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+

Why Have a Web Site in 2019?

+
+ Adam, why on earth do you have a website? Wait... Is this a + blog? It's 2019, why don't you just use Facebook?! +
+ +

+ I've wanted to have my own website for a long time mostly because I like + playing with technology. I think it's cool that I can make a few files + on a computer in my closet available for the entire world to see. The + web has become a near-necessity in our daily lives and it's only been + around for a couple of decades. That has always fascinated me enough to + drive me to see if I can do it on my own. I started self-hosting my own + web server about a year ago now and it's been an awesome study in the + way all of the tech we use on the web works. +

+ +

+ A written website is also a good way to keep up on my writing skills. + I've graduated college and won't be writing essays for the foreseeable + eternity. Which is fine except that I have no reason to write creatively + or formally anymore. Having this site encourages me to continue turning + thoughts into words, even though it's more casual than a term paper. +

+ +

+ This extends into the professionalism of a personal website. Normally + you can't point your employer towards your Twitter profile as the + distillation of your online footprint. Having a website, especially one + that separates professional and personal interests, is ten times better + than a resume, especially in the world of technology. It lets you tell + people exactly who you are and what you do, without forcing them to + navigate through an auth wall or a bunch of puppy photos. Your + professional and personal lives don't bleed together quite as much and + it makes for a kick-ass business card. +

+ +

+ Most importantly however, I enjoy the level of control that I gain with + creating and operating my own website, something I have also sought for + a long time. In high school I set up an old Dell from my school's + recycling center with Windows XP and Microsoft Internet Information + Services. It didn't have SSL or even a domain name but it was reachable + over the WAN. I set up an upload system so that my friends and I could + 'post' memes and funny messages for each other on raw html pages written + with Microsoft Word. That was the extent of its functionality. It was + slow, insecure, and went offline every time the router got a new IP + assigned to it. But I didn't care. It was a site the school couldn't + block. It had no name and no rules and nobody could tell us what to do + with it because it was ours. And we called it the + Troll Nexus Center because that's what you do when you're 15 +

+ +

+ My reasons then for building the Troll Nexus Center still stand now. + Having your own website is having your own piece of internet + property. + I first heard this wording from + Luke Smith over on his YouTube channel + and it's one-hundred percent true. Tumblogs, Google Sites, Facebook + profiles, and GitHub Pages are all like renting an apartment. Sure, + there are some really nice apartments out there but it's not the same as + owning your own home. You have to pay rent obviously, and rent is + subject to change once your lease is up. If anything breaks you text + your landlord and wait to have it fixed. You aren't allowed to fix it + yourself and sometimes it doesn't get fixed at all. And of course you're + limited by how much you can customize things to your own liking. Whether + it's painting walls or knocking them down. +

+ +

+ These limitations may or may not apply to you. Whether you're paying for + storage, server space, metrics, or watching an ad every five seconds, + these services aren't free either. And you certainly can't fix + everything that goes wrong with them. I started on Google Sites. It's a + truly fantastic system. Building a site is like putting a PowerPoint + slide together. I just plain outgrew it. There were too many things I + wanted to do that I simply couldn't. I was also at the mercy of Google's + constant change. After I finished constructing my first site, Google + announced they would be shutting down the old Google Sites in favor + of an entirely new platform under the same name. Weeks of work got thrown out the window. You might also not care + about ads or customization. You may be intimidated by doing things + yourself and prefer that the landlord take care of everything. + Personally, I like the challenge and the craftsmanship that comes with + doing something myself. And I like being in total control of my server, + site, and content. Not from a tinfoil hat perspective but from a "gosh I + really wish I could just share more than 15 gigabytes of family video + with my relatives in New York and Ohio" perspective. +

+ +

+ So that's why I created my own website. If you want to know + how I host my own website, look for another post about my + server setup where I'll explain everything I'm hosting and how I got it + all hooked up. And that's a wrap. Now you know why I'm here instead of + somewhere else online. Sure, I do have Facebook and YouTube accounts but + I don't frequently update anything on either of them. This site is my + home online. It's where I keep all of my interests, hobbies, and + memories for sharing with others. +

+ +

+ Now you know where to find me. If you want to keep up with me, be + old-fashioned and subscribe to my RSS feed. +

+
+ + diff --git a/computing/2019-04-06-why-have-a-website-in-2019.md b/computing/2019-04-06-why-have-a-website-in-2019.md deleted file mode 100644 index 96b659f..0000000 --- a/computing/2019-04-06-why-have-a-website-in-2019.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ ---- -permalink: /posts/{{categories}}/{{slug}} -title: Why Have a Website in 2019? -categories: - - technology -tags: - - website - - self-hosted - - blog - - online presence -published_date: "2019-04-06 20:50:19 +0000" -layout: post.liquid -is_draft: false -excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n" ---- - -> Adam, why on earth do you have a website? Wait... Is this a *blog*? It's -> 2019, why don't you just use Facebook?! - -I've wanted to have my own website for a long time mostly because I like -playing with technology. I think it's cool that I can make a few files on a -computer in my closet available for the entire world to see. The web has become -a near-necessity in our daily lives and it's only been around for a couple of -decades. That has always fascinated me enough to drive me to see if I can do it -on my own. I started self-hosting my own web server about a year ago now and -it's been an awesome study in the way all of the tech we use on the web works. - -A written website is also a good way to keep up on my writing skills. I've -graduated college and won't be writing essays for the foreseeable eternity. -Which is fine except that I have no reason to write creatively or formally -anymore. Having this site encourages me to continue turning thoughts into -words, even though it's more casual than a term paper. - -This extends into the professionalism of a personal website. Normally you can't -point your employer towards your Twitter profile as the distillation of your -online footprint. Having a website, especially one that separates professional -and personal interests, is ten times better than a resume, especially in the -world of technology. It lets you tell people exactly who you are and what you -do, without forcing them to navigate through an auth wall or a bunch of puppy -photos. Your professional and personal lives don't bleed together quite as much -and it makes for a kick-ass business card. - -Most importantly however, I enjoy the level of control that I gain with -creating and operating my own website, something I have also sought for a long -time. In high school I set up an old Dell from my school's recycling center -with Windows XP and Microsoft Internet Information Services. It didn't have SSL -or even a domain name but it was reachable over the WAN. I set up an upload -system so that my friends and I could 'post' memes and funny messages for each -other on raw html pages written with Microsoft Word. That was the extent of its -functionality. It was slow, insecure, and went offline every time the router -got a new IP assigned to it. But I didn't care. It was a site the school -couldn't block. It had no name and no rules and nobody could tell us what to do -with it because it was ours. And we called it the *Troll Nexus Center* because -we were 15 and brimming with creativity. - -My reasons then for building the Troll Nexus Center still stand now. *Having -your own website is having your own piece of internet property.* I first heard -this wording from [Luke Smith over on his YouTube -channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azkWYxyqh3Y) and it's one-hundred -percent true. Tumblogs, Google Sites, Facebook profiles, and GitHub Pages are -all like renting an apartment. Sure, there are some really nice apartments out -there ([we love ours!](https://www.thecommonwealthapts.com)) but it's not the -same as owning your own home. You have to pay rent obviously, and rent is -subject to change once your lease is up. If anything breaks you text your -landlord and wait to have it fixed. You aren't allowed to fix it yourself and -sometimes it doesn't get fixed at all. And of course you're limited by how much -you can customize things to your own liking. Whether it's painting walls or -knocking them down. - -These limitations may or may not apply to you. Whether you're paying for -storage, server space, metrics, or watching an ad every five seconds, these -services aren't free either. And you certainly can't fix everything that goes -wrong with them. I started on Google Sites. It's a truly fantastic system. -Building a site is like putting a PowerPoint slide together. I just plain -outgrew it. There were too many things I wanted to do that I simply couldn't. I -was also at the mercy of Google's constant change. After I finished -constructing my first site, Google [announced they would be shutting down the -old Google Sites in favor of an entirely new platform under the same -name](https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2016/11/a-totally-rebuilt-google-sitesnow.html). -Weeks of work got thrown out the window. You might also not care about ads or -customization. You may be intimidated by doing things yourself and prefer that -the landlord take care of everything. Personally, I like the challenge and the -craftsmanship that comes with doing something oneself. And I like being in -total control of my server, site, and content. Not from a tinfoil hat -perspective but from a "gosh I really wish I could just share more than 15 -gigabytes of family video with my relatives in New York and Ohio" perspective. - -So that's why I created my own website. If you want to know *how* I host my own -website, look for another post about my server setup where I'll explain -everything I'm hosting and how I got it all hooked up. And that's a wrap. Now -you know why I'm here instead of somewhere else online. Sure, I do have -Facebook and YouTube accounts but I don't frequently update anything on either -of them. This site is my home online. It's where I keep all of my interests, -hobbies, and memories for sharing with others. - -Now you know where to find me. If you want to keep up with me, subscribe to my -RSS feed up top! - - - diff --git a/computing/school-server-closets-are-utopic.md b/computing/school-server-closets-are-utopic.md deleted file mode 100644 index cb9dc93..0000000 --- a/computing/school-server-closets-are-utopic.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@ ---- -excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n" -permalink: /posts/{{categories}}/{{slug}} -title: School Server Closets are Utopic -categories: -- technology -tags: [] -layout: post.liquid -is_draft: true ---- -Start writing already... diff --git a/hosted.html b/hosted.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5684e67 --- /dev/null +++ b/hosted.html @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +

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+ +If I know you and you're welcome to join one of my game servers, you can find +those here. Non-public ones are password-protected. + + diff --git a/includes/images/logo.png b/includes/images/logo.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..549bd0e Binary files /dev/null and b/includes/images/logo.png differ diff --git a/includes/images/logo_diag.png b/includes/images/logo_diag.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fa302b6 Binary files /dev/null and b/includes/images/logo_diag.png differ diff --git a/includes/rss.xml b/includes/rss.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 2e6890e..0000000 --- a/includes/rss.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ - - - - - 53hornet's Feed - https://www.53hor.net - The World Wide Web pages of Adam T. Carpenter. - - - Entry Title - https://www.53hor.net/wheels/2020-11-21-this-url.html - https://www.mysite.com/?p=584674 - ho! thanketh thee f'r subscribing to mine own rss feedeth - Wed, 02 Oct 2002 08:00:00 EST - - - diff --git a/includes/stylesheet.css b/includes/stylesheet.css index a24fc46..acd0fed 100644 --- a/includes/stylesheet.css +++ b/includes/stylesheet.css @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ :root { --balboa: #195970; - --charcoal: #32444a; --ruby: #9b111e; - --slate: #798d94; + --slate: #b9c2ca; + --charcoal: #798d94; --white: white; --box-radius: 1em; --box-border: 0.5em solid var(--white); @@ -82,3 +82,22 @@ h1, blockquote { font-style: oblique; } + +header { + text-align: center; +} + +article ul { + list-style: none; + padding: 0; + margin: 0; +} + +article li { + padding-left: 16px; +} + +article li:before { + content: "➙"; + padding-right: 8px; +} diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 38d1231..6954fdd 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -8,20 +8,15 @@ property="og:description" content="The World Wide Web pages of Adam Carpenter" /> - + - + - 53hornet -- Home + 53hornet ➙ Home -
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diff --git a/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html b/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..692a132 --- /dev/null +++ b/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.html @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 53hornet ➙ Dancing the Shag & Two Left Feet + + + + + +
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Dancing the Shag & Two Left Feet

