Michael W Lucas :flan_on_fire:

https://io.mwl.io/@mwl

Kvetching, not complaining.

Writes books. Pet rats. Martial arts. Punch Nazis & terfs. If it wasn't on Industrial Records it's not industrial music, it's just sparkling noise. He/him. Bangpath old. Detroit, MI, US. Gelato!

Website: https://mwl.io
Crowdfunding: https://mwl.io/ks
Bookstore: https://mwl.io/shop
Link Index: https://mwl.link

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mwl_at_io.mwl.io@momostr.pink

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2026-06-27 16:49:06 UTC

Looks like Comcast routed only the first /64 of my /56 to me. :flan_rage:
Getting their helpdesk to accept a call, let alone explain IPv6 to them, is a freaking nightmare.

2026-06-11 11:19:20 UTC

I can't attend #bsdcan this year. Sad to miss my first year in decades, and my first as con chair alumni.
Con chair [@bsdtv](https://bsd.network/@bsdtv ) is doing a fine job, though. Everything is fine. Remember, Pat: EVERYTHING IS FINE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7sE0agEVNg

2026-06-09 15:15:02 UTC

I packed and moved hurriedly but even so, I'm proud that I held the number of keyboards I brought to a bare minimum. #sysadmin
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/720/798/152/329/303/original/fa7e017a10828d27.jpg

2026-06-02 13:54:55 UTC

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that's the thing with algorithmic index funds; there is no choice.
spaceX has changed the rules to benefit them, so I'm out.

2026-05-24 21:47:58 UTC

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I recommend Ubik, yes. It's a trip, but you're warned.

2026-05-24 21:33:17 UTC

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Time out of Joint is a decent place to start!
Martian Time-Slip, Clans of the Alphane Moon, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Dr. Bloodmoney.
A Scanner Darkly will break your heart.

2026-05-18 12:58:48 UTC

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it's a satirical retelling.

2026-05-18 01:27:27 UTC

Spending the evening bullying another author into fixing his damn web site so I can find the next book in his series.
Yes, yes, pot kettle black.

2026-05-17 17:54:43 UTC

"I grew up seeing the Laserblast VHS box in the video rental store, and I could sense the Bad radiating from it. I never actually touched it. Then, decades later, MWL found a monkey's paw and wrote this as one of his wishes." -- Goodreads review
It's summer. You need a summer read. Like my latest novel. Because the 1980s *deserve* to be blown up. #ebook #scifi
https://mwl.io/static/books/laserblasted.html

2026-05-15 16:28:42 UTC

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Fried my boot loader trying to update it.
#FreeBSD has decades of archives on boot loader updating, which means that searches are full of noise. "gpart bootcode" is not a thing today. Possibly complicated further because this was installed as 14.0 and upgraded to 15.0.
Reboot and got "missing boot loader"
Start over by hand:
gpart add -t efi -s 100M nda0
newfs_msdosfs -F 32 -c 1 /dev/nda0p1
attach to /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/EFI/BOOT
cp /boot/gptboot.efi /mnt/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi
Reboot and again: "missing boot loader"
Anyone know the current incantation?

2026-05-15 12:26:12 UTC

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dammit

2026-05-15 12:13:34 UTC

One of the few #sysadmin things that worries me any more is updating boot code after a zpool upgrade. #FreeBSD
I'm sure it'll be fine, but if I disappear forever you know what happened.

2026-05-11 15:52:55 UTC

Hey #wordpress folks! I'm stumped.
My web site has shows book covers for everything I've written or appeared in. The images are have "align=alignleft".
Most pages, this is fine.
On a couple, though, as you widen the page, certain pics appear on the far right on short rows. It's like there's a hard line break somewhere? https://mwl.io/fiction/anthologies is an example.
I'd rather have nice tidy rows. Any suggestions what I should look at? Or the search terms I need to use?

