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This is why we can’t have nice things

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Published: July 21, 2026 23:41

I don’t use “AI” search obviously, but occasionally at work when DDG or one of the other privacy-respecting engines lets me down, I will begrudgingly search the Big Goofy Site. Of course, it puts its “AI” results at the top of the page, and I always find…

Printing with CUPS on OpenBSD

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Published: May 20, 2026 14:53

After recently deciding to switch to OpenBSD full time for my main workstation, I needed to set up printing properly. Yes, I know…hard copy. But I am a bit old school, and besides, some things just need to be put on real paper to give to real people; in my…

OS Hopping in 2026

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Published: February 26, 2026 01:45

Since I wiped my main workstation/gaming PC the other day in a bout of frustration with, well, everything, I’ve been having fun OS-hopping. I have a fallback workstation that I can use for work purposes and to get me by while I’m noodling around in my main…

FreeBSD as a daily driver

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Published: August 2, 2024 11:24

Jumping off from my previous post about using OpenBSD as one’s daily workstation operating system, I’d like to explore another member of the BSD family, FreeBSD. Note that this will be less of a guide and more of a review. A little personal history is in…

OpenBSD as a daily driver

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Published: April 12, 2024 17:11

OpenBSD is forever tied in first place with Void Linux as my favorite desktop OS. This is particularly funny because OpenBSD isn’t “just a desktop OS”; in its purest form, the base installation without any installed packages, it makes for an excellent…

The Last Dance – Chapter Two – Escape

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Published: February 5, 2024 11:11

The freaks were pounding on the glass door and windows, groaning and mouthing unknown words at Sarah as she stared blankly at them. She shook her head and ducked back down behind the chewing gum aisle, and forced herself to relative calmness as she…

The Last Dance – Chapter One – Sarah

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Published: February 5, 2024 11:04

“Damn it!” Sarah tossed the walkie-talkie on the floor, then immediately sucked in her breath as the back cover flew off and the batteries, drained of their life, went in every direction. She picked it up and carefully examined the casing. She had no real…

The Last Dance – Prologue – Nathan

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Published: February 5, 2024 02:04

This is the prologue to a novella I started back in 2011 and never finished. I’m posting it in an effort to get myself motivated to finish the story. I started it right when The Walking Dead TV show was getting off the ground and I felt I shouldn’t try to…

beginning again

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Published: January 10, 2023 20:18

So I decided I might have something to say about some things. I’ll probably talk a lot about the BSDs and Linux, maybe some hardware hacking and fun, and other things that interest me. Maybe my posts will be helpful to someone looking for a different way…