Whew. Biggest donation to date!

15 upcycled Dell Latitudes with 10th gen i7, 16 gigs of ram, and NVMe drives.

We partnered with a local program that helps families with Christmas presents, and they always want laptops.

This year, The Computer Upcycle Project was able to deliver.

Freaking love this work!

#nixbook #nixos #linux #upcycle

Big new v0.3 release of my #OpenBSD audio/video recording #CLI convenience utility, #recordctl, is now out:

https://github.com/morgant/recordctl/releases/tag/0.3

Building on v0.2, which switched to a clearer, more scriptable, MIB-like control syntax like sysctl(8), mixerctl(8), and sndioctl(1), it now features:

1) A monitor (`-m`) mode showing changes to control values over time, like sndioctl(1) `-m`
2) A `mix.monitor` control which exposes/manipulates whether sndiod(8) is configured for a "monitor mix"

Clear sign that you need coffee is when you troubleshoot why does

> battery0: battery initialization failed, giving up

keep popping-up in dmesg and then you realize that you removed the battery from that laptop months ago 😂

It was great to see everybody again at #EuroBSDCon2025.
Sorry if we missed you, but there is always #EuroBSDCon2026! :)

16 new VMs were added and 64 VMs were renewed.

We donated €1120 to the #OpenBSD Foundation, €57335 since we started.

Thank you, our users, and OpenBSD developers for an awesome OS!

Stay safe, healthy & sane!

#RUNBSD in 2025