Autumn is my favorite Michigan season. Cool enough at night to wear sweatpants, warm enough in the day to wear shorts. Oh well, it’ll return. Some distant day. Mostly shorter bits for you this month. The immediate news is that despite the election, we’ll be staying in Detroit for now. We’re under less threat than […]
Here’s the thing: Patronizing me is a terrible deal. $12 a year for posts that go public a month later? Laughable. I appreciate you, but it’s still a terrible deal. My new book, Dear Abyss: The FreeBSD Journal “Letters” column, years 1-6, is escaping soon. It’s a collection of previously published material. Somehow it successfully […]
This post will never go to the public. One of the stretch goals for the Run Your Own Mail Server Kickstarter was an online launch party for all backers. As parties go, it’s pretty lame–definitely BYOB. It’s open to all early backers, including you folks. There’ll be two sessions, to give both Europeans and West […]
[This post went to Patronizers at the beginning of November, and to the public at the beginning of December. Not a Patronizer? Sign up at https://patronizemwl.com. Okay, fine, technically, you don’t sign up there. You get to choose between my Patreon and my private patronage system. Still, you all get treated with the same confusion […]
[This article contains RYOMS gift spoilers for print-level sponsors and Patronizers. I think everyone has their packages, but just in case, you’ve been warned.] [This post went to Patronizers at the beginning of October, and the public at the beginning of November.] It’s Halloween Month, and there was much rejoicing. I perform one experiment with […]
Pretty sure August was eating locoweed. The “Run Your Own Mail Server” Kickstarter owned most of my hide this last month. Not all of it. A patch on the back of my neck remains freehold. I managed to make a few words on what I’m calling #projectIDGAF, but mostly it’s been investing in production stuff. […]
Wow, is it raining. The word “acquerne” has nothing to do with water, but I believe the acquerne are crazy damp and none too pleased. Anyway. In the name of Dog I’m tired, but here’s where things stand. Most importantly, I learned how to pronounce “floccinaucinihilipilification” and “hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.” That should guarantee I live my next […]
Attendance of the video hangouts has dwindled since the pandemic, so I’m switching that tier to a private Discord. Why Discord? Because everyone who gave feedback said Discord. If you backed me for the video hangouts, I’m sorry. I will not be hurt if you downgrade or stop Patronizing me. I will be having irregular […]
Because this all certainly feels like a jape. Last month, I hoped the RYOMS Kickstarter might round out at $50k. It hit $76,883, with 1966 backers. $25K of that was in the last three days. Plus, there were a few hundred sponsors. This is what we in the writing business call “freaking insane.” My reaction […]
“The deck is clear, projects are ready to go, I’m ready to WRITE!” One lovely Friday night in May, She Who Must Be Obeyed finished teaching for the summer. The following Sunday, at five AM, she broke her leg. You look alarmed, so I’ll say now: she will fully recover. The next couple weeks were […]
