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Jeff MacKinnon
I, Jeff MacKinnon, have many interests and wear many hats. I'm a generalist at a lot of things and an expert at a few. I focus a lot of my time on power systems, reducing carbon emissions, electrifying everything, cooking, taking pictures and keeping the internet open and free.
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It is Nocturne weekend here in Halifax. We went out for our annual stroll to see the installations. Something that I found this year was that the density seems down. There are still lots of things to see, but the walking seemed more than...
I have a job with a company laptop. They use Google Drive for their project folders, and this is not something that I will ever change with them. The also use Salesforce for almost all the things, and that is worse than any business...
Something that I have a hard time with, every time that I start up a new distro, is getting my xbox controller working without a cable. It is never easy, and at no point does it seem like something any of the distros I frequent will fix...
I have been having issues with one of my BTRFS pools on Unraid, it keeps locking up and then becoming unmountable. I think I may know the root cause, but not sure yet. The last time that this happened I had to use --repair, but it...
We did something that I used to do a lot, but haven't for 6 months or so. Put the kids in the car, go for a drive and find a playground, beach or trail to hang out and have a snack. This trip brought us to a HRM park called …
It's Friday and I should be getting the couple of things that are on my plate, off of it. But its been a long week of fires and things and I just don't want to. Instead, here is a picture of a sunfower that I took yesterday evening while...
I always try to keep my camera close, even when I'm home. If not, I would not of seen a dragon fly in the back yard. I'm still not great at macro photography, and I forgot to turn on focus stacking, so these are the only two pictures...
There was a moment in recent history that I was opitimistic that business and start-ups were going to focus more on why and what they were doing, rather than chasing the next bubble. That was when you couldn't get away from Simon Sinek...
You heard it here first folks, I'm predicting that Ernesto will impact Nova Scotia in 7-10 days. Immich reminded me of hurricane Ernesto, which missed us last year. My spidey senses start to trigger if I see a hurricane that is tracking...
To cap off the long weekend we went for a drive. There were many things that we had to get finished around the house, so there was no planning made for the weekend. Once we finished up the important things, I packed the kids into the car...
I went with CO on a short adventure this morning to visit the puffins on Pearl Island. They are typically around until early-mid August so its getting a little late. This was the first time with a much smaller and quieter boat, so we...
The weather is getting better, and everything is at another turning point. Canada has a new government, maybe its going to be stable. The CPC party has gone full cult, with their unelected leader living in government housing and refusing...
Last week was exhausting. First there was the Canadian Election where the Liberal's won the most seats and get the first opportunity to form another government with Mark Carney as PM. While I was hoping for a majority of seats for the...
One of the best gardening things is to have crocus bulbs in your lawn. They come up when the snow is thinning, and in years like this, they are out while we have a couple late snow storms. They are great, and just the colour that we need...
Something that I find a little annoying is having to manually post things to different social media. I like to post JUST to my site here and then syndicate to socials, mostly just mastodon, but I would like to figure it out for other...