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  Welcome to our June 2023 monthly Digest: a monthly newsletter of the National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania! During the first few days of the month, we will start sending out our calendar of events. These events will be within the National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania as well as any pertinent information from the National Federation of the Blind and the Pennsylvania blind community. If you or anyone you know have any upcoming events or information that can pertain to the blind community in Pennsylvania, please send them to Stacie Leap at stacie.leap@gmail.com by the 29th of the month so it can be added to our calendar for the following month.     Special Note: There will be no July 2023 monthly digest as a lot of us will be in Houston, Texas for the 2023 National Convention! 1. A Message from our State Affiliate President Hello everyone! We are now in the month of June and things are really happening! We are continuing our conversation with BBVS, so if there are any concerns, please let me know! On June 8th, the next OVR Board meeting will be held via Zoom.  Contact information will be available shortly.  Registration for the National Convention is closed and we are waiting impatiently for the 2023 Agenda! I hope to see many of you in Houston!   Lynn Heitz President, National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania president@nfbp.org   Google Calendar Links The National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania also has a Google Calendar that can be viewed either through the web or subscribed to your calendar apps.  You can view the calendar without subscribing to it and view it on your web browser by clicking the link in the show notes. However, if you wish to subscribe to the calendar and get the events on your calendar apps, please click Subscribe in the show notes and go through the steps to subscribe:    Member Spotlight” Harriet Go Each month, we will highlight someone within our affiliate. The goal is to allow other members to learn about other members within the affiliate. We hope you enjoy this little spotlight!   Harriet Go serves our state affiliate as our secretary. She is also the President of the Keystone Chapter. Considered quite hilarious, she shows off her comedic styles at our meetings and social functions. She is proclaimed to be the number 1 best seller of M&M's. Make sure you do not leave any lying around because she will start selling them! Full of energy, she is taking on the role of Kids Camp Director at our 2023 National Convention in Houston, Texas.  This definitely requires bouts of energy and patience that she learned at her current job as an elementary school teacher for the School District of Philadelphia.  She is always willing to have a conversation so if you get a chance to meet her in-person, introduce yourself and say “Hello!”   Calendar of Events The following events are also on our Google calendar with the Zoom information. If anyone within a chapter, division, or group see any errors or misinformation, please contact Stacie Leap at stacie.leap@gmail.com    The below information is correct as of the first week of the month. The information is most up-to-date on the Google Calendar so please check back periodically to ensure the right information.   Jigsaw Chapter monthly Meeting   a monthly meeting for those who do not have a local chapter in their geographical area. This is our at-large chapter.  Meetings Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 10:00 AM   Keystone Chapter Monthly Meeting   a monthly meeting for those who live in the Philadelphia area. This is one of two local chapters in the Philadelphia area. The other chapter is the Greater Philadelphia Chapter. Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 10:15 AM   Coffee with the State President and Board This monthly discussion meeting brings everybody together to get to know the state affiliate board members and the happenings within the state's divisions, chapters, and advocacy efforts. Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 7 PM     Greater Berks Chapter Monthly Meeting A monthly meeting for those who live in the Greater Berks County of Pennsylvania    Friday, June 9, 2023 at 10 AM   Greater Lehigh Valley Chapter Monthly Meeting A monthly meeting for those who live in the Greater Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania.  This includes Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and the surrounding areas. Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 10 AM   Deaf Blind Division Monthly Meeting  a monthly meeting for those who consider themselves to be Deaf Blind and their supporters.          Monday, June 12, 2023 at 6 PM   Pennsylvania Association of Blind Merchants (PABM) Monthly Meeting  a monthly meeting for those who are or wish to be involved with the Business Enterprise Program, entrepreneurship and their supporters.    Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 6 PM     Capital Area Chapter Monthly Meeting   a monthly meeting for those who live in the Greater Harrisburg area.   Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 10 AM     Erie County Chapter Monthly Meeting   a monthly meeting for those who live in Erie County Pennsylvania. Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 2 PM     Blind Parents Group Monthly Meeting   a monthly meeting for blind parents, grandparents, and their supporters   Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 7 PM   Pennsylvania Organization of Parents of Blind Children (PAOPBC) Monthly Meeting  a monthly meeting for parents of blind children and their supporters  Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 11 AM   Pittsburgh Chapter Monthly Meeting A monthly meeting for those who live in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 6 PM   Greater Philadelphia Chapter Monthly Meeting a monthly meeting for those who live in the Philadelphia area. This is one of two local chapters in the Philadelphia area.  The other chapter is the Keystone Chapter. Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 10 AM     Brandywine Valley Chapter Monthly Meeting   a monthly meeting for those who live in the Brandywine Valley.   Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 10 AM     Pennsylvania Association of Guide Dog Users (PAGDU) Monthly Meeting   a monthly meeting for those who have or are considering getting a guide dog as well as their supporters.   Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 4 PM     Pennsylvania Association of Blind Students (PABS) Monthly Meeting   a monthly meeting for blind students of all ages and their supporters.   Monday, June 26, 2023 at 7 PM     Blind Seniors Group Monthly Meeting   a monthly meeting for those who are seniors or almost seniors as well as their supporters.   Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM   White Canes Connect Podcast  Did you know that the National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania has a podcast? It is hosted by members David Goldstein and Lisa Bryant. It features interviews with our PA members as well as interviews and resources for the blind community. You can listen to it wherever you listen to podcasts. Listen on  Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, IHeartRadio, and on YouTube @PABlindPodcast. Contact White Canes Connect at whitecanesconnect@gmail.com if you have any show ideas or wish to be on the podcast.   National Convention 2023 Our national convention will take place from July first through sixth in Houston, Texas. Online registration for the 2023 National Convention is closed. Do not worry, you can still register for convention when you are there in-person; however, prices will be $5 higher and will cost $30 per person. Banquet tickets will still be $70. More information on the convention including hotel reservations, agenda, and registration to the Career Fair, Kid Camp Day Care, and the NOPBC Conference can be found at www.nfb.org/convention There are also different tours and a baseball game that you can purchase tickets for. 1. Tours to Space Center Houston will cost $35.00 per person, regardless of age. There are three tour opportunities. The price includes both the tour ticket(s) and roundtrip transportation. 2. The tour of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, which includes an exhibit by 3-D Photo Works of King Tut's sarcophagus. This touchable piece will provide visitors with all kinds of information about the boy king. Tours of all exhibits will be led by docents. The museum would like feedback regarding ways to make the museum more accessible, and we will send everyone who attends a brief survey following the tour so you can offer comments. The tour price for this event is $37.00, regardless of age. Like the Space Center Houston tour, the price includes both the tour ticket(s) and roundtrip transportation. 3. On July 7, the Houston Astros will play the Seattle Mariners, at Minute Maid Park A.K.A the Juice Box. The game will begin at 7:10 PM, and there is a plan to take a group of Federationists to that game.   All tour information and game information can be found at the NFB of Texas's website. See the show note for the link   Special Shout-Outs! Birthday Wishes The National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania would like to wish all those who were born in June a very happy birthday!   Thank you, Dad! The NFB of Pennsylvania would also like to extend our gratitude to all fathers and father figures! Thank you for all your hard work, perseverance. Love, and support! Happy Father's Day!   Speedy Recovery to Lyvette Byrd! Greater Philadelphia Chapter Board Member Lyvette Bird had a series of surgeries and have been in the hospital since May 15th. We wish her to get well soon and have a complete and speedy recovery!   