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Weekend Bread

Today was the day that the leaves all fell off the trees.

Blue Jays October

The blue jays are playing amazing, 2 home runs to start and a triple to add on in the 4th.

I don't know what the Dogers mascot is, or if it is something that a blue jay will eat, but from what I can tell, blue jays will eat pretty …

Crazy October Clouds

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

They looked really cool from the hill.

When the little drop started we corraled the kids to …

Nocturne Weekend

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

I haven't been out …

WSL and Google G Drive

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

Xbox Controller on Linux

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

Unmountable BTRFS Pool on Unraid

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

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

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