Jake Hamby’s Blog
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It’s the Small Things
And to be fair, we don’t own this ground, Charlie Brown. We share it. Oh no, Charlie Brown’s gone woke; the Republicans will hate it. That sounds like Marxism, Charlie Brown! I switched my Steinberg/Yamaha UR22mkII DAC over to my best microUSB power supply and now it sounds properly linear. Having perfect pitch is a…
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15 Years To Y2038!
Well, the world didn’t come to an end in the year 2000, and it didn’t come to an end in 2012, but we’re definitely going through some sort of strange transition of eras, and guess what, we have another end of the (UNIX) calendar in less than 15 years, and that’s going to impact everyone…
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RISC OS Reincarnated
I finally got around to watching the YouTube talk about the Acorn Archimedes referenced by Wikipedia and I highly recommend it: Since I’ve been reading and watching so much about consciousness, the soul, and reincarnation-related themes, the fact that I’m interested in RISC OS today, despite not having any easy access to, nor interest in…
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Be Careful What You Pray For…
Recently I visited my mom and picked up a small box of books that I selected from my late father’s massive collection on metaphysical, New Age, and related topics. Here are a few that I recommend so far: Edgar Cayce’s story is more popular than ever. I remember that whenever we would play “Pit”, my…
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Hi-Res Audio
I’ve been dealing with severe depression for months, so my posting will be sporadic. One small joy is music, and I realized that I’d been depriving myself of the full audio quality of my Steinberg UR22mkII by not plugging it into a separate 5V power supply and using the 500mA power from the USB interface…
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Writing A Will
I was thinking last night about how I need to write a will so that one of my trusted friends can dispose of my possessions when I die. That’s a really useful way to find out who I really consider a trusted and responsible friend and who I don’t.
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Guru Meditation
I spent several hours today in silent meditation, although I haven’t been able to clear my mind for even the span of a single breath. On the plus side, I discovered that I’m able to sit cross-legged with a straight posture for extended periods of time. The original Amiga OS had a unique crash screen…
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More RISC OS Fun
I’m feeling good about my progress on upgrading the RISC OS SMB file sharing client to support SMB2 and to fix the bugs I’ve found in SMB1, so I emailed RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL) tonight to tell them about my intention to claim the “More recent LanManFS protocols” bounty. I told them that I’m…
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Building a RISC OS ROM
As I explained in a previous post, the SMB file sharing protocol originally created by IBM and popularized by Microsoft Windows is now an industry standard, including the SMB 2 and 3 extensions released with Windows Vista and later versions. Over the past few years, support for the original SMB 1 protocol has been removed…
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Reclaiming Your Self
I mentioned Lee Harris in my last post, and I wanted to share a few more video links with some of his (non-channeled) therapeutic wisdom that really helped me deal with some challenges I’ve been facing in my own life this year. I wrote in an earlier post, while I was deep diving into the…
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