by Katherine Villyard | Sep 22, 2023 | geekiness, written for nontechnical friends
I’m so glad you asked! 😀 So, of all the Twitter clones–let’s not get into Twitter, shall we?–the current top three are Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads. I don’t have a Threads account so I can’t speak to whether it’s any good or...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 1, 2023 | geekiness
So, when talking about the Librem 5, I mentioned that I had a really old Librem 13 that I wasn’t using as much as I would like. Since then, the laptop that I was running Qubes on seized up and died, so… I’m once again running Qubes on my beautiful...
by Katherine Villyard | Nov 21, 2022 | geekiness
Okay, I’ve been playing with this for less than 24 hours and it’s not my daily driver phone or anything, so… disclaimer. If you’re not familiar with Purism, they’re the makers of absolutely gorgeous tech for the technoparanoid. (They also...
by Katherine Villyard | Aug 26, 2018 | geekiness
This is for your home network, yes. I tried several how-tos, and basically had to figure it out for myself. Here’s how I did it. Preface: I have two LANs; one for computers, tablets, and phones, and the other for IOT devices, including my Roku (which cannot...
by Katherine Villyard | Feb 16, 2014 | geekiness
I could say it’s because I’m a DBA and SysAdmin and it’s an occupational hazard, and frequently do.  I could also say it’s because I’m neurotic.  😉  But it’s probably the most honest to say, “Because I once experienced a...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 12, 2013 | geekiness, powershell, scripting
I went to the Atlanta PowerShell Users Group tonight. The topic was tips and tricks. My trick was this script, which task scheduler reads to me in the morning. Assuming you use Hiveminder–and you should, because it’s awesome–you only have to edit...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 15, 2012 | geekiness
As always, I had an awesome time at SQL Saturday. I heard at least two people say that the SQL community is full of genuinely nice people, and it certainly seems to be true. I followed a bunch of new people on Twitter and won a Kindle Fire! (By the way, if...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 12, 2012 | geekiness
This Saturday, I’ll be joining all the SQL geeks (including someone who’s been my friend since 1996) to listen to talks on SQL at the GSU campus in Alpharetta. I’d say “Be there or be square!” but it’s sold out, so, alas, if...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 13, 2012 | geekiness
If you’re like me, you have Patch Tuesday on your calendar. In fact, if you’re like me, you’re running something like this at home! with your linux desktop checking itself and your Windows desktop for available patches via Nagios! No? It’s...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 19, 2012 | geekiness
So, I have the Withings wifi scale. It gives me pretty graphs and posts my weight as an accountability thing, to keep me from gaining it all back. My cats are using my Withings scale. Admittedly, I do tend to ask them, “What are you doing? Are you crazy?”...