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Some pictures of some pretty birds from the backyard.

This was our first foray into the world in the New year of 2022. It was a pretty good day.

For something to do, and to help the baby nap we went for a drive. The idea was to head to a path around town, maybe Hemlock Ravines, but when we got there the small parking lot was packed. We didn't feel like being around so many people so we …

I already did this for this page and my company, but I'm moving our family archive too.

There was a bluejay in the background and they were a pain to get a picture of. These are the only ones that kind of turned out.

I like the "idea" of Unix and the derivatives Linux and FreeBSD in particular. However, most the applications that I need to actually get work done rely on Windows.

So, when I build personal proejcts I like to build them with FreeBSD or a flavour of Linux (Like with TrueNAS …

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This project has developed A LOT in the last 11 months (where does the time go). If you are interested in using it, the repository is here - git.jeffmackinnon.com.

It was a post titled How to write a Pelican theme for your static website by The Digital Cat …

For a while I was trying to update daily, but I'm thinking it is time to think about why that is, and instead, update at most weekly. That means if you are following along with the RSS feed, then there may be weeks that you end up with a bunch …

The times that I can't think of ways to be creative I end up spending time on workflow or maybe redesigning something that is working realitvely fine, or maybe it is researching tech that I would need if the ideas that I want to develop caught hold.

If this was …