When an issue affects Windows systems around the globe, who better to explain it to you than a former Windows developer?
The CrowdStrike Outage Explained By A Former Windows Developer
Category: Technology
The Cybertruck is Apparently a Cyberfuck(ing Safety Risk!)
What a surprise, the Cybertruck apparently has a major flaw that could easily get people killed!
The New YouTube Layout is Absolute Dogshit
I didn’t wake up today expecting Google to unleash the worst user interface revision in over a decade to YouTube but, well, here we are.
What (Was) The Bell System?
Let’s take a step back to 1976 and look at what the Bell System actually was in the twilight years of its life.
Retiring Final Zone BBS
All good things must come to an end, and this includes one of my pet projects over the past few years, Final Zone BBS…
Just kidding I restored the BBS a day after publishing this..
The OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Mission Was A Success
After 7 years, the OSIRIS-REx sample return mission has completed successfully, giving us our first tangible bit of early solar-system material to study.
Does Anyone Actually Make Good WordPress Themes Anymore?
In this entry I lament at the challenges of finding a theme that really works for my usage case when WordPress has evolved far beyond just blogging software..
My Future on Twitter
It looks like this is the end of the road for me on Twitter… and no, it isn’t because of Musk wanting to “open the site” and promote more “free speech.”
The Gateway From Hell
Here we have a story as old as time — or at least, one as old as how long I’ve lived in this house. This is the tale of my absolutely rage endeucing internet gateway, a constant pain in my ass since 2013. That’s where the story begins, actually – July 2013 and me moving […]
The Greatest Test Flight – STS-1
Today marked the 40th anniversary of the launch of Columbia on the first mission of the Space Shuttle Program, STS-1. It’s a little hard for me to think that it was that along ago, or that the program would go on for just over 30 years, ending in July of 2011 after 135 missions. Of […]
I’ve Got Some Neat Stuff Coming In!
Pardon the relative silence, I’m right in the middle of a very busy week. Still, I felt like posting this relatively short entry to share that I’ve got some interesting phone equipment coming in which will certainly make for some quality text and video content — at least, for the more traditional telephony inclined kind […]
Some More (Digital) Cleaning
I don’t hide the fact I’m a bit of a packrat, especially when it comes to data archived on computer systems both local to me and remote. Earlier in November I wrote about finally cleaning up my email inboxes of mail that, in some cases, has been archived for over 15 years. That’s, in some […]
15 Years Of Xbox 360
On November 22nd, 2005, the Xbox 360 launched to quite the celebration, both in the gaming scene and in the Mojave desert via an event known as “Zero Hour.” If you had told me then that 15 years later I’d be writing this article about the event, I’d have probably thought you were crazy. I […]
Seems Like I Can’t Catch A Break With These Mac mini’s…
The same night I did repairs on my Core 2 Duo Mac mini, nicknamed “Lion” I found out there was a bit of an issue with my other Mac mini, the Core Duo system I used as a basic file host and affectionately dubbed “Miniserv” for its role as a Mac mini “server.” In this […]
I Have No Idea How This Screw Got Here
Yesterday I took one of my Mac mini’s (Lion, for those curious) to work again so I could do a bit of a deep clean on it. Something was rattling around in it and I didn’t want to turn it back on (it’s been out of use since the Spring) without getting whatever it was […]