Well wishes to Gloria Nathan-Cherry Greater Philadelphia Chapter Board Member Gloria Nathan-Cherry had surgery in late May and is recuperating at home. We would like to extend our well wishes and also wish her a speedy and complete recovery!   Get Better Joseph Powell! We would also like to extend our well wishes and a complete and speedy recovery to Greater Philadelphia Chapter member Joseph Powell as he recuperates at home from the surgery he had in May!   Congratulations to Lily Asadullina! We want to congratulate Keystone Chapter member Lily on the birth of her first-born Aria Eva! Welcome to the world Aria and we wish you nothing but wonderful and amazing things as you grow and bond with your family members and friends!   Fundraisers Blind Parents Group T-Shirts Fundraiser The t-shirts come in either black with white letterings or white with black letterings. Both shirts say “I Support #BlindParents” with the NFB of PA Logo and “Blind Parents Group” at the bottom. Funds raised will start a scholarship fund to assist blind or visually impaired parents and their family through financial life hardships. To purchase a t-shirt, please contact Stacie Leap at stacie.leap@gmail.com  . Stacie will also have some t-shirts available at the 2023 national Convention to those wish to purchase it there!   Other External Events These events are not hosted or sponsored by the NFB or the NFB of PA. However, we think these might be good resources for those living in Pennsylvania. If you have any events that you wish to be in our monthly digest, please email Stacie Leap at stacie.leap@gmail.com   OVR State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation Quarterly Meeting Thursday, June 8, 2023 10 AM to 2:30 PM Break: noon to 12:30 PM This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. The public is invited to call in to this meeting using the following information: Webinar ID: 822 3300 7808 Passcode: 787610 Or One tap mobile: US: +16469313860,,82233007808#,,,,*787610# or +19292056099,,82233007808#,,,,*787610# Additional Zoom information can be found in the show notes.   Disability Pride Week 2023 The week of June 5-10, 2023, there will be a lot of events in honor of Disability Pride Week. You Can register via the Google Form registration page .  Our own Keystone Chapter's member Esther Gillyard will be performing on June 10, 2023 at 3pm ET. Events are as follows: June 5: Disability Pride Kick Off at City Hall: flag raising, live music by Johnny Crescendo, Ben & Jerry's ice cream giveaway, and guest speakers include Deputy Secretary of ODP Kristin Ahrens, Disability Pride PA's Board Chairperson Chuck Horton, and Director of LGBT Affairs Celena Morrison, City Rep Sheila Hess, and more   June 6: Karaoke Block Party at Inglis Innovation Center from 2-6 PM   June 7: Microaggressions Workshop with Artist Wendy Elliott-Vandivier at 2 PM   June 8: Exploring Nature on the Trail  11-1 PM on the Delaware River Trail   June 8: Meet & Mingle with Liberty Resources from 5-8 PM   June 9: A Laughing Lunch (more details to follow)   June 10: Parade kick off at City Hall's North Apron at 11 AM (approcimately4 blocks) Festival begins at 1600 Ben Franklin Parkway at 11 AM with live music on the hour at 12, 1, 2, and 3 PM; and resource tables, fun activities for all ages, food trucks, and community!   Disability Pride PA encourages all people to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions, please call them at (267)621-1480 or email them at info@DisabilityPridePA.org  at least 10 days in advance of your participation.   John Jon Awareness Walk Our member Lyvette Byrd is putting on her 2nd Annual John Jon Awareness Walk on Saturday, July 15, 2023 from 8AM to 10AM ET at the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge Park in Philadelphia, PA. It is to raise awareness about people with different abilities and to honor their advocates. More information and registration can be found at the For the Byrds Consulting website.!   Liberty Resources' Blind/Low Vision Support Group Our members Karen Rose and Simone Cooper partner up with Liberty Resources to hold a weekly virtual support group at Liberty Resources. The aim is to share resources and provide support to those experiencing blindness or low vision. Meetings are weekly on Tuesdays from 1pm to 2pm ET via Zoom. You do not need to live in Philadelphia to attend these meetings, this is open to all in Pennsylvania! For more information or to sign-up, please email Latoya Maddox at LatoyaMaddox@libertyresources.org   Vision Thru Art Vision Thru Art is a weekly sculpture class for blind and visually-impaired artists that has been running at Allens Lane Art Center for more than 30 years. Our dedicated faculty, staff and volunteers help the students express their inner vision through a variety of media including clay, wood, mosaic, stone and other mixed materials. The students are encouraged to work