At home I use backintime as my backup software (a FOSS clone of Apple’s Time Machine). It works fantastically (and has saved my ass several times). It’s a Python framework around some very clever rsync magic; daily incremental snapshots are light on space because it uses hard links on the backend storage if a file …
Author Archives: Shawn
Photo Stream
For those in the Fediverse know, I created Pixelfed account this week (@phaysis@pixelfed.social) that will focus on the random snapshots and whatnots that roll out of my various cameras. I sometimes find myself walking around and suddenly I’m all Ansel Adams and the world is my muse. So don’t get surprised if you see a …
Unstart
I am an idiot and a fool. What I should have done many months ago when my car’s starter was beginning to bog down while cranking the engine was to take it to a shop and have it replaced with no downtime. What I did instead was ignore it until last weekend when the starter …
Enfreshen
Saying “Hello!” to my new FreshRSS server that I set up at home last night. Drunk Sysadmin gets the job done! Seriously, I’ve been looking for a Feedly replacement, since Feedly seems hell-bent on adding AI integrations and inserting interpretive links into the text of fetched RSS feed documents. (No. Stop. Don’t do that. Bad …
Sharing Is
Honestly, I think sex is great; I like the idea of sex. On paper, it’s just the best. The best. In thought, that is. I mean, I remember having good times and whatnot with a handful of great partners over the years. But, let’s be real here: people are gross. I mean, ew. Have you …