The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey July 15, 2012

Mob Rule

Yikes: http://culturewars.com/CultureWars/Archives/Fidelity_archives/parricide.html So much for a happy celebration of Bastille Day (yesterday). The things people do to each other... Sigh. It's on teh Internets, so it must be true! Alas, not much in the way of references there, so for me, for now, a grain of salt. But I think I want to know more, in a way that doesn't really want to know that sort of thing at all. Compared to that account, the worst doings in Iraq and Afghanistan are the work of a few isolated children. * * * Our condolences to the families, friends, and units…

Brian Bilbrey July 11, 2012

The Dortmunder

I've decided to name the newest Linux system in the house Dortmunder. It amuses me greatly to name this bitty Raspberry Pi system after a spaceship the size of a small city. This one, however, isn't captained by Andy Umberger, even though he is a friend of a friend. I've deployed Dortmunder in the "wiring closet", running headless and hopefully trouble-free for a long, long time. Dortmunder deployed

Brian Bilbrey July 10, 2012

Fresh Pi, Have a Taste

Here's a shot of the screen: The screen is running from my newest linux-based computational device, which you can see at the lower left of the picture above. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it, yet, but at $35 plus shipping, I'm sure I can find a cost-appropriate use... I got in on one of the first few batches manufactured, placing my order last February, I think. It arrived today, a few weeks ahead of original schedule. They're supposed to be opening up ordering again in a few days (whenever "mid-July" is, in marketing-speak), at this Newark/Element14…

Brian Bilbrey July 8, 2012

Sunday, continued.

And I'm back, having not forgotten my self-imposed duty to recognize, this day and every day, the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform on our behalf. Our condolences to the families, friends, and units of these fallen warriors: Staff Sgt. Robert A. Massarelli, 32, of Hamilton, Ohio, died June 24, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Sgt. Michael J. Strachota, 28, of White Hall, Arkansas, died June 24, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Pfc. Cody O. Moosman, 24, of Preston, Idaho, died July 3, in Gayan Alwara Mandi, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. Capt. Bruce A.

Brian Bilbrey July 8, 2012

Tiger lilies blooming

Just wanted to share this with you. There's ALSO a tomato or two headed through orange on their path from green to red, but that's a week or so out. The tiger lilies are doing gangbusters this year, even in all this heat. Tiger lilies - 8 July 2012