• Upgrading an old Nexus 7 to android 10

    LineageOS extending life on old hardware

    Posted on Jan 17, 2021

  • Making music in 2020

    my ever evolving studio set up

    Posted on Oct 25, 2020

  • The internet and email

    A timeline of development

    Posted on Apr 18, 2020

  • Mid range AMD streaming on Linux

    first PC build since 1994 a success!

    Posted on Jan 19, 2020

  • Make an antenna for distant FM stations

    Improve reception with a resonant antenna

    Posted on Nov 10, 2019

  • Out exploring in my old Grumman canoe

    first paddle in many years

    Posted on Sep 28, 2019

  • Upgrading my Raspberry Pi minecraft server

    I thought this would only take a few minutes...

    Posted on Mar 23, 2019

  • DIY fix for broken laptop hinges

    Poor design doesn't mean you need to throw away that old laptop

    Posted on Dec 1, 2018

  • How I record music and make videos

    ...using the equipment I have and with free software.

    Posted on Aug 29, 2018

  • Make Facebook show the right image on Wordpress links you share

    Or how to get around Facebook's inability to read my mind.

    Posted on Aug 22, 2018

  • Deactivated my twitter account

    Twitter has become a cesspit and I don't have to listen to it anymore.

    Posted on Aug 19, 2018

  • Roto-tilling

    getting the garden ready

    Posted on May 21, 2018

  • Got My Amateur Radio License

    finally getting around to doing something I started out to do in the early 90s.

    Posted on Apr 13, 2018

  • Running dd-wrt on a Linksys wrt1900ACS

    I supported the promise of an open hardware platform and may soon be able to start using dd-wrt again.

    Posted on Apr 1, 2018

  • Closed down my G+ account

    not deleted, but going inactive. may archive some things to my blog.

    Posted on Mar 27, 2018

  • Playing a powerpoint on the conference room TV without a laptop

    Don't wanna lug your laptop to the conference room just to run a PowerPoint? How to run your Powerpoint from USB (or over the network)

    Posted on Mar 16, 2018

  • Role-playing Related Web Series

    A list of the role-playing related web series I've watched (and enjoyed)

    Posted on Mar 14, 2018

  • Moving out of Wordpress and into picocms

    Over the last year I've tested out a bunch of different approaches to flat file web publishing and I've finally settled on one.

    Posted on Mar 4, 2018

  • Convert .GHO to .VDI for use in Virtualbox in Win7

    My notes on the steps I took to convert a Ghost image into a file I could run in Virtualbox

    Posted on Mar 1, 2018

  • Brown Bess Musket

    The main weapon during the American Revolution

    Posted on Feb 21, 2018

  • Face of first Brit revealed

    the surprising face of stone age Briton

    Posted on Feb 17, 2018

  • Linux is used for making movies

    ...and not just movies you've never heard of either

    Posted on 2018-01-27

  • Starfleet Order 104: Section C

    a timely reminder

    Posted on 2018-01-04

  • Nor'easter blows through

    I watch it roll in on my old barometer

    Posted on 2018-01-04

  • Social media is ripping apart society

    when social media execs start saying this you should probably listen

    Posted on 2017-12-11

  • Yahoo sues Mozilla

    and that's just another reason to hate Yahoo

    Posted on 2017-12-06

  • Firefox 55+ crashing on armv7

    Firefox Quantum considers arm devices second class citizens

    Posted on Dec 2, 2017

  • adding markdown syntax highlighting to notepad++

    Strange as it seems, markdown isn't one of the languages that notepad++ recognizes. Here's how you can add it.

    Posted on 2017-11-22 11:50

  • Malwarebytes flags Firefox as malicious for checking Certificates?

    Really just an excuse to talk about certificates, authorities, and how the whole thing seems to be horribly broken.

    Posted on 2017-11-17 11:56

  • Veterans of the Psychic Wars

    and where that actually came from

    Posted on 2017-11-10

  • Fake accounts on social media

    no matter what side you're on, you need to understand this

    Posted on 2017-10-16

  • The myth that iOS is easier to use

    or how people tend to like things they are already used to.

