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Upgrading the chassis

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I realize this will sound hypocritical in the wake of what I said with the latest update on Amethyst. But I did say to only swap out the chassis and power suppl...

Marriage and Relationships

The seed is planted

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Article: I found out my husband is sexually attracted to my sister. I don’t know what to do. This one’s a doozy. First, let’s give an executiv...

Scams

Blackmail variant – 2022-05-01

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Been a while since I’ve received one of these. This came in with the email subject “You have an outstanding payment. Debt settlement required.”...

Amethyst

Amethyst finally gets an upgrade

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Wow it’s been a while since I’ve written on Amethyst. But there really hasn’t been much in the way of changes to it aside from a platform upgr...

Scams

When you see it

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

It isn’t often that scammers make things as plain as day.

Energy/Politics

No, charging an EV from a generator does not use less than a gas-powered car

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I recently came across this on Facebook: So is this true? Not even close. Lets plug some numbers into this. Someone feel free to double-check my numbers here if...

Scams

Blackmail variant – 2022-03-15

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Okay, I’m just going to start naming these the date I first receive them. I can’t keep trying to come up with new article titles for all of these. A...

Scams

Blackmail variant – 2022-02-23

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This one is very similar to the one I posted on Jan 16. Almost identical, in fact, and I nearly did not post this due to that. The slight difference is this one...

Nasira

Adding an SLOG… or not

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Let me preface this: for most home NAS users, any kind of cache devices with ZFS are a waste. Only if you are frequently copying a lot of files to your NAS or m...

Power adapters

USB type-C to Milwaukee M12 adapter

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

In figuring out a portable light wand, I discovered some very small USB type-C power boards, one specifically locked at 12V. And I’ve used them in testing...

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