Hi I’m Shane This is my little blog on the world wide web. As I’ve been being more mindful I’ve been exploring more alternatives than mainstream social...
I bought a SPARC laptop at a garage sale. The machine is a Tadpole SPARCbook 6500 with an UltraSPARC-IIe at 650 MHz, 4GB of RAM, and a 1400x1050 panel. Tadpole built these in Carlsbad after merging with RDI, and they are the last generation of a genuinely strange idea: a laptop that runs Solaris on real SPARC silicon. It powers on. It also greets you with this: The IDPROM contents are invalid Dead…
On March 19th, I watched a helicopter take off. On that helicopter was my mom. A 66-year-old thalidomide survivor who had just beaten every single odd in the past 4 hours while emergency medicine doctors worked to find out why my mom was suddenly bleeding out. She was over breathing a ventilator while critically ill with septic shock, her kidneys were shutting down, and unknown to our community…
“Welcome back” is what I hear as Daniel and I walk into the tiny Chinese restaurant that is 30 minutes North of our house, but serves amazing tofu. We come to this one because it’s in the best location, next to the lake and we can just sit and listen to the waves against the rock wall. It’s a sleepy town in the winter that’s internationally recognized for its racing prowess and its beautiful…
My grandma left me with this before she passed, and every Thanksgiving, I get it out. And since I'm now vegan, I've also made the recipe vegan without altering the taste. But since it's Vegan and I've changed the recipe a little bit, I guess it's like my own recipe and my grandma's. Pumpkin Pie: 1 (9 inch) unbaked deep-dish pie crust ¾ cup white sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon salt ½…
You’re off the beaten path, and your phone rings, and it’s someone who you enjoy. Someone who’s important, but you didn’t expect to have service in that area. But through complex roaming agreements you have service, and it’s usable. You’re used to your phone saying T-Mobile but it says AT&T. But the call goes through. In the ye olde days the call may have begun by saying “Thank you for using…
So I wanted to take a little bit here and talk a little bit about mobile. I know that mobile can mean a lot, and there are many accepted definitions of mobile. So let me give you mine in this context. Mobile, for me, means wireless. Usually, this is related to cellular networks. I know we all have a thing, and the connection between your phone and the cell site (cell tower) is my thing. That…
So, before we get into this blog post, it's a little scary. But I think it's worth being shared; if scary medical situations aren't your thing, please feel free to skip this one. I've got more coming- I promise. Right now, I'm sitting next to my mom in the hospital; I'm terrified, and I can only write about what the experience of calling 911 in upstate new york was like. Now I'm a network nerd and…
I was going to write this week about my network, but I’m going to hold off on that because I’m feeling inspired by something else. In early July, I bumped into a new person on one of the dating apps, and we’ve been chatting for a little bit now. It's honestly pretty scary how similar we are, but relieving, I don't have to mask around him, and I think he truly enjoys me because I’m “delightfully…
A couple weeks ago, I got fiber internet, glass cable running directly into my home. It's lovely, and I'm so very lucky, especially since I’ve grown up so close to Corning (and yes, the above-mentioned cable is a very proudly Corning branded cable). Even though it wasn’t made locally, I can trust that cable was designed by neighbors near and far. But this has sparked something else, a small jolt…
I have a friend; they’re practically my best friend at this point. But they always make me smile; we talk about stupid internet stuff half the day, reminisce about how the internet was better, how old phones are cool, and how to make the internet better. But most importantly, this friend has never judged me for my weird interests; they laugh and encourage my weird ideas and tell me when they’re…