+

+ Not all of my posts are huge, and they probably shouldn't be. Amy and I + had a really great time yesterday at Two Left Feet Dance Studio, + learning more about how to dance the Carolina Shag in preparation for + our wedding (which is in less than 20 days)! An enormous swing band is + going to play all of our favorites from the brass band/swing era, and + one of the easiest dances to do to that music is the Shag. I wrote a + paper on the Shag a few years ago for school but never actually learned + how to do it. The steps are simple for us to remember and it's easy + enough to add flair or mix it up so we look like we know what we're + doing during our first dance. +

+ +

+ We also got out to see the new Lion King remake and I can honestly say + it was worth it. If anyone's a Lion King purist, it's Amy. It's easily + been her favorite movie since she was a toddler, and to see it + tastefully redone almost 25 years after it was first released was + thoroughly enjoyable. There were minor alterations to literal sentences + in the script that all added some context to things that were always + kind of assumed in the original (clarification on Scar's backstory, + etc.). I did however feel like they were trying to throw Beyonce lines + the way a middle-schooler tries to turn a 500-word paper into a 700-word + paper. Regardless, it's definitely re-living the classic, not re-hashing + it. +

+
+ + diff --git a/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.md b/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.md deleted file mode 100644 index f567ea5..0000000 --- a/life/2019-07-21-dancing-the-shag-and-the-new-lion-king.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ ---- -permalink: "/posts/{{categories}}/{{slug}}" -title: Dancing the Shag and The New Lion King -categories: - - life -tags: - - carolina - - shag - - dancing - - wedding - - lion - - king - - remake -published_date: "2019-07-21 12:38:48 +0000" -layout: post.liquid -is_draft: false -excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n" ---- -Not all of my posts are huge, and they probably shouldn't be. Amy and I had a -really great time yesterday at Two Left Feet Dance Studio, learning more about -how to dance the Carolina Shag in preparation for our wedding (which is in less -than 20 days)! An enormous swing band is going to play all of our favorites -from the brass band/swing era, and one of the easiest dances to do to that -music is the Shag. I wrote a paper on the Shag a few years ago for school but -never actually learned how to do it. The steps are simple for us to remember -and it's easy enough to add flair or mix it up so we look like we know what -we're doing during our first dance. - -We also got out to see the new Lion King remake and I can honestly say it was -worth it. If anyone's a Lion King purist, it's Amy. It's easily been her -favorite movie since she was a toddler, and to see it tastefully redone almost -25 years after it was first released was thoroughly enjoyable. There were minor -alterations to literal sentences in the script that all added some context to -things that were always kind of assumed in the original (clarification on -Scar's backstory, etc.). I did however feel like they were trying to throw -Beyonce lines the way a middle-schooler tries to turn a 500-word paper into a -700-word paper. Regardless, it's definitely re-living the classic, not -re-hashing it. - - - diff --git a/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.html b/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..447c454 --- /dev/null +++ b/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.html @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 53hornet ➙ Finally Found a Drink I Like + + + + + +
+

Finally Found a Drink I Like

+

+ Anyone who knows me even slightly well probably knows that I don't + drink. And it's not out of moral obligation or anything like that. I + just plain can't stand the taste of alcohol. So it's no surprise that my + entire family has been trying to throw different alcoholic beverages in + my direction to see what sticks. +

+ +

+ But it finally happened! I finally found a drink with alcohol in it. And + not only did I not gag, but I genuinely enjoy it, think it tastes great, + and mix it myself. +

+ +

+ It's called Blackberry Cream Soda. It's just blackberries, + ginger ale, and spiced rum. It's darn good. And it's going to be the + signature drink at our wedding, whatever that means. All I know is I can + finally order something at a bar and that's cool by me. +

+ +

+ Behold, Blackberry Cream Soda +

+
+ + diff --git a/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.md b/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.md deleted file mode 100644 index aaf6e86..0000000 --- a/life/2019-07-28-i-finally-found-a-drink-i-like.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ ---- -permalink: "/posts/{{categories}}/{{slug}}" -title: I Finally Found a Drink I Like! -categories: - - life -tags: - - mixed - - drinks -excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n" -published_date: "2019-07-28 01:36:47 +0000" -layout: post.liquid -is_draft: false ---- -Anyone who knows me even slightly well probably knows that I don't drink. And -it's not out of moral obligation or anything like that. I just plain can't -stand the taste of alcohol. So it's no surprise that my entire family has been -trying to throw different alcoholic beverages in my direction to see what -sticks. - -But it finally happened! I finally found a drink with alcohol in it. And not -only did I not gag, but I genuinely enjoy it, think it tastes great, and mix it -myself. - -It's called *Blackberry Cream Soda*. It's just blackberries, ginger ale, and -spiced rum. It's darn good. And it's going to be the signature drink at our -wedding, whatever that means. All I know is I can finally order something at a -bar and that's cool by me. - -![Behold, Blackberry Cream Soda](https://nextcloud.53hor.net/s/Jdpp8QYwo6nY9Fx/preview) - - - diff --git a/life/2019-08-11-marrying-my-best-friend.html b/life/2019-08-11-marrying-my-best-friend.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab348e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/life/2019-08-11-marrying-my-best-friend.html @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 53hornet ➙ I Married My Best Friend! + + + + + +
+

I Married My Best Friend!

+

+ It was an inexplicable mixture of joy and butterflies getting to marry + my best friend. It was truly like a dream come true, so much so that it + drove me to tears multiple times. Now that we're on our honeymoon, it + feels simultaneously like everything and nothing has changed but I think + that's a good thing. +

+ +

More to come!

+
+ + diff --git a/life/2019-08-11-marrying-my-best-friend.md b/life/2019-08-11-marrying-my-best-friend.md deleted file mode 100644 index c70a3b0..0000000 --- a/life/2019-08-11-marrying-my-best-friend.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ ---- -permalink: "/posts/{{categories}}/{{slug}}" -title: Marrying My Best Friend -categories: - - life -tags: - - wedding - - honeymoon - - carpenter - - squire -excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n" -published_date: "2019-08-11 14:56:58 +0000" -layout: post.liquid -is_draft: false ---- -It was an inexplicable mixture of joy and butterflies getting to marry my best -friend. It was truly like a dream come true, so much so that it drove me to -tears multiple times. Now that we're on our honeymoon, it feels simultaneously -like everything and nothing has changed but I think that's a good thing. - -More to come! - - - diff --git a/life/2020-04-10-the-obligatory-covid-19-post.html b/life/2020-04-10-the-obligatory-covid-19-post.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa948f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/life/2020-04-10-the-obligatory-covid-19-post.html @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 53hornet ➙ Obligatory COVID-19 Post + + + + + +
+

Obligatory COVID-19 Post

+

+ We're alive! All three of us: Amy, Clementine, and myself. We're doing + what we do best and that is being hermits with zero social contact. + That's pretty okay by us though because it lets us slow down from all + the fast-paced life changes we've made in the past few months. +

+ +

+ In January Amy and I bought a house! We couldn't have done it without + the wonderful help of everyone who gave us wedding gifts. We got a nice + little standalone place in Suffolk, much closer to where I work and + centrally located for Amy's tutoring business. We spent all of January + painting and prepping for the big move. Late January and early February + were all moving and unpacking and trying to get back in the groove. + Since the outbreak, we've been using the extra time at home to finish up + all the move-in projects we wanted to: finishing painting, putting up + shelves, hanging pictures, and rewiring electrical outlets. +

+ +

+ Amy also finally got the chance to pursue her dream job: she started up + her own private tutoring business. She's been working hard with clients + all over Hampton Roads, from college students all the way to + first-graders. Business was booming before schools closed but I know + she'll bring it back once things have returned to normal again. No + worries though, she's spending this time helping William and Mary handle + remote operations and students in need. She's also [supposed to be] + writing her master's thesis so she can graduate in May but you know how + it is. +

+ +

+ We're also working through a family illness, which adds difficulty . We + expect a speedy recovery though and we're really excited for that. + All-in-all, we're really enjoying our lives as a happily married couple. + It's been about eight months now and I've enjoyed every minute of it: + the glad, the slightly stressed, and the overarching worry as the world + took a strange turn. But we're looking forward to a good Summer now. The + weather has turned nice -- really nice -- and Clementine is forcing us + to get outside. She's in love with her nice, big fenced-in yard and + refuses to come in after catching hoops most of the time. +

+ +

Stay safe, smart, and sane!

+
+ + diff --git a/life/2020-04-10-the-obligatory-covid-19-post.md b/life/2020-04-10-the-obligatory-covid-19-post.md deleted file mode 100644 index b0fe492..0000000 --- a/life/2020-04-10-the-obligatory-covid-19-post.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ ---- -permalink: "/posts/{{categories}}/{{slug}}" -title: The Obligatory COVID-19 Post -categories: - - life -tags: [coronavirus, update, 8 months] -excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n" -published_date: "2020-04-10 02:41:15 +0000" -layout: post.liquid -is_draft: false ---- -We're alive! All three of us: Amy, Clementine, and myself. We're doing what we -do best and that is being hermits with zero social contact. That's pretty okay -by us though because it lets us slow down from all the fast-paced life changes -we've made in the past few months. - -In January Amy and I bought a house! We couldn't have done it without the -wonderful help of everyone who gave us wedding gifts. We got a nice little -standalone place in Suffolk, much closer to where I work and centrally located -for Amy's tutoring business. We spent all of January painting and prepping for -the big move. Late January and early February were all moving and unpacking and -trying to get back in the groove. Since the outbreak, we've been using the -extra time at home to finish up all the move-in projects we wanted to: -finishing painting, putting up shelves, hanging pictures, and rewiring -electrical outlets. - -Amy also finally got the chance to pursue her dream job: she started up her own -private tutoring business. She's been working hard with clients all over -Hampton Roads, from college students all the way to first-graders. Business was -booming before schools closed but I know she'll bring it back once things have -returned to normal again. No worries though, she's spending this time helping -William and Mary handle remote operations and students in need. She's also -[supposed to be] writing her master's thesis so she can graduate in May but you -know how it is. - -We're also working through a family illness, which is benign but difficult -nonetheless. We expect a speedy recovery and we're really excited for that. -All-in-all, we're really enjoying our lives as a happily married couple. It's -been about eight months now and I've enjoyed every minute of it: the glad, the -slightly stressed, and the overarching worry as the world took a strange turn. -But we're looking forward to a good Summer now. The weather has turned nice -- -really nice -- and Clementine is forcing us to get outside. She's in love with -her nice, big fenced-in yard and refuses to come in after catching hoops most -of the time. - -Stay safe! - - - diff --git a/life/2020-04-10-wedding-photos-are-here.html b/life/2020-04-10-wedding-photos-are-here.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..01fc955 --- /dev/null +++ b/life/2020-04-10-wedding-photos-are-here.html @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 53hornet ➙ Wedding Photo Debacle + + + + + +
+

