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Billionaires Suck

February 16, 2025February 16, 2025 Damien

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.

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” »

Learning the “F Word” in Russian…

January 19, 2021 Damien No Comments

Damien, Odds 'n Ends

Back in the day I spent 3 years in the Australian Army Reserves. One of the few skills I’ve retained over the intervening 20-odd years is the ability to use swear words like punctuation. As awesome as this might sound, in normal company it’s a bit of a handicap. As a parent, you need to … Read More “Learning the “F Word” in Russian…” »