    Posted on 2017-10-01 07:22

  • Virtualbox in Win7 bridged network no adapter

    just some notes on getting it working

    Posted on 2017-09-27 10:03

  • One year with my ASUS C201 Chromebook

    Bought on a whim, this tiny chromebook quickly became my go-to device mainly because it was light, turns on immediately, and I could get 90% of my work done on it.

    Posted on 2017-07-04 15:58

  • The Pink Palace was torn down

    a dorm I stayed in for two summers is torn down and I strangely feel remorseful over it.

    Posted on 2017-06-04 21:18

  • Hold music from an old android

    a DIY hold music solution using an old tablet that was laying around

    Posted on 2017-03-16 18:30

  • Slow wifi with Intel 7265 iwlwifi on Arch

    my notes from struggling with this chip transformed into a blog post

    Posted on 2017-02-17 22:17

  • Why I do not use Bing or Yahoo for search

    paid malware adverts served up by tech giants we're supposed to trust?

    Posted on 2017-02-15 14:00

  • Illegals have no rights!

    why people in the US illegally have (at least some) Constitutional rights and why those who claim they don't (Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity) are wrong.

    Posted on Jan 31, 2017

  • In Memory of Rich Conaty

    in memory of a man who kept the music of the early 20th century alive

    Posted on 2017-01-01 23:08

  • A Musical Christmas Card to you

    a quick little ensemble brings you some Joy at Christmas

    Posted on 2016-12-30 17:09

  • Windows 10 Express Spying Settings

    Posted on 2016-12-01 14:44

  • The Last of the Magicians

    the strange story of a rocket scientist who dabbled in the occult

    Posted on Nov 27, 2016

  • The Apple upgrade mill rings the juice out of me

    Posted on 2016-11-20 21:15

  • Windows 7 updates stuck

    Posted on 2016-10-19 13:53

  • Fix for Firefox typing delay and slow scrolling

    Posted on 2016-07-09 19:53

  • Finding the perfect netbook-sized laptop

    Posted on 2016-07-04 20:59

  • Microsoft support forums run Linux

    oh, the irony

    Posted on May 17, 2016

  • My Raspberry Pi 2 Minecraft server

    Posted on 2016-05-16 16:00

  • Users are the weak link

    Posted on 2016-04-08 13:12

  • Upgrading Samsung S3 to Lollipop 5.1.1

    Posted on 2016-02-18 21:54

  • A couple books about the history of D&D

    just a quick mention for a couple books I read recently

    Posted on 2016-02-07 14:16

  • Removal of F8 a good example of why I hate Windows

    Posted on 2016-01-25 20:00

  • Can I run this thing on my 100W Solar panel?