Wedding Photo Debacle

+ +

+ At long last we have all of our wedding photos together! Unfortunately a + large portion of the professional ones were lost during editing but + we're extremely fortunate to everyone who took pictures throughout the + festivities so we have more to share! We hope you enjoy flipping through + them as much as we did! There is also a collection of the photos we took + while we were on our honeymoon on Mackinac Island, MI. It was an + absolutely magical place and truly the experience of a lifetime for us + to run away there. We're in contact with our videographer, who's working + on the final cut now. +

+ +

+ Everything is available at the links down below. You can scroll through + the photos, view them in fullscreen, and even download them or share + them elsewhere. We hope you have as much fun flipping through them as we + did! +

+ + +
+ + diff --git a/life/2020-04-10-wedding-photos-are-here.md b/life/2020-04-10-wedding-photos-are-here.md deleted file mode 100644 index cfe73d2..0000000 --- a/life/2020-04-10-wedding-photos-are-here.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ ---- -permalink: "/posts/{{categories}}/{{slug}}" -title: Wedding Photos Are Here! -categories: - - life -tags: - - wedding - - photos - - reception - - ceremony - - bachelor - - bachelorette - - honeymoon -excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n" -published_date: "2020-04-10 03:06:00 +0000" -layout: post.liquid -is_draft: false ---- - -At long last we have all of our wedding photos together! Unfortunately a large -portion of the professional ones were lost during editing but we're extremely -fortunate to everyone who took pictures throughout the festivities so we have -more to share! We hope you enjoy flipping through them as much as we did! There -is also a collection of the photos we took while we were on our honeymoon on -Mackinac Island, MI. It was an absolutely magical place and truly the -experience of a lifetime for us to run away there. We're in contact with our -videographer, who's working on the final cut now. - -Everything is available at the links down below. You can scroll through the -photos, view them in fullscreen, and even download them or share them -elsewhere. We hope you have as much fun flipping through them as we did! - -# [Bachelor & Bachelorette Parties](https://nextcloud.53hor.net/s/eYLqeMGnSPGRNFE) - -# [Wedding Day](https://nextcloud.53hor.net/s/FxekyGQFTFKG5ot) - -# [Honeymoon](https://nextcloud.53hor.net/s/mgZ6M4ayqX73DqL) - - - diff --git a/life/playing-with-leaves.md b/life/playing-with-leaves.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9ab26f8..0000000 --- a/life/playing-with-leaves.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ ---- -excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n" -permalink: "/posts/{{categories}}/{{slug}}" -title: Playing with Leaves -categories: [] -tags: [] -layout: post.liquid -is_draft: true ---- -Start writing already... diff --git a/programming/2020-11-24-i-like-hyper-more-than-actix.html b/programming/2020-11-24-i-like-hyper-more-than-actix.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33c5d9e --- /dev/null +++ b/programming/2020-11-24-i-like-hyper-more-than-actix.html @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +

+ I Like hyper more than + Actix Web +

+ +
+

+ I've been using Actix Web as the HTTP service layer for some web + applications for a while now. I've written several APIs for work and + personal projects on top of Actix and always thought it was pretty spiffy + for what it does: listen for HTTP requests and respond to them with code + I've written. I was always a little bummed about how large the dependency + tree was with the project though, and how long it took to compile. +

+ +

+ Recently I've been trying to write or depend on as little code as is + possible to get the job done, so I've been trying to take a look at whether + or not I + need what I've written or imported or even though of implementing + before I've written anything. +

+
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+    53hornet ➙ Offloading GoPro Video the Easy Way!
+  
+
+  
+    
+
+    

+      
Offloading GoPro Video the Easy Way!

+
+      

+        Transferring files off of most cameras to a Linux computer isn't all
+        that difficult. The exception is my GoPro Hero 4 Black. For 4th of July
+        week I took a bunch of video with the GoPro, approximately 20 MP4 files,
+        about 3GB each. The annoying thing about the GoPro's USB interface is
+        you need additional software to download everything through the cable.
+        The camera doesn't just show up as a USB filesystem that you can mount.
+        The GoPro does have a micro-SD card but I was away from home and didn't
+        have any dongles or adapters. Both of these solutions also mean taking
+        the camera out of its waterproof case and off of its mount. So here's
+        what I did.
+      

+
+      

+        GoPro cameras, after the Hero 3, can open up an ad-hoc wireless network
+        that lets you browse the GoPro's onboard files through an HTTP server.
+        This means you can open your browser and scroll through the files on the
+        camera at an intranet address, 10.5.5.9, and download them
+        one by one by clicking every link on every page. If you have a lot of
+        footage on there it kinda sucks. So, I opened up the manual for
+        wget. I'm sure you could get really fancy with some of the
+        options but the only thing I cared about was downloading every single
+        MP4 video off of the camera, automatically. I did not want to download
+        any of the small video formats or actual HTML files. Here's what I used:
+      

+
+      

+        sh wget --recursive --accept "*.MP4" http://10.5.5.9:8080/ 
+      

+
+      

+        This tells wget to download all of the files at the GoPro's
+        address recursively and skips any that don't have the MP4 extension. Now
+        I've got a directory tree with all of my videos in it. And the best part
+        is I didn't have to install the dinky GoPro app on my laptop. Hopefully
+        this helps if you're looking for an easy way to migrate lots of footage
+        without manually clicking through the web interface or installing
+        additional software. The only downside is if you're moving a whole lot
+        of footage, it's not nearly as quick as just moving files off the SD
+        card. So I'd shoot for using the adapter to read off the card first and
+        only use this if that's not an option, such as when the camera is
+        mounted and you don't want to move it.
+      

+
+      
Some things I would like to change/add:

+
+      
    
+        
  • 
+          Download all image files as well; should be easy, just another
+          --accept
+        
    • 
+        
  • Initiate parallel downloads
    • 
+        
  • 
+          Clean up the directory afterwards so I just have one level of depth
+        
    • 
+      

+
+      

+        I could probably write a quick and dirty shell script to do all of this
+        for me but I use the camera so infrequently that it's probably not even
+        worth it.
+      

+    

+  
+
diff --git a/unix/2019-07-04-the-best-way-to-transfer-gopro-files-with-linux.md b/unix/2019-07-04-the-best-way-to-transfer-gopro-files-with-linux.md
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-permalink: "/posts/{{categories}}/{{slug}}"
-title: The Best Way to Transfer GoPro Files with Linux
-categories:
-  - technology
-tags:
-  - gopro
-  - camera
-  - video
-  - download
-  - linux
-  - wireless
-published_date: "2019-07-04 21:54:49 +0000"
-layout: post.liquid
-is_draft: false
-excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n"
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-
-Transferring files off of most cameras to a Linux computer isn't all that
-difficult. The exception is my GoPro Hero 4 Black. For 4th of July week I took
-a bunch of video with the GoPro, approximately 20 MP4 files, about 3GB each.
-The annoying thing about the GoPro's USB interface is you need additional
-software to download everything through the cable. The camera doesn't just show
-up as a USB filesystem that you can mount. The GoPro does have a micro-SD card
-but I was away from home and didn't have any dongles or adapters. Both of these
-solutions also mean taking the camera out of its waterproof case and off of its
-mount. So here's what I did.
-
-GoPro cameras, after the Hero 3, can open up an ad-hoc wireless network that
-lets you browse the GoPro's onboard files through an HTTP server. This means
-you can open your browser and scroll through the files on the camera at an
-intranet address, `10.5.5.9`, and download them one by one by clicking every
-link on every page. If you have a lot of footage on there it kinda sucks. So, I
-opened up the manual for `wget`. I'm sure you could get really fancy with some
-of the options but the only thing I cared about was downloading every single
-MP4 video off of the camera, automatically. I did not want to download any of
-the small video formats or actual HTML files. Here's what I used:
-
-```sh
-wget --recursive --accept "*.MP4" http://10.5.5.9:8080/
-```
-
-This tells `wget` to download all of the files at the GoPro's address
-recursively and skips any that don't have the MP4 extension.  Now I've got a
-directory tree with all of my videos in it. And the best part is I didn't have
-to install the dinky GoPro app on my laptop. Hopefully this helps if you're
-looking for an easy way to migrate lots of footage without manually clicking
-through the web interface or installing additional software. The only downside
-is if you're moving a whole lot of footage, it's not nearly as quick as just
-moving files off the SD card. So I'd shoot for using the adapter to read off
-the card first and only use this if that's not an option, such as when the
-camera is mounted and you don't want to move it.
-
-Some things I would like to change/add:
-
-- Download all image files as well; should be easy, just another `--accept`
-- Initiate parallel downloads
-- Clean up the directory afterwards so I just have one level of depth
-
-I could probably write a quick and dirty shell script to do all of this for me
-but I use the camera so infrequently that it's probably not even worth it.
-
-
-
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+    53hornet ➙ How I Do Data Recovery
+  
+
+  
+    
+
+    

+      
How I Do Data Recovery

+
+      

+        This week Amy plugged in her flash drive to discover that there were no
+        files on it. Weeks before there had been dozens of large cuts of footage
+        that she needed to edit down for work. Hours of recordings were
+        seemingly gone. And the most annoying part was the drive had worked
+        perfectly on several other occasions. Just not now that the footage was
+        actually needed of course. Initially it looked like everything had been
+        wiped clean, however both Amy's Mac and her PC thought the drive was
+        half full. It's overall capacity was 64GB but it showed only about 36GB
+        free. So there still had to be data on there if we could find the right
+        tool to salvage it.
+      

+
+      

+        Luckily this wasn't the first time I had to recover accidentally (or
+        magically) deleted files. I had previously done so with some success at
+        my tech support job, for some college friends, and for my in-laws'
+        retired laptops. So I had a pretty clear idea of what to expect. The
+        only trick was finding a tool that knew what files it was looking for.
+        The camera that took the video clips was a Sony and apparently they
+        record into m2ts files, which are kind of a unique format
+        in that they only show up on Blu-Ray discs and Sony camcorders. Enter my
+        favorite two tools for dealing with potentially-destroyed data:
+        ddrescue and photorec.
+      

+
+      
DDRescue

+
+      

+        ddrescue is a godsend of a tool. If you've ever used
+        dd before, forget about it. Use ddrescue. You
+        might as well alias dd=ddrescue because it's that great. By
+        default it has a plethora of additional options, displays the progress
+        as it works, recovers and retries in the event of I/O errors, and does
+        everything that good old dd can do. It's particularly good
+        at protecting partitions or disks that have been corrupted or damaged by
+        rescuing undamaged portions first. Oh, and have you ever had to cancel a
+        dd operation? Did I mention that ddrescue can
+        pause and resume operations? It's that good.
+      

+
+      
PhotoRec

+
+      

+        photorec is probably the best missing file recovery tool
+        I've ever used in my entire life. And I've used quite a few. I've never
+        had as good results as I've had with photorec with other
+        tools like Recuva et. al. And photorec isn't just for
+        photos, it can recover documents (a la Office suite), music, images,
+        config files, and videos (including the very odd
+        m2ts format!). The other nice thing is
+        photorec will work on just about any source. It's also free
+        software which makes me wonder why there are like $50 recovery tools for
+        Windows that look super sketchy.
+      

