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NAS Build
Subtext: “One More Computer Will Fix Me” The Journey The idea for building my own home network server has been building over time. For as long as I can recall, the idea of having a home based storage appliance has called out to me as being something to eventually pursue. The exact factors that brought…
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Childish as a pejorative
Being around children most of my waking hours and enjoying it, I watch how they interact with the world. The words I would use to describe this would be whimsy and wonder. This got me to thinking about how the word “childish” is often used as adults to describe something that is immature, poorly thought…
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Pixel Experiment
No Gapps, no problem? Previously, the thought had come into my head to run Android without Google apps but due to a variety of factors I opted not to. Fast forward ~8 years and now it is very viable to run Android without Gapps. Google apps are the pieces of Android that Google places in…
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Parenting and Ego Death
Recently I had a door to door salesman come to my house and when he was making small talk he said something to the effect of “wow you’re my age but you have 3 kids how is that?”. The question was interesting for me because my reality was as foreign to him, as his reality…
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2023 – Year in Review
Twenty Twenty Three 1 January Took the kids to a Jurassic World exhibition in San Diego. Visited my brother at his new home in Georgia New minimalist styled wallet, still going strong 2 February Definitely a month of all time 3 March RIP Grandpa, March 26, 2023. 4 April Visiting Big Bear with family Visited…
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iPod Video 5.5g DIY Refurb
10 years ago a gift was given to me and it was the 5th generation iPod Video 30GB. This music player stayed with me for around 4-5 years of use prior to getting an iPod Touch. Conversely the iPod touch only got around 2 years of use prior to smart phones replacing music players at…
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Standing Desk Experiment
Sitting is the new Smoking is the new Standing is the new.. I have had a couple of standing desks; they were the ones that came out around 8 years ago that used pneumatic cylinders and required you to grab onto two handles in order to modify the desk height. This desk height was not…
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Accidentally Profound
Walking into the gym at 10:30pm on a Thursday, I place my finger on the biometric scanner to authenticate my membership while the young lady behind the counter looks up. Smiling she greets me saying “hello sir”, I respond with a “Hi, am I good?” to indicate that I have successfully authenticated by thumb print…
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Digital Legacies
In the post DNS After Death an anecdote is present about a family member of mine that originally got me into computers. Time truly holds mercy for none of us and he passed on to whatever comes after this at the end of last month. He was always joking about how he was ready for…
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