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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 It’s 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 Debian’s thirtieth anniversary! Happy birthday, Debian, and many more to come!
10
Jun 2023
Debian bookworm released!
Debian bookworm has been released! 🎉 Some highlights of the work I performed during the bookworm release cycle include: ...
09
Jun 2023
A new laptop
After about 14 years, it’s time to say goodnight to my trusty T61 ThinkPad. It’s quite a testament to the qu...
10
Mar 2023
OpenZFS is Awesome!
I’ve been a long time OpenZFS user, and for the past couple of years it’s 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
It’s been a bit over a month since becoming official, but I’m 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! It’s 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, it’s official – I’m 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
We’ll 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, I’m calling this the “Wild West” 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. I’d 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 “Doc” was down at the Sunport. I...
13
Aug 2021
LXD 4.0 LTS Properly Packaged for Debian bullseye
In celebration of tomorrow’s 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 flight…. pretty amazing! Oh, and that helicopter is Lin...
18
Apr 2021
A Decade of Portal 2
Hard to believe it’s 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 I’d 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 I’ve 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… we’ve got a satellite (the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) snapping ...
11
Feb 2021
UniFi AC Pro and IPv6 RAs
For a while now, I’ve 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 haven’t heard, they released an...
14
Jan 2021
OpenRCT2 Packaged for Debian
I’m happy to announce that OpenRCT2 is coming to Debian as a proper package – and the first that I’ve ...
01
Jan 2021
Charitable Giving, Redux
Well, 2020 went exactly as I had planned…. 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
Here’s 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 – 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
We’re 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!
I’ve been waiting a long time to say this: Donald, you’re 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 haven’t already done so – go and vote! If you’ve 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 – 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 it’s been a decade since Sherlock on BBC first premiered…
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 that’s 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. Here’s a video ...
10
May 2020
The Secret of Monkey Island
Another great game if you’re looking for something to do while stuck in quarantine is The Secret of Monkey Island,...
03
May 2020
Portal Stories: Mel
If you’re stuck in quarantine and running out of things to do, here’s 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
That’s some pretty impressive flying!
28
Mar 2020
Life's Not Fair -- Being Thankful in the Time of COVID-19
That’s 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 1’s 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, you’ll probably like The Talos Principle as well. It’s similar being a first-person p...
01
Feb 2020
LEGO International Space Station
A set I’ve 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… oh…. it isn’t 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
I’ve been a long-time user of LXC, going all the way back to 2014. It’s come a long way and is a great conta...
01
Jan 2020
Charitable Giving
As a new year starts, and no, it’s not a new decade, the topic of new year’s 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.