I talk about my views on how much of an impact technological jumps

used to make on gaming in previous decades vs this decade.

I struggle with insomnia, instead of dreading it - I rather enjoy it now...here's how!

Figure 1 - trash

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Figure 2 - close-up

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Figure 3 - screen

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Figure 3 - parts collected

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Figure 5 - scrap iron

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Figure 6 - size comparison

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Brady and I discuss people and technology; where it was, where we are, and where we are going. Put on your philosophy hats!

Podcast Stuff:

Robert actually had an Atari 1200 XL:

http://oldcomputers.net/atari-1200xl.html

Ray Ban Smart Glasses:

https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/electronics/RW4002%20UNISEX%20ray-ban%20stories%20%7C%20wayfarer-shiny%20black/8056597489478?fbclid=IwAR08oSxzKyvMfsPYKa1PtvVkda6rJtAlAyJ24pDFSCo03tIqaIxDnVC9IWw&cid=PM-SBI_080622-1.US-RayBanStories-EN-B-Related-Exact_RayBan_Related_ray+ban+camera+glasses&gclid=c6b5a6ec15e015a94bb7c5f91c52a69c&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=c6b5a6ec15e015a94bb7c5f91c52a69c&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=1.US-RayBanStories-EN-B-Related-Exact&utm_term=ray%20ban%20camera%20glasses&utm_content=RayBan_Related

Google Glass is Back:

https://www.google.com/glass/start/

Microsoft Research:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/about-microsoft-research/

Microsoft Open Source Blog:

https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/

Microsoft Open Source Hardware:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/hardware-innovation/

Picks of the Week:

Brady's Picks

Defeating the Hacker: A non-technical guide to computer security by Robert Schifreen

https://www.amazon.com/Defeating-Hacker-non-technical-computer-security/dp/0470025557

Robert's Pick:

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses

Cool Shit:

Realtime Global Cyber Attack Map

https://threatmap.checkpoint.com/

Getting an installer

Link to FreeBSD downloads

Choose the correct arch for your system. amd64 is probably the one you want if you know nothing about computer architectures.

you will have a lot of options:

*-bootonly.iso is a netinstall image that is for burning to a CD

*-disc1.iso is a supplementary CD image for *-bootonly.iso

*-dvd1.iso is a complete DVD image with extra packages

*-memstick.img is a complete image for burning to a USB stick

*-mini-memstick.img is a netinstall image for burning to a USB stick

I typically download and use one of the compressed memstick images. The mini image is fine but you probably want the regular memstick image if this is the first time you've ever installed FreeBSD. It alleviates some of the stress that comes with installing wireless drivers.

To burn a memstick image, use the disk destroyer program:

root@fbsd# xunz FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64-memestick.img.xz

root@fbsd# sudo dd if=./FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64-memestick.img of=/dev/sdx status=progress

root@fbsd# sudo eject /dev/sdx

Initial installation

pre-installation

The standard steps for installing Linux apply:

disable secure boot

enable USB booting

select boot device at startup time

Because this is hardware specific, it's a homework assignment for the audience.

Installation

FreeBSD has a menu driven installer that walks the user through various steps:

1. set keymap (leave default if you don't know)

2. set hostname

3. select sets

There are many sets to choose from. New users probably want to install all of them. I typically only install the lib32 set and add the rest later.

4. Partitioning

bsdinstall makes it easy to partition your drives. The Auto(ZFS) option is probably what you want as the default UFS configuration is unjournaled.

In the Auto(ZFS) menu, for a single hard drive installation, you want to stripe one disk. Select your hard drive.

If you want full disk encryption, select the Encrypt Disks option.

You also want to bump up the swap size to ram*1.5 as a general rule (so, for 4g of ram you will set 6g of swap, for 8g or ram you set 12g swap). If you selected Encrypt Disks, you should also select Encrypt Swap

When you are done, proceed with the installation. You will gt a confirmation message asking if you want to destroy the disk(s) you selected. This is your last chance to go back.

If you selected Encrypt Disks, you will be presented with a password prompt. This is the disk encryption password, not any user password.

5. Wait for sets to install

6. Configure root user

After the sets are installed, you will set a root password.

7. Network Config

If your wireless card is supported, all the hard parts are already done for you. If your wireless card is not supported, you might need to plug in an ethernet cable and compile the drivers into the kernel.

Select your card (em* is ethernet, wifi cards are named after their drivers)

If you choose wifi, the installer will scan for networks and give you a menu to select one. If the network is encrypted, you will be presented with a password prompt.

