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As mentioned in my previous post, I had fun installing code to run LLMs locally.

Back in May, I got the idea that while I was still employed and had money, I should buy upgrades for my computer.

As stated before, I’m angry that Let’s Encrypt started signing and issuing certificates with certificate chains that are invalid because they didn’t wait for the ca-certificates bundle to include their new root certs.

Again with the random breakage; I just so dearly love that this shit happens when I’d rather be working on anything but.

Yesterday was my last day of work for my employer.

TL;DR: It started off bad due to poor software and ended up bad for unknown reasons.

Dear FutureMe, Today would be a good day to do a quarterly inventory.

Previous title: Twitter / X changed the rules and I’d like to cancel my subscription now When I signed up, I did so without installing an app to my cell phone.

One of the pieces of bad advice I got while trying to diagnose the Let’s Encrypt problem was to reset my Nextcloud File Sync client connection.

Admittedly, the way I’ve done things is a little unusual.

I really like the Nextcloud Music app.

I’ve since seen a few more instances of “Microsoft software isn’t done until competitors won’t run”.

Financial Apparently the Warhammer video game people do an annual event in the spring, called Skulls, and put things on sale and announce new products for pre-order.1 This year (2026), the event runs from May 21 through 28.

I.F.S. = Incredibly Fucking Stupid TL/DR: 5,000 workstations are hit with a surprise reboot in the middle of the morning because the policy says “Audit mode only” and the documentation doesn’t warn that “Oh by the way….”

gesundheit Listening to the Untitled Linux Show over on the TWiT.tv network, they mentioned APTUI, and I love it.

The problem I am trying to solve is that when I am in-person at work, there is a ton of talking going on around me, and I’d like to blot that out with music.

I’d signed up for the service, paying $20 per month.

Dear FutureMe, Today would be a good day to do a quarterly inventory.

Steam tells me I have slightly more than 3,000 hours played.

It will get better if you pay more, though.

I did my usual volunteer service at the World Ag Expo.

At work, someone else on my team is responsible for pushing out desktop software, and the decision has been to remove Adobe Acrobat and use Microsoft Edge instead.

Dear FutureMe, Today would be a good day to do a quarterly inventory.

It really shouldn’t take two hours to install the RSAT: DNS Manager.

[four minute read – longer than most of my posts] Previously I talked about becoming the Work Order creator (“Engineer”) at Truline.

I recently got a Future Me email (an email sent to my future me): Dear FutureMe, Today is International Men’s Day.

The name of the movie: Wicked: For Good I don’t know that I could come up with a more Orwellian name for a product than that.

Truline Corporation was a manufacturer of printed wiring boards in Visalia, California.

He did not support H.R. 581 (yet), but I want to give credit where credit is due: he did respond to the two emails I sent via their web portal.

Dear FutureMe, Today would be a good day to do a quarterly inventory.

Twelve years ago today, I sent an email to myself via FutureMe.org I included a link to a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

To the Honorable Vince Fong, I request, as a constituent, that you sign the discharge petition to release all the documents the government has about Jeffrey Epstein and the crimes he and his cohorts committed.

At some time in the near future, I hope to retire from my career in computer operations and programming.

At some time in the near future, I hope to retire from my career in computer operations and programming.

Another instance of Make Orwell Fiction Again.