+
+      
In Practice

+
+      

+        So here's what I did to get Amy's files back. Luckily she didn't write
+        anything out to the drive afterward so the chances (I thought) were
+        pretty good that I would get something back. The first thing I
+        always do is make a full image of whatever media I'm trying to recover
+        from. I do this for a couple of reasons. First of all it's a backup. If
+        something goes wrong during recovery I don't have to worry about the
+        original, fragile media being damaged or wiped. Furthermore, I can work
+        with multiple copies at a time. If it's a large image that means
+        multiple tools or even multiple PCs can work on it at once. It's also
+        just plain faster working off a disk image than a measly flash drive. So
+        I used ddrescue to make an image of Amy's drive.
+      

+
+	  

+$ sudo ddrescue /dev/sdb1 amy-lexar.dd
+GNU ddrescue 1.24
+Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
+     ipos:   54198 kB, non-trimmed:        0 B,  current rate:   7864 kB/s
+     opos:   54198 kB, non-scraped:        0 B,  average rate:  18066 kB/s
+non-tried:   63967 MB,  bad-sector:        0 B,    error rate:       0 B/s
+  rescued:   54198 kB,   bad areas:        0,        run time:          2s
+pct rescued:    0.08%, read errors:        0,  remaining time:         59m
+                              time since last successful read:         n/a
+Copying non-tried blocks... Pass 1 (forwards)
+	  

+
+      

+        The result was a very large partition image that I could fearlessly play
+        around with.
+      

+
+	  
+		
+$ ll amy-lexar.dd
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60G Sep 24 02:45 amy-lexar.dd
+        
+	  

+
+      

+        Then I could run photorec on the image. This brings up a
+        TUI with all of the listed media that I can try and recover from.
+      

+
+	  

+$ sudo photorec amy-lexar.dd
+
+PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
+Christophe GRENIER 
+http://www.cgsecurity.org
+
+  PhotoRec is free software, and
+comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
+
+Select a media (use Arrow keys, then press Enter):
+>Disk amy-lexar.dd - 64 GB / 59 GiB (RO)
+
+>[Proceed ]  [  Quit  ]
+
+Note:
+Disk capacity must be correctly detected for a successful recovery.
+If a disk listed above has incorrect size, check HD jumper settings, BIOS
+detection, and install the latest OS patches and disk drivers.
+	  

+
+      

+        After hitting proceed photorec asks if you want to scan
+        just a particular partition or the whole disk (if you made a whole disk
+        image). I can usually get away with just selecting the partition I know
+        the files are on and starting a search.
+      

+
+	  

+PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
+Christophe GRENIER 
+http://www.cgsecurity.org
+
+Disk amy-lexar.dd - 64 GB / 59 GiB (RO)
+
+     Partition                  Start        End    Size in sectors
+      Unknown                  0   0  1  7783 139  4  125042656 [Whole disk]
+>   P FAT32                    0   0  1  7783 139  4  125042656 [NO NAME]
+
+>[ Search ]  [Options ]  [File Opt]  [  Quit  ]
+                              Start file recovery
+	  

+
+      

+        Then photorec asks a couple of questions about the
+        formatting of the media. It can usually figure them out all by itself so
+        I just use the default options unless it's way out in left field.
+      

+
+	  

+PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
+Christophe GRENIER 
+http://www.cgsecurity.org
+
+   P FAT32                    0   0  1  7783 139  4  125042656 [NO NAME]
+
+To recover lost files, PhotoRec need to know the filesystem type where the
+file were stored:
+ [ ext2/ext3 ] ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
+>[ Other     ] FAT/NTFS/HFS+/ReiserFS/...
+	  

+
+      

+        Now this menu is where I don't just go with the default path.
+        photorec will offer to search just unallocated space or the
+        entire partition. I always go for the whole partition here; sometimes
+        I'll get back files that I didn't really care about but more often than
+        not I end up rescuing more data this way. In this scenario searching
+        just unallocated space found no files at all. So I told
+        photorec to search everything.
+      

+
+	  

+PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
+Christophe GRENIER 
+http://www.cgsecurity.org
+
+   P FAT32                    0   0  1  7783 139  4  125042656 [NO NAME]
+
+
+Please choose if all space need to be analysed:
+ [   Free    ] Scan for file from FAT32 unallocated space only
+>[   Whole   ] Extract files from whole partition
+	  

+
+      

+        Now it'll ask where you want to save any files it finds. I threw them
+        all into a directory under home that I could zip up and send to Amy's
+        Mac later.
+      

+
+	  

+PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
+
+Please select a destination to save the recovered files.
+Do not choose to write the files to the same partition they were stored on.
+Keys: Arrow keys to select another directory
+      C when the destination is correct
+      Q to quit
+Directory /home/adam
+ drwx------  1000  1000      4096 28-Sep-2019 12:10 .
+ drwxr-xr-x     0     0      4096 26-Jan-2019 15:32 ..
+>drwxr-xr-x  1000  1000      4096 28-Sep-2019 12:10 amy-lexar-recovery
+	  

+
+      

+        And then just press C. photrec will start
+        copying all of the files it finds into that directory. It reports what
+        kinds of files it found and how many it was able to locate. I was able
+        to recover all of Amy's lost footage this way, past, along with some
+        straggler files that had been on the drive at one point. This has worked
+        for me many times in the past, both on newer devices like flash drives
+        and on super old, sketchy IDE hard drives. I probably won't ever pay for
+        data recovery unless a drive has been physically damaged in some way. In
+        other words, this software works great for me and I don't foresee the
+        need for anything else out there. It's simple to use and is typically
+        pretty reliable.
+      

+    

+  
+
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-title: My Preferred Method for Data Recovery
-categories:
-  - life
-tags:
-  - data
-  - file
-  - photo
-  - recovery
-  - linux
-  - photorec
-excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n"
-published_date: "2019-09-28 20:20:05 +0000"
-layout: post.liquid
-is_draft: false
----
-This week Amy plugged in her flash drive to discover that there were no files
-on it. Weeks before there had been dozens of large cuts of footage that she
-needed to edit down for work. Hours of recordings were seemingly gone. And the
-most annoying part was the drive had worked perfectly on several other
-occasions. Just not now that the footage was actually needed of course.
-Initially it looked like everything had been wiped clean, however both Amy's
-Mac and her PC thought the drive was half full. It's overall capacity was 64GB
-but it showed only about 36GB free. So there still had to be data on there if
-we could find the right tool to salvage it. 
-
-Luckily this wasn't the first time I had to recover accidentally (or magically)
-deleted files. I had previously done so with some success at my tech support
-job, for some college friends, and for my in-laws' retired laptops. So I had a
-pretty clear idea of what to expect. The only trick was finding a tool that
-knew what files it was looking for. The camera that took the video clips was a
-Sony and apparently they record into `m2ts` files, which are kind of a unique
-format in that they only show up on Blu-Ray discs and Sony camcorders. Enter my
-favorite two tools for dealing with potentially-destroyed data: `ddrescue` and
-`photorec`.
-
-## DDRescue
-
-`ddrescue` is a godsend of a tool. If you've ever used `dd` before, forget
-about it. Use `ddrescue`. You might as well `alias dd=ddrescue` because it's
-that great. By default it has a plethora of additional options, displays the
-progress as it works, recovers and retries in the event of I/O errors, and does
-everything that good old `dd` can do. It's particularly good at protecting
-partitions or disks that have been corrupted or damaged by rescuing undamaged
-portions first. Oh, and have you ever had to cancel a `dd` operation? Did I
-mention that `ddrescue` can pause and resume operations? It's that good. 
-
-## PhotoRec
-
-`photorec` is probably the best missing file recovery tool I've ever used in my
-entire life. And I've used quite a few. I've never had as good results as I've
-had with `photorec` with other tools like Recuva et. al. And `photorec` isn't
-just for photos, it can recover documents (a la Office suite), music, images,
-config files, and videos (including the very odd `m2ts` format!). The other
-nice thing is `photorec` will work on just about any source. It's also free
-software which makes me wonder why there are like $50 recovery tools for
-Windows that look super sketchy.
-
-## In Practice
-
-So here's what I did to get Amy's files back. Luckily she didn't write anything
-out to the drive afterward so the chances (I thought) were pretty good that I
-would get *something* back. The first thing I always do is make a full image of
-whatever media I'm trying to recover from. I do this for a couple of reasons.
-First of all it's a backup. If something goes wrong during recovery I don't
-have to worry about the original, fragile media being damaged or wiped.
-Furthermore, I can work with multiple copies at a time. If it's a large image
-that means multiple tools or even multiple PCs can work on it at once. It's
-also just plain faster working off a disk image than a measly flash drive. So I
-used `ddrescue` to make an image of Amy's drive. 
-
-```shell
-$ sudo ddrescue /dev/sdb1 amy-lexar.dd
-GNU ddrescue 1.24
-Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
-     ipos:   54198 kB, non-trimmed:        0 B,  current rate:   7864 kB/s
-     opos:   54198 kB, non-scraped:        0 B,  average rate:  18066 kB/s
-non-tried:   63967 MB,  bad-sector:        0 B,    error rate:       0 B/s
-  rescued:   54198 kB,   bad areas:        0,        run time:          2s
-pct rescued:    0.08%, read errors:        0,  remaining time:         59m
-                              time since last successful read:         n/a
-Copying non-tried blocks... Pass 1 (forwards)
-```
-
-The result was a very large partition image that I could fearlessly play around
-with.
-
-```shell
-$ ll amy-lexar.dd
--rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60G Sep 24 02:45 amy-lexar.dd
-```
-
-Then I could run `photorec` on the image. This brings up a TUI with all of the
-listed media that I can try and recover from.
-
-```shell
-$ sudo photorec amy-lexar.dd
-
-PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
-Christophe GRENIER 
-http://www.cgsecurity.org
-
-  PhotoRec is free software, and
-comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
-
-Select a media (use Arrow keys, then press Enter):
->Disk amy-lexar.dd - 64 GB / 59 GiB (RO)
-
->[Proceed ]  [  Quit  ]
-
-Note:
-Disk capacity must be correctly detected for a successful recovery.
-If a disk listed above has incorrect size, check HD jumper settings, BIOS
-detection, and install the latest OS patches and disk drivers.
-```
-
-After hitting proceed `photorec` asks if you want to scan just a particular
-partition or the whole disk (if you made a whole disk image). I can usually get
-away with just selecting the partition I know the files are on and starting a
-search.
-
-```shell
-PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
-Christophe GRENIER 
-http://www.cgsecurity.org
-
-Disk amy-lexar.dd - 64 GB / 59 GiB (RO)
-
-     Partition                  Start        End    Size in sectors
-      Unknown                  0   0  1  7783 139  4  125042656 [Whole disk]
->   P FAT32                    0   0  1  7783 139  4  125042656 [NO NAME]
-
->[ Search ]  [Options ]  [File Opt]  [  Quit  ]
-                              Start file recovery
-```
-
-Then `photorec` asks a couple of questions about the formatting of the media.
-It can usually figure them out all by itself so I just use the default options
-unless it's way out in left field.
-
-```shell
-PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
-Christophe GRENIER 
-http://www.cgsecurity.org
-
-   P FAT32                    0   0  1  7783 139  4  125042656 [NO NAME]
-
-To recover lost files, PhotoRec need to know the filesystem type where the
-file were stored:
- [ ext2/ext3 ] ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
->[ Other     ] FAT/NTFS/HFS+/ReiserFS/...
-```
-
-Now this menu is where I don't just go with the default path. `photorec` will
-offer to search just unallocated space or the entire partition. I always go for
-the whole partition here; sometimes I'll get back files that I didn't really
-care about but more often than not I end up rescuing more data this way. In
-this scenario searching just unallocated space found no files at all. So I told
-`photorec` to search everything.
-
-```shell
-PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
-Christophe GRENIER 
-http://www.cgsecurity.org
-
-   P FAT32                    0   0  1  7783 139  4  125042656 [NO NAME]
-
-
-Please choose if all space need to be analysed:
- [   Free    ] Scan for file from FAT32 unallocated space only
->[   Whole   ] Extract files from whole partition
-```
-
-Now it'll ask where you want to save any files it finds. I threw them all into
-a directory under home that I could zip up and send to Amy's Mac later.
-
-```shell
-PhotoRec 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
-
-Please select a destination to save the recovered files.
-Do not choose to write the files to the same partition they were stored on.
-Keys: Arrow keys to select another directory
-      C when the destination is correct
-      Q to quit
-Directory /home/adam
- drwx------  1000  1000      4096 28-Sep-2019 12:10 .
- drwxr-xr-x     0     0      4096 26-Jan-2019 15:32 ..
->drwxr-xr-x  1000  1000      4096 28-Sep-2019 12:10 amy-lexar-recovery
-```
-
-And then just press `C`. `photrec` will start copying all of the files it finds
-into that directory. It reports what kinds of files it found and how many it
-was able to locate. I was able to recover all of Amy's lost footage this way,
-past, along with some straggler files that had been on the drive at one point.
-This has worked for me many times in the past, both on newer devices like flash
-drives and on super old, sketchy IDE hard drives. I probably won't ever pay for
-data recovery unless a drive has been physically damaged in some way. In other
-words, this software works great for me and I don't foresee the need for
-anything else out there. It's simple to use and is typically pretty reliable.
-
-
-
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+
+  
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    53hornet ➙ Now This is a Minimal Install!
+  
+
+  
+    
+
+    

