My thoughts on the machines, technology, and the world at large
Running on Linux Mint 22. These steps worked for me, but that doesn't mean they'll work for you. Do at your own risk. Audio ( Source ) Ran the following first Install git: sudo apt install git Clone the driver code: git clone https://github.com/egorenar/snd-hda-codec-cs8409.git Switch to the directory so you can compile the code: cd snd-hda-codec-cs8409 Run: make Run: sudo make install Reboot the…
Recently, my family and I went over to our closest friends' house for a relaxing evening of friendship and fellowship. Nothing formal, but just a chance to get together and hang out, let the kids play together, etc. One of my friends pulled out a board game she had gotten for Christmas. Hunt a Killer. (Dun Dun Dun!) The premise of the game is pretty simple - figure out "who done it" (i.e. figure…
We're a little over a week into 2023 now and I thought I'd take some time to write about my technology hopes for 2023. So here they are (in no particular order). More Programs Built for Linux 2022 was quite the year for Linux and open-source. The Steam Deck, running SteamOS with KDE, has been a tremendous success. Mastodon gave Twitter a run for their money there (albeit, for a few weeks). In 2023…
I'm trying to blog more since firing this thing back up a few months ago but I've hit my first bit of writer's block. So instead of banging my head against a wall and reaching for content I took to Mastodon and asked what my next blog post should be about. Well @JEBofChristTheLord@deacon.social suggested I do a write up on ChatGPT. So taking that germ of an idea and tweaking it just a little bit,…
Something that hasn’t been explored too much in this blog so far is my love of history and politics. I’m very opinionated politically but I actively try to not force my opinions on others. I do enjoy, however, discussing politics and the strategies of same with people on my side of the issue as well as on different sides of an issue. So when things happen like what's going on in the House of…
As I mentioned in a previous post, I went ahead and spent my New Year's Eve like I have the past few years - alone while my son was fast asleep in his bed spending a few hours working with some tech. Last year it was a wipe and reload of my laptop. The year before that it was a cleanup of the files on my Original XBOX that has been TSOP flashed and now has a 2TB hard drive. This year, I decided I…
New Year's Eve has always been a curious time of the year for me. I'm not a big party person so I don't tend to go out with friends. Mostly I usually take New Year's Eve as a quiet night at home where I keep an eye on my young son while he's asleep and I maybe stay up for the New Year. In recent years, I've used this alone time to just do something tech I enjoy. Last year, I went in and wiped and…
I never really realized how big of a deal alt-text was for folks who need it because... well, I never needed it. I have now joined "Team Alt-Text" all the way and recommend you do the same. For those unaware, social media sites like Mastodon have a feature which allows you to post a photo but also add alternative text - descriptive text which conveys the meaning and context of a visual item. Most…
I remember it like it was yesterday. Getting off the school bus and making a full sprint up the hill to my house. Running inside. Breezing through my homework. All so I could have just a few extra minutes on the family computer playing Space Cadet Pinball for Windows 95/98/XP. I won't go so far as to say I grew up poor. But I'd definitely say we had just enough to get by but not much more than…
I ran into an issues with updating an older machine my grandmother has to the newest version of Window 11. After hours of work across various weekends I finally decided to just take a day when she wouldn't be home to work on it in depth (with her blessing of course). Well, long story short I couldn't get this old machine to update to the newest version of Windows. This isn't really a problem right…