Damien – Bring That Stuff On

The Flipping Card Trick

March 1, 2025 Damien No Comments

I learned this trick some years ago from a book of card tricks that I no longer own. I can’t even remember the name of the book to give credit to it. But, of all the card tricks that were in the book, this one has stuck with me, both because of how easy it … Read More “The Flipping Card Trick” »

Billionaires Suck

February 16, 2025February 16, 2025 Damien

Damien, Odds 'n Ends

In which I make a return to blogging, and hoo boy, is this one a doozy…

If this blog post had a theme song, it would be Moving Pictures’ 1982 single, “What About Me”. Actually, why not? This post’s theme song is Moving Pictures’ 1982 single, “What About Me”. Go check it out on Youtube, it’s a cracker of a song.

Astrophotography Update

September 10, 2023 Damien No Comments

Astronomy, Damien

Well apparently, it’s been over a year since I posted about astrophotography, so I’m well over due to put something up. My last post I talked about setting up an old laptop with Linux to use to control my camera. Like most of what I’ve posted about here, what was a good idea in theory … Read More “Astrophotography Update” »

ArchLinux – Day Two

January 4, 2023 Damien No Comments

Damien, Technology

Today’s tasks are to install any command line software that don’t get included in the base package, set up zsh to be the default shell and get a GUI up and running. Potentially this last part could be the most complicated part, as it’s not something I’ve ever had to do myself. My first task, … Read More “ArchLinux – Day Two” »

Why do I do this to Myself?

January 2, 2023 Damien No Comments

Damien, Odds 'n Ends, Technology

In my last post I mentioned that I had previously attempted to set up ArchLinux, and not had a good time with it. While the source of my trouble that time was more to do with poorly supported, old hardware, it well and truly put me off playing around with it. Now that I have … Read More “Why do I do this to Myself?” »

Here’s to a New Year

January 2, 2023 Damien No Comments

Damien, Odds 'n Ends, Technology

It’s been interesting looking back at what I’ve posted over the past year. I’ve had lots of ideas, but never really fully completed any of the projects I started. I’m not a huge believer in new year’s resolutions, but I think this year I’m going to make the effort to complete whatever projects I start. … Read More “Here’s to a New Year” »

Passwords for the Win!

December 24, 2022 Damien No Comments

Cybersecurity, Damien, Technology

Before anyone points out the post that Quinzy made a couple of years ago saying how passwords aren’t secure, I’d like to say that I agree with him, and the title of this blog post shouldn’t be taken to mean I think otherwise. But, like it or not, passwords are probably here to stay for … Read More “Passwords for the Win!” »

AstroBook Day 2 – Software Install

July 30, 2022 Damien No Comments

Astronomy, Damien

In my last post I got my old MacBook Pro up and running with Linux and cobbled together a network connection so that I could install my camera control software of choice, Entangle. I chose Entangle because it would apparently work with my camera, and was included in the Debian repositories, so installation should be … Read More “AstroBook Day 2 – Software Install” »

AstroBook Day 1 – Preparation

July 15, 2022 Damien No Comments

Astronomy, Damien, Technology

In my last post I planned what I needed to transform my old laptop into a something useful for astrophotography. Now comes the fun bit, putting everything together. The first part of this is installing an operating system on the laptop. We’ll need a few things to make this happen: Laptop (he says, stating the … Read More “AstroBook Day 1 – Preparation” »

AstroBook – Day 0

July 15, 2022 Damien No Comments

Astronomy, Damien, Technology

Wanting to do some astrophotography, but not wanting to mess around with trying to line up and focus a camera pointed straight up in the air, I’ve decided to build up an old laptop to control my camera over USB. Before I get into the gory details of how I am going to build this … Read More “AstroBook – Day 0” »