+      
Now This is a Minimal Install!

+
+      

+        I just got done configuring Poudriere on Freebsd 12.1-RELEASE. The
+        awesome thing about it is it allows you to configure and maintain your
+        own package repository. All of the ports and their dependencies are
+        built from source with personalized options. That means that I can
+        maintain my own repo of just the packages I need with just the
+        compile-time options I need. For example, for the Nvidia driver set I
+        disabled all Wayland related flags. I use Xorg so there was no need to
+        have that functionality built in.
+      

+
+      

+        Compile times are pretty long but I hope to change that by upgrading my
+        home server to FreeBSD as well (from Ubuntu Server). Then I can
+        configure poudriere to serve up a ports tree and my own pkg repo from
+        there. The server is a lot faster than my laptop and will build packages
+        way faster, and I'll be able to use those packages on both the server
+        and my laptop and any jails I have running. Jails (and ZFS) also make
+        poudriere really cool to use as all of the building is done inside a
+        jail. When the time comes I can just remove the jail and poudriere ports
+        tree from my laptop and update pkg to point to my web server.
+      

+
+      

+        This is, as I understand it, the sane way to do package management in
+        FreeBSD. The binary package repo is basically the ports tree
+        pre-assembled with default options. Sometimes those packages are
+        compiled without functionality that most users don't need. In those
+        situations, you're forced to use ports. The trouble is you're not really
+        supposed to mix ports and binary packages. The reason, again as I
+        understand it, is because ports are updated more frequently. So binary
+        packages and ports can have different dependency versions, which can
+        sometimes break compatibility on an upgrade. Most FreeBSD users
+        recommend installing everything with ports (which is just a make install
+        inside the local tree) but then you lose the package management features
+        that come with pkg. Poudriere lets you kind of do both by creating your
+        "own personal binary repo" out of a list of preconfigured, pre-built
+        ports.
+      

+
+      
FreeBSD rocks.

+    

+  
+
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-title: Now This is a Minimal Install!
-categories:
-  - technology
-  - unix
-tags:
-  - FreeBSD
-  - packages
-  - poudriere
-  - saneness
-excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n"
-published_date: "2020-07-26 15:21:13 +0000"
-layout: post.liquid
-is_draft: false
----
-Now this is a minimal install!
-
-I just got done configuring Poudriere on Freebsd 12.1-RELEASE. The awesome
-thing about it is it allows you to configure and maintain your own package
-repository. All of the ports and their dependencies are built from source with
-personalized options. That means that I can maintain my own repo of just the
-packages I need with just the compile-time options I need. For example, for the
-Nvidia driver set I disabled all Wayland related flags. I use Xorg so there was
-no need to have that functionality built in.
-
-Compile times are pretty long but I hope to change that by upgrading my home
-server to FreeBSD as well (from Ubuntu Server). Then I can configure poudriere
-to serve up a ports tree and my own pkg repo from there. The server is a lot
-faster than my laptop and will build packages way faster, and I'll be able to
-use those packages on both the server and my laptop and any jails I have
-running. Jails (and ZFS) also make poudriere really cool to use as all of the
-building is done inside a jail. When the time comes I can just remove the jail
-and poudriere ports tree from my laptop and update pkg to point to my web
-server.
-
-This is, as I understand it, the sane way to do package management in FreeBSD.
-The binary package repo is basically the ports tree pre-assembled with default
-options. Sometimes those packages are compiled without functionality that most
-users don't need. In those situations, you're forced to use ports. The trouble
-is you're not really supposed to mix ports and binary packages. The reason,
-again as I understand it, is because ports are updated more frequently. So
-binary packages and ports can have different dependency versions, which can
-sometimes break compatibility on an upgrade. Most FreeBSD users recommend
-installing everything with ports (which is just a make install inside the local
-tree) but then you lose the package management features that come with pkg.
-Poudriere lets you kind of do both by creating your "own personal binary repo"
-out of a list of preconfigured, pre-built ports.
-
-FreeBSD rocks.
-
-
-
-
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+
+
+  
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    53hornet ➙ All PDF Readers/Editors Suck
+  
+
+  
+    
+
+    

+      
All PDF Readers/Editors Suck

+
+      
All PDF editors/mergers/tools either:

+
+      
    
+        
  1. Cost hundreds of dollars
    2. 
+        
  2. Require uploading private documents to a server for processing
    3. 
+        
  3. Leave watermarks or charge you for "pro" features
    4. 
+        
  4. Are blatant malware
    5. 
+      

+
+      

+        Except mupdf and mutool, which are absolutely amazing and I can't live
+        without them.
+      

+    

+  
+
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-title: Dear God Why Are PDF Editors Such an Ordeal?
-categories: []
-tags: []
-excerpt_separator: "\n\n\n"
-layout: post.liquid
-is_draft: true
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-
-All PDF editors/mergers/tools either:
-
-1. Cost hundreds of dollars
-1. Require uploading private documents to a server for processing
-1. Leave watermarks or charge you for "pro" features
-1. Are blatant malware
-
-Except mupdf and mutool, which are absolutely amazing.
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-title: The Quest for Automated BluRay Ripping
-categories: []
-tags: []
-layout: post.liquid
-is_draft: true
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--> Start here <-
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+
+
+  
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    53hornet ➙ How to Start and Drive a Hudson Hornet
+  
+
+  
+    
+
+    

+      
How to Start and Drive a Hudson Hornet

+
+      

+        My understanding is there are a lot of people out there for whom driving
+        a car from the mid-20th century is an oddity, a curiosity, or a life
+        experience they can't relate to. This is for the non-experts, and
+        non-Hudsonites to get an idea of what it's like.
+      

+
+      

+        There are some significant differences between driving the Hornet and
+        most other cars you come across today. Some of them are just because
+        there are sixty-six years between the Hudson and the 2019 model year.
+        Others are Hudson-specific. Many people who I've talked to have said
+        that they would feel intimidated driving my car (whether that's because
+        of its perceived complexity or obvious value to me). So, for those who
+        just want to know how it's done: here is how you start and drive a
+        Hudson Hornet.
+      

+
+      
The Gauge Cluster, Switches, and Controls

+
+      

+        Open the door, slide onto the bench seat, and sit behind the [massive]
+        steering wheel. For those who haven't experienced it before, it feels
+        like you have a whole lot of room at your disposal, almost like there
+        should be more matter occupying the space around you. In front
+        of you is probably the shiniest dashboard you've ever seen. It's simple,
+        and probably slightly familiar.
+      

+      
From left to right above the steering wheel you have:

+      
    
+        
  • 
+          A speedometer that tops out at 120 mph (with 99K odometer inside)
+        
    • 
+        
  • 
+          Fuel and coolant temperature gauges (and two dummy lights; more on
+          those later)
+        
    • 
+        
  • A clock
    • 
+        
  • An AM radio
    • 
+        
  • A glove compartment
    • 
+      

+
+      
From left to right under the steering wheel you have:

+      
    
+        
  • A 2-speed wiper control knob
    • 
+        
  • A weather control (heater) temperature slider
    • 
+        
  • A 2-speed weather control fan knob
    • 
+        
  • The ignition barrel
    • 
+        
  • A headlight switch
    • 
+        
  • 
+          A cigarette-lighter (the owner's manual calls it a cigar lighter!)
+        
    • 
+      

+
+      

+        Also, underneath the dashboard on the left there is a parking brake
+        handle and hood latch release and on the right there is an arm which
+        raises and lowers the fresh air cowl vent. Think of it as "recirculate"
+        in more modern vehicles. If you're looking for the turn signal lever
+        it's the tiny stick to the left of the steering wheel. The indicator is
+        the little yellow light on the far left of the dash. There's only one so
+        it flashes when you're signalling left or right. We also added our own
+        air conditioning system, something Hudsons never came with from the
+        factory.
+      

+
+      
Dual-Range Hydramatic

+
+      

+        The first thing that might confuse some folks when they first see the
+        car running is the shift lever. Many Hornets came with three-speed
+        manual transmissions that were shifted from the column (overdrive was an
+        option). However, lots of owners paid extra for the optional "Dual-range
+        Hydramatic", a fully automatic transmission from General Motors. Truly,
+        this car has a 4-speed automatic that requires no manual shifting during
+        normal use, making it that much easier to take a boatload of people to
+        get milkshakes.
+      

+
+      

+        Behind the steering wheel is a shift indicator that deviates from the
+        "PRNDL" pattern most folks are familiar with. From left to right (shift
+        arm fully at the top to arm fully towards the bottom), the 'gears' are:
+      

+      
    
+        
  • N (Neutral)
    • 
+        
  • 4-Dr (Drive, all four speeds)
    • 
+        
  • 3-Dr (Drive, three speeds only)
    • 
+        
  • Lo (Low gear)
    • 
+        
  • R (Reverse)
    • 
+      

