After months years of threatening, I’ve finally removed one item from my round tuit plate: https://sweetree.ga is the latest Mastodon instance in the fediverse. There are still a few bugs to iron-out of this instance, but it’s live, and I’m – once-again – tooting. Come follow me – @warrenmyers@sweetree.ga In the coming days, fully-automated registrations …
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volvo moving towards waze-like functionality
Shared a TechCrunch story recently in a G+ group I’m in on {{Volvo}} debuting a new service to upload live traffic data from its vehicles to be sent to other Volvos so they can avoid problem areas. Or…a self-built and -hosted Waze. You may recall that I wrote some about these kinds of things starting back …
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simple ip address check – ipv4.cf
I’ve published another super-simple tool. A la whatismyip.com, but with no extra cruft (and no queer formatting of the IP address under the hood), welcome IPv4.cf to the world with me!
i wrote a thing – paragraph, a simple plugin for wordpress
Along with becoming more active on Mastodon, I’ve been thinking more about concision recently. One of the big selling points for Mastodon is that the character limit per post is 500 instead of Twitter’s 140. And I was thinking, “what if there was a way to force you to write better by writing less / …
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tech news channel on telegram
I have started a Tech News channel on Telegram. Follow it at @datente.
what is happening with news publishers?
I think, closer to the lines of thought that Ben Thompson of Stratechery has laid-out, that news publishing is about to undergo a major nichification – the days of everyone trying to report everything is over. “Local” (whether by geography, interest, or some other grouping mechanism) publishing in narrowly-defined niches is basically going to finish gobbling …
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it’s been 4.5 years
Since I last changed hosts. I’m sticking with the same provider, but making a pretty big jump – from {{CentOS}} 6 to 7, from 2TB to 4TB storage, and 16GB to 64GB RAM. Theoretically, you wouldn’t know this had changed at all unless you happened to catch it in the few seconds between DNS pointing …
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knoppix remastering virtual appliance
In preparation for an upcoming post on remastering {{Knoppix}}, I have made a {{VirtualBox}} {{virtual appliance}} based on the Knoppix v7.6.1 DVD all set for remastering. /dev/sda holds the raw files. /dev/sdb1 is a swap partition. To use the appliance, download the Knoppix 7.6.1 DVD. You’ll need a boot environment for remastering, and Knoppix has …
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haiku appliance
I have been a fan of Haiku for years – and BeOS since way back in the 90s. I run a Haiku mirror, and try to pay attention to the project’s updates. Today I am making available a Haiku-OS r1 alpha 4.1 virtual appliance! Download it from me here (created in {{VirtualBox}}, but in .ova format, so …
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Join a Missional Community group at Renovation
Part of the lifeblood of Renovation Church are Missional Communities – groups around the greater Lexington area which meet through the week for a fellowship meal, service, and deeper study. Now that weekly worship services are in full swing, it’s even more important than ever for folks interested in Renovation to join one of the …
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Renovation starts weekly meetings this Sunday, 11 Oct
Renovation is starting weekly evening worship services on 11 Oct. Come join us. Currently meeting at the Elkhorn Baptist Association building, 1161 Red Mile Rd, Lexington KY.
wsj thinks apple will make and sell cars
Dallas News thought so back in March (see here). And I predicted it back in February. Now WSJ thinks so.
may 11 bglug meeting 6:30p at beaumont branch: topic – freeipa
We will be meeting at the Beaumont Library Branch at 6:30p on 11 May. Our speaker is the LUG’s own Nathaniel McCallum, one of the FreeIPA maintainers – and all-around nice guy. Come out and support the LUG, learn something new, and meet cool people.
devops on area51.se
Whether you’re familiar with the Stack Exchange family of sites and services (askubuntu.com, stackoverflow.com, etc), or not, I encourage you to check-out and support this new DevOps proposal to see if maybe it can get to a critical mass and launch as its own Q&A site on the SE network http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/66151/devops?referrer=k13Ji_hD0QxN04cgiNoUkQ2
Daniel 1 (NASB)
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house …
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new rules, new blog locale
Due to new social media rules from one of the agencies we are working with, most updates cannot be shared “publicly” – ie, they must be password-protected. In follow-up to my post on blog.warrenmyers.com, I’m posting here, too, that the new adoption blog is available at adoption.warrenmyers.com. If you would like access, please email, call, …
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our adoption blog has moved
Due to new privacy rules from our partner agencies, and concerns over general program safety, adoption updates can’t be “public” anymore. If you would like access to our adoption blog (now: http://adoption.warrenmyers.com; formerly http://growingfaithandfamily.blogspot.com), please send me an email, call, facebook message, or leave a comment.
we finished Matthew!
In follow-up to my last comment on my regular Bible study, we have finished the book of Matthew. In January 2014 we start Daniel!
thanksgiving 2013
There is much to be thankful for in the Myers family this year. Some of the highlights: movement on the Waiting List we started the year at 67, and are at 31 now work still not thrilled about having be bought-out by a much larger company, but I have a job, it’s a good one, and …
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programming again
It’s been years, but I am working on some new (small) programming projects again. First out will be an open-source app that’s a simplified (and slimmed-down) tool akin to Yahoo! Pipes. One of the things I had forgotten was just how hard it is to write code that doesn’t stink. Here’s hoping the first release …
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avnet buying seamless technologies
Avnet (AVT) is acquiring Seamless Technologies (my employer). Full Press Release (well, the important part): (and WSJ reprint) Avnet, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Assets of Seamless Technologies, Inc. Significantly Expands Cloud and Automation Solutions PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) announced today that it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Seamless Technologies, …
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updates to connexions modules
Starting this week, and continuing over the next several weeks, there will be several updates and expansions coming to my published Connexions Collection (original publishing comments), “Debugging and Supporting Software Systems“. I would love to collect feedback and be able to incorporate any suggestions for improvement that you may have. Please feel free to either …
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lots of changes
This will likely be the last term I teach a Sunday afternoon discipleship class at Porter. But this is a Good Thing™. Beginning the first Sunday in April, I will be trialing as the new primary leader of a SS class Life Group. If all goes well, after the first month, I’ll be in there …
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spring class – It’s Not Too Late
This spring (starting on 03 Feb), I will be leading a Bible study class at PMBC based on {{Tony Evans}}’ book {{It’s Not Too Late}}. I invite you all to join me in this ~8 week study!
podcasting the Bible
I’ve been tossing around the idea of podcasting the Bible for some time – ie, creating an audio Bible of my own (using a readily-available translation), and posting episodes (chapters or books – haven’t decided which yet) on a frequent basis (perhaps weekly). After all, what better way is there to study the Bible than …
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