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Crazy October Clouds

We took the kids to an annual halloween party at Needham park this weekend. It was cut short because those dark scary cloulds brought with them great big rain drops and some hail.

They looked really cool from the hill.

When the little drop started we corraled the kids to …

Nocturne Weekend

It is Nocturne weekend here in Halifax. We went out for our annual stroll to see the installations. Something that I found this year was that the density seems down. There are still lots of things to see, but the walking seemed more than other years.

I haven't been out …

WSL and Google G Drive

I have a job with a company laptop. They use Google Drive for their project folders, and this is not something that I will ever change with them. The also use Salesforce for almost all the things, and that is worse than any business "solution" that I have every tried …

Xbox Controller on Linux

Something that I have a hard time with, every time that I start up a new distro, is getting my xbox controller working without a cable. It is never easy, and at no point does it seem like something any of the distros I frequent will fix "out of the …

Unmountable BTRFS Pool on Unraid

I have been having issues with one of my BTRFS pools on Unraid, it keeps locking up and then becoming unmountable.

I think I may know the root cause, but not sure yet.

The last time that this happened I had to use --repair, but it doesn't quite work through …

Saturday Wandering

We did something that I used to do a lot, but haven't for 6 months or so. Put the kids in the car, go for a drive and find a playground, beach or trail to hang out and have a snack.

This trip brought us to a HRM park called …

Another Friday in the books

It's Friday and I should be getting the couple of things that are on my plate, off of it. But its been a long week of fires and things and I just don't want to.

Instead, here is a picture of a sunfower that I took yesterday evening while grilling …

Dragon Flies

I always try to keep my camera close, even when I'm home. If not, I would not of seen a dragon fly in the back yard.

I'm still not great at macro photography, and I forgot to turn on focus stacking, so these are the only two pictures that I …

First interesting Hurricane of the season

You heard it here first folks, I'm predicting that Ernesto will impact Nova Scotia in 7-10 days.

Immich reminded me of hurricane Ernesto, which missed us last year.

My spidey senses start to trigger if I see a hurricane that is tracking west of Bermuda, there is a much higher …