In a world full of people who will gladly roll you if they could do it with impunity, I’m sincerely glad that I live in an area of Austin, Texas where I can stumble through neighborhood streets at 12am and not have somebody run up on me to make sure I don’t turn the corner …
Author Archives: Shawn
FreeNAS and the Freak Warnings
I have a FreeNAS fileserver at home for backups and whatever. There’s a system job that runs nightly to look at the security logs and alert me if something’s wrong, for instance, if someone attempted to login and used an incorrect password. For as long as this box has been alive, I’d occasionally get emails …
Spicy Sriracha Popcorn
Here’s a favorite spicy snack where I make popcorn at home with the traditional stovetop method. To me, stovetop is superior to a microwave bag, and I know exactly what goes into it. I’ve experimented to make a few different flavors and toppings, and made a spicy sriracha mix that I love and is a …
Speaker
My job at this point of my 47-year game is to get drunk to the point of pointing out bullshit in the world, but not where you’d expect. There are levels beneath the levels, that’s where I’m at. Come at me, bro. Come at me, sis. Come at me, CIS. Whatever. Whatever. It’s 2:10am on …
Under the Hoodie
It’s hoodie weather, everyone! The hoodie is easily my most useful garment (aside from pants). warm dark colors instant cloak obscures my spare tire keeps the cold off my neck secret zip-up bib for slurping noodles sleeves useful for operating public doorknobs kangaroo pockets for carrying tools or hiding hands disguises the fact that I’ve …