    Posted on 2016-01-07 22:00

  • Quadrantid meteor shower and observing session

    Posted on 2016-01-04 21:37

  • Ian Murdock, founder of Debian, dead at 42 under strange circumstances

    Posted on 2015-12-31 13:21

  • OpenELEC runs great on the Raspberry Pi2

    Posted on 2015-11-09 21:05

  • Albert Einstein on Private Capital

    I think most of us would agree he was a pretty smart guy

    Posted on Oct 17, 2015

  • New lulu book, beach walk, some updates, and wake-on-lan

    Posted on 2015-10-11 21:00

  • Junk yard radio is good enough

    Posted on 2015-07-18 16:55

  • Still using Arch on my Thinkpad T410s, but not with KDE anymore

    Posted on 2015-05-07 20:47

  • Using a laptop in the office - product recommendations

    Posted on 2015-02-18 05:50

  • Printing to Canon MX860 wirelessly from Arch Linux

    Posted on 2015-01-25 22:56

  • Crontab reference

    Posted on 2015-01-19 08:39

  • Vikings vs. 1980s Space Guys

    Posted on 2014-12-29 17:50

  • Using i3 on my Arch USB flash drive

    Posted on 2014-11-15 14:08

  • Solo gig at SCVF Emerald Society meeting

    Posted on 2014-10-18 13:29

  • Nice night at the Grey Horse

    Posted on 2014-10-01 20:54

  • Orphaned Google Talk connections in psi

    Posted on 2014-07-11 06:00

  • Irish Music at Kings Park Day

    Posted on 2014-06-15 18:04

  • Upgrading the Macbook to Ubuntu 14.04

    Posted on 2014-05-24 12:56

  • Traditional session at the Grey Horse Tavern

    Posted on 2014-04-27 20:30

  • Arch Linux on bootable, persistent USB drive

    Posted on 2014-02-16 15:07

  • The tale of the transmitter (or "signs of aging")

    Posted on 2014-01-25 13:25

  • Peavey Backstage Plus still rockin'

    Posted on 2014-01-01 20:23

  • Old LG Optimus S (LS670) seems new again with Cyanogenmod

    Posted on 2013-12-25 00:11

  • Increase disk size of Ubuntu guest running in VMware

    Posted on 2013-11-25 22:25

  • My take on tablets

    Posted on 2013-10-08 20:05

  • Plato was not a mystic

    Posted on 2013-09-12 19:06

  • First ride in 9 weeks

    Posted on 2013-08-18 09:36

  • An Epicurian argument

    Posted on 2013-08-12 21:50

  • Recent status and projects update

    Posted on 2013-08-10 13:40

  • 1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual

    Posted on 2013-05-25 21:50

  • Welcome Back!

    Posted on 2013-04-22 18:19

  • First ride of 2013

    Posted on 2013-04-07 12:53

  • Playing Dwarf Fortress

    Posted on 2013-04-06 23:05

  • Installing Cyanogenmod on ASUS Transformer TF101

    Posted on 2013-01-20 14:10

  • Fixing my 19" Samsung LCD monitor

    Posted on 2012-11-30 09:57

  • Thomas Jefferson on News

    Posted on 2012-11-29 07:03

  • Warcraft III on Ubuntu 12.04

    Posted on 2012-11-21 20:51

  • Ubuntu breathes new life into old MacBook

    Posted on 2012-10-23 18:27

  • East coast weather satellite GOES dark

    Posted on 2012-09-27 10:18

  • Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfetones

    Posted on 2012-09-26 10:15

  • insight.ly CRM for Google Apps impresses

    Posted on 2012-08-30 19:35

  • Microsoft Surface Pro

    Posted on 2012-07-27 19:59

  • Buddy at Benner's Farm

    Posted on 2012-07-07 08:08

  • Great weekend

    Posted on 2012-06-18 05:29

  • Tribble training

    Posted on 2012-06-05 20:46

  • Dark Tower on android

    Posted on 2012-05-21 20:06

  • Creating the Book of Song

    Posted on 2012-04-18 19:34

  • In which anonymous shopping costs me more

    Posted on 2012-03-16 13:50

  • Super Star Trek in Python

    Posted on 2012-02-18 16:03

  • Superbowl for paying customers only

    Posted on 2012-02-05 20:51

  • Why are we opposed to SOPA and PIPA?

    Posted on 2012-01-18 22:20

  • Somebody that I used to know

    Posted on 2012-01-06 20:09

  • Temple of Elemental Evil in Ubuntu with wine

    Posted on 2011-12-28 21:06

  • Software patents stifle innovation

    Posted on 2011-12-28 11:44

  • Old media and hardware obsolescene

    Posted on 2011-12-18 10:43

  • A few weeks with an android tablet, app picks

    Posted on 2011-12-14 07:13

  • Carrier IQ meets the FBI

    Posted on 2011-12-14 07:03

  • Celebrate Buy Nothing Day

    Posted on 2011-11-24 08:08

  • Occupy didn't annoy residents as much as Port Authority construction did (and still does).

