Like most other things in 2021, my reading output sucked.  So did my blog posting AND my originality in entire posts. But, I did read some excellent books as my goodreads Year in Books shows.  My favorite would have to be Void Star by Zachary Mason.  This is one of those books that I read because of its genre, age, rating, and...

Like most other things in 2020, my reading output sucked.  But, I did read some excellent books as my goodreads Year in Books shows.  My favorite would have to be The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester.  This is one of those books that I read because of its genre, age, rating, and the fact that a recommendation algorithm said I would...

I resurrected a couple C.H.I.Ps a while back and they have just been gathering dust since.  I decided to try out the latest Pi-hole because it has been years since I played with it.  I was digging through my single board computer bag and found a C.H.I.P. and decided it should work as well as anything....

I just realized I haven't posted my year in books for two years.  I read 40 books with a goal of 40 books in 2018, and read 34 books with a goal of 40 books in 2019. 2018 was the year I started reading the Red Rising saga by Pierce Brown.  I think it is really well done and it was definitely...

I have been trying to reduce my usage of the big 5 tech companies because they've become too creepy with customer tracking and other too-big-for-the-public-good behaviors. I want to host as many of the services I use as possible on my own systems.  I prefer open source, free software but will gladly pay for a system from a smaller company that I...