RIPeabo.

I found out that Peter Baird Olson, aka Peabo from the FSF died last week in a yacht explosion. I spoke to him a few weeks ago at LibrePlanet 2017. Sorry to hear that he has died, but it’s nice to know he was still yachting until the end. Peabo was an interesting character. He…

Filthy Rich and Catflap

So, this was the week that Rik Mayall died, and I’ve been watching a lot of old episodes of The Young Ones and Bottom. Another show he was in, is the frequently overlooked Filthy Rich and Catflap, in which Rik Mayall plays Richie Rich, a failed generic TV showbiz type. The opening sequence has a…

Inspired by the Alamo 100

Alamo 100 is a list of 100 great movies by Alamo Drafthouse employees.Here’s a list of 10 movies I’ve seen or would like to see.Short Circuit 2FilofaxMannequin 2HackersThe Garbage Pail Kids MovieOrang U: An Ape Goes To CollegeUHFManimal (not a movie)Cool RunningsMac and Me 2 

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

If this had come out a couple of weeks ago, I could have started this by saying, “A new article, it’s a Christmas miracle!” Instead, I just sort of reappear awkwardly. Ah well, why break tradition, I suppose. Well, the holidays are over, to the delight of many a parent, shopper, employee, or pretty much…

Proposed Dwarf Army list

1800pt Dwarfs Roster (Standard) Dwarfs (Standard) Selections: Solid Units (1225pts) Berserker Brock-Riders Regiment (245pts)Vicious Brew of Haste (15pts) (Brew of Haste) Bulwarkers Horde (250pts)Phalanx Fire Oil (5pts) (Fire Oil) Ironguard Regiment (130pts) Ironwatch Regiment (140pts)crossbows (Piercing (1)), Piercing Arrow (10pts) (Piercing Arrow) Rangers Horde (350pts)Crushing Strength (1), Vanguard Blasting Arrow (20pts) (Blasting Arrow), Light crossbows…

New GNU/Linux distro for the blind

Twenty years ago today, my friend Jonathan Nadeau was in a car accident and lost his sight, permanently. Jonathan is now a free software activist, who through his non-profit organization, the Accessible Computing Foundation, has released the first version of Sonar GNU/Linux, a custom version of Ubuntu with blind users in mind.  

Memorials to Fallen K-9s

I’ve not seen this before, but its rather sweet. A page dedicated to various police dogs. via memorial2001.

New stuff

I’ve been busy with a contracting gig — a new role for me, doing a mixture of sysadmin and development work. Mostly sysadmin work right now, as I attempt to tune a large authenticated Drupal instance and eventually migrate it to a new Drupal release. I’m doing a lot of work with RT, Nginx, Varnish,…