    Posted on 2011-11-15 07:14

  • minitube is what TV should be

    Posted on 2011-11-09 19:11

  • My EliteBook FAILs, back to the Mac (long)

    Posted on 2011-10-25 20:34

  • Go fly a Dyna-kite!

    Posted on 2011-10-16 22:04

  • Thomas Jefferson on patents

    Posted on 2011-10-08 13:36

  • Being Caucasian is an unfortunate defect

    Posted on 2011-09-23 18:49

  • Dawn over Vesta

    Posted on 2011-09-19 10:58

  • Old school meets new school

    Posted on 2011-09-16 06:04

  • StoryCorps animations

    Posted on 2011-09-15 21:36

  • 9/11 murders in perspective

    Posted on 2011-09-12 05:54

  • A quick peek at Jupiter and her moons

    Posted on 2011-09-09 23:44

  • Quake II lives again!

    Posted on 2011-09-07 19:31

  • Post Irene Ride at Cathedral

    Posted on 2011-08-31 17:58

  • Virginia Earthquake felt in NY!

    Posted on 2011-08-23 13:12

  • Google Earth in Ubuntu 11.04

    Posted on 2011-08-19 19:48

  • Google+ and pseudonyms

    Posted on 2011-07-25 22:27

  • Fixing Google+ circles

    Posted on 2011-07-21 06:35

  • text-mode location bar in Ubuntu 11.04

    Posted on 2011-07-11 18:44

  • Does comment quality indicate content quality?

    Posted on 2011-07-10 08:30

  • The Hobbit video blog

    Posted on 2011-07-09 13:21

  • HP EliteBook 8460p and Ubuntu

    Posted on 2011-07-08 21:21

  • facebook's days are numbered

    Posted on 2011-06-30 13:32

  • World Discoverer

    Posted on 2011-06-24 18:18

  • Why I like (non-commercial) radio and not Pandora

    Posted on 2011-06-20 20:50

  • Still no Mac virus

    Posted on 2011-06-12 20:52

  • Google to drop support for older browsers

    Posted on 2011-06-09 15:06

  • Judgement Day 5/21

    Posted on 2011-05-20 19:33

  • The charm of making

    Posted on 2011-04-30 10:56

  • Bandwidth caps and the end of the internet as you know it

    Posted on 2011-04-30 08:03

  • Clinton on getting the economy going again

    Posted on 2011-04-18 21:24

  • Hyphenated Americans

    Posted on 2011-04-18 12:51

  • Tuning an electric guitar is different

    Posted on 2011-04-10 17:43

  • The problem with pensions

    Posted on 2011-04-10 08:41

  • First ride of 2011

    Posted on 2011-04-06 18:52

  • Anime for kids?

    Posted on 2011-03-29 19:43

  • Super Perigee Moon tonight

    Posted on 2011-03-19 19:57

  • The Tenor Mandola

    Posted on 2011-03-13 12:02

  • Your tax money paying for political hit jobs?

    Posted on 2011-03-01 20:19

  • How he scammed the CIA (or Your tax dollars at work)

    Posted on 2011-02-28 21:45

  • Collective bargaining is an international obligation

    Posted on 2011-02-23 07:03

  • Can we blame Wikileaks for fomenting democracy?

    Posted on 2011-02-20 17:27

  • Roleplaying online - RPTools virtual game table

    Posted on 2011-02-19 16:31

  • Should we consider cyber attacks acts of war?

    Posted on 2011-02-18 07:06

  • Why I still don't have a smart phone

    Posted on 2011-02-16 19:43

  • Robot with biological brain

    Posted on 2011-02-08 20:23

  • Another Wizwar game

    Posted on 2011-02-06 20:12

  • Robin Hood's Thyng

    Posted on 2011-01-22 09:39

  • Stuff to do, keeping on task

    Posted on 2011-01-13 22:38

  • Is time leaky?

