A Geek Goes Flying

The NUX Mighty Air seemed like it would be a workable practice solution  back in January , but, uh, yeah. No. I don’t know if its a battery issue or saturated wireless bands or what, but it kept cutting out, and even when it was reliably connecting to the guitar (i.e., via an instrument cable), there's just only so much you can get from two 2" speakers and "8 watts" (however measured). The presets were kind of fun to play with for a minute, but against the overall limitations of the system, I never loved it, frankly. I have the FM3, and my tone chasing is best left to that device. The one (huge) downside: Dragging out the huge FRFR-112  for practice sessions is a drag. The more friction between me and practicing, the less I’ll practice ... Yeah. Anyway. So for wireless I found a used Line 6 Relay G75 system for a good price, and I can patch that into the FM3. For lower volume practice sessions (apartment living, yay...), I was looking at getting a single powered stud...

We’ll see if this setup survives the onslaught of The Puppers™ but I’m optimistic.  ESP Ltd single cut on Hercules stand Hercules GS405B SHOKSAFE stand (“features a shock-absorbing system [and] the yoke and cradle are flexible and secure to fully protect the instrument”), affixed to the perforated side of this credenza-ish thing with thin gauge aircraft cable . 🤞 ( Astrid II once tried to burrow under the cheap (also: inexpensive) Amazon Basics stand I had there before, to get to a ball that rolled under... Sigh...) The Office Guitar™ has returned... (And, I mean, I paid $150 used for this axe, so if it *does* do a faceplant I’ll survive... But given the design of the stand, and that I have it anchored, again, I think it’ll be fine 😌 ...) The anchor Honorary mention: The D&A Starfish also appears to be fairly topple-proof, but wouldn’t “catch” the guitar, and so I didn’t fully trust it would have been effective when the dogs are wrestling. Still, looks like a good ...

Terminal screenshot $ sudo -i # dnf remove -y podman buildah docker docker-client docker-client-latest docker-common docker-latest docker-latest-logrotate docker-logrotate docker-engine # dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core # dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/rhel/docker-ce.repo # dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin # systemctl enable --now docker #systemctl status docker ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; preset: d>      Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-06-05 01:19:51 PDT; 15s ago TriggeredBy: ● docker.socket        Docs: https://docs.docker.com    Main PID: 839223 (dockerd)       Tasks: 10      Memory: 25.0M (peak: 26.1M)         CPU: 155ms      CGroup: /system.slice/docker.servi...

Apparently I bought this in 2017: Hyperikon PAR20 Dimmable LED Bulb, 8W (50W equivalent), 2700K (Warm White), CRI90+, Flood Light Bulb, 40° Beam Angle, Medium Base (E26), Dimmable, UL & ENERGY STAR, 4-Pack  3.6⭐️ and several reviews mention a short lifespan. I had the first two bulbs installed for ... 9 years?! They’ve been hanging off of a Lutron LED-compatible dimmer since 2022 or so. One failed the other day. I swapped it with one of the two remaining from the 4-pack. It failed within a couple of hours. I installed the last one this morning. Curious to see how long it lasts. After this, I’ll probably swap to Feit. I’ve been using these  (4.3⭐️) in the kitchen, dining room, and living room, for about 3 years now, happily. But they don’t seem to be available. These  (4.7⭐️) look like the new version, more or less (and being able to change color temp might be kind of cool, too)? Hyperikon LED PAR20s. They served well.

The sport in the living room where I’d setup the String Swing was somewhat protected from rampaging puppies, but I wanted to relocate the guitars to a more protected corner of my bedroom, which was occupied with some wire shelves holding a couple of old PowerMac machines I haven’t turned on in years, some stereo equipment from the late 1980s / early 1990s, an Ultra 5 project I haven’t even started on yet, some old media gathering dust, and some droids . Sigh. That corner needed attention. Also, I’d displaced my reading/listening nook and wanted to restore it in its new, simplified configuration  with spiffy new light . I used this  WORKPRO 5-Tier Storage Shelf, 72" H Heavy Duty Adjustable Garage Shelving Unit 2180LBS Capacity, for Basement, Kitchen, Pantry, 27.6”Wx11.8”Dx60”H, Black  unit (it’s not  72" high, sigh), with just two of the shelves installed. It wedged into the corner I had available nicely, and seems sturdy enough as I have it assembled. I will say it w...

Another Facebook Marketplace bargain, though this one was in rougher shape than I realized initially. A 2001–2002(ish) ESP Ltd EC-300, in See Thru Black Cherry. Made in Korea. This one had been modified with Seymour Duncan pickups, and was missing the pickup switch top . The EC-300 was the top-of-the-line non-Deluxe Ltd when new, and had an MSRP of $699 (about $1,300 in Spring 2026 dollars). Original specs: EC-300 Set neck, 24.75" scale Mahogany body Maple neck, rosewood fretboard Flag inlays Black hardware Tune-o-Matic bridge with stop tailpiece White binding on the neck 24 XJ frets EMG-HZ H-1 pickup set (passive) 2 volume, 1 tone knob, toggle on upper horn “STBC” color way (See Thru Black Cherry) It came to me mostly stock. The seller represented on Facebook Marketplace that it had been “modded with real verified Seymour Duncan 59 and JB-1” pickups, but when I had everything apart I saw the pickups are the  Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded Humbucker set  with a JB (SH4)¹ at th...

Transferring files to a system using Apache's mod_dav to export its filesystem via WebDAV , any time I tried to transfer a file over 1GB my local client ( Cyberduck ) would fail with the error: Unexpected response ( 413 Request Entity Too Large). The fix was simple, once I sat down to actually implement it; I just added a LimitRequestBody entry into httpd.conf and restarted the server : [root@server ~]# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf   ... EnableSendfile   on LimitRequestBody  0 [root@server ~]# systemctl restart httpd