2026-05-09 14:02:09 UTC

Going through my future fiction #writing plans, such as they are. I'll write what the Muse declares, of course, but I'm mildly curious what folks are most interested in.
Limiting to followers, because I don't care what folks who haven't read my work think. (Not that all my followers have read my work, but still.)
Which NOVELS would you most like to see a sequel to?
(orc not an option because they're shorts that get thrown into a collection whenever the word count exceeds 60k)

2026-05-08 11:57:55 UTC

"It's in God's hands."
"Yes, and *we* are God's hands."
--
"It is what it is."
"Until it becomes what we make it."
--
"YOLO."
"Yes, so we better make it worthwhile."
--
Always answer thought-terminating cliches.

2026-05-06 16:23:08 UTC

Weird #FreeBSD #pkgbase thing. #sysadmin
I updated my hosts from 14->15 with freebsd-update, then ran pkgbaseify and switched to pkgbase. No problem.
My jails & bhyves update, no problem.
# freebsd-version
15.0-RELEASE-p8
The bare metal install?
# freebsd-version
15.0-RELEASE-p4
# pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base
Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
FreeBSD-base repository is up to date.
FreeBSD-base is up to date.
Checking for upgrades (1 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (1 candidates): 100%
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
So it finds packages, but there's nothing to update? #headdesk

2026-05-06 15:14:42 UTC

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You're doing actual print runs and a fulfillment house? Cool.
(I did print runs in the 90s, and the experience was so awful that I won't go near them without extraordinary reasons.)

2026-05-06 13:26:13 UTC

Chrome loaded a 4GB AI onto each install? In an age when many PCs have 256GB storage?
Total disregard for the users.
I used Chrome only for financial tasks. I'm ditching it for Safari and Edge. Keeping my heavily locked down Firefox for routine browsing.

2026-04-30 23:22:50 UTC

RE: https://wandering.shop/@rebeccasenese/116496151060957458
How can you not love Santa Claus as a PI? Throw Ms Senese (rhymes with "menace") a few bucks for these fun books.
#note1vtx…d0zj

2026-04-29 02:12:56 UTC

Brokenwood Jesus is best Jesus.

2026-04-15 16:53:50 UTC

"help my eye fell out."
(The person had eye cancer, and chose to have the eye removed rather than go through chemo in her 80s. The swelling has gone down enough that the temporary space-filling orb no longer fit snugly. When she looked down... plop!
Two seconds to fix, if you're a nurse like She Who Must Be Obeyed. Freaky as hell if you're not.)

2026-04-05 23:14:35 UTC

If you use Adobe Creative Cloud: they're about doubling the price for the "all apps" package, to $69.99.
This detail is buried three paragraphs deep in the email.

2026-04-01 02:22:46 UTC

It funded in 15 minutes?
Look. You people didn't read the description. This isn't SUPPOSED to fund well. This silly thing exists entirely so I can train my new helper.
If y'all support the Defenestrated Edition, you will make my life difficult. #sysadmin
https://mwl.io/ks

2026-04-01 02:16:01 UTC

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no, no, I used a sharpie. promise. pinky swear.

2026-04-01 01:59:20 UTC

Tomorrow promises to be rough, so I launched a couple hours early. Hey, it's April Fools' in Europe, right?
https://mwl.io/ks

2026-03-30 16:25:10 UTC

Anthropic lost a class action suit for scraping books. Writers can register with Anthropic to be compensated for their pillaging of our copyrights.
The compensation system was AI-coded.
Anthropic can't keep track of our submissions. They don't know who wrote what.
Their customer support is AI-driven. Send a mail! Log in to a nonexistent page! Resubmit and it'll be fine!
This will be fine. :flan_executioner: :guillotine: :flan_stick:

2026-03-19 12:48:00 UTC

Afroman defeated the stupid lawsuit against him, and did so with grace and panache.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/afroman-sued-ohio-deputies-music-video-showing-raid-home-says-got-free-rcna264138

2026-03-19 11:37:12 UTC

Satire? People who pay for X don't do satire.
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/255/625/973/461/917/original/eec2fb3bd763bc95.png

2026-03-10 11:37:57 UTC

Only 60 hours left to grab @npub16et…refq's magnificent new novel before everyone else!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robcornell/a-shadow-full-of-stars-a-mind-bending-fantasy-novel
The intersection of art and mental illness has never been more fubar...

