Tue 07 January 2025

This is Part IV of the series, "Don't use what works for you."

Being an armchair FOSS advocate, there are a lot of anti-FOSS arguments I've become quite used to seeing and answering. Some of them are honestly just pretty dumb:

eloquent_FOSS_apologia();

Well, I just don't CARE about that!

Well …

Category: Ethics Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Life Linux Non-religious post Philosophy UNIX

Fri 03 January 2025

I was perusing Annie's Love letters 1-5 (from 82MHz' blog post) today, and I was struck with the subject of happiness:

Most of all, do not bear the burden of your own happiness.

It made me think of an odd thing that happened when I was playing cards with near …

Category: Humor Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Content Warning Entertainment Humor Non-religious post Non-technical post

Wed 01 January 2025

After the enjoyable success of Writing Month last November, I feel like I want to start a new challenge for 2025: "100 Days To Offload."

I'm going to aim for 10 blog posts per month (which is an average of one blog post every 3.04 days), finishing on October …

Category: Writing Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Hobbies Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Productivity Writing

Sun 06 August 2023

I was watching yesterday's video from The Linux Cast on PeerTube, and I really liked how he broke down the various (arche)types of Linux users into seven categories:

• "The Greybeards" - those who have used Linux since the early days, and have a lot of experience. The Linux Gandalfs.
• "I …

Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Federated Services FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) PeerTube Video Non-religious post

Sat 05 August 2023

I have a most peculiar skill (for a monoglot): I can read and sing Azerbaijani (Turkish).
Now, I don't understand it. But I can (slowly) read and recite it, and I have learned to sing about a dozen songs, almost all of which were sung by Rashid Behbudov, a popular …

Category: Philosophy Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Language Translation Bible Non-technical post

Fri 21 July 2023

I was watching The Linux Experiment's latest video entitled "Sometimes, I get tired of Linux," and I realized how similar the issues that he mentioned are to the classic "Last Mile Problem."

First of all, mad props to folks like Nick (a.k.a. "The Linux Experiment"), Veronica Explains, The …

Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Federated Services FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Non-religious post PeerTube Video

Wed 22 March 2023

Do *not* do the following :D
Please scroll down to the **Update** section below, instead

I was watching this video about FreeBSD last night, and the gentleman made mention of a blog which had extra information on FreeBSD. Looking at the blog, I found an excellent article describing how to …

Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Linux/Unix Tips BSD FreeBSD Non-religious post

Tue 21 March 2023

Welp, it's been literally a month since my last blog post. 1,000 days to offload, right? 😆

I had a checkup with my doctor today, and going over the results of my blood test, I was encouraged in no uncertain terms to pick up regular exercise again, and stick with …

Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Linux/Unix Tips Life/Productivity Non-religious post

Tue 21 February 2023

Content Warning: This is straight-up Bible stuff from a very Christian perspective. If that's not what you're looking for, I'm sure I'll have other posts you'd be interested in soon. Cheers.

Content Warning #2: Ummm, guys... don't blog angry. Maybe skip this one. XD

I've been home sick the past …

Category: Ethics Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Philosophy Ethics Christianity Non-technical post

Mon 30 January 2023

Becoming a terminal file management enjoyer

Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Linux/Unix Tips Non-religious post