    Posted on 2011-01-05 20:35

  • New Years, 2011 GMT

    Posted on 2010-12-31 20:29

  • Accidentally deleted most of my posts in Wordpress

    Posted on 2010-12-30 14:45

  • Doctor Who Christmas Special

    Posted on 2010-12-25 16:00

  • Christmas peace

    Posted on 2010-12-24 12:06

  • Facebook can track you even if you don't have an account

    Posted on 2010-11-30 21:26

  • King Tut at Discovery Times Square Expo

    Posted on 2010-11-28 17:22

  • Thanksgiving weekend journal, 2010

    Posted on 2010-11-28 16:34

  • Wondering about The Wonder Years

    Posted on 2010-11-25 22:51

  • Tax cut quandry

    Posted on Nov 24, 2010

  • Retro gaming: Warcraft II on Ubuntu

    Posted on 2010-11-18 22:58

  • Blogging in the age of Facebook

    Posted on 2010-11-14 11:38

  • Boycott crappy news programs

    Posted on 2010-11-11 20:23

  • Trudeau on satirizing Obama

    Posted on 2010-10-26 06:26

  • The Juan Williams flap at NPR

    Posted on 2010-10-22 06:15

  • Tax the poor, at least they'll pay it.

    Posted on 2010-10-21 19:24

  • George Takei on NPR

    Posted on 2010-10-17 15:48

  • FOXNews doesn't like my comments

    Posted on 2010-10-06 19:48

  • Google apps upgrades!

    Posted on 2010-10-06 13:21

  • Killed my Buzz

    Posted on 2010-10-04 14:06

  • As you like it

    Posted on 2010-10-02 21:02

  • All your (data) base are belong to us

    Posted on 2010-09-21 10:00

  • Sarah Palin is a Socialist (even if she denies it)

    Posted on 2010-09-20 21:28

  • Tesla's last stand

    Posted on 2010-09-20 11:09

  • The Mexican insurgency

    Posted on 2010-09-09 06:39

  • Dreamhost Promo Code for 2 years

    Posted on 2010-08-14 20:12

  • Google Voice es sólo en Inglés?

    Posted on 2010-08-12 18:40

  • Social networking info leaks

    Posted on 2010-07-25 07:40

  • Peafowl on the loose

    Posted on 2010-07-17 21:10

  • 180° SOUTH is powerful

    Posted on 2010-06-27 10:47

  • First impressions of the B&N Nook

    Posted on 2010-06-25 10:02

  • Quick ride at Rocky Point

    Posted on 2010-06-13 14:25

  • A new Roll2d6 podcast!

    Posted on 2010-06-10 18:25

  • Another nice ride at CP

    Posted on 2010-06-04 21:10

  • Reading gedcom files

    Posted on 2010-06-02 20:35

  • Facebook account deleted

    Posted on 2010-06-01 11:17

  • Riding Galcier Ridge

    Posted on 2010-05-29 11:35

  • Union Memorial Day

    Posted on 2010-05-29 07:57

  • Yet another bike ride

    Posted on 2010-05-22 14:13

  • Natually born coincidence

    Posted on 2010-05-19 19:52

  • Blocking facebook's open graph

    Posted on 2010-05-18 16:00

  • Doctor Who missing episodes

    Posted on 2010-04-06 20:30

  • Is the health care bill Constitutional?

    Posted on 2010-03-24 06:07

  • Poor man's web content filter

    Posted on 2010-03-05 06:45

  • The end of America?

    Posted on 2010-02-28 22:23

  • Pompeii body casts

    Posted on 2010-02-21 10:25

  • How Christian were the founders?

