General Blather

I have an old Sun server, with an integrated management console that uses SSH for access. That is, until the SSH client removed support for the old encryption used by the server. more »

The 119th Congress is trying to pass their 2025 budget, dubbed "The Big Beautiful Bill." It isn't beautiful, but it is big, and it isn't all budget. more »

Guessing something got overloaded down the wires, probably because of all of the air conditioners running on this hot, hot day. more »

On Sunday I went to the house in Wisconsin to mow the lawn and do some maintenance, and discovered the water wasn't flowing. Today I returned to supervise the diagnostics and repairs. more »

It's Father's Day, so I was sent off by myself to do things dads do. more »

The power went off for about three hours. Everything seems fine. more »

Affectionately named "big64" for its 64 CPU threads and 64GB of RAM, I've turned off and unplugged my Sun Enterprise T5220. more »