Kevin Blades

There’s a long running gag among Linux enthusiasts that “THIS is the year of Linux on the Desktop”. Despite being the underlying OS of almost every server that drives networks and the Internet in general, Linux has still never managed…

Once a collector, always a collector. It’s a common nerd trope that I am vulnerable to, but thus far have been able to resist. I don’t have a complete or even large collection of anything, but not for lack ……

Nothing teaches self discipline better than owning your own business. I’ve always been a light sleeper, and yesterday was a particularly good day in terms of getting stuff done. Which means, inevitably, that my brain is chattering away and that…

That was quite a whirlwind weekend. The recording of Episode 1 of Pixels and Puppets went well with only minor hiccups, which is pretty remarkable since it’s been so long since any of us has done that. A real “getting…

Big day here in the Puppet Cave. This evening we record Episode 1 of the O:P podcast, Pixels and Puppets (Ep 0 is already out if you’d like the origin story). This will be the first time in years since…

The Goons Over the past couple of days I’ve read the words “caught the lurgy” to describe catching either the flu or Covid. It pinged in my brain because I knew the word “lurgy” from a skit by the classic…

Stevie Wonder with an RE20 in 1973 I fully confess to having a bit of gear lust when it comes to my media setups. Considering my small audience I’ve spent way more on gear than a lot of other creators…

It occurs to me that doing one of these every day means the “all posts” body of the website is going to fill up with pictures of the Morning Coffee logo pretty quick. Must think of something to handle that.…

If the coffee is still brewing does this count as a morning coffee blog? Hmm. When I jumped head first into the puppet building world, I had never run my own business before, and definitely do *not* have a head…