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For the last several years I have been training Brazilian Ju Jitsu, something that I wound up getting talked into while my kids were working on their own martial arts training programs. Both were at the time pursuing black belts in their arts and I wound up sitting there six days a week basically twiddiling … Read more
It’s not something that I’ve put out the cash on, this is for the test pool of hardware in the office that we use to make sure that our software works properly. However since it’s a general pool this does mean that I’m going to be able to put hands on the thing and see … Read more
Well over a decade ago I picked up a messenger bag that I really liked, it was from a local company to me called Onsite Equipment and I’ve really forgotten how long I’ve been using things thing and after many years it’s starting to show it’s age. The fabric isn’t wicking water during rain, all … Read more
So I like computers. I’ve played with them for years and spent a lot of time working my way into a career where I can work with tech on a daily basis. At work I have access to piles of hardware, granted it’s not like what what the folks at LLT would have sitting around, … Read more
So as I have mentioned at other points I do collect pens. Specifically I collect fountain pens that I use for note taking and other writing at work and home. Why fountain pens? Well I’m left handed and what I find is that the inks that I use in them wind up drying quicker than … Read more
As I have gotten older over the years I have in a lot of regards become less and less picky about brands for some things. However one place where I don’t like to bend is when I’m picking up tools that I’m going to be using a lot. I’m not just talking about hand tools … Read more
The last season of The Boys is aging on Amazon Prime right now, and if you have not gone through and watched it yet you should. It’s gory, and not something that you would want kids to watch but it’s dammed good and while I’m kind of sad that it’s going to be ending after … Read more
Working in software I frequently find myself having to test things with my companies products and other products that our stuff is interacting with or potentially competing with. A huge tool for this has been the ability to run virtual machines on both my desktop, laptop, and dedicated “servers” that I keep around. For the … Read more
While my D70 did a great job for me for 20 years it recently became time for a new camera and after a lot of digging around I picked up a Nikon Z50 II to replace it. I was considering something in the Nikon DSLR range rather than the mirrorless cameras but after looking at … Read more
So it’s time again to reload the operating system on my gaming machine, and the question that I had to answer was what operating system I was going to run this time around. The options are to stick with Windows 11, or move over to some flavour of Linux for my operating system. This specific … Read more