Lyrics By Debbie Grant and Adam Young
Music By Adam Young
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PXE and Kickstart: repos
My last PXE boot attempt got into the Kickstart stage and then failed due to the repo set up. The VM SCreen looked like this.
Continue readingPXE Setup: Debugging Kickstart
Once I re-enabled DHCPD and TFTP, my Machines got through the basics of PXE, but then failed Kickstart. Here’s the debugging:
Continue readingPXE Setup Part the First
PXE is conglomeration of tools used to get a new operating system onto a computer. It is based on two protocols: DHCP and TFPT. I used PXER a long time ago at Penguin and have always wanted to set it up for my home personal use. I’m doing that now for my lab. My goal is to first be able to provision virtual machines, and then to provision physical boxes. I need to do a full install of RHEL 7 and RHEL 8, which means I also need Kickstart to automate the install process. I had it working, but after rebooting the NUC it is running on it broke. Here’s my debugging.
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I’m Working on writing and arranging a Bossa Nova. I need to get better before it sounds like it is supposed to.
Reflections on “Empire City”
“Empire City” by Matt Gallagher.
This is not a book a review, except that I am writing it after I read the book, and am ruminating on the messages there in. I do not write this to judge writing.
I do give a lot of spoilers.
Continue readingThe Bird Run
The Summer Youth Music School (SYMS) at the University of New Hampshire runs each summer. I attended it a couple years back in High School. The second year, I prepared a piece called Au Privave (No. 1) from the Bird Omnibook. This is a transcription of solo by Charlie Parker.
Charlie Parker played on alto, but I played tenor sax, and prepared the version from the B flat book, which was transposed down a fifth. It turns out that this radically alters the fingerings. Parker played insanely fast, and in doing so, he naturally sought out the fingerings that flowed smoothly and naturally on the Saxophone. And then he played them at superhuman speed. It turns out that transposing it up a fifth radically changes some of the fingerings, and also puts many of the notes out of the range of the Saxophone
I bombed the audition.
Continue readingMount Chocorua
When I was a kid, I fell in love with the book “Look to the Mountain” about settlers in Middle New Hampshire. The Mountain in the title is Chocorua. This weekend I got to meet her in person; on May 3rd my son and I hiked up Mount Chororua.
This was my favorite New Hampshire hike thus far. Highlights include a River crossing, a Bald Eagle sighting, a fun boulder problem in a stellar setting, and 360 degree views of the White Mountains from the summit on clear day. The last was made the more special by picking out the previous hikes. I think my hiking partner is starting to get an appreciation for geology and geography.
Updating a Minecraft Mod, Part Two: Exploding Anvils
Continuing my attempt to update what I know about modding minecraft from 1.8 to 1.15. Based on my experience from this book;
