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Don’t let Freedom slip away

“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”

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1 April, 2021 wrightmacNo Comments

the greatest trick the devil

ever pulled was

convincing the world he didn’t exist

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1 April, 2021 wrightmacNo Comments

Off to the presses

details coming soon. . .

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15 January, 202115 January, 2021 wrightmacNo Comments

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.”

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Mr. Petey’s FreeNAS Project Log

A work in progress . . .

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
… the rest of the story. . . “Mr. Petey’s FreeNAS Project Log”
Tags: bsd, build, freebsd, freenas, hardware, home network, nas
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7 October, 202020 October, 2020 wrightmacNo Comments

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.”

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30 July, 202030 July, 2020 wrightmacNo Comments

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”

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18 July, 202021 July, 2020 wrightmacNo Comments

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.

ProtoRig – power for
… the rest of the story. . . “Repurposed PCB – BAM”
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11 July, 202011 July, 2020 wrightmacNo Comments

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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8 July, 202011 July, 2020 wrightmacNo Comments

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.

All of … the rest of the story. . . “My NeXT item(s)”

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11 April, 202011 April, 2020 wrightmacNo Comments

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.”

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7 March, 2020 wrightmacNo Comments

BSD v Linux – Battle for My Desktop

Debian installed on the home setup

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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