Jimmie Lightner

Technology, Truth, and Common Sense

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  • Uh-what-the-fuck

    https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/08/05/uh-im-pretty-sure-people-would-know I… don’t know what the fuck I just read. But I nearly spat coffee all over my screen. 🤣

  • Chuck

    Last night, Chuck, my next door neighbor passed away unexpectedly. He wasn’t even 70. When I first heard, I noticed I felt mostly unaffected. Almost as if floating out of body, looking at myself, seeing the “well, shit” reaction crossing my own face. I guess that’s why it’s called shock. He had just been out…

  • Breezeline Setup Feedback

    I rated them 0/10. Would not recommend. I provided the following feedback: I requested that the installation be completed using my own modem, which is a supported model (Arris SB8200) and is currently functioning properly on another provider. The installer attempted to provision it, but when that did not succeed, he suggested using Breezeline equipment…

  • New Year, New Project

    For years, I’ve been… well, tinkering. And learning. And occasionally, saving myself a lot of frustration (and money!) by figuring things out for myself. I work in technology – specifically, at Microsoft – and that environment constantly fuels a desire to understand *how* things work, not just *that* they work. Over the years, friends and…

  • A new season

    If I have wronged you. If I have hurt you. If I have put out negativity toward you. I am sorry. It’s not something I’ve done intentionally. I truly hope we can take a deep breath and let it go. If you have wronged me. If you’ve hurt me. If you’ve put some kind of…

  • Holiday Time Off Shenanigans

    What do you do for time off? Home improvement? Technical skilling? Visiting family? Hang out with friends? I’m off work until January 3rd! I need some things to keep myself busy: Seems like enough for a while. It’s a rough work in progress, but check out https://www.communityreeftank.com

  • A&M Landscaping and Lawncare

    While hopping off a work call just now I happened to notice the sound of a mower outside. Odd. When I peered out the window, the neighbor’s yard was being mowed. VERY ODD. Especially today, on the 28th of November. It’s currently 29° Fahrenheit (that’s -1.67° Celsius for you metric weirdos) and the ground felt…

  • New Keyboard

    Earlier this week we had to get my partner a new keyboard and mouse setup – so we hopped across the road to Microcenter together. I should have known better. I can’t step foot in that store without getting something… and of course it’s something I don’t really need. I ended up with an ROG…

  • Mother’s Day Blast From the Past

    Firstly: Happy Mother’s Day to all you Moms out there. While visiting my Mother today she unloaded what amounted to a time capsule into my car! She had three big totes of stuff from as long ago as my first baby shoes to as recent as High School graduation. I’m so tickled she kept all…

  • First Post

    I’ve been toying with the idea of rebooting this blog. Just some of the usual shenanigans: tech, aquaria, life. Nothing too fancy, either. Last time I got distracted by the complexities of converting markdown to static HTML with Wyam via DevOps and a cake script that deployed it all to an Az Storage account. This…