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Here is a little update of info on my personal hosting solution. The whole operation is composed of three various services and discrete providers: VPS hosting at OVH DNS service at OVH Backup bucket at Backblaze Changed DNS from...
The Republican Party of the future is not going to be the party of Milton Friedman. We're going to enjoy spitting on his grave, metaphorically speaking. -- J.D. Vance***The Committee to Unleash Prosperity -- which is what we need for...
The father of the four sons who were mentioned fighting each other's divided Frankish kingdoms yesterday was Clothar I (one of the four sons of Clovis I, the king who first united all the Frankish kingdoms), who also spent his adult life...
Our August bookclub selection is The Simp by Roshan Sethi. We will be in conversation with Roshan on August 26th at 8 pm EST/5 pm PST. Registration is open. For newcomers, there is a bookclub FAQ if you have questions about how it all...
Cats is so silly! In the olden days, after a wild animal was slaughtered, the tribe's shaman would wear the skin and re-enact the hunt. As he became one with the beast, the people slowly understood the ways of nature. Cats is a similarly...
What’s Going OnIt’s been a minute. I took a step away from my blog for a while because my brain latched itself to something else and I followed it for a bit. But I still like this blog and want to continue blogging, so here I am. Also...
I don't hate Christianity. For my first two years of college, I was a fairly devout Episcopalian. I've recently been growing more unsure whether I believe in the religion, but I haven't left it yet. Only time will tell whether I stay or...
Mead doesn't have to be sweet. It often is, but it doesn't have to be. During fermentation, yeast consume the sugars and turn them into alcohol, so you can finish with a bone dry beverage. But, having made and drunk a number of meads,...
I have been accused of being overly negative about AI, particularly large language models, and I have my share of issues with the technology. I do believe that we are pouring trillions of dollars into a bubble based on business models...
One of the odd pleasures of wine occurs when an aroma seems familiar but cannot be clearly identified. You take a whiff and catch something. You think you know it. But then it shifts. The familiar tasting terms come to mind: dried...
Female indigo bunting in breeding condition, recovery band noted at Hays Woods, 25 August 2026 Last week at the Hays Woods banding station, Bird Lab captured a female indigo bunting who was banded almost a year ago, 9/6/2025, on the...
I'm writing this at the dining table because the Apple IIc Plus is at the desk grinding away on a Mandelbrot set. Once it's finished this run, I'll save it, turn it off and get the MBP set back up. I've had a little success getting...
There’s a type of person you meet when you’re on holiday. I call them Grumpy Grumperson. They live in or near the places tourists flock to — famous landmarks, national parks, pretty little towns — and somewhere along the way, they...
Magnum P.I. was always spy-adjacent. Magnum was an intelligence officer (…or a Navy SEAL?…or both?), and multiple episodes had a espionage angle to them, usually related to Magnum’s somewhat-murky service during the Vietnam War. He even...
Yesterday was one of those teaching days where I had plans going into the day, with back up plans because I wasn't sure the original plans would work, and then I went with the original. Let me explain, in case it's useful:--I had planned...