at their own pace while enjoying the easy-going social atmosphere of the class. In 2014, Allens Lane Art Center made the class completely free for all the students including free art supplies each year. Location: The Fluhr Studio - (downstairs back studio accessible by rear entrance). Many of the students use Para-transit to get to the class. Service dogs are of course welcome. Day/Time:  Wednesday, 10:30 am – 12:30pm and Friday 10:30 am – 12:30pm. Fees: There are no fees for this class. Registration: Contact by phone (215-248-0546) or by https://allenslane.org/vision-thru-art/   Women Healed For a Purpose 2023 Conference! Our member Lyvette Bird is hosting her 2nd Annual Women Healed For a Purpose Conference under her business, For the Birds Consulting, LLC. The mission of the conference is to equip and restore the community through a faith-based initiative that we hope will strengthen women holistically; mind, body, and spirit. We are women Living Interdependently in support of Family, Friends, and our Fellow neighbors to Educate and Empower our community. The event will be on Saturday, October 28, 2023.  There will be guest speakers, and live entertainment. There will be an in-person option as well as a Zoom option. For more information or to register, please visit the For The Birds Consulting website.   NFB Pledge I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the National Federation of the Blind; to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; to support the policies and programs of the Federation; and to abide by its constitution.   NFB Message The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams.   Many thanks to everybody for all they do within the Federation!   Thanks! the National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania team www.nfbp.org

Special Note- There was a lot of construction noise this day so we took sound as our practice.  I've cleaned up the background in between instructions- but you'll hear some different expressions of that in the recording.  I thought the practice instructions were important enough to include the recording- because experience is rarely quiet and smooth and perfect.   You can support my work and these recordings with a donation or by spreading the word. Venmo @kathy-cherry  -or-  PayPal.Me/KathyCherry1 Learn more at kathycherry.com

Week two of Vacation Vault June is yet another GREAT show! Amateur beekeeper Missy Burgess joined the Lounge in April of 2021, and the guys loved hanging out with her! We all learned more about bees, even after thinking we knew what there was to know about them! We've had multiple guests reference this episode, and the feedback from it, when talking to listeners, made it VERY apparent it needed to be included in this special month of June! So, sit back, relax, and enjoy going back to April of 2021, and hearing our hangout with, amateur beekeeper, Missy Burgess!ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES:The guys were all abuzz for this week's show! Amateur beekeeper and singer, Missy Burgess joined the guys in the Lounge! Sam teased Missy's hang-out with a story she told his wife, at work! It was an amazingly funny story, and enlightening that even bees do this too! WHO WOULD'VE thought! They then jump into what brought her into beekeeping! The answer might not be what you think. Just how amazing are bees? What happens when a hive isn't flourishing? What if a hive loses its queen? How much of what bees produce is something that can be used by humans? IS HONEY JUST BEE VOMIT?! ALL these questions get answered!What about mating?! How often does mating happen, and exactly where does the "moment" happen? Do the male bees tend to the babies? Yep, these get answered too!From bee classes to getting the bees and putting them in boxes, Missy tells us ALL ABOUT getting into the bee business! The guys talked to Missy ONE DAY before getting the year's bees! Missy talks about how many bees they get when they arrive, and she also talks about how they are shipped! She then talks about the harvesting of the honey, and the process THEY go through getting the honey! What an amazing and un-bee-lievable show! Missy was fantastic, and the guys are interested in going and seeing the hive! It's amazing hearing all these fantastic things about bees, and hearing Missy talk about how she loves keeping bees! SO, sit back, relax & #grabalisten!SPECIAL NOTE:There are a few portions of the show where we reference the video or Missy shows us something to do with the hive. Because of that, we released the video on YouTube! If you are interested in seeing what we are talking about, on the show, go to our YouTube channel, and check it out! https://youtu.be/neZqJwvjl8w Member of #OddPodsMediaPromos: Big 10+4 & Super Media Bros PodcastFollow us on Twitter (@500_section), Facebook (500 Section Lounge), and find us at www.oddpodsmedia.com, along with the entire OddPods Media Family of shows!