+
+      

+        Neutral isn't just a mid-way point between reverse and drive in this
+        car. It's a necessity. With automatic Hornets (and Hydramatics in
+        general), neutral is used to start the car. There is an electric lockout
+        preventing the car from being started in any gear but neutral, so you do
+        have to put the car in neutral before you turn the key (if you're on a
+        hill put your foot on the brake or engage the parking brake).
+      

+
+      

+        Drive is split into 4-Dr and 3-Dr, which basically decides whether the
+        transmission utilizes high gear. In the owner's manual, Hudson
+        recommends using 3-Dr for driving around town (as the low RPMs delivered
+        by high gear means unnecessary shifting in and out of 4th gear) and 4-Dr
+        for highway driving. It really depends on what speed you're going to be
+        driving at but there isn't anything wrong with driving around in 4 all
+        the time. I typically leave it in 4th at sustained speeds above 45MPH.
+        You can switch between these gears any time while moving.
+      

+
+      

+        Low gear basically locks the transmission in 2nd gear so you don't spin
+        the wheels. The owner's manual says this is for pulling out of sand or
+        dirt if you get stuck.
+      

+
+      

+        Reverse works just about how you might expect but with an added catch:
+        if the engine is off it acts as park. That's right. When you turn the
+        car off you can put it in reverse and the transmission will engage a
+        lock pin to prevent the car from rolling. You can't start the car in
+        this gear because of the lockout however so you have to shift into
+        neutral to start the car. So for starting, put it in neutral, for
+        stopping, put it in reverse.
+      

+
+      
Choke and Gas

+
+      

+        For cold starts, our Hornet (and I believe this was common for other
+        Hudsons of the time) is equipped with an automatic 2-stage choke. Push
+        the pedal all the way to the floor once to set the choke. After the car
+        has started and has warmed up, kick the gas quickly to the floor and
+        release to cancel the choke.
+      

+
+      

+        For warm starts the engine doesn't need the choke but likes to be given
+        just a little bit of gas while cranking.
+      

+
+      
The Keys, Ignition, and Warning Lights

+
+      

+        Hudsons like mine come with two keys. The octagonal one is for starting
+        the car, it's used in the ignition. The round one is used for the door
+        and trunk locks (and I believe in my case the glove box). My
+        understanding is this is actually reversed from the majority of Hudsons
+        and is due to a locksmith error at one point or another.
+      

+
+      

+        The ignition switch sits so that the teeth of the key enter vertically.
+        Turning the key left powers accessories like the radio. Turning the key
+        right once switches the car to "ON" which will allow the engine to be
+        started and remain running.
+      

+
+      

+        Here's where some things may vary depending on the year of the car. For
+        '51 Hornets, there's a separate starter button located all the way on
+        the left control pod. For these cars, you put the key in and turn it to
+        "ON", and then press and hold the button until the car has started up.
+        For '52 Hornets onwards, the ignition switch also activates the starter
+        if you turn the key past "ON" (like in most modern vehicles).
+      

+
+      

+        If you turn the key to "ON" you'll see two red warning lights appear on
+        the dash next to the indicators marked "AMP" and "OIL". These are
+        [alternator] charging status and oil pressure status lights. Our car is
+        equipped with a 12-V alternator system so the AMP light really comes on
+        if there is low voltage while the oil pressure light comes on when
+        there's low oil pressure. These lights will only appear with engine off,
+        key "ON" or if something has gone very wrong.
+      

+
+      
Starting and Driving

+
+      

+        So now that I've gone over the basics of all the components, here is the
+        normal starting procedure. It actually varies depending on whether the
+        engine has been warmed up. That's life with carburetors.
+      

+
+      
From cold:

+
+      
    
+        
  • 
+          Put your foot on the brake, and shift the lever into neutral. Just
+          push it vertically, pulling towards you slightly if you need to.
+        
    • 
+        
  • 
+          Push the gas pedal all the way to the floor once and let your foot
+          back up again to set the choke.
+        
    • 
+        
  • 
+          Put the key in the ignition and start the car (the "AMP" and "OIL"
+          lights should switch off.
+        
    • 
+        
  • 
+          Wait for the engine to smooth out so you know that it's warm enough to
+          cancel the choke, and kick the gas pedal once to cancel it. (If the
+          RPMs are still higher than idle then it's not quite at operating
+          temperature yet)
+        
    • 
+        
  • 
+          Pull the shifter down into 4-Dr or 3-Dr (or R), and release the
+          parking brake by twisting the handle towards the steering wheel
+        
    • 
+        
  • Let off the brake and you're off!
    • 
+      

+
+      
From warm:

+
+      
    
+        
  • Put your foot on the brake and shift into neutral.
    • 
+        
  • 
+          While giving just a little bit of gas, start the car. Both warning
+          lights should disappear. When the engine fires up you can let off the
+          gas and let it idle.
+        
    • 
+        
  • 
+          Pull the shifter into 4-Dr or 3-Dr (or R), and release the parking
+          brake by twisting the handle towards the steering wheel.
+        
    • 
+        
  • Done.
    • 
+      

+
+      
Stopping and parking

+
+      
    
+        
  • 
+          Hold your foot on the brake and twist the parking brake handle towards
+          the door of the car, and pull it towards you
+        
    • 
+        
  • 
+          When you're ready to shut off the engine, you can shift it into either
+          neutral or reverse and turn the key off. Shift it into reverse if you
+          haven't already to lock the transmission.
+        
    • 
+      

+
+      

+        Note: I usually engage the parking brake AND put the car in reverse,
+        just to be safe. If you had to pick one however I would use the
+        transmission in case you're on a steep hill and your brakes fail for
+        whatever reason.
+      

+
+      

+        And there you have it! Not much is different from most cars around today
+        but there are one or two quirks (more about old cars than about Hudsons
+        in particular). The only major thing to keep track of while driving is
+        that you have no power steering, so get ready to anticipate turns sooner
+        and use more of the wheel with every turn.
+      

+    

+  
+
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-  - automotive
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-  - hudson
-  - hornet
-  - start
-  - drive
-published_date: "2019-06-07 00:30:37 +0000"
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-
-My understanding is there are a lot of people out there for whom driving a car
-from the mid-20th century is an oddity, a curiosity, or a life experience they
-can't relate to. It's hard to capture what the actual experience is like in
-words (hopefully my YouTube channel does a better job) but I think instead I
-can do my best here to walk through the procedure of actually *operating* a
-Hudson Hornet.
-
-There are some significant differences between driving the Hornet and most
-other cars you come across today. Some of them are just because there are
-sixty-six years between the Hudson and the 2019 model year. Others are
-Hudson-specific. Many people who I've talked to have said that they would feel
-intimidated driving my car (whether that's because of its perceived complexity
-or obvious value to me). So, for those who just want to know how it's done:
-here is how you start and drive a Hudson Hornet.
-
-# The Gauge Cluster, Switches, and Controls
-
-Open the door, slide onto the bench seat, and sit behind the [massive] steering
-wheel. For those who haven't experienced it before, it feels like you have a
-whole lot of room at your disposal, almost like there *should* be more matter
-occupying the space around you. In front of you is probably the shiniest
-dashboard you've ever seen. It's simple, and probably slightly familiar. 
-
-From left to right above the steering wheel you have: 
-
-- A speedometer that tops out at 120 mph (with 99K odometer inside)
-- Fuel and coolant temperature gauges (and two warning lights; more on those
-  later)
-- A mechanical, electrically-wound clock
-- An AM radio
-- A glove compartment
-
-From left to right under the steering wheel you have: 
-
-- A 2-speed wiper control knob
-- A weather control (heater) temperature slider
-- A 2-speed weather control fan knob
-- The ignition barrel
-- A headlight switch
-- A cigar-lighter (yes, cigar. Check out the owner's manual)
-
-Also, underneath the dashboard on the left there is a parking brake handle and
-hood latch release and on the right there is an arm which raises and lowers the
-fresh air cowl vent. Think of it as "recirculate" in more modern vehicles. If
-you're looking for the turn signal lever it's the tiny stick to the left of the
-steering wheel. The indicator is the little yellow light on the far left of the
-dash. There's only one so it flashes when you're signalling left or right. We
-also added our own air conditioning system, something Hudsons never came with
-from the factory.
-
-# Dual-Range Hydramatic
-
-The first thing that might confuse some folks when they first see the car
-running is the shift lever. Many Hornets came with three-speed manual
-transmissions that were shifted from the column (overdrive was an option).
-However, lots of owners paid extra for the optional "Dual-range Hydramatic", a
-fully automatic transmission from General Motors. Truly, this car has a 4-speed
-automatic that requires no manual shifting during normal use, making it that
-much easier to take a boatload of people to get milkshakes.
-
-Behind the steering wheel is a shift indicator that deviates from the "PRNDL"
-pattern most folks are familiar with. From left to right (shift arm fully at
-the top to arm fully towards the bottom), the 'gears' are:
-
-- N (Neutral)
-- 4-Dr (Drive, all four speeds)
-- 3-Dr (Drive, three speeds only)
-- Lo (Low gear)
-- R (Reverse)
-
-Neutral isn't just a mid-way point between reverse and drive in this car. It's
-a necessity. With automatic Hornets (and Hydramatics in general), neutral is
-used to start the car. There is an electric lockout preventing the car from
-being started in any gear but neutral, so you do have to put the car in neutral
-before you turn the key (if you're on a hill put your foot on the brake or
-engage the parking brake).
-
-Drive is split into 4-Dr and 3-Dr, which basically decides whether the
-transmission utilizes high gear. In the owner's manual, Hudson recommends using
-3-Dr for driving around town (as the low RPMs delivered by high gear means
-unnecessary shifting in and out of 4th gear) and 4-Dr for highway driving. It
-really depends on what speed you're going to be driving at but there isn't
-anything wrong with driving around in 4 all the time. I typically leave it in
-4th at sustained speeds above 45MPH. You can switch between these gears any
-time while moving. 
-
-Low gear basically locks the transmission in 2nd gear so you don't spin the
-wheels. The owner's manual says this is for pulling out of sand or dirt if you
-get stuck.
-
-Reverse works just about how you might expect but with an added catch: if the
-engine is off it acts as park. That's right. When you turn the car off you can
-put it in reverse and the transmission will engage a lock pin to prevent the
-car from rolling. You can't start the car in this gear because of the lockout
-however so you have to shift into neutral to start the car. So for starting,
-put it in neutral, for stopping, put it in reverse. 
-
-# Choke and Gas
-
-For cold starts, our Hornet (and I believe this was common for other Hudsons of
-the time) is equipped with an automatic 2-stage choke. Push the pedal all the
-way to the floor once to set the choke. After the car has started and has
-warmed up, kick the gas quickly to the floor and release to cancel the choke. 
-
-For warm starts the engine doesn't need the choke but likes to be given just a
-little bit of gas while cranking.
-
-# The Keys, Ignition, and Warning Lights
-
-Hudsons like mine come with two keys. The octagonal one is for starting the
-car, it's used in the ignition. The round one is used for the door and trunk
-locks (and I believe in my case the glove box). My understanding is this is
-actually reversed from the majority of Hudsons and is due to a locksmith error
-at one point or another.
-
-The ignition switch sits so that the teeth of the key enter vertically. Turning
-the key left powers accessories like the radio. Turning the key right once
-switches the car to "ON" which will allow the engine to be started and remain
-running.
-
-Here's where some things may vary depending on the year of the car. For '51
-Hornets, there's a separate starter button located all the way on the left
-control pod. For these cars, you put the key in and turn it to "ON", and then
-press and hold the button until the car has started up. For '52 Hornets
-onwards, the ignition switch also activates the starter if you turn the key
-past "ON" (like in most modern vehicles). 
-
-If you turn the key to "ON" you'll see two red warning lights appear on the
-dash next to the indicators marked "AMP" and "OIL". These are [alternator]
-charging status and oil pressure status lights. Our car is equipped with a 12-V
-alternator system so the AMP light really comes on if there is low voltage
-while the oil pressure light comes on when there's low oil pressure. These
-lights will only appear with engine off, key "ON" or if something has gone very
-wrong. 
-
-# Starting and Driving
-
-So now that I've gone over the basics of all the components, here is the normal
-starting procedure. It actually varies depending on whether the engine has been
-warmed up. That's life with carburetors.
-
-## From cold: 
-
-- Put your foot on the brake, and shift the lever into neutral. Just push it
-  vertically, pulling towards you slightly if you need to.
-- Push the gas pedal all the way to the floor once and let your foot back up
-  again to set the choke. 
-- Put the key in the ignition and start the car (the "AMP" and "OIL" lights
-  should switch off. 
-- Wait for the engine to smooth out so you know that it's warm enough to cancel
-  the choke, and kick the gas pedal once to cancel it. (If the RPMs are still
-higher than idle then it's not quite at operating temperature yet)
-- Pull the shifter down into 4-Dr or 3-Dr (or R), and release the parking brake
-  by twisting the handle towards the steering wheel
-- Let off the brake and you're off!
-
-## From warm:
-
-- Put your foot on the brake and shift into neutral.
-- While giving just a little bit of gas, start the car. Both warning lights
-  should disappear. When the engine fires up you can let off the gas and let it
-idle.
-- Pull the shifter into 4-Dr or 3-Dr (or R), and release the parking brake by
-  twisting the handle towards the steering wheel.
-- Done.
-
-# Stopping and parking
-
-- Hold your foot on the brake and twist the parking brake handle towards the
-  door of the car, and pull it towards you
-- When you're ready to shut off the engine, you can shift it into either
-  neutral or reverse and turn the key off. Shift it into reverse if you haven't
-already to lock the transmission.
-
-Note: I usually engage the parking brake AND put the car in reverse, just to be
-safe. If you had to pick one however I would use the transmission in case
-you're on a steep hill and your brakes fail for whatever reason.
-
-And there you have it! Not much is different from most cars around today but
-there are one or two quirks (more about old cars than about Hudsons in
-particular). The only major thing to keep track of while driving is that you
-have no power steering, so get ready to anticipate turns sooner and use more of
-the wheel with every turn.
-
-
-
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+    
+    53hornet ➙ YABS: Yet Another Bad Shop
+  
+
+  
+    
+
+    

