Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺

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Hi 👋 I’m a human, blogger, technical writer, IaaS engineer, weeb traveller, urbanist, third-culture kid, profile list enumerator, and retro computator in Sydney, Australia, formerly Singapore. He/them. Friend. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Runs #NetBSD, #FreeBSD, #illumos. Slings #Xen and #QEMU at work. Co-host of #BSDNow!

I am bad at replying; sorry.

Webloghttps://rubenerd.com
Lunchboxhttps://codeberg.org/rubenerd/lunchbox
Landshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eora
Wikihttps://www.sasara.moe/wiki/
Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺4d ago

I *KNEW* it. The ABC (Australia) website has a slightly slanted footer.

This irritates me way more than it should.

Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Mar 17

New ThinkPad arrived! 2.8K IPS! Matte! Exclamation marks! YAY

This is my first “new” ThinkPad ever, I’ve always had second hand machines. Also marks the end of my personal Mac era, having first got an iMac DV in 1999, and a bunch of iBooks and MacBooks since.

Next step is to wipe the unserious OS off it and put FreeBSD and Fedora on it.

Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Mar 14

Dear Mr Bennett arrived! John Pizzarelli’s first vinyl LP release since 1987 :’) ♡

I love that mailing lists are still a thing. He emailed his fans late last year to preorder. I know some that only announce on Insta, etc.

Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Mar 13

Was reminiscing with a client about our first network kit. This was mine: a D-Link DE-805TP 10BaseT hub.

Until that point as a kid my sister and I had been using a crossover cable to play Age of Empires II. This little box let us play with friends. Wish I still had it :').

Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Mar 12
Even if you have no intention of editing Wikipedia, get yourself an account. You can then use the classic Monobook theme again, which is delightful.
Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Mar 7
Finally upgraded my crappy 14W iron with a new one! And I inadvertently got one that matches the decor (cough).
Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Mar 3

This was a fun experiment :). Mapping and overlaying the screen resolutions I've used over the years.

https://rubenerd.com/mapping-my-screen-resolutions-over-the-years/

Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Mar 1
If you ever feel imposter syndrome, just remember there's a trillion dollar infrastructure company that sends this email to thousands of people every month.
Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Feb 26

Oh *that* is a dark pattern. The unsubscribe link is in black and not underlined, so you can't even tell it's a link.

How many people wouldn't bother trying to click?

Ruben Schade  🔰 🇦🇺Feb 23
10/10, no notes.