8. Time and date setup

9. Service setup

You will be p

Follow up on hpr3685 :: Budget and an Android app

I added a calendar from OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org Template

Budget sample with a calendar in LibreOffice (Download link)

CL4P-TP Claptrap Borderlands Lego Bricklink

https://rmccurdy.com/.scripts/downloaded/CL4P-TP%20Claptrap%20Borderlands%20Bricklink.pdf

https://rmccurdy.com/.scripts/downloaded/CL4P-TP%20Claptrap%20Borderlands%20Bricklink.xml

Lightsabers (get mystery box or whatever boneyard etc because much cheaper if you really just want programable full pixel blade)

https://www.crimsondawn.com/products/mystery-box?variant=33206141681741

I paid $268USD for Neopixel Proffie ( I think it's all xenopixel stuff nowadays ): https://darkwolfsabers.com/shop/ols/products/rgb-baslix-saber/v/RGB-BSL-SBR-NPX-PRF

RGB's from LGT Store (60-70$)

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1101560967

Introduction

Hosts:

MrX

Dave Morriss

We recorded this on Monday September 12th 2022. We have a list of talking points each time and never get through them!

Topics discussed

Places visited:

Lake District, England

Loch Lomond, Scotland

Stockbridge, Edinburgh

Water of Leith, Edinburgh

Death of Queen Elizabeth

Died September 8th 2022 at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, aged 96

State funeral 2022-09-19

Navigation by phone:

Dave’s phone battery out of charge on the outskirts of Liverpool on the way to OggCamp.

MrX’s old Garmin GPS used weird routes when travelling

Dave once met a lost driver going down Donkey Lane1 to the pedestrian railway crossing due to bad GPS directions

Domestic stuff:

Dave’s house has been painted. It’s covered in harling (aka rough-cast or pebble-dash in England) which has very sharp stones embedded in it, and this paint covers these sharp stones.

Plumbing issues: stopping a dripping tap, replacing the washer, or with modern taps the module.

Advisability of calling in a plumber!

COVID-19, and related:

The virus has not gone, even though there are many who pretend that it has.

MrX and MrsX visited St Bees for a wedding with a Cèilidh and MrX caught COVID there, though it wasn’t serious. MrsX did not catch it!

Immunology is hard to understand! Some cold-like illnesses may be caused by other corona viruses and may help protect against SARS-CoV-2.

Dave has an Immunology book, but hasn’t read it yet! See the links for details.

MrX mentioned Richard J Murphy in the context of being realistic about COVID-19 and continuing to take precautions.

Reluctance to go shopping. Dave makes a weekly trip, wearing a mask. MrX uses Click and Collect.

Dave has lost weight so some of his clothes are too big. MrX has trouble finding smaller sized clothes when shopping.

Old technology:

MrX recently found a box in his wardrobe with six Psion 3c Organisers in it, in various states of disrepair. From these a functioning organiser was made, which is in regular use.

MrX used to have a Psion Series 3a but the hinge failed.

Dave had a Psion Series 5mx for a time, as did MrsX. Dave’s failed either because of a screen fault or a failure of the ribbon cable connecting to the screen.

The Series 3c, and the later 3mx, have an Easter Egg available through a particular key sequence. This is a rendition of the anthem “Jerusalem”, and is included at the end of this episode (and is responsible for the show title).

ReiserFS – The file system of the future

Intro: Welcome to HPR; What I do; How I got in to computing; How I got in to Slackware and discovered ReiserFS

A history of ReiserFS: Previous episode; Brief recap; A brief history; Lessons learned and experiences gained; Some tools to use

Outro: Thanks

ReiserFS

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ReiserFS is a general-purpose, journaling file system initially designed and implemented by a team at Namesys led by Hans Reiser and licensed under GPLv2. Introduced in version 2.4.1 of the Linux kernel, it was the first journaling file system to be included in the standard kernel. ReiserFS was the default file system in Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise until Novell decided to move to ext3 on October 12, 2006, for future releases.

Namesys considered ReiserFS version 3.6 which introduced a new on-disk format allowing bigger filesizes, now occasionally referred to as Reiser3, as stable and feature-complete and, with the exception of security updates and critical bug fixes, ceased development on it to concentrate on its successor, Reiser4. Namesys went out of business in 2008 after Reiser's conviction for murder. The product is now maintained as open source by volunteers. The reiserfsprogs 3.6.27 were released on 25 July 2017.

ReiserFS is currently supported on Linux without quota support. It has been discussed for removal from the Linux kernel since early 2022 due to a lack of maintenance upstream, and technical issues inherent to the filesystem, such as the fact it suffers from the year 2038 problem; it was deprecated in Linux 5.18, with removal planned for 2025.

Batch files are an important topic to mastering DOS, and in this episode we begin exploring them. Batch files in DOS are similar to BASH scripts in Unix/Linux in that they let you run multiple commands from one file.

Links:

https://www.ahuka.com/dos-lessons-for-self-study-purposes/dos-lesson-15-introduction-to-batch-files/