Author Archives: Brian

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Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

Saikat Chakrabarti Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Brian

This is a story about a tech geek. Tired of working in Silicon Valley. Wanting to make a difference in the world. No different than me or many others.  Continuing to work at a bright computer startup didn’t seem to … Continue reading →

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Puppy Linux “sfs not found” hard fix

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Brian

Puppy linux has a recurring problem about not finding the sfs file during the boot process. Have you also seen the error “sfs not found. Dropping out to initial ramdisk console….” ? Here’s an out-of-band hard-fix to that problem: use … Continue reading →

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Bootstrap Tomsrtbt Linux with Netcat

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Brian

In order to rebuild a bootable hard drive on an older computer, I was able to use the Tomsrtbt Linux v2.0.103. However, the 3.5″ floppy disk from 12 years ago was exhibiting read problems on some of the sectors (hex … Continue reading →

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AOC, Croissants, and Minimum Wage

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Brian

A few days ago, AOC tweeted “Croissants at LaGuardia are going for SEVEN DOLLARS A PIECE. Yet some people think getting a whole hour of personal, dedicated human labor for $15 is too expensive??”

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AOC vs. Secretary Ross

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Brian

If you haven’t seen AOC aggressively question Secretary Ross about the 2020 census question about being a citizen, check out one of the on-line videos. I’m trying to figure out if she’s sharp and quick, or just stupid and arrogant. … Continue reading →

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