J.P. Wing

@thatjpwing
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Just a guy with a husband.
Instrument Rated Private Pilot.
Storm Chasing. Weather. Space. Hiking.
Retro Computing. Software Developer.
Aspiring Videographer. Linux. Apple.
Shaving. Stoicism.
Find Mehttps://thatjpwing.com
YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@thatjpwing
Bloghttps://blog.jpnearl.com
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J.P. WingDec 17, 2024
I have initiated an account with masto.host and will probably be moving my Mastodon presence to my own instance in the next 48 hours or so. Please follow along when I move my account; I enjoy everyone I follow and that follows me in this wonderful Fediverse.
J.P. WingDec 17, 2024
@jim I think I’m making the jump back to my own instance this weekend. Or sooner.
J.P. WingDec 17, 2024
Mike Dec 17, 2024

WOW.. @system76 has given us a gift!

An #amd #linux laptop with a 16" 2k screen and CENTERED keyboard!!

This now joins the VERY short list of full size laptops without an evil numpad!

J.P. WingDec 17, 2024
OpenStreetMapDec 17, 2024

OpenStreetMap.org is up and running again! Happy Mapping! 🗺 🔎 ❤ 🚀

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/openstreetmap-org-currently-offline-operations-team-are-working-to-restore-15-december-2024-updated/122930
#OpenStreetMap #OSM #gischat #map #maps #mapping

OpenStreetMap.org currently offline. Operations Team are working to restore - 15 December 2024 (Updated)

After leading several major incident service recovery teams, the details of a real-world failure are always more complex than anyone expects. I’d suggest patience until the hosting provider issues a root-cause report, and this can be used to review the overall architecture against availability goals, and yes, costs.

OpenStreetMap Community Forum
J.P. WingDec 17, 2024
@silviamaggi I switched back to Obsidian yesterday and have promised myself to keep the plugins to a minimum to avoid distraction.
J.P. WingDec 17, 2024

I have to admit, the NY Times has done a great job of completely screwing up a simple game like Wordle. For a few weeks I had to sit through an ad. Now the ad is ever present at the top of the screen and I have to swipe down to a smaller version of the game board. Then, when I want to share my win with my husband, I have to cut and paste the results into a text message, because the share sheet no longer works.

Ads first, humans second. It's the way of the NY Times.

J.P. WingDec 17, 2024
J.P.Dec 17, 2024

Creativity.

I love the person that writes the Forecast Discussion for the Tucson office of the National Weather Service.  Their creativity is awesome.

#weather is awesome.

#weather

J.P. WingDec 17, 2024
Contrary to popular belief, ADS-B is not required for every flying object in the sky. Every airplane is NOT required to be beaming its signal. It’s all dependent on airspace. So, there’s a fair chance that airplane up there isn’t telling FlightAware who it is.
J.P. WingDec 17, 2024
There’s a light in the sky!
J.P. WingDec 17, 2024

After months of wrestling with too many Apple centric applications with decent web interface options, I jumped to cross platform, I own the data goodness again. todo.txt and Obsidian for the win.

And this is just after I wrote about being OK with a Mac app with a web interface. Apparently I lied.