David Nelson

@dmnelson
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K-12 sysadmin. Linux, Mac, and some other things including pfSense, Ubiquiti, Juniper/Mist, and XCP-ng. Photographer, Apple enthusiast, and vintage tech admirer in my spare time. Learning Swift/SwiftUI. BLM. LGBTQIA+ ally. Profile pic by Iconfactory.
Websitehttps://davidnelson.net
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May we all strive to live a life more like Om’s, and inspire anything close to this kind of eulogy when we go.

https://daringfireball.net/2026/06/om

Om

This is going to sound cornier than a bucket of Jiffy-Pop, but it is a profound irony that a man with such a big and beautiful figurative heart could have such a lousy literal one.

Daring Fireball
Alaska Airlines has free in-flight Wi-Fi via Starlink/T-Mobile. Got 400Mbps down, and close to 180Mbps when connected back to my house with WireGuard.
@RecDiffs @siracusa Oh no it's not coming today. 😭
I just reached the last @RecDiffs episode of 2019. @siracusa's Mac Pro is expected today, and he's talking through everything that could go wrong with the delivery. 🫶