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Brian Shumate

Brian Shumate is a software engineer and educator specializing in product education and development of interactive learning experiences.

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Run OpenStep 4.2 Intel

My notes for emulating a classic retro 90s operating system on an Intel Mac with VirtualBox.

Passage on macOS

These notes represent my initial experience using Passage on macOS.

Command Line Snippets

I'd like to share with you some details about a command line interface (CLI) tool that I enjoy using to curate my collection of complex and seldom used but powerful CLI snippets and one-liners.

Crostinis and croutons

My notes on Chromes OS, Crostini, Crouton, and Google Pixelbook.

A great loss

The technology community and whole world lost a great person two years ago today.

Mug

I commissioned this illustration by the most fantastic Brandon Ortwein.

Surviving San Francisco

I just got back from San Francisco. It had fun meeting some of the folks I'd not seen in a long time or even met yet.

Riak on FreeBSD Jails

My notes on establishing a specific flavor of FreeBSD environment under which to test or play with Riak, the fantastic distributed database by Basho Technologies, Inc.

Questlonger

Today I invented an exciting new form of punctuation. Allow me to introduce the Questlonger.

Diaspora on FreeBSD

Guide to running a basic Diaspora pod on FreeBSD

FreeBSD Xen HVM DomU

Notes on setting up a FreeBSD Xen HVM DomU

Maps with public data

I've been having a great time working with public data and maps lately. The main reason that it has been so much fun revolves around the specific technology stack I am using to design and present them.

Noodling with Nodebox

I like to dabble with visually interesting stuff, and I'm a fan of the Python programming language for many years now, so imagine my fun in combining the two...