“Born Free”
Fast, on a rough road riding
High, through the mountains climbing
Twisting, turning further from my home
Young, like a new moon rising
Fierce, through the rain and lightning
Wandering out into this great unknown
And I don’t … the rest of the story. . . “Don’t let Freedom slip away”
the greatest trick the devil
ever pulled was
convincing the world he didn’t exist
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No tags for this post.No tags for this post.Off to the presses

details coming soon. . .
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Blinking 2020 – K.I.S.S.
This year I headed back to school. I spent a whole ONE day in-person class. Christmas kind of snuck up on me this year. Then the little ones wanted to know when the lights were going up. Lights? I hadn’t … the rest of the story. . . “Blinking 2020 – K.I.S.S.”
No tags for this post.Mr. Petey’s FreeNAS Project Log

A shout out to the great gang that put together the Run BSD sticker drive. our donation went to the FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeNAS Server as it is currently
- SuperMicro X9SCL-F E3-1230 Xeon
Zip Bang there went another week.

I have been working through an odd error with the Micro:bit. With the rotary encoder if it moves too fast, it errors out with “20 out of memory”. Otherwise progress is moving right along. Plans fell through on the custom … the rest of the story. . . “Zip Bang there went another week.”
No tags for this post.Sidebar – A shiny penny that turns
My definition of a shiny penny moment follows:
‘joyous exploration” is define as “the recognition and desire to seek out new knowledge and information, and the subsequent joy of learning and growing.” – Todd B. Kashdan
In the … the rest of the story. . . “Sidebar – A shiny penny that turns”
No tags for this post.Repurposed PCB – BAM
Work is being done on both the hardware and software. Personally I like the hardware aspects more, but the software is a necessity as well. For this post I am focusing on power for the project.

B.A.M. moving forward

I received the hardware from digitalspace.com! Shipping was quick (I’m slow – LOL), the packing was well done. Sorry I am not one for unboxing photos. Here is one with pieces and parts setup for testing.
I decided to go … the rest of the story. . . “B.A.M. moving forward”
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My NeXT item(s)
Some days I surprise myself with what I have collected, kept, and am just now digging up. The latest find is a series of NeXT marketing slicks. They aren’t that slick, but printed on matte, heavy stock paper.

A twist in every tale.

I removed, from public, some of my recent content. It will be back but in an expanded form. Sorry if anyone is looking for the BSD articles that were here. Check back soon.
© 2020, wrightmac. All rights reserved. … the rest of the story. . . “A twist in every tale.”
No tags for this post.BSD v Linux – Battle for My Desktop

Well Apple has done it to me; they are making me look elsewhere for my OS needs. I have been with Apple since an Apple Plus and have used Apple products my whole career. … the rest of the story. . . “BSD v Linux – Battle for My Desktop”
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