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09
Aug 2025
Debian trixie released!
Debian trixie has been released! š Some highlights of this release include: lxc and lxcfs 6.0 LTS Incus 6.0 LTS included...
02
Aug 2025
Open Source Activities for July 2025
Debian trixie is currently scheduled for release on August 9th! As weāve been getting closer to the full freeze, l...
04
Jul 2025
Open Source Activities for June 2025
Weāre well into trixieās hard freeze, which means significantly less packaging activity in June. Thatā...
02
Jun 2025
Open Source Activities for May 2025
The trixie hard freeze began on May 15, and most of my work last month focused on making sure the packages I help mainta...
04
May 2025
Open Source Activities for April 2025
The first half of April was focused on the new LTS releases of lxc and incus, as well as making the final significant up...
26
Apr 2025
Google doesn't like IPv6?
For the past week or so, when trying to search Google Iāve encountered the following message several times a day: ...
05
Apr 2025
Open Source Activities for March 2025
March 15th marked the first of the trixie freeze milestones. I updated several packages and performed various cleanup an...
02
Mar 2025
Open Source Activities for February 2025
February was a bit of a lighter month, due to travel and other activities. I spent some time polishing up LXD to help en...
05
Feb 2025
Open Source Activities for January 2025
The trixie freeze dates were announced earlier this month, which means weāre getting closer to the release. The ne...
03
Jan 2025
Wireguard's minimum MTU for IPv6-over-IPv4 tunnels
Recently while traveling, I went to activate my wireguard VPN connection, but it failed with the error RTNETLINK answers...
02
Jan 2025
Open Source Activities for December 2024
Even though the trixie freeze dates havenāt yet been announced, this past month my focus began to shift to prepari...
01
Dec 2024
Open Source Activities for November 2024
In addition to the work below, Iāve been testing the KDE Plasma 6 packages from experimental, and at the end of No...
28
Nov 2024
ChatGPT spam is here
Well, ChatGPT spam has found its way to my blogās comments. Yay. š A while back I received a flurry of comments th...
06
Nov 2024
Fuck
Seems like an appropriate responseā¦.
03
Nov 2024
Open Source Activities for October 2024
Had a fairly productive month with lots of packaging and BTS work. Highlights OpenRCT2 v0.4.15 was uploaded to unstable ...
04
Oct 2024
Open Source Activities for September 2024
September didnāt present a lot of time for open source work, as I was busy helping put on the Duke City Hamfest an...
02
Sep 2024
Open Source Activities for August 2024
A few updates from last month; I sponsored a couple packages and updated a handful of others. Debian packaging work Spon...
15
Aug 2024
Open Source Activities for July 2024
Last month was busier than normal, as I attended DebConf24 and was therefore able to spend quite a bit of focused time o...
12
Jan 2024
The Path to Incus in Debian
A Brief Recap Itās been an interesting six months or so in the Linux Containers world. Just a month after the Debi...
15
Oct 2023
Annular eclipse
This weekend, an annular eclipse passed directly over Albuquerque, and it was quite a sight! The weather was beautiful, ...
16
Aug 2023
Happy 30th Birthday, Debian!
Today marks Debianās thirtieth anniversary! Happy birthday, Debian, and many more to come!
10
Jun 2023
Debian bookworm released!
Debian bookworm has been released! š Some highlights of the work I performed during the bookworm release cycle include: ...
09
Jun 2023
A new laptop
After about 14 years, itās time to say goodnight to my trusty T61 ThinkPad. Itās quite a testament to the qu...
10
Mar 2023
OpenZFS is Awesome!
Iāve been a long time OpenZFS user, and for the past couple of years itās been pretty much the only file sys...
07
Jan 2023
OpenRCT2 Available in bullseye-backports
This week openrct2 was accepted into bullseye-backports; as such, I will no longer be hosting/providing openrct2 package...
03
Dec 2022
A Debian Developer
Itās been a bit over a month since becoming official, but Iām now a full-fledged Debian Developer! Greetings...
23
Sep 2022
Return to Monkey Island
Earlier this week, Return to Monkey Island was finally released on Steam and other platforms! Monday evening I started p...
11
Sep 2022
LXD accepted into Debian
Earlier today, LXD was accepted into Debian unstable! This completes the saga of getting LXD into Debian, and barring an...
04
Aug 2022
lxd_5.0.0-1_amd64.changes is NEW
LXD has finally been uploaded to the NEW queue! Itās been about nine months since I seriously started looking at g...
