use PMOS devices to run whole Minecraft servers, I figured I wanted a goofy project for the hell of it too, why not? spoilers: because one of the steps in pmbootstrap didn't take, I was missing the rootfs so obviously it didn't boot into anything. I was able to see the splash screen, and sometimes it dropped me into a special mode with a almost functional keyboard where I can dump logs, or continue booting, or reboot. It wasn't Fastboot but I am unsure what this mode is called.

Successful Instalation + Boot: Either way, I tried looking up similar errors, and it all brought me to the same thing. Something about a missing step. I went back to the wiki and sure enough under common errors, it said it was safe to reflash rootfs using pmbootstrap so I went ahead and did that. Sure enough it took just fine. I was not able to boot immediately after, and had to reboot a few times before I got past the splash screen. After that I was greeted with sxmo and I was able to connect to wifi, run updates (no updates at this time. Already ran them via pmbootstrap.) Eveything except Firefox was pretty much working. Enabling the terminal is hit or miss. Sometimes it crashes but this is expected. Wiki says it's not meant for daily use yet, and it's natural to expect some bugs.

Now what? I don't have any current plans, as I am happy this device is running something and if I come up with an idea I'll likely report back. I just wanted to document my journey both for myself or anyone else looking to try PMOS on thier Nexus 5. According to the wiki there is quite a handful of others who own this device and also run PMOS. How active is it? That's unknown. Still very nice to see regardless.

#postmarketos #mobile #foss

Firstly, Thank you.
Thank you to the many of you this year for commissioning us, sticking with us, and even inviting your friends to the channel or referring them to us. This has been a really good year for growth for us and even stabilizing a little bit! We are still really small and still not established just yet so there's always bound to be hiccups. So naturally everyone who has been super patient and understanding with us, thank you.

Plans and timing,
We don't currently have any seriously big or major plans for next year. We would love to implement some of the ideas we already have been wanting to do but time escapes us often and prevents us from going through with some things. For example the transformation Potions. Thats something we really want to do more of, but we haven't had time to really push out a proper “commission sheet” for it with rules and examples just yet.

Better than Trello,
I haven't fully finished migrating eveything over to Gitlab just yet but hey the few of you that noticed seem to be rather happy with this change, so that gives me a lot of motivation to continue! (yay.)

Centralized platform?
We are very much still set on sticking with Mastodon. We only have Bluesky as it's far better than dealing with 𝕏. My only personal concern is I've been pushing Weasyl more because it's very easy for me to use, but I also understand it's a dead platform much like FA or even DA. I don't expect engagement there as much as I use it for navigation, examples, and overall a general gallery of sorts. I wish I could do that with Ko-Fi but as many of you know Ko-Fi kind of sucks at how it handles things. So beyond only having Ko-Fi for the downloads...you can kind of start to see my woes and pains with platform stability?

Those of you who read my long posts,
Once again, thank you. Some of you have been very honest and vocal about not liking my longer posts or announcements. Particularly why I try to add TLDR or title things with “ignore if you only care about art” etc etc. Again I truly do try to be very accessible and accommodate all, as much as I possibly can. Sometimes pushing my own limits.

TLDR: “Thank you for joining us this year. We will continue everything as-is, and try to offer more things when we have time. Our primary platforms remain the same. (Mastodon, Bluesky, Telegram.) Thanks for reading.”

Your hard working reindeer, Velvet

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