All kinds of books hit this March and in horror, we have non-fiction, short collections, standalone novels and even a photo book... New horror from HWA authors! Special Note: There is a comp copy of Bridging Worlds from Jembafola Press at their site https://jembefola.com/bridging-worlds-global-conversations-on-creating-pan-african-speculative-literature-in-a-pandemic-cover-and-toc-reveal/ On Sundays, She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield https://amzn.to/3qo7Kip The Black Hole by L. Marie Wood https://amzn.to/3tvt732 Threads by Bryan Cassiday https://amzn.to/352ZbCe The Legend of Lake Incunabula and other fantastic tales by Paul Lonardo https://amzn.to/3qlyMag Happiness and Other Diseases by Sumiko Saulson https://mochamemoirspress.com/product/happiness-and-other-diseases/ Venomous Words with Poetry By Jeff Oliver Macro-Photography By Gordon Reilly http://www.hellboundbookspublishing.com/venomouswords.html Check typicalbooks.com/newhorror for more! ✮✮✮✮✮✮ Welcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel Typical Books. If you want more, head over to Patreon for extended and bonus shows! Typical Books is one of the Top 35 Canadian podcasts! Feedspot has a team of over 25 experts whose goal is to discover and rank popular blogs, podcasts, and youtube channels in several niche categories. If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer's perspective, I hope you enjoy this little podcast. Check out the Youtube version by searching Typical Books, or visit me at typicalbooks.com. Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com music used by permission of the artist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/typicalbooks/message

In which an X-Man threatens to quit the team and our heroes face off against a Brand-New (somewhat) Evil Mutant!  It's just another day in the neighborhood for the World's Strangest Teen-Agers! Also: The first time where we see them being "Feared and/or Hated"!  A seminal issue, indeed! All that plus - Letters Page Goodness, prehistoric Bullpen Bulletins, and Mailbag! Special Note: There is a bit of a... temporal distortion in the middle of this episode.  I can't really explain it... but I couldn't scrub it out of my recording.  Apologies in advance for any confusion... we probably should just forget it ever happened. -- X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

Pastor Glenn begins a new 3-Week Mini-Series this Sunday titled, ‘Identity, A Journey to Discover Your True Self'. Join us as we learn from God's Word who we truly are as mean and women created in the image of God about the meaning and purpose of our lives! SPECIAL NOTE: There were some technical problems with the video and audio of this message starting at the 4:00 minute mark. The video glitch improves at about 5:40. Pastor Glenn asked that his notes be added here so that we hear this important part of the introduction to this series of the audio that is lost. "In fact, as I’ve been thinking about those men and women who are represented by the list of consonants LGBTQ+, those who believe that these represent their true identity, I feel we should all be much more understanding of this point at least. They collectively are very clear examples of all of us who are struggling with our identities. It’s part of the human condition it seems to be unsure and therefore constantly exploring who we truly are."

Today my dear friend Elliot Roe talks with me about the differences between meditation and hypnosis and we look at actionable ways to recover moment by moment. SPECIAL NOTE: There is a meditation at the end of this podcast. Make sure you are not driving, operating machinery and in a place you can close your eyes.