2026-03-09 22:11:44 UTC

The fundraising auction is over!
https://mwl.io/archives/24591
Wherein I am compelled to say that 777 solves a problem.

2026-03-02 17:17:51 UTC

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you're projecting. any subtlety I possess is an artifact of your imagination, sorry.

2026-03-02 17:08:43 UTC

Charity Auction for Kansas Trans Folks and/or Minneapolis ICE Relief.
Related to my 1 April Kickstarter.
https://mwl.io/archives/24580
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/160/678/929/806/757/original/a861947e141a57c9.jpg

2026-02-25 19:27:00 UTC

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I don't THINK so? Could be wrong?
The original animation was pretty crap?

2026-02-25 18:30:18 UTC

Correct Skeletor is correct.
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/132/680/810/793/704/original/7fabbfb9a2e3ff6c.png

2026-02-22 02:53:43 UTC

I've been using #FreeBSD since 1995. 31 years, more or less.
I was never aware of this most vital community resource.
https://wiki.freebsd.org/Community/Dogs

2026-02-18 16:13:27 UTC

If you're in the US: get all of Pratchett's Discworld for $25.
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-pratchetts-discworld-harpercollins-encore-2026-books
US only, but the US needs Sir Pterry right now--either as a reminder, or as remedial education on being human.

2026-02-11 12:29:51 UTC

Inspired by a discussion elsewhere:
I've been on the Internet since 1987, started a career building the commercial Internet in 1995, and have spent the last 25 years writing books about how to build foundational Internet infrastructure. I've consulted for and worked with any number of dot-coms, and the one lesson I've gotten over and over again?
The Internet's business model is betrayal.
We have no smart lights. No voice assistants. No Alexa or Siri. No video doorbell. Our thermostat and appliances constantly complain about their lack of Internet. None of this stuff is safe.
The Internet tech I do use? A desktop PC. Email on my phone is for travel only: airplane tickets, hotel reservations, hockey and concert tix. Location on my phone? Nope, we use a dedicated non-networked GPS in the car. The microphones are off.
How can a light bulb betray me? I don't know. I do know that the vendors have put a LOT of thought into it, though, and I can't out-think all of them.

2026-02-06 18:56:47 UTC

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See, now, I'd argue Poppins is an Auton agent.

2026-02-06 18:46:27 UTC

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I knew about Bond, but Oscar is news to me!

2026-02-06 18:35:07 UTC

This article is disturbingly compelling. #doctorWho #sesameStreet https://www.cracked.com/image-pictofact-19146-insane-theory-of-the-day-oscar-the-grouch-is-a-time-lord

2026-02-05 17:21:15 UTC

"Oh yeah? Well, I asked ChatGPT and it told me to quit wasting its time and create more training data."

2026-02-04 15:24:57 UTC

It appears Linux root-on-ZFS is a mess. No standard way to do it. Kernel updates require recompiling ZFS. Boot environments are a cornucopia of constantly evolving hacks.
If you're actually using #ZFS on root, on #Debian, what's your preferred hack to make that happen? #sysadmin
I suspect #openzfsmastery might need to assume root on extFS and data on ZFS, leaving root-on-ZFS for the advanced user or a terminal chapter. :flan_disappointed:

2026-02-01 00:45:15 UTC

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/more-than-half-of-game-developers-now-think-generative-ai-is-bad-for-the-industry-a-dramatic-increase-from-just-2-years-ago-id-rather-quit-the-industry-than-use-generative-ai/

2026-01-29 03:03:08 UTC

Shattered mirror selfie.
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/115/976/158/220/341/716/original/4d7ecfc57b33627e.jpg

2026-01-27 13:41:09 UTC

Pepperoni and pineapple on pizza. :flan_nom: :flan_hearts:

2026-01-26 20:34:38 UTC

Preparing for the final Laundry Files book by binging the whole series
Today in The Rhesus Chart, @npub1dnd…hzjs reminds us all of the importance of not writing your own libraries for cryptography--uh, conjuring. Close enough. #laundryFilesReread

2026-01-23 17:56:03 UTC

Remember: when they talk about "the economy," they mean "rich people's yacht money."

