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Politics, TwitterThis whole thing yesterday was the push I needed to finally #DeleteTwitter. I haven’t used the account in years but I’m...

Politics, Twitter

This whole thing yesterday was the push I needed to finally #DeleteTwitter. I haven’t used the account in years but I’m done now.

I just got tickets to Windy City Riot in Chicago! LFG! #njpw

I just got tickets to Windy City Riot in Chicago! LFG! #njpw

Who is ready for #njwk19 in a little bit?

Who is ready for #njwk19 in a little bit?

Who is ready for WrestleKingdom 19 tonight?! #njwk19

Who is ready for WrestleKingdom 19 tonight?! #njwk19

Today, we celebrate a man who by the time of his mid-thirties had changed the world. Happy Birthday Sir Isaac Newton, born December 25th...

Today, we celebrate a man who by the time of his mid-thirties had changed the world.

Happy Birthday Sir Isaac Newton, born December 25th 1642 (as reckoned in England)!

#Santa is on the move! https://www.noradsanta.org/en/map

#Santa is on the move! https://www.noradsanta.org/en/map

Happy Sunday everyone!

Happy Sunday everyone!

I’m spending some time tonight reading through some of the FBI case files on #DBCooper

I’m spending some time tonight reading through some of the FBI case files on #DBCooper

New kernel update for Linux Mint means I have to once again run through the steps to get everything working on my MacBook Pro again. Another...

New kernel update for Linux Mint means I have to once again run through the steps to get everything working on my MacBook Pro again. Another time I’m glad I documented the steps when I got this thing working a while back.

I’ve now collected all 24 issues of Marvel’s Godzilla King of the Monsters run from the 1970s. #ComicBooks

I’ve now collected all 24 issues of Marvel’s Godzilla King of the Monsters run from the 1970s. #ComicBooks

Starting my day by updating my Linux Mint install on my MacBook Pro (there is a whole thread about setting it up a while back). I’m glad I...

Starting my day by updating my Linux Mint install on my MacBook Pro (there is a whole thread about setting it up a while back). I’m glad I wrote a blog post about how to fix the camera, microphone, speakers, and Bluetooth on this device because I had to run through all those steps again.

I had a hell of a time getting the drivers to work on Linux Mint for a few things so I wrote up a quick and dirty guide of what I did to get...

I had a hell of a time getting the drivers to work on Linux Mint for a few things so I wrote up a quick and dirty guide of what I did to get everything working. You can find it here. I hope it helps someone else down the line as these Intel MacBooks approach the end of their OS support from Apple. https://mattthequick.bearblog.dev/macbook-pro-141-mid-2017-audio-camera-microphone-and-bluetooth-fix/

Upgrade to macOS Ventura completed. I then shrunk that partition to half the hard drive, and installed Linux Mint on the other half. Just...

Upgrade to macOS Ventura completed. I then shrunk that partition to half the hard drive, and installed Linux Mint on the other half. Just going to fully patch that and see if everything works (no audio drivers at this point but I’ve got a lot of patches and a kernel update to install). All in all, looks like $40 for this MacBook Pro was money well spent.

Looks like this thing can go all the way to macOS Ventura, which is still supported by security updates. Creating the recovery USB now and...

Looks like this thing can go all the way to macOS Ventura, which is still supported by security updates. Creating the recovery USB now and then I’m going to upgrade and see what happens.

And we’re in! Now to update it fully and see how far it’ll go. I’ll likely end up wiping all this away for a Linux distro but I’m...

And we’re in! Now to update it fully and see how far it’ll go. I’ll likely end up wiping all this away for a Linux distro but I’m curious how far it’ll update.

And we’re rolling now. I had to temporarily disable the pi-hole running on my network for the MacBook to contact the licensing server...

And we’re rolling now. I had to temporarily disable the pi-hole running on my network for the MacBook to contact the licensing server (which is dumb because I had the OS on the USB) but it’s installing.

I just also had to remember to extract BaseSystem.dmg out of the MacOS install app. I’d forgotten that step and was having a rough time...

I just also had to remember to extract BaseSystem.dmg out of the MacOS install app. I’d forgotten that step and was having a rough time writing the boot media to USB.

I picked up a 2018 MacBook Pro for $40 today from a second hand store that sells merchandise from storage units they purchase. They were...

I picked up a 2018 MacBook Pro for $40 today from a second hand store that sells merchandise from storage units they purchase. They were selling it so cheap because “we don’t know computers and it has a password”.

I got past the password in 5 minutes once I got it home. Then booted into recovery and blew away Macintosh HD (no Find My Mac encountered yet). I’m in the process of making a MacOS flash drive to get that installed again, then go from there. Fun little project so far.

What is your favorite flavor of Cheerios?

What is your favorite flavor of Cheerios?

What’s everyone got going on today? For me, I plan on hanging around the house and playing some #PS5

What’s everyone got going on today? For me, I plan on hanging around the house and playing some #PS5