Special Note: There is a 1 1/2 minute delay at the beginning of the episode, please fast forward at your convenience. Series provides information on how to access contracting opportunities in Public, Private and Government Sectors using Health equals Wealth Approach. Take Your Vitamin Cs! The first "Vitamin C" is Certification (Episode 1). Each episode will provide listeners with practical information on how they can leverage Supplier Diversity or Minority/Business Enterprise Programs to grow their customer base and bottom line. Each Episode will enable, empower and equip small and diverse businesses with the tools they need to access contracting opportunities in Public, Private and Government Sectors; and, how to thrive in the contracting areas for these Sectors. Tune in for additional "Vitamin C" episodes. To receive a copy of the companion presentation, please email me at tmcneil69@comcast.net Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/towanda-r-livingston-9a9b837/ Have questions? Email me at: tmcneil69@comcast.net Thank you for tuning in and for keeping your comments, feedback and questions professional. Make it a safe and profitable year and decade! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/towanda-r-livingston/support

This week we're catching up on the most recent democrat debate and how its affecting impeachment and the overall 2020 race. We kept it short this week so please enjoy the latest smoking gun on the Ukraine scandal and some of the post debate polling on the democrat side. Special Note: There will be no weekly podcast next week due to a studio/life move. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cameron-cowan/support

Adding glue to a desktop environment, flashing the BIOS on a PC Engine, revive a Cisco IDS into a capable OpenBSD computer, An OpenBSD WindowMaker desktop, RealTime data compression, the love for pipes, and more. ##Headlines ###Adding Glue To a Desktop Environment In this article we will put some light on a lot of tools used in the world of Unix desktop environment customization, particularly regarding wmctrl, wmutils, xev, xtruss, xwininfo, xprop, xdotools, xdo, sxhkd, xbindkeys, speckeysd, xchainkeys, alttab, triggerhappy, gTile, gidmgr, keynav, and more. If those don’t make sense then this article will help. Let’s hope this can open your mind to new possibilities. With that in mind we can wonder if what’s actually needed from a window manager, presentation and operation, can be split up and complemented with other tools. We can also start thinking laterally, the communication and interaction between the different components of the environment. We have the freedom to do so because the X protocol is transparent and components usually implement many standards for interfacing between windows. It’s like gluing parts together to create a desktop environment. The tools we’ll talk about fall into one of those categories: Debugging Window manipulation Simulation of interaction Extended manipulation Hotkey daemon Layout manager ###Flashing the BIOS on the PC Engines APU4c4 I absolutely love the PC Engines APU devices. I use them for testing HardenedBSD experimental features in more constrained 64-bit environments and firewalls. Their USB and mSATA ports have a few quirks, and I bumped up against a major quirk that required flashing a different BIOS as a workaround. This article details the hacky way in which I went about doing that. What prompted this article is that something in either the CAM or GEOM layer in FreeBSD 11.2 caused the mSATA to hang, preventing file writes. OPNsense 18.7 uses FreeBSD 11.1 whereas the recently-released OPNsense 19.1 uses HardenedBSD 11.2 (based on FreeBSD 11.2). I reached out to PC Engines directly, and they let me know that the issue is a known BIOS issue. Flashing the “legacy” BIOS series would provide me with a working system. It also just so happens that a new “legacy” BIOS version was just released which turns on ECC mode for the RAM. So, I get a working OPNsense install AND ECC RAM! I’ll have one bird for dinner, the other for dessert. Though I’m using an APU4, these instructions should work for the other APU devices. The BIOS ROM download URLs should be changed to reflect the device you’re targeting along with the BIOS version you wish to deploy. SPECIAL NOTE: There be dragons! I’m primarily writing this article to document the procedure for my own purposes. My memory tends to be pretty faulty these days. So, if something goes wrong, please do not hold me responsible. You’re the one at the keyboard. ;) VERY SPECIAL NOTE: We’ll use the mSATA drive for swap space, just in case. Should the swap space be used, it will destroy whatever is on the disk. ##News Roundup Revive a Cisco IDS into a capable OpenBSD computer! Even though Cisco equipment is very capable, it tends to become End-of-Life before you can say “planned obsolescence”. Websites become bigger, bandwidths increase, and as a side effect of those “improvements”, routers, firewalls, and in this case, intrusion prevention systems get old quicker and quicker. Apparently, this was also the case