2026-01-20 23:42:24 UTC

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/rackspace-raises-email-hosting-prices-by-as-much-as-706-percent/
<cough>run your own email<cough>

2026-01-20 15:02:40 UTC

The degrees of True Love:
1) I want to spend my life with you
2) I would kill for you
3) I would die for you
4) I would build a complicated table in Microsoft Word for you

2026-01-17 01:40:41 UTC

Dang near every jail on my #freebsd server needs either pgsql or mariadb.
I could stop running databases everywhere by building a database jail, eliminating many small points of small failures by implementing a single point of complete failure.
Which is better? All I know is whatever choice wins, I will lose. #sysadmin

2026-01-15 01:34:10 UTC

I blog my annual income sources to help give other writers an idea what works and what doesn't.
These posts often get discussed on writers' forums. People who aren't making a living writing argue endlessly about what I do, claim I'm lying, and so on.
Except this year.
I suspect it's the PS. :flan_XD:
https://mwl.io/archives/24519

2026-01-14 16:01:53 UTC

The satadom on my FreeNAS MiniXL died. Fine. Buy a new satadom.
But... supermicro uses a proprietary satadom power cable. :flan_rage:
Anyone know the right adapter to plug a thick supermicro satadom power cable into a smaller regular satadom power cable? Or am I better off returning this one, buying supermicro, and getting on with my life?

2026-01-09 20:00:43 UTC

"There's a 50% chance this package will contain the exclusive sponsor gift otherwise available only to pre-publication backers.
The remaining packages will contain a copy of the book and a glitter bomb."
#nonotryagain

2026-01-07 17:19:46 UTC

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true. but I'm lazy.

2026-01-07 17:00:26 UTC

I need a 9v 1a DC power adapter for my label printer.
Have I achieved Nerdvana? Do I already have such a power supply?
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/115/854/882/113/646/503/original/86ea446be3242bc9.jpg

2026-01-03 16:45:40 UTC

so street rules now say it's legal for, say, the EU or Vietnam to kidnap the US president? Have I got this right?

2025-12-14 14:38:21 UTC

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one reason I don't write articles for outside places:
even if they take my article as-is, voice and all, the headline is always written by the editor.
So, this is a policy set by the site, not the individual author.
Every sensible author knows to put a summary sentence near the top, so I suspect that the editor cut that as well.

2025-12-13 00:53:39 UTC

Christmas plan:
Get a spiral-cut ham. Walk it down the stairs like a Slinky.

2025-12-10 14:50:23 UTC

I'm sad to say we lost Willoughby yesterday.
Rats know they are prey animals. They hide weakness until they can't. Willoughby was having trouble breathing Monday night. We rushed him to the vet Tuesday morning. An X-ray showed that he had advanced lung cancer. We had to let him go.
If you sponsored n4sa2e, you got Willoughby's portrait on your challenge coin.
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/115/695/814/229/860/946/original/55508133d9102315.jpg

2025-12-10 02:18:09 UTC

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Torn between:
a) aww, thank you :flan_blush:
b) oh my sweet summer child, you have no idea what I protect you from
c) <pinhead voice> I have such code to show you
So I'm going with d) all of the above.

2025-12-01 16:11:24 UTC

Last month, 18 people ordered print books from my store instead of going to the Bezosbeast.
Writers, set up your own stores. It's worth it. #writing

2025-11-27 01:08:05 UTC

Harry Connolly is one of my favorite fantasy authors.
His family is in trouble. http://harryjconnolly.com/17553-2/
If you're looking for a good binge read, grab his completed epic fantasy trilogy The Great Way.
His "A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark" is the best standalone urban fantasy I've read.

2025-11-26 12:45:10 UTC

ICYMI: #openzfsmastery sponsorships are now open. #sysadmin #zfs
https://sponsor.mwl.io

2025-11-17 20:51:07 UTC

Existential Comics (@npub1zja…mraq) has, once again, exposed the Truth.
https://existentialcomics.com/comic/629

2025-11-14 16:46:38 UTC

The new Assemblage 23 album is grand, but this in particular is today's mood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu8tFsejFlo

2025-11-09 15:14:57 UTC

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autoconfiguration is always vulnerable, period. Doesn't matter the protocol.
They did, however, disable remote access to broadcast addresses.