+      
YABS: Yet Another Bad Shop

+      

+        Today I received a text message from a local mechanic/auto shop asking
+        me to leave them a Google review. It was an automated message from a
+        shop that I know well and have used many times in the past.
+        Unfortunately, I have had several poor experiences (at the time they
+        seemed horrific) with them in the past year and I can honestly say
+        they'll never receive my business again. Now I could have used this as
+        an opportunity to leave them an anonymous nasty-gram but instead I'm
+        going to do the opposite. I'm going to write about everything I don't
+        like about them without telling you who they are or hiding who I am. Why
+        would I do that? Well for one, they were an excellent shop for many
+        years. I believe a recent change in management is to blame and I'm not
+        going to ruin their chances of making a comeback (because frankly I
+        would like for them to rebound). And secondly, I don't believe in
+        hiding. This page and its author are public knowledge. Now, in no
+        particular order: a sample of awful work from yet another bad shop.
+      

+
+      
Mom's Truck -- Balls Out

+
+      

+        Mom's truck is a 2007 Chrysler Aspen that she loves very much. Dad does
+        a whole lot of work on it himself (the both of us do pretty much
+        everything we can in-house so long as we have the right equipment).
+        We've been taking her truck into this shop for years because we've found
+        them to be reliable, efficient, and economical. As I said before, at
+        some point in their recent history they changed hands -- either
+        ownership or management, I can't remember which. It was around this time
+        that Dad decided to overhaul Mom's front suspension. He replaced the
+        ball joints, tie rod ends, and a few other worn out parts. He then did
+        his own best-guess front-end alignment, but left everything loose so
+        that YABS could finish up the alignment and tighten everything. Now read
+        that again because it's important. Dad did his own alignment in our
+        driveway (as a cost-saving measure), got it decently close, but then
+        instructed this shop to finish the job and tighten everything up.
+      

+
+      

+        Now here's where things fall apart. This shop full of professional
+        mechanics took one look at the alignment Dad did and decided it was good
+        enough. Hooray for Dad and supernatural mechanical skills, but the shop
+        didn't even touch the car. They called Dad back to come pick up the car,
+        telling him it was already good to go. They never tightened a thing,
+        even after Dad explicitly told them everything was loose and needed to
+        be tightened but they didn't to touch a thing. So what happened? Dad
+        picked up the car assuming everything was A-OK and Mom drove the car for
+        about a week before the two front tires wore down so badly they had to
+        be replaced immediately. Everything fell out of alignment as things
+        loosened further and further and the tires wore unevenly until they
+        ripped themselves to shreds. The worst part? These weren't tires with 6+
+        years on them. These were brand new tires. So YABS got to install two
+        more front tires and then tighten everything. They did not cover the
+        costs, presumably because it was Dad who had done the alignment. Strike
+        one.
+      

+
+      
Friend's Minivan -- Crude Necessities

+
+      

+        A good friend of ours drives a 2005-2006 Chrysler Town and Country. It
+        was actually Mom's car before upgrading to the Aspen (the minivan was
+        perfect in every way but it couldn't tow). Our friend has been using
+        YABS for just a long as we have. Once again, things started getting
+        kinda strange after several years of good service. She started getting
+        charged extra for simple repairs she had them doing very consistently.
+        They also started tacking on extra items for routine jobs. She would go
+        in for an inspection and they would claim she needed a new Part X. Now
+        this in and of itself isn't an uncommon or even strange request to make.
+        As cars age they need things and sometimes you don't know what they need
+        until you visit a professional mechanic. They remember the things you
+        forget about.
+      

+
+      

+        One day they did all the forgetting, and they forgot a pretty important,
+        nay, crucial engine component: motor oil. Our friend took her minivan
+        into YABS for a routine oil change. Good diligence on her part. And
+        she's not the type to do that change on her own. She's too old to get
+        under a car anyway (no offense!). So she took the van to YABS and they
+        did a job they've done thousands of times: drain oil, replaced the
+        filter, and gave her back the car. Easy peasy right? Now I know I'm not
+        a professional but I'm thinking someone might have wanted to
+        double-check that several quarts of synthetic had left the shop shelf
+        and gone into the car they just backed out of the bay door. Now this
+        part of the story I'm a little fuzzy on so take it with a large, heaping
+        grain of salt, but I can say for a fact that they failed to
+        completely refill the engine oil before returning her car.
+        Supposedly there was enough in there such that the minivan survived long
+        enough for them to realize it before she drove off.
+      

+
+      
Monty, My 2013 Ford Focus -- Nut Allergy

+
+      

+        I decided to give YABS another try after a long leave of absence. I
+        needed new tires all around for my daily driver. I also needed an
+        inspection and an alignment. A simple set of tasks for any shop (you see
+        where this is going). I initially tried to go to another local shop but
+        they were all out of the tires I was looking to get so I caved and went
+        to YABS. About halfway through the job they gave me a call and told me
+        they had some bad news. They said that there were some issues getting
+        the lug nuts off my wheels and that they had all been stripped, warped,
+        or otherwise destroyed in the process. They told me the only fix was to
+        get new ones from a supplier in town for about $160. Keep in mind the
+        entire job (inspection, tires, etc.) was going to cost $650.
+        Furthermore, dad and I had no problem getting those lug nuts off and
+        back on again just a few weeks prior when we changed the transmission
+        fluid.
+      

+
+      

+        They didn't have an explanation that I could reconcile with. Joe Schmo
+        over the phone told me this is typical of Fords and Chryslers these days
+        and that they'd like to keep my lug nuts for a class action lawsuit
+        they're participating in. Now why on Earth would any sane mechanic, with
+        full knowledge they are dealing with a defective set of lug nuts, take a
+        high power impact wrench to those wheels without speaking with the owner
+        about it first? Smelled fishy to me honestly. But what was I gonna do?
+        Dad went out and grabbed twenty new lug nuts for cheaper than they
+        wanted to sell them for.
+      

+
+      

+        Oh the tires were Cooper GTs by the way and they're amazing. They're
+        smooth and quiet and came with a very nice warranty. They're also made
+        in the USA, which is very important to me. 10/10 would recommend.
+      

+
+      
Ol' Blue -- Tunnel Vision

+
+      

+        This was the real kicker. And this one doesn't really have any trailing
+        narrative. I got four new tires on Ol' Blue, my 1953 Hudson Hornet. They
+        were delivered to our house: four brand new Diamond Back wide white wall
+        radials. Super nice tires, with a super nice road hazard warranty (as a
+        side note I totally recommend you
+        check out Diamond Back's website if
+        you're looking for white wall radials). So we brought the car to YABS
+        with the new tires and asked them to mount them on the car.
+      

+
+      

+        When we went to pick up the car everything looked great and I drove off.
+        I made it all the way to the Monitor Merrimack Memorial Bridge Tunnel
+        before I heard a loud rattling and a bang. I looked in the rear-view
+        mirror and swore I could see my precious hubcap rolling off to eternity.
+        When they replaced the hubcaps they didn't fully press one of them on.
+        And it's not that difficult. These hub caps are very secure when pressed
+        on the rim, we've never had problems with them. Oh and we're talking
+        about Hudson hubcaps that came with the car, and aren't super easy to
+        find. And I couldn't stop to get out and grab it because I was right at
+        the mouth of the tunnel. We went back later to try and see it but we
+        couldn't. And it was probably destroyed getting thrown from the car
+        anyways.
+      

+
+      

+        The worst part is, the hubcap took a chunk out of my white wall on its
+        way out from under the wheel skirt. So the day I got the tires I had to
+        take a picture and redeem my road hazard warranty. Luckily, Diamond Back
+        were true to their word and sent me a new one no questions asked. The
+        beat up tire is now my spare.
+      

+
+      
Not All Bad

+
+      

+        Like I said before, YABS used to be a very nice shop with friendly
+        people that did good work. And they didn't charge exorbitant prices for
+        their work. Times have changed, and I believe management has as well.
+        I've stopped visiting their shop completely. I found a new one that I
+        trust and will be taking all of my cars to. They've already done a
+        safety inspection on Ol' Blue and didn't put up a fuss. They're clean
+        and friendly and don't seem to be out to screw me. But as with
+        everything else, your mileage may vary.
+      

