Author: rihahn
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Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow
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Found a good deal on a new filter and intake tube for the car the other night, so against my better judgement I purchased it… $400 later and I have…
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Phreaky
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In the early 80’s the phone system was kind of a passing interest of mine – specifically the rapidly developing digital switching systems that were replacing the very mechanical and…
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Atari
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Ages ago – 1985 / 1986 – I had an Atari 800XL computer that was my gateway to an online world through bulletin boards and things like Compuserve. Prior to…
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6000 miles
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On Friday the car hit 6000 miles – so as I usually do here’s the record: I purchased the 300 on August 10th, 2022, which was approximately 600 days ago…
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Objectively better
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I’ve been building a computer to load my old BBS on for giggles – a Dell E521 running Windows XP. The E521 is interesting because it’s one of the last…
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TV Dinner
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Back in the 80’s I was what they called a “Latch Key Kid”, meaning I usually locked up when I left for school, and let myself back in when I…
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In Living Color
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I was discussing various old computers with some folks online, and the topic turned to ‘what did screens look like in the 80’s?’ I dug around online for some examples…
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Collectables
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Back in the before-times, comics were a big deal. And accordingly I spent an inordinate amount of time perusing my local comic shops when I was younger. The first comic…
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The State of Things
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I try to avoid the “when I was a kid” posts because they don’t really serve much purpose outside of illustrating that time does indeed pass. But on my walk…
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Update
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Been busy trying to keep the ship afloat and haven’t really done much more than work-stuff in a while now… It happens. There have been a few noteworthy events though,…
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The Computer Wants You To Be Happy
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I get asked fairly often by various friends when the subject inevitably turns to computers, “Why Linux?” So, to put my thoughts on the subject into a concise format, I’ll…
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Food
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My CFO and the sales guys from our spinoff company have all been eating this stuff called “Factor” at work for a couple years now, and it looks and smells…
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Happy Birthday to me
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I’m coming up on the 55 in a couple of days. Wednesday in fact… I still find it hilarious that I’m a ‘senior citizen’ now. Normally my birthday is celebrated…
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Linux all the things
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Since my last post I’ve had to load Linux Mint on my MacPro 5,1 at work – a MacOS “security update” a couple of weeks ago did in the OCLP…
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Unix
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Well, I gave up on Windows 11 after an entirely too long 90 days… I installed it as my home desktop OS on October 6th, fought with it on and…
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Stormwatch
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Lines join in faint discord and the stormwatch brews a concert of kings as the white sea snaps at the heels of a soft prayer whispered. Listening to “Dun Ringill”…
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2024
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One more trip around the local star complete – on to the next. Listening to “Wheel in the Sky” by Journey
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2023 – a year in review
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It’s that time again; the semi-annual review of the year to somewhat consolidate things into a single post. 2023 was, in most ways, a repeat of 2022; the economy is…
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Drive 5000 miles…
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In keeping with tradition, my car just passed 5000 miles and here’s the update. Interestingly, I purchased the 300 on the 10th of August, 2022 – which is about 500…
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Amiga
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It’s hard for anyone who wasn’t there to understand just how amazing the Amiga was when it arrived in the mid 80’s… See, prior to the Amiga pretty much everything…