J. B. Crawford
@jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
DevOps consultant. Computer curmudgeon. Burqueño. Desert rat. Queer. Author of Computers Are Bad.
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https://umbrel.com/
These types of products have come up perennially for, I don't know, at least the last fifteen years. Maybe I should write an article and look for older precedents. I've always been cantankerous about single-board computers and "hacker" devices etc., I think the Raspberry Pi […]
These types of products have come up perennially for, I don't know, at least the last fifteen years. Maybe I should write an article and look for older precedents. I've always been cantankerous about single-board computers and "hacker" devices etc., I think the Raspberry Pi […]
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hachyderm.io
December 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
https://umbrel.com/
These types of products have come up perennially for, I don't know, at least the last fifteen years. Maybe I should write an article and look for older precedents. I've always been cantankerous about single-board computers and "hacker" devices etc., I think the Raspberry Pi […]
These types of products have come up perennially for, I don't know, at least the last fifteen years. Maybe I should write an article and look for older precedents. I've always been cantankerous about single-board computers and "hacker" devices etc., I think the Raspberry Pi […]
So how is David regulated? Is there like a Bajoran Gaming Commission? I feel like the Federation doesn't allow gambling.
December 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So how is David regulated? Is there like a Bajoran Gaming Commission? I feel like the Federation doesn't allow gambling.
Did you know that there used to be a power plant in Santa Fe right between the Indian School and the School for the Deaf? It's true, the PNM Santa Fe Generating Station. That's about all I know - I believe it was oil fired, as in 1952 a whole lot of oil (82,000 gallons?) leaked into the ground […]
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hachyderm.io
December 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Did you know that there used to be a power plant in Santa Fe right between the Indian School and the School for the Deaf? It's true, the PNM Santa Fe Generating Station. That's about all I know - I believe it was oil fired, as in 1952 a whole lot of oil (82,000 gallons?) leaked into the ground […]
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/the-ars-technica-guide-to-dumb-tvs/
"Emerson is a Parsippany, New Jersey, electronics company that was founded in 1948. .... Another company still pushing non-smart TVs is Westinghouse, a Pittsburgh-headquartered company founded in 1886. In addition to […]
"Emerson is a Parsippany, New Jersey, electronics company that was founded in 1948. .... Another company still pushing non-smart TVs is Westinghouse, a Pittsburgh-headquartered company founded in 1886. In addition to […]
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hachyderm.io
December 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/the-ars-technica-guide-to-dumb-tvs/
"Emerson is a Parsippany, New Jersey, electronics company that was founded in 1948. .... Another company still pushing non-smart TVs is Westinghouse, a Pittsburgh-headquartered company founded in 1886. In addition to […]
"Emerson is a Parsippany, New Jersey, electronics company that was founded in 1948. .... Another company still pushing non-smart TVs is Westinghouse, a Pittsburgh-headquartered company founded in 1886. In addition to […]
I find that if you have middling proficiency in morse code, the Android apps for learning and sending CW are very annoying. I am particularly always stumbling on things like 'H' and '4' and '5' with a lot of repeated dits. I think the problem is quite simply that Android is too slow: the latency […]
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hachyderm.io
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I find that if you have middling proficiency in morse code, the Android apps for learning and sending CW are very annoying. I am particularly always stumbling on things like 'H' and '4' and '5' with a lot of repeated dits. I think the problem is quite simply that Android is too slow: the latency […]
look for the odd corners
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
look for the odd corners
DEIA : DEI :: STEAM : STEM
December 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
DEIA : DEI :: STEAM : STEM
D2H (Direct to Horse)
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
D2H (Direct to Horse)
I wasn't just in a conference center for a week! I also went to the aquarium!
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I wasn't just in a conference center for a week! I also went to the aquarium!
Today on Computers Are Bad: Speed Reading
https://computer.rip/2025-12-08-speed-reading.html
A bit of the history of speed reading, and then I try not to doom spiral too bad about AI. The attempt is not entirely successful.
https://computer.rip/2025-12-08-speed-reading.html
A bit of the history of speed reading, and then I try not to doom spiral too bad about AI. The attempt is not entirely successful.
speed reading (the meaning of language)
computer.rip
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Today on Computers Are Bad: Speed Reading
https://computer.rip/2025-12-08-speed-reading.html
A bit of the history of speed reading, and then I try not to doom spiral too bad about AI. The attempt is not entirely successful.
https://computer.rip/2025-12-08-speed-reading.html
A bit of the history of speed reading, and then I try not to doom spiral too bad about AI. The attempt is not entirely successful.
and the last of the conference center! I swear!
December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
and the last of the conference center! I swear!
a truly stunning hotel, but I had few chances to get a good photo of it.
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
a truly stunning hotel, but I had few chances to get a good photo of it.
https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/sunport-activates-rail-spur-to-increase-economic-growth-in-albuquerque/
KRQE reports that the Sunport economic development partners have made good progress on their plan to reactivate the old Sandia Base rail spur […]
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KRQE reports that the Sunport economic development partners have made good progress on their plan to reactivate the old Sandia Base rail spur […]
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December 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/sunport-activates-rail-spur-to-increase-economic-growth-in-albuquerque/
KRQE reports that the Sunport economic development partners have made good progress on their plan to reactivate the old Sandia Base rail spur […]
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KRQE reports that the Sunport economic development partners have made good progress on their plan to reactivate the old Sandia Base rail spur […]
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we took a little break from the conference center, but now we're doing more conference center again.
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
we took a little break from the conference center, but now we're doing more conference center again.
This is a KDE household. No literature of other desktop environments needed.
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This is a KDE household. No literature of other desktop environments needed.
Today I received a free package of Similac as a gift upon the occasion of my new baby.
It is addressed to my house, but not to anyone that lives here.
This is mostly just mildly amusing, but there's also a certain sense of dread at the likelihood I will be receiving random unsolicited baby […]
It is addressed to my house, but not to anyone that lives here.
This is mostly just mildly amusing, but there's also a certain sense of dread at the likelihood I will be receiving random unsolicited baby […]
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hachyderm.io
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Today I received a free package of Similac as a gift upon the occasion of my new baby.
It is addressed to my house, but not to anyone that lives here.
This is mostly just mildly amusing, but there's also a certain sense of dread at the likelihood I will be receiving random unsolicited baby […]
It is addressed to my house, but not to anyone that lives here.
This is mostly just mildly amusing, but there's also a certain sense of dread at the likelihood I will be receiving random unsolicited baby […]
Someone has promotional searchlights going. Promotional searchlights are an offshoot of World War II, a product of the many cheap surplus searchlights available. By the time I was a kid in Portland, the war-era searchlights had given way to modern motorized systems with HID lamps, but they were […]
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hachyderm.io
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Someone has promotional searchlights going. Promotional searchlights are an offshoot of World War II, a product of the many cheap surplus searchlights available. By the time I was a kid in Portland, the war-era searchlights had given way to modern motorized systems with HID lamps, but they were […]