+    

+  
+
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-  - sucky
-  - auto
-  - repair
-  - shops
-published_date: "2019-07-04 22:12:46 +0000"
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-
-Today I received a text message from a local mechanic/auto shop asking me to
-leave them a Google review. It was an automated message from a shop that I know
-well and have used many times in the past. Unfortunately, I have had several
-poor experiences (at the time they seemed horrific) with them in the past year
-and I can honestly say they'll never receive my business again.  Now I could
-have used this as an opportunity to leave them an anonymous nasty-gram but
-instead I'm going to do the opposite. I'm going to write about everything I
-don't like about them without telling you who they are or hiding who I am. Why
-would I do that? Well for one, they were an excellent shop for many years. I
-believe a recent change in management is to blame and I'm not going to ruin
-their chances of making a comeback (because frankly I would like for them to
-rebound). And secondly, I don't believe in hiding. This page and its author are
-public knowledge. Now, in no particular order: a sample of awful work from yet
-another bad shop.
-
-# Mom's Truck -- Balls Out
-
-Mom's truck is a 2007 Chrysler Aspen that she loves very much. Dad does a whole
-lot of work on it himself (the both of us do pretty much everything we can
-in-house so long as we have the right equipment). We've been taking her truck
-into this shop for years because we've found them to be reliable, efficient,
-and economical. As I said before, at some point in their recent history they
-changed hands -- either ownership or management, I can't remember which. It was
-around this time that Dad decided to overhaul Mom's front suspension. He
-replaced the ball joints, tie rod ends, and a few other worn out parts. He then
-did his own best-guess front-end alignment, but left everything loose so that
-YABS could finish up the alignment and tighten everything. Now read that again
-because it's important. Dad did his own alignment in our driveway (as a
-cost-saving measure), got it decently close, but then instructed this shop to
-finish the job and tighten everything up.
-
-Now here's where things fall apart. This shop full of professional mechanics
-took one look at the alignment Dad did and decided it was good enough. Hooray
-for Dad and supernatural mechanical skills, but the shop didn't even touch the
-car. They called Dad back to come pick up the car, telling him it was already
-good to go. They never tightened a thing, even after Dad explicitly told them
-everything was loose and needed to be tightened but they didn't to touch a
-thing. So what happened? Dad picked up the car assuming everything was A-OK and
-Mom drove the car for about a week before the two front tires wore down so
-badly they had to be replaced immediately. Everything fell out of alignment as
-things loosened further and further and the tires wore unevenly until they
-ripped themselves to shreds. The worst part? These weren't tires with 6+ years
-on them. These were brand new tires. So YABS got to install two more front
-tires and then tighten everything. They did not cover the costs, presumably
-because it was Dad who had done the alignment. Strike one.
-
-# Friend's Minivan -- Crude Necessities
-
-A good friend of ours drives a 2005-2006 Chrysler Town and Country. It was
-actually Mom's car before upgrading to the Aspen (the minivan was perfect in
-every way but it couldn't tow). Our friend has been using YABS for just a long
-as we have. Once again, things started getting kinda strange after several
-years of good service. She started getting charged extra for simple repairs she
-had them doing very consistently. They also started tacking on extra items for
-routine jobs. She would go in for an inspection and they would claim she needed
-a new Part X. Now this in and of itself isn't an uncommon or even strange
-request to make. As cars age they need things and sometimes you don't know what
-they need until you visit a professional mechanic. They remember the things you
-forget about.
-
-One day they did all the forgetting, and they forgot a pretty important, nay,
-crucial engine component: motor oil. Our friend took her minivan into YABS for
-a routine oil change. Good diligence on her part. And she's not the type to do
-that change on her own. She's too old to get under a car anyway (no offense!).
-So she took the van to YABS and they did a job they've done thousands of times:
-drain oil, replaced the filter, and gave her back the car. Easy peasy right?
-Now I know I'm not a professional but I'm thinking someone might have wanted to
-double-check that several quarts of synthetic had left the shop shelf and gone
-into the car they just backed out of the bay door. Now this part of the story
-I'm a little fuzzy on so take it with a large, heaping grain of salt, but I can
-say for a fact that they failed to *completely* refill the engine oil before
-returning her car. Supposedly there was enough in there such that the minivan
-survived long enough for them to realize it before she drove off. 
-
-# Monty, My 2013 Ford Focus -- Nut Allergy
-
-I decided to give YABS another try after a long leave of absence. I needed new
-tires all around for my daily driver. I also needed an inspection and an
-alignment. A simple set of tasks for any shop (you see where this is going). I
-initially tried to go to another local shop but they were all out of the tires
-I was looking to get so I caved and went to YABS. About halfway through the job
-they gave me a call and told me they had some bad news. They said that there
-were some issues getting the lug nuts off my wheels and that they had all been
-stripped, warped, or otherwise destroyed in the process. They told me the only
-fix was to get new ones from a supplier in town for about $160. Keep in mind
-the entire job (inspection, tires, etc.) was going to cost $650. Furthermore,
-dad and I had no problem getting those lug nuts off and back on again just a few
-weeks prior when we changed the transmission fluid.
-
-They didn't have an explanation that I could reconcile with. Joe Schmo over
-the phone told me this is typical of Fords and Chryslers these days and that
-they'd like to keep my lug nuts for a class action lawsuit they're participating
-in. Now why on Earth would any sane mechanic, with full knowledge they are
-dealing with a defective set of lug nuts, take a high power impact wrench to
-those wheels without speaking with the owner about it first? Smelled fishy to
-me honestly. But what was I gonna do? Dad went out and grabbed twenty new
-lug nuts for cheaper than they wanted to sell them for. 
-
-Oh the tires were Cooper GTs by the way and they're amazing. They're smooth
-and quiet and came with a very nice warranty. They're also made in the USA,
-which is very important to me. 10/10 would recommend.
-
-# Ole Blue -- Tunnel Vision
-
-This was the real kicker. And this one doesn't really have any trailing
-narrative. I got four new tires on Ole Blue, my 1953 Hudson Hornet. They were
-delivered to our house: four brand new Diamond Back wide white wall radials.
-Super nice tires, with a super nice road hazard warranty (as a side note I
-totally recommend you [check out Diamond Back's website]() if you're looking
-for white wall radials). So we brought the car to YABS with the new tires and
-asked them to mount them on the car. 
-
-When we went to pick up the car everything looked great and I drove off. I made
-it all the way to the Monitor Merrimack Memorial Bridge Tunnel before I heard a
-loud rattling and a bang. I looked in the rear-view mirror and swore I could
-see my precious hubcap rolling off to eternity. When they replaced the hubcaps
-they didn't fully press one of them on. And it's not that difficult. These hub
-caps are very secure when pressed on the rim, we've never had problems with
-them. Oh and we're talking about Hudson hubcaps that came with the car, and
-aren't super easy to find. And I couldn't stop to get out and grab it because I
-was right at the mouth of the tunnel. We went back later to try and see it but
-we couldn't. And it was probably destroyed getting thrown from the car anyways. 
-
-The worst part is, the hubcap took a chunk out of my white wall on its way out
-from under the wheel skirt. So the day I got the tires I had to take a picture
-and redeem my road hazard warranty. Luckily, Diamond Back were true to their
-word and sent me a new one no questions asked. The beat up tire is now my
-spare.
-
-# Not All Bad
-
-Like I said before, YABS used to be a very nice shop with friendly people that
-did good work. And they didn't charge exorbitant prices for their work. Times
-have changed, and I believe management has as well. I've stopped visiting their
-shop completely. I found a new one that I trust and will be taking all of my
-cars to. They've already done a safety inspection on Ole Blue and didn't put up
-a fuss. They're clean and friendly and don't seem to be out to screw me. But as
-with everything else, your mileage may vary.
-
-
-
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+    53hornet ➙ Left Lane is for Passing, Not Cruising
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+      
Left Lane is for Passing, Not Cruising

+
+      

+        Greetings fellow drivers of Hampton Roads. You may have noticed a new
+        sign on I264 today that befuddled or confused you. It went something
+        along the lines of
+      

+
+      
LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING NOT CRUISING

+
+      

+        Believe it or not this has been the law throughout Virginia for years
+        (read about it here
+        and
+        here). The law states you keep right except while passing. In most other
+        states things work this way but in Virginia, especially around here, the
+        left lane is treated as a moving, cruising lane. If you're in the left
+        lane and you've completed a pass please be mindful of the cars behind
+        you and move back over into the right-hand lane(s) so that other drivers
+        can do the same.
+      

+
+      

+        It's really nice when this is practiced (like I said, I've experienced
+        it in other states) because you can easily move over when there are slow
+        vehicles ahead and then continue on your merry way. It reduces
+        congestion and prevents people from having to pass in the right lane,
+        which is both annoying and dangerous. Especially since this is typically
+        the lane cars from entrance and exit ramps are merging with.
+      

+
+      

+        Don't forget too that it isn't rude or road-rage-y for someone behind
+        you to honk their horn or flash their lights if you're moving too slowly
+        in the passing lane. This is a perfectly polite request to pass you. You
+        don't set or enforce the speed limit. The correct (and legal) thing to
+        do, believe it or not, is to move over and slow down to let them pass
+        you. It's all about safe and sane driving etiquette. If you aren't
+        actively passing other cars, move on over to the right. It goes a long
+        way.
+      

+    

+  
+
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-title: Keep Right Except to Pass
-categories:
-  - automotive
-tags:
-  - left lane hogs
-  - virginia drivers
-  - passing lane
-  - thru lanes
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-published_date: "2019-08-30 19:57:34 +0000"
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-Greetings fellow drivers of Hampton Roads. You may have noticed a new sign on
-I264 today that befuddled or confused you. It went something along the lines of 
-
-> LEFT LANE IS
-> FOR PASSING
-> NOT CRUISING
-
-Believe it or not this has been the law throughout Virginia for years ([read
-about it
-here](https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/section46.2-804/)
-and
-[here](https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/section46.2-842.1/)).
-The law states you keep right except while passing. In most other states things
-work this way but in Virginia, especially around here, the left lane is treated
-as a moving, cruising lane. If you're in the left lane and you've completed a
-pass please be mindful of the cars behind you and move back over into the
-right-hand lane(s) so that other drivers can do the same.
-
-It's really nice when this is practiced (like I said, I've experienced it in
-other states) because you can easily move over when there are slow vehicles
-ahead and then continue on your merry way. It reduces congestion and prevents
-people from having to pass in the right lane, which is both annoying and
-dangerous. Especially since this is typically the lane cars from entrance and
-exit ramps are merging with.
-
-Don't forget too that it isn't rude or road-rage-y for someone behind you to
-honk their horn or flash their lights if you're moving too slowly in the
-passing lane. This is a perfectly polite request to pass you. You don't set or
-enforce the speed limit. The correct (and legal) thing to do, believe it or
-not, is to move over and slow down to let them pass you. It's all about safe
-and sane driving etiquette. If you aren't actively passing other cars, move on
-over to the right. It goes a long way.
-
-
-
-
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-
-- tow boats
-- road trips
-- groceries
-- commuting
-
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-title: "Sketchy-Looking Gas Stations Aren't That Sketchy"
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