22
Jul 2022
Some apt Repo Statistics
I host a small, personal apt repo, primarily for my own use and convenience as I work on preparing packages for inclusio...
13
Jul 2022
James Webb Space Telescope First Photos
Southern Ring Nebula as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope (credit to NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI) Yesterday we fin...
01
Apr 2022
LXD Packaging Report, 5.0 LTS edition
Progress on getting LXD packaged for Debian continues, although at a bit slower rate the past couple of months due to re...
25
Jan 2022
A new Debian Maintainer
As of today, itās official ā Iām now a Debian Maintainer! The following changes to the debian-maintain...
01
Jan 2022
LXD Packaging Report, New Year's edition
Happy 2022 everyone! This will be the year that LXD finally, properly lands in Debian. The packaging work for LXD is fai...
03
Dec 2021
LXD Packaging Report, 32bit edition
Weāll start today with a PSA: 32bit architectures still exist. Similar to C, golang has an int variable type whose...
02
Dec 2021
OpenRCT2 Accepted into Debian
Today, after 252 days in the NEW queue, OpenRCT2 was finally accepted into Debian! openrct2_0.3.4.1+ds-1_amd64.changes A...
21
Nov 2021
LXD Packaging Report, Wild West edition
Well, Iām calling this the āWild Westā edition of my LXD packaging report, as I have been reminded onc...
11
Nov 2021
LXD Packaging Report, Nov 11
A quick update on my progress of packaging all the dependencies for LXD in Debian. NEW packages pending ftpmaster review...
31
Oct 2021
Marching on to LXD in Debian: First report
Last week I began looking into the status of the long-lived ITP to get LXD properly into Debian. Iād really like i...
19
Sep 2021
B-29 Doc in Albuquerque
This weekend we had a bit of aviation history here in Albuquerque: the B-29 āDocā was down at the Sunport. I...
13
Aug 2021
LXD 4.0 LTS Properly Packaged for Debian bullseye
In celebration of tomorrowās release of Debian bullseye, I have updated my packaging of the LXD 4.0 LTS release an...
19
Apr 2021
Ingenuity's First Flight
Early this morning, Ingenuity successfully made its first flightā¦. pretty amazing! Oh, and that helicopter is Lin...
18
Apr 2021
A Decade of Portal 2
Hard to believe itās been a full ten years since Portal 2 launched! It was one of a select number of items I&rsquo...
15
Apr 2021
A Warning about the High Desert Amateur Radio Club
This is something I never thought Iād have to write about, but due to the events of the past few weeks, I need to ...
24
Feb 2021
Good (and Bad) Customer Service
Over the past couple of weeks Iāve had a higher than normal number of interactions with various online companies. ...
22
Feb 2021
Perseverance's Descent and Touchdown
I think we might be living in the future⦠weāve got a satellite (the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) snapping ...
11
Feb 2021
UniFi AC Pro and IPv6 RAs
For a while now, Iāve been running an IPv4/IPv6 dual stack network on my main wired LAN. IPv6 availability has com...
07
Feb 2021
One Month Since the Capitol Insurrection
Yesterday marked one month since insurrectionists stormed the US Capitol building. One month since the Confederate battl...
04
Feb 2021
Shady Behavior from the RaspberryPi Foundation
Well, the RaspberryPi Foundation burnt a lot of good will this week. For those who havenāt heard, they released an...
14
Jan 2021
OpenRCT2 Packaged for Debian
Iām happy to announce that OpenRCT2 is coming to Debian as a proper package ā and the first that Iāve ...
01
Jan 2021
Charitable Giving, Redux
Well, 2020 went exactly as I had plannedā¦. not. COVID-19 completely disrupted life, and put into even starker con...
01
Jan 2021
In praise of the HDHomeRun
Over 13 years ago, SiliconDust released the first of its HDHomeRun devices. These are pretty nifty network-attached TV t...
27
Dec 2020
A RaspberryPi Stargate
Hereās a pretty nifty project I saw recently!
12
Dec 2020
SpaceX Starship SN8
Scientific progress goes boink, er, boom!
05
Dec 2020
I35 Emergency Landing
A pretty impressive emergency landing ā avoiding the light poles and cars on the highway. Luckily it sounds like e...
04
Dec 2020
Arecibo Observatory collapse
Following two cable breaks in November, this past Tuesday the radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory finally collaps...
19
Nov 2020
SpaceX Crew-1 Recap
Weāre truly living in the future now, with commercial contract crews going to space!
08
Nov 2020
Remembering Alex Trebek
Who was an incredible host every week? Answer: Alex Trebek.
