In the last couple of weeks, a meme has been going around the blogging community where people talk about the stuff they use on an everyday basis. So, I figured, why not. I write about everything else, right?

Hardware-wise you're probably already familiar with Windbringer's specs because I document all of my laptops. It's also no surprise that I run Arch Linux everywhere I can get away with it. Not a whole lot has changed on that front. I'm running the MATE Desktop Environment as my daily user interface, I'm trying to get used to neoVIM as my go-to text …

EDIT - 20230422 - Fixed the command to increase the amount of space used on a new and bigger drive. Also updated some of the links because the official btrfs page has changed.

EDIT - 20230129 - Changed the btrfs replacement command a bit. Added a command block to force the SATA controller to rescan the devices available to it.

EDIT - 20211120 - Edited the page so that it makes more sense. The last couple of edits were out of sequence. Cleaned up a few things, too.

EDIT - 20211107 @ 1324 UTC-7 - Added how to monitor the drive replacement process.

EDIT - 20201206 @ 2216 UTC-7 - Added how …

A couple of weeks ago, HacDC added a new tool to the workshop, a laser cutter from Full Spectrum (which, I've just discovered, was a Kickstarter campaign). We've been saving up for it for a while, but one of the nights I was there I got to see its unboxing and (with the permission of the folks there) I took some pictures.

Here they are.