2025-11-03 19:16:11 UTC

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heck, if I'd discovered that, I would have felt morally compelled to steal those jewels! :flan_mask: COMPELLED, I say!

2025-11-01 01:38:43 UTC

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Here's an older pic of Beemster and Cremet.
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/115/471/881/716/063/138/original/d02c8266517dc73e.jpg

2025-10-31 15:38:13 UTC

Cashel's plans for today clearly do not include me. #petRats #rats
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/115/469/521/800/572/394/original/afcaeec860b5855c.jpg

2025-10-24 22:30:31 UTC

Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein was not the monster.
Wisdom is understanding that Frankenstein WAS the monster.
Enlightenment is understanding that I, the person who brings this up at every chance in every conversation, am the monster.

2025-10-23 18:59:37 UTC

My pal @npub1k4a…qt94 had a blue Nissan Cube that reminded us all of a Trek shuttle. He parked it legally. A jerk rammed it. The car's a total loss.
We live in Detroit. If you don't have wheels, you're done. He could use some help.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-zig-replace-his-beloved-galileo

2025-10-23 17:07:45 UTC

"MacOS is so easy! Everything JUST WORKS!"
My Mac morning login screen:
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/115/424/574/508/406/164/original/9667f9df8ac9d9ff.jpg

2025-10-21 23:46:25 UTC

She Who Must Be Obeyed has started rewatching Midsomer Murders.
The second episode is about murder in a writers' group, and I'm spending the whole time stopping myself from shouting "All of them! They're all guilty guilty GUILTY!" #writing
I know writers. Trust me.

2025-10-16 14:04:08 UTC

Making a plan for the day is great but execution is *everything*.
Cashel is executing flawlessly.
#petRats #rats
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/115/384/215/085/151/153/original/ecc48b8504e1af7c.jpg

2025-10-09 02:40:39 UTC

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SO American!

2025-10-09 02:31:44 UTC

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So American.

2025-10-08 11:33:48 UTC

Bought stroopwafel in the Amsterdam airport!
Turns out metric stroopwafel are incompatible with imperial tea cups. An engineering solution was necessary.
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/115/338/326/870/989/952/original/ed3c19d9e1ac481f.jpg

2025-10-06 11:58:24 UTC

36 hours to go on the "Networking for System Administrators" #Kickstarter, and it's <$400 from all backers getting FOUR #sysadmin books!
https://mwl.io/ks
Plus, you know, fighting less with the network team and all that.

2025-10-04 12:06:42 UTC

and there's the metallic taste, right on schedule.

2025-10-04 12:05:00 UTC

Three days left on the "Networking for System Administrators" #kickstarter. Every #sysadmin should know what's in this book.
Last chance to get the special edition, yes, but also the first chance to get the ebook or paperback!
https://mwl.io/ks
I would appreciate your support.

2025-10-02 20:05:39 UTC

I masked all through EuroBSDCon.
Got a cold anyway. :flan_piteous:

2025-10-02 11:46:08 UTC

Five days left on the "Networking for System Administrators" #Kickstarter. Backers get two bonus Unix books so far. It might be more. Depends on how high it goes.
If you're a #sysadmin sick of fighting with the network team, this book will help you. #n4sa2e
https://mwl.io/ks

2025-09-23 02:00:32 UTC

On the plane for eurobsdcon!
The tranks are working. I am still certain that the plane will go down in flames and screams, but I don't really care.
Buy my books, SWMBO will need the dough.

2025-09-17 17:50:42 UTC

Gonna have to do a bunch of Debian manual installs for #openzfsmastery, so I'm installing on a flash drive that I can move between test hosts. Yes, I have the live CD, but I want a user account with SSH keys and static IP and all that.
Filesystems. Ugh. #sysadmin

2025-09-15 19:32:50 UTC

#FreeBSD has supported ZFS since 2008 and is considered a Tier 1 platform.
Ubuntu has supported ZFS since 2016 and is not.
#openzfsmastery #nonotryagain

2025-09-15 15:34:44 UTC

I need copy-on-select on my Mac, so looking at installing iTerm.
Any better #macos terminal suggestions?