08
Nov 2020
President-elect Joe Biden's Acceptance Speech
It is such a breath of fresh air to have someone who can actually give a speech and is capable of carrying on a coherent...
07
Nov 2020
Donald: You're Fired!
Iāve been waiting a long time to say this: Donald, youāre fired! The Presidential race has finally been call...
31
Oct 2020
SpaceX 100 Successful Launches
Hard to believe SpaceX completed its 100th successful launch last week!
23
Oct 2020
Go Vote!
If you havenāt already done so ā go and vote! If youāve got an absentee ballot, get it in the mail soo...
20
Sep 2020
Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg
13
Sep 2020
Flying-V - scale model
A pretty cool, non-traditional airplane model:
06
Sep 2020
The Lord of the Rings Teaser Trailer
Recently finished re-watching the three films ā remember when the first teaser trailer came out?
09
Aug 2020
SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 Splashdown
One week ago today, Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken arrived safely back on planet Earth, capping an amazing mission!
02
Aug 2020
Perseverance Rover Launch
Off to Mars!
26
Jul 2020
Sherlock Ten Years Later
So hard to believe itās been a decade since Sherlock on BBC first premieredā¦
13
Jul 2020
Remembering Ennio Morricone
This past week one of my favorite contemporary composers passed away. Ennio Morricone composed scores for so many films,...
05
Jul 2020
The Great Tribble Hunt
From one of the best episodes of Deep Space Nine:
28
Jun 2020
It's You I Like
With all thatās going on in the world today, I think we all could use a moment of happiness.
31
May 2020
SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 ISS Docking
30
May 2020
SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 Launch
Successful launch, first stage landing, and initial orbit for the Crew Dragon!
24
May 2020
Good Omens: Lockdown
Last May Amazon released an excellent adaptation of Good Omens that you should go watch after reading the book. A couple...
17
May 2020
2017 Solar Eclipse from Homestead National Monument
From the Before Times, when you could gather in large groups for things, like say a solar eclipse. Hereās a video ...
10
May 2020
The Secret of Monkey Island
Another great game if youāre looking for something to do while stuck in quarantine is The Secret of Monkey Island,...
03
May 2020
Portal Stories: Mel
If youāre stuck in quarantine and running out of things to do, hereās an incredibly well-done free add-on fo...
26
Apr 2020
Remember when...
Remember when we had a President who actually acted like a President? Someone who listened to their advisors and experts...
12
Apr 2020
Apollo 13 50th Anniversary
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 13, and tomorrow will be the anniversary of the explosion ...
05
Apr 2020
A Challenging Landing in Columbia
Thatās some pretty impressive flying!
28
Mar 2020
Life's Not Fair -- Being Thankful in the Time of COVID-19
Thatās not fair! Last night the huge $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill was finally signed into law. As has been e...
08
Mar 2020
You Can Always Go Around
Good advice when flying: you can always go around and try again.
16
Feb 2020
Pale Blue Dot
The past Friday marked the 30th anniversary of Voyager 1ās famous Pale Bule Dot photograph, so I thought Carl Saga...
11
Feb 2020
Tracking the International Space Station
My project this past weekend was utilizing an old RaspberryPi to build a simple tracker for the International Space Stat...
09
Feb 2020
The Talos Principle
If you enjoyed Portal, youāll probably like The Talos Principle as well. Itās similar being a first-person p...
01
Feb 2020
LEGO International Space Station
A set Iāve been eagerly awaiting, the LEGO International Space Station is now available! The latest set from LEGO ...
31
Jan 2020
Farewell to The Good Place
Last night, the final episode of The Good Place aired, and we said goodbye to one of the best series in recent televisio...
26
Jan 2020
Portal Teaser Trailer
Remember when this game first came out? Some cool puzzles, but seemed kind of short⦠ohā¦. it isnāt o...
19
Jan 2020
SpaceX Dragon Launch Escape Demonstration
Well, looks like SpaceX had a successful launch escape test this morning of the Dragon capsule. One step closer to flyin...
03
Jan 2020
Concerning LXD, snaps, and Debian
Iāve been a long-time user of LXC, going all the way back to 2014. Itās come a long way and is a great conta...
01
Jan 2020
Charitable Giving
As a new year starts, and no, itās not a new decade, the topic of new yearās resolutions is popular. While I...
29
Dec 2019
OpenRCT2 on Debian
Update 2021-01-14 I have packaged OpenRCT2 for inclusion in Debian; visit that post for more information. Manually build...
28
Dec 2019
Hello, world!
Hello, world. Happy Saturday.