Father, Sysadmin, Writer, Nerd. Usually in that order. Maps @ . Ex-Virtual Editor for @LinuxJournal. G8 GXP Driver. Find me at links.nulldevice.net
Joined August 2007
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5 Jul 2023
Welp, with the new policies around here, I’m not gonna be posting as much. Will still be around and will answer @ messages and such, but new posts will be few and far between. Find me at the links in my profile. Happy Independence Day, y’all!
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20 Oct 2025
Proof of life.
Also, do you know what Dracula named his car?
Vlad the Impala.
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11 Sep 2023
Proof of life: today's earworm is "Running on Empty" by Jackson Browne. Hopefully it's now yours, too.
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5 May 2023
Scotty is my spirit animal.
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20 Apr 2023
Poor car there is pretty jacked up. I think it might buff out tho.
20 Apr 2023
VR Cam caught some spectacular footage as #SuperHeavy rocked #SpaceX #Starbase this morning. I am floored at the amount of debris that was ejected. Waiting on Rover 2 damage assessment. Congratulations @elonmusk on pulling this historical launch!
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Bill Childers retweeted
17 Mar 2023
Here's the pitch for the midseason Captain Seven #StarTrekPicard spin-off episode. After running the 10 Forward Bar program continuously for a year the holodeck becomes sentient and it is obsessed with #TedLasso. The USS Titan crew must beat AFC Richmond to regain ship control
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16 Mar 2023
Because of course I would break the craps machine. Again. So much for the lil streak.
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Bill Childers retweeted
9 Mar 2023
If you’re at @socallinuxexpo #scale20x this week, and see my #BigNerdHead, please take a picture and post it with that hashtag!
I’m not there in person this year, but I have awesome friends who “brought me along.” (Thanks @KatherineD, @wildbill, & @kylerankin !!!)
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Bill Childers retweeted
17 Dec 2022
twitter has officially removed the feature that tells you what device a tweet was sent from and i just wanna say say dorothy we will never forget you.
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5 Dec 2022
The OG Atari Joystick was my first, #1. Though I’m disappointed the weird-ass Intellivision controller isn’t on this list…
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maybe tail lights shouldn’t have software?
Tesla recalls over 321,000 vehicles due to taillight software issue theverge.com/2022/11/20/2346…
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19 Nov 2022
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18 Nov 2022
Good night, Twitter. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.
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10 Nov 2022
currently an emergency twitter all-hands going on with Elon Musk answering employee Q's
Elon was asked: "How are you going to deal with the expected attrition and align everyone on a shared vision?"
Elon Answer: "I don't know....we all need to be more hardcore."
8 Nov 2022
And here’s another guide-to-mastodon, for those who may need it. zdnet.com/article/getting-st…
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