First Drive with Cybertruck FSD 14.1.7
First Drive with Cybertruck FSD 14.1.7 Taking Off Alexa alerted me at 130am that the software update was ready, so I started the install then waited until I had a break in the afternoon to take it f
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NowNowNow 2025-10-11
Location: Currently in Cookeville, TN. ShadowDark The ShoadowDark campaigns continue to be a lot of fun, especially now that the characters have leveled up a bit. Health Metrics JournalLife - Jour
Batch Transcode Videos to H265/AAC/MP4 on MacOS - Final
Batch Transcode Videos to H.265 on MacOS - Final Version Overview The purpose of this project was to format the video files in a fashion that would preclude Plex from having to transcode on-the-fly,
Mautic 6 Cronjobs in Cpanel
Mautic 6 Cron Jobs Installing Mautic 6 in cpanel via Softaculous is a straightforward process. However... it doesn t configure the cron jobs and without them, Mautic is fairly useless as most of the
NowNowNow 2025-08-01
Location: Currently in Cookeville, TN. ShadowDark I ve started playing ShadowDark, a tabletop RPG system that is a bit of a love letter to the original D&D. It s a fun system that is straightfor
Batch Transcode Videos to H265 on MacOS
Batch Transcode Videos to H.265 on MacOS Overview I have a fairly large media collection maintained by the Servarr ecosystem of applications. I decided to use Tdarr to transcode my video collection
Setting Up Unix Key-Based Authentication
Setting Up Unix Key-Based Authentication Assuming you have an account named user on a Unix-like system, such and monkey.lips, you can set up key-based authentication fairly easily. This method allows
NowNowNow 2025-01-01
About Currently located in Cookeville, TN. GrailPay (an innovative fintech company) JournalLife - Journaling/Quantified Self software Neuron-PHP - slowly building out a component based PHP framework
First Long Drive with FSD 13
First Long Drive with FSD 13 Since the latest FSD update on Thursday, I ve driven around town a little using FSD. Maybe because I live in a small town in TN with a lot of strange twisty roads and som
Simple Web App Deployment with Git
How to Deploy a Web Application Using Git If you have a local development environment and a remote server, you can use Git to painlessly deploy your application. On the Remote Server Shell into the
The Fallacy of More Bits
The Fallacy of More Bits In the early 90s, I had a fairly popular DOS command line utility. When OS/2 2.0 came out with all of its 32 bit goodness, I decided to port my utility to run in the OS/2 she
Home Assistant is All Consuming
Overview I’ve had a very moderate home automation setup through Alexa for years with some basic routines setup. After moving into a bigger home, I decided it was time to branch out and expand my au
How I Almost Invented C++
I was just thinking about this the other day and thought I would document it. Ok, ok, to be clear, I didn’t really even come close to inventing C++ but I was weirdly on track with a couple of the ba
The Downside of Not Proofreading
The Downside of Not Proofreading I was teaching a class related to consuming data from a web based service on an iOS application. In the worksheet I mindlessly used a placeholder domain of x x x . co
Documenting Decision Risk
Documenting Decision Related Risk Last year I was asked to quote a project. Me: "Based on these requirements, it will take 6 weeks to deliver." Them: "Can you do it in 4?" Me: "Most likely but it
Taking On New Projects
Should I Take on This New Project? A simple method for determining whether I take on a new project or not. Q: Will this be easy? (Do I have the time?, Do I have the tools?, Do I like the people inv
Mindfulness and Intentionality
Mindfulness and Intentionality Mind-full, but, what is your mind full of? You can t be mindful if you haven t declared an intention. The concept of Ester Hicks/Abraham has always sounded a little bat
Ducky One2 SF Mac Issues
Ducky One2 SF Mac Issues In the 90s, I was always very particular about my keyboards, opting for a certain NCR brand then transitioning to the microsoft ergonomic for many years. When I started spend
Shell into a Docker Container by Image Name
Command to Shell into a Docker Container I decided to simplify the process of shelling into a container by creating a script that uses the image name to search for the container id then executes a ba
Programming For Loops in 5 Languages
Programming For Loops in 5 Different Languages In this episode we create small programs in c, go, python, ruby and rust to demonstrate the different for-loop syntax. Don’t forget to like the video