Review of Current Affairs

A light conversation concerning a number of topics.

Superduplicate

The contents of your computer and phone are organised electricty and are fragile and prone to disappearence. One must always have a number of copies of files they wish to retain. In english this is called “backing up” which is too abstract and guilty of misdirection. Backing up your car is not even a little like backing up your files in your computer. Superduplicate is a far better, illustrative word. So be sure to superduplicate your device, lest the power goes out.

The Herd

There are five computers in our house and for the last few weeks there has been much fussing with these machines. Most of them need work. A small black laptop is running Haiku OS, which is a very cool and fast experience, except when using a browser. I love writing here, the slow browsers help with focus. The computer was designed for students and has a durable feel, clonky keys and the battery life is fine, though sometimes poorly reported by the OS. This computer is decorated with decals and is the one I am most happy with.

There is one under the stairs that should be a NAS but usually has one problem or another, mostly due to my ignorance. It needs to run software for sharing, do some superduplicating and be an archive. It will probably end up being a file server, it is currently running a nice simple operating system, I am wondering about getting a simpler one for it. I am having trouble running some favourite software on it, if this doesn’t work, it will get simpler.

There is a small one that used to live under the telly and offer shows to the telly, this spot has been replaced my a small single board computer for my daughter. The small one has been erased a number of times and now wait for the files to be restored and then will go into storage.

There is the main one, it has a dim display, slow HDD and feels generally turgid. I imagine upgrading the display and storage to be brighter and faster with a new, larger battery pack for long run times without the cable, but then. Replacing it with a desktop, would be better.

There is another small single board computer around and it is in a cool box and I am going make it into a super nerdy music player.

Gravity of Sleep Pulls Upward

I have been awake for many hours, as the dark was present, now as the sun arrives. I am home, downstairs, thinking of sleep, but I know on good authority, my ears, that the baby has taken my spot. I will stay down here, lurking in the puddle of yawns as to not cause further interruptions.

Soon the house will officially wake and then I will slump to the shores of sleep and enjoy the delta waves crashing on the fine sand of all the things I have forgotten.

The current events that surround us at this moment are significant and daunting. All to report is, we are taking care.

Is That the Guy in That Show?

No, Someone Else

Those Guys!

They Look Quite Similar

The Job Lot and Plebs

Tundra Opportunity

Plans for the Canadian North

Vertical subterranean farms, wind and seasonal solar power. Elegant geodesic construction would be advantageous in this environment due to lower material costs, voluminous structures that shed wind and save thermal energy. It needs to be acknowledged that different environments and climates require different construction solutions. The durable frame will need to shipped and assembled in-situ, panels should be constructed of local material with a binder from the south.

Sensation of History