2025-09-05 15:10:23 UTC

Truth.
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/115/152/318/423/601/871/original/3cc84e91e8ab6e5c.png

2025-09-01 17:24:49 UTC

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I shout "control your platform."
I shout "don't do business with companies that support Nazis--moral issues aside, the people willing to support the far right honestly believe it's not only okay but ethical to screw you over."
I shout about disintermediation.
People nod and tell me they hear me and pat me on the head and keep on doing business with Nazi-supporting companies.
So damn frustrating.
My only consolation? I've had my books in public for 33 years, and I'm still in business.
They won't be.

2025-09-01 17:20:11 UTC

Substack is implementing their writer lock-in right now.
https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/substack-changes-frustrate-publishers-one-option-is-terrible-for-us-the-other-is-terrible-for-our-readers-/s2/a1274464/
Writers, leave while you can.

2025-08-23 13:27:04 UTC

For the weekend crowd:
"Networking for System Administrators, 2nd ed" now has a full Kickstarter page, with a book description and everything. It starts by confessing the title is a lie.
https://mwl.io/ks
I'd appreciate folks spreading the word. #sysadmin :flan_beg:

2025-08-22 08:28:23 UTC

The "Networking for System Administrators" #kickstarter now has a launch date and a description. #sysadmin #n4sa2e
https://mwl.io/ks
I'd appreciate interested folks sharing the word on any appropriate forum. :flan_beg: :flan_heart: Thank you!

2025-08-20 19:39:24 UTC

N4SA2e sent to copyedit!
https://mwl.io/archives/24396 #sysadmin #n4sa2e

2025-08-19 18:02:52 UTC

I have used 203.0.113.0/24 as my internal network for several years. It's reserved for documentation, and I write documentation, so that saved me much trouble.
Amazon's Kindle has now blocklisted those addresses. Which means SWMBO's Kindle doesn't work.
Time to renumber. :flan_piteous: #sysadmin

2025-08-11 00:18:23 UTC

One of these years, I need to check out defcon. Or black hat. Or bsides lv.
One of them things. Whichever.

2025-08-08 02:40:31 UTC

Tonight's movie: 'I don't have FOMO. I have FOBI, Fear Of Being Included."

2025-08-07 18:17:41 UTC

Author's Tranquility Press got my phone number, and they keep calling thinking that I'll pay them for promotion.
ATP is 100% a scam.
Also: my books are not promotable. Nothing anyone does could make people want to buy them. #writing
https://www.bbb.org/us/ga/atlanta/profile/publishers/authors-tranquility-press-llc-0443-28199046/complaints

2025-08-06 21:09:21 UTC

Every time someone asks me about "how I self-publish," I flash back to a q&a at a con I shall not name, where I was on the "authors who make a living" panel, but I was the indie one.
A woman who probably meant well got the mic and said, "You do realize, sir, that this aggressive independence and hyper-self-reliance is nothing but a trauma response?"
I looked her in the eye and said, "So is hyper-competence."
So, yeah. That's how I make a living.

2025-08-06 15:53:23 UTC

May you all have whiskers as magnificent as Cashel's.
#petRats #rats #onlyRats
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/114/982/621/911/590/257/original/6b1dfd9c5bd083d0.jpg

2025-08-03 02:38:38 UTC

Windows has betrayed me one too many times. I'm raising money to buy a Mac for my publishing business.
Coupon code MWL gets you 10% off at my bookstore.
https://tiltedwindmillpress.com
PS: and before you shout "Linux/TempleOS/Inferno/whatever:" https://mwl.io/faq#tools
PSPS: I'll be reposting this, because capitalism. Sorry.

2025-07-28 15:47:57 UTC

Windows 11: You need TPM 2.0 to get security updates.
Me: fine, here you go
Win11: Please reboot to install updates!
Me: ok
Win11: I WILL NEVER BOOT AGAIN AND I WILL NOT ENTER SAFE MODE AND I WILL NOT LET YOU SEE THE ERROR LOG