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Jeff MacKinnon
I, Jeff MacKinnon, have many interests and wear many hats. I'm a generalist at a lot of things and an expert at a few. I focus a lot of my time on power systems, reducing carbon emissions, electrifying everything, cooking, taking pictures and keeping the internet open and free.
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It's Canada Day, and while like any large multi-cultural society, we have our issues, but we also have our strengths and those deserve celebrating. Wear some red, eat some burgers and chips, and celebrate this great place to be. The...
My raspberrypi was running "hot" in the case so I bought a fan. What I just realized this moment is that it was probably fine, but I want to watch it myself. To do that I need to install mmm-systemtemperature, but there is an extra step...
I started my self-hosting journey in 2001 when I bought my first desktop. Before then I used the family computers (a 286 and 486 that we found in a dumpster). I went to university without my own computer and used the school computers for...
Sometimes it takes some experimentation to get the cookies just right. Back in the spring of 2020 I came across a old recipe bookie that my Primary teacher put together for everyone. We brought in our favourite recipes in from home and...
Winter finally seems to be on the wane, and this is the time that the USA decides to start yet another war in West Asia, this time supporting Israel. Not what I was hoping to wake up to, but not something I was surprised to see after the...
On the weekend we took a short wander at Point Pleasant Park. The weather was nice and we needed to get out of the house. It ended up being short because the walking trail was mostly ice, but as long as we can get close enough to the...
Hope for Wildlife is a wildlife rehabilitation and education organization located in Seaforth, Nova Scotia. They have a few pens and trails so we met up with some cousins to wander around this afternoon. I learned today that they also...
I'm a little surprised that I haven't already posted this recipe in my recipe format, so this post is to remedy this. Its a recipe from the Longbourn Farm blog that we make most weeks. Although I do use less flour because 8 C makes...
I started the weekend making a couple of recipes from Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens including a Cinnamon Loaf and Rolled Oats Bread. This is the second Brown Bread that I attempted. I'm not happy with my first try with the rolled oats...
This recipe is unmodified from my revision of the Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens book. I never really know if I should call it a recipe or cookbook, because it is that, but it is more too. I highly recommend grabbing a copy for your...
I really want to run Windows 11 on my laptop, and the last couple of times that I have tried it I got stuck on the bridge connection. This is the way that I have finally gotten it working. What I need I need to install windows 11 on my...
This weekend I knew we needed bread, but I couldn't get myself to the store. I just didn't want to, so I made it homemade instead. We had milk, and while I enjoy and the kids love the everyday bread I wanted something that was a little...
Today was the day that the leaves all fell off the trees.
The weather was nice so we picked a close trail that we haven't been to before, and chose The Old Coach Road in Bedford.
If you aren't already a Blue Jay's booster, now is the time.