Yep, it really can be this simple. This is a Heltec V3, in the bit of Styrofoam it ships with, along with a 2000 mAh battery inside an Altoids tin. Seems to work just fine. Next week, I plan to upgrade it with an external antenna. #meshtastic #grownostr

Typically need to enter a code to pair Bluetooth. If it doesn't give you one on the screen, try "123456".

#grownostr #memestr

So, yeah, Trump won the election. But more importantly, Americans have resoundingly rejected the woke agenda, the mainstream media, and the Davos/Hollywood elite. The centralizing gatekeepers are bleeding out. The world is shifting away from network news towards alternative decentralized media like podcasts and Nostr. The world is beginning to see the failure of fiat money and embrace Bitcoin. Let's keep this trend going. Can Bitcoin mining revolutionize energy production? Can locally grown food replace big food companies? Can projects like Meshtastic and Graphene OS replace surveillance technology? Can sovereign computing replace big tech? Can the sovereign individual eventually replace the nation state? We are the people who can make it happen. #grownostr #gm

#bitcoin #memestr

Battery and hardware arrived for my Heltec V3 case so I assembled another #meshtastic device Last night's project was making a leather pouch for the Wismesh pocket. It turned out okay, but I think for the next one, I need to get some veg tanned leather and do a wet formed pouch. #grownostr #proofofwork #leather #makeyourownshit

Morning chores. Forked some hay over the fence for the weaned calves. #grownostr #farmstr #proofofwork

GN Nostr. No time for scrolling tonight, I have leather to stitch, pipe tobacco to smoke, and death metal to listen to. View from the workbench. #grownostr #gn #leather #meshtastic #proofofwork #makeyourownshit

This will eventually be my #meshtastic router and be in an elevated position with a large antenna and solar charging. But for now, just sitting in my kitchen window with a tiny antenna, the signal covers the entire farm and a mile on down the highway. So far, I'm impressed. #grownostr

Well, I'm diving headfirst into this Meshtastic thing. #meshtastic #grownostr

#proofofwork Turning dead and fallen trees on the farm into a marketable cord of firewood. Now to post it up for sale to generate some cash to cover the order I placed yesterday for #meshtastic hardware. For anyone else buying meshtastic devices or accessories, use the bulk quote button on Rokland's site. They give a discount if you purchase multiples of an item. #grownostr #farmstr

Tonight's submission for #pipestr is Missouri Malta. It is an aromatic blend from the Missouri Meerschaum Company flavored with 14 different varieties of vanilla. The paradox of aromatic blends is that everyone in the room smells the flavor that was added to the tobacco, but the smoker often just tastes hot air. But this particular aromatic blend has a mild and pleasant Virginia/Burley tobacco flavor and and a very pleasing vanilla room note that gradually changes as you smoke through the bowl. Smoking it, fittingly, in a Missouri Meerschaum corncob pipe It's namesake, The Malta, was a steamboat that sank in the Missouri River and was rediscovered a few years ago buried in a cornfield as the river has shifted since its sinking. #grownostr

High desert hunting trip carry. Stay prepared, frens. Ruger SP101 .357 magnum Condor Large Huron Victorinox Hiker Zippo lighter Maratac flashlight Mec Army compass #grownostr #gunstr #knifestr #edcstr #outdoorgear