I became a Linux user in 1999. I started with Slackware downloaded over a ppp connection over a couple of days. For the next two decades following I preached the wisdom of the penguin, opensource, and free software. It was fun! We were like the cowboys of the internet, fighting the outlaws (private hardware and software corporations). ...

I'm sitting here looking out the window, here in southern Wisconsin. It's a beautiful day with the bugs all doing their chirping. Since I was little, I loved open windows in the house. There is nothing better than fresh air and feeling a breeze work it's way through the house to another open window, on the other side. Here in Wisconsin...

Since about 1999 or so, we have been fairly nomadic. Mainly due to work and school items within the family. It's been quite the rollercoaster. Here is a small summary of what's gone down. • Around the end of 1999 we moved from Dallas, TX to Staten Island, NY where we stayed for three years. • From Staten Island, we moved to Huntington,...

The past weeks, I've been on my usual round of jumping around email clients. I was on Proton for quite a long time, then I figured I would go back to Apple and iCloud+, which then led me back to Fastmail. The sad thing is that I have jumped all around these different providers before. On all of them, I spend a ton of time tweaking, set...