    Posted on 2010-02-15 09:39

  • The Parliament of Fowls

    Posted on 2010-02-14 20:09

  • Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd edition FAIL

    Posted on 2010-02-14 09:10

  • Using Buzz

    Posted on 2010-02-13 20:55

  • Dana Morgan Harrington found dead

    Posted on 2010-01-27 22:57

  • Grundig S350 radio

    Posted on 2010-01-22 07:39

  • Over the air HDTV antenna

    Posted on 2010-01-20 21:00

  • shocker: Sarah Palin was politically ignorant

    Posted on 2010-01-12 07:38

  • RUSH Facebook de-Faced

    Posted on 2010-01-11 19:21

  • Canceling cable

    Posted on 2010-01-10 23:39

  • Star Trek 12 in 2012

    Posted on 2010-01-09 21:38

  • Scammers and spammers

    Posted on 2010-01-08 14:14

  • Linux on Airbus

    Posted on 2010-01-06 11:55

  • Army Builder on a Mac and mobile output

    Posted on 2010-01-03 10:17

  • Dominion card game

    Posted on 2009-12-29 19:51

  • Global warming conspiracy emails

    Posted on 2009-12-21 22:55

  • Facebook privacy changes

    Posted on 2009-12-10 07:32

  • Spirit still stuck

    Posted on 2009-12-06 12:09

  • BBC Horizon (1982) - The Mysterious Tesla

    Posted on 2009-12-03 19:35

  • Just a theory

    Posted on 2009-11-17 07:15

  • Why your health insurance costs so much

    Posted on 2009-11-14 18:14

  • Autumn leaves

    raking leaves my way

    Posted on 2009-11-11 07:01

  • Personal computer archaeology

    reviewing the massive amount of data I've accumulated and thinking about organizing it a bit.

    Posted on 2009-10-23 19:10

  • Printing my online writings

    the idea of putting all my digital detritus into some kind of order and printing it

    Posted on Oct 21, 2009

  • A type written message from the past

    Posted on Oct 7, 2009

  • About my Warhammer battle reports

    I put together an army of Dwarves and pit them against Gobos and Empire troops

    Posted on Oct 4, 2009

  • What happened to the Posse Comitatus Act?

    Posted on Sep 25, 2009

  • Let my dataset change your mindset

    Posted on Sep 20, 2009

  • Obama's speech to schoolchildren

    Posted on Sep 8, 2009

  • Some poetry: After the Battle

    by the Irish poet Thomas Moore

    Posted on Sep 4, 2009

  • True tempered guitar necks

    the strange looking fretboard that plays in tune

    Posted on Sep 2, 2009

  • Google opens up 1 million public domain books

    Posted on Aug 26, 2009

  • Health Care

    Can Obamacare fix our economy's biggest problem?

    Posted on Aug 14, 2009

  • Reduce US air conditioning costs by 20%

    eliminate black asphalt roof tiles in the south

    Posted on Jul 30, 2009

  • Save needs a new icon?

    love me some floppy

    Posted on Dec 7, 2008

  • Why isn't that guitar in tune?

    because it might not be possible

    Posted on Apr 17, 2008

  • Sundog

    Its Legacy is Frozen in my mind

    Posted on Jan 27, 2008

  • Nethack sucks (you in)

    Posted on Nov 20, 2007

  • Opportunity to go over the cliff

    Posted on 2007-07-02 20:32

  • Trubisz Theory

    This is one man's opinion.Take it for what its worth

    Posted on 2006-12-24

  • Hudson Valley Geo

    Summary of notes from a Geology field trip up the NYS Thruway

    Posted on Dec 24, 2006

  • Opportunity is almost there!

    Posted on 2006-09-24 18:34

  • Only bored when you're boring

    Posted on 2006-08-27 18:31

  • Bought a mountain bike

    Posted on 2006-08-27 01:00

  • Microsoft's voice non-recognition

    Posted on 2006-07-29 19:56

  • Palm pilot resurrection

    Posted on 2006-07-29 13:44

  • Lightning damage

    Posted on 2006-07-21 06:44

  • Slainte Irish Festival

    Posted on Jul 16, 2006

  • Bush study: public schools better

    Posted on 2006-07-15 06:57

  • Ode to an old mower

    Posted on Aug 10, 2003

  • Angband

    Posted on Mar 8, 2003

  • Raising a soundpost

    Posted on Feb 3, 2002

  • Don Piper Situation in NYC

    Posted on Mar 10, 2001

  • The universe is flat and other stuff

    Posted on 2000-04-26 00:00