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I can hear you now… “No shit Josh! Debian’s one of the most stable Linux distros [sic] they even main their main branch ‘stable’!!~!” In my quest for bleeding edge software, specifically, the latest version of Gnome, I lost sight…
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My 2018 Goals
Around this time last year, I decided that I would set out on an overly ambitious adventure to be more productive and to accomplish a bunch of shit in 2017. Things turned out pretty well, but this isn’t a recap…
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Not all cables were created equal
We’ve all heard the horror stories. Somebody gets a new monitor and it sorta works. Everything powers on, they get a picture but they can’t seem to get the monitor to go up to the advertised max resolution. Usually these…
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I am a freeloader
There, I said it. I am a dirty fucking freeloader. At least according to one of my fairly long time subscribers to my mailing list. Seems that last week’s launch announcement about my project CrowdSync ruffled at least a couple…
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Before you send another email, read this
Okay, that title was click bait, I know. Thing is, I wanted to get as many eyes on this as I could and I wasn’t sure how many people I’d piss off by doing “another boob post” or something similar…
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[FIXED] Radeon kernel modesetting for r600 or later requires firmware-amd-graphics
Since I have been thoroughly disappointed with the stability of Arch Linux on my iMac recently, I decided to get my ass back over to Debian. What caught me off guard when I finished the install and rebooted was an…
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Kindle Unlimited isn’t worth it
I went back and forth for a while before pulling the trigger on Kindle Unlimited. What finally convinced me to sign up for the trial (and subsequent subscription) was the book Slicing Pie: Fund Your Company Without Funds. It’s about…
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Empower your child by letting them cook dinner
Last Sunday was one of the busiest days I have had in a while. So busy that I asked my 10-year-old daughter to make dinner. I’m not talking about having her make us sandwiches or even just nuking a can…
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Adding comments to JSON
From time to time I’ve wanted to be able to comment out lines in a JSON file. This typically comes up when I’m making a butt load of changes to package.json and I want to keep a visual history as…
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Two weeks with MeetEdgar
If you follow me on any social media channels, especially Twitter, you probably noticed an untick in my posting volume. No, I haven’t been hacked. Admittedly, I’m pretty bad about posting my blog posts on the various social networks I…