Welcome to 2023. So far, it has little to say for itself other than “Lucas still has poor scheduling.” But this time, it’s not my fault. Last year was thin on books. I shipped DNSSEC Mastery 2nd edition to print backers last spring. Letters to ed(1) came out, which didn’t seem to merit a mailing […]
It’s cold outside. Stay inside. Let the snow pile up and join a video call. Mind you, it’s not as much snow as before. Global warming is clearly a thing, and it’s here with a vengeance. Seeing as I live in Michigan and worked my way through college by shoveling snow five months of the […]
The ebook of “OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems” is now available for Patronizers with the Digital Reader benefit. The print file is going to the printer today. We’ll spend the next few days doing the Approval Dance. Then I’ll rush-order proofs, make sure they’re okay, and order your books for delivery. I should get your print books […]
I’ve said a bunch of times that my Patronizers make a big difference in my life, and it came into focus this morning. Y’all give me tooth money. Bad teeth don’t run in my family, they gallop. I brush, I floss, I use the water-pik and the fluoride and the 12-horsepower gum sander, but my […]
Yes, an extra post with not one but two updates! Posting early so interested folks can mark their calendars. Last December, I opened the usual video hangout to everyone who backs me. I forgot to show up. Completely on-brand for me, of course. I hadn’t gotten to the dojo all week and made myself get […]
Last year’s December all-Patronizer hangout worked pretty well, once I showed up. I’m thinking of doing that again next month. If you want me all to your high-class selves, you should probably show up this time. 19 November 2022, 7pm. The weekend before American Thanksgiving, so I won’t yet be bloated to unbearable proportions. Topics […]
Ah, November. The time EDT becomes EST and everyone in Michigan goes to sleep. Michigan is in Eastern Time, which is the same as New York City. We’re six hundred miles west of them, so our experience of Eastern Time is very different. I’m all for the Sun being overhead at noon, but that happens […]
A bit of an odd one, but I promised some of y’all copies of everything and this is part of everything. I’m giving it to everyone, because “Beans with Found Meat” is delicious. One of the stretch goals for the Prohibition Orcs kickstarter was a collection of recipes. Not many recipes, mind you, but recipes. […]
Hey, would you look at that! This month I’m setting the schedule early enough that I have a choice of days for the hangout. Will wonders never cease? Uh… yeah. Wonders will cease. I’m certain I’ll fubar this somehow. The next hangout will be at 10 AM EDT on 22 October 2022. I’ve checked the […]
I have spent my life looking for a valid excuse to use the word “onomatopoeia,” but at last have settled for an invalid one. The deadline for tech reviews on “OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems” is one week from now. I’m already looking at early comments and wondering what kind of idiot I am. Part of this […]
