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23 Jul 2021

Sublime Tooling

I’ve used Sublime Text for the last 9 years. It’s great for my needs. It is simple yet extensible, and thanks to being written in C++ rather …
19 Jul 2021

My WFH setup

When the pandemic started I already owned a pair of Bose NC 700. They’re great, with long battery life, and include multiple high-quality …
16 Jul 2021

The Steam Deck

All the work Valve has been doing to make Linux a viable gaming OS has led to this one device: The Steam Deck, and I’m really excited. It …
05 Jul 2021

Building Boxcars

I thought we’d start the summer with a fun project, so I ordered some boxcars for my two older sons. There were a lot more parts than I …
14 Jun 2021

Selling a car

Last week I sold a car. I decided to use Tred. You get far more money selling a car privately vs trading it in at a dealership. But then you …
02 Jan 2021

Moving to enterprise networking gear

I’ve been rocking a fairly high-end, though consumer-grade, Asus RT-AC88u router for the last 5 years. It’s been Rock solid. Zero issues. No …
01 Jan 2021

Building a Calculator

My first job after university was designing analogue circuits and programming their firmware. I skipped larger through-hole and went …
21 Dec 2020

Redhat abandoning CentOS

My thoughts on Redhat’s announcement that they’re abandoning CentOS. Facts. CentOS is a binary compatible RHEL build. CentOS was doing just …