for the Cisco IDS-4215 Intrusion Detection Sensor that I was given a few months ago. I’m not too proud to admit that at first, I didn’t care about the machine itself, but rather about the add-on PCI network card with 4 Fast Ethernet interfaces. The sensor has obviously seen better days, as it had a broken front panel and needed some cleaning, but upon a closer inspection under the hood (which is held closed by the 4 screws on top), this IDS consists of an embedded Celeron PC with two onboard Ethernet cards, a 2.5″ IDE hard disk, a CF card, and 2 PCI expansion slots (more on them later). Oh, and don’t forget the nasty server-grade fan, which pushed very little air for the noise it was making. ###An OpenBSD desktop using WindowMaker Since I started using N?X, I’ve regularly used WindowMaker. I’ve always liked the look and feel, the dock system and the dockapps. It may look a bit oldish nowadays. And that’s enough to try to change this. So here it is, a 2019 flavored WindowMaker Desktop, running on OpenBSD 6.4/amd64. This configuration uses the Nord color-scheme, the Adapta-Nokto-Eta GTK theme and the Moblin Unofficial Icons icon set. I did remove applications icons. I just don’t need them on the bottom of the screen as I heavily use “F11” to pop-up the windows list. To be able to do that and keep the dockapps, I tweaked my ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMWindowAttributes and created a ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes/Nord.themed/style. And here it is, the NeXT OpenBSD Desktop! ###RealTime Data Compression In a previous episode, we’ve seen that it is possible to create opaque types. However, creation and destruction of such type must be delegated to some dedicated functions, which themselves rely on dynamic allocation mechanisms. Sometimes, it can be convenient to bypass the heap, and all its malloc() / free() shenanigans. Pushing a structure onto the stack, or within thread-local storage, are natural capabilities offered by a normal struct. It can be desirable at times. The previously described opaque type is so secret that it has no size, hence is not suitable for such scenario. Fortunately, static opaque types are possible. The main idea is to create a “shell type”, with a known size and an alignment, able to host the target (private) structure. For safer maintenance, the shell type and the target structure must be kept in sync, by using typically a static assert. It will ensure that the shell type is always large enough to host the target structure. This check is important to automatically detect future evolution of the target structure. ###For the Love of Pipes My top used shell command is |. This is called a pipe. In brief, the | allows for the output of one program (on the left) to become the input of another program (on the right). It is a way of connecting two commands together. According to doc.cat-v.org/unix/pipes/, the origin of pipes came long before Unix. Pipes can be traced back to this note from Doug McIlroy in 1964 ##Beastie Bits Installation Notes for NetBSD/i386 0.9 Porting Zig to NetBSD - a fun, speedy port NNN - Tiny, lightning fast, feature-packed file manager Release v2.3 eta - A tool for monitoring progress and ETA of an arbitrary process A FreeBSD User Tries Out…NetBSD 8.0 Faster vlan(4) forwarding? FuguIta - OpenBSD 6.4 Live System Adding Name-based hosting To Nginx on OpenBSD with Acme-Client HOWTO set up QEMU with HAXM acceleration on NetBSD README: gcc 7 switch coming to a port near you! ##BUG Calendar ChiBUG, Chicago, USA: Tuesday, February 26th 18:00 at the Oak Park Library CharmBUG, Baltimore, USA: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 19:30 at Columbia Ale House NYCBUG, New York, USA: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 18:45 at Suspenders KnoxBUG, Knoxville, USA: Monday, February 25, 2019 - 18:00 at iX Systems offices BSDPL, Warsaw, Poland: February 28, 2019 18:15 - 21:00 at Wheel Systems Office ##Feedback/Questions Sam - Customizing OpenBSD ports source code Frank - Rivalry Linux & BSD Zach - mysql/mariadb tuning Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv Your browser does not support the HTML5 video tag.

Special Note: There was no Ep 75. “In a special Lab, it has been discovered that mice can talk, or can they?” X Minus One, Chain of Command, written by Stephen Arr. X Minus one “Intro” and Announcing was done by Fred Collins Directed by Daniel Sutter Cleaned by Capt. John Tadrzak of Misfits Audio Productions Intro Music by: Kevin MacLeod “Ghost March” and Johnny Western. This is For Entertainment Purposes Only Misfits Audio Productions copyright 2017

We continue our double dicking - Terrance Dicks, that is - with the second of two novelizations this month from that most prolific of DOCTOR WHO writers. This time we discuss his novelization of the tenth DOCTOR WHO episode, THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH, with our massive four-person panel featuring Dalton Hughes, Sheena Anna Para, and new panelist Alyson Fitch-Safreed! If you ever wanted to hear the phrase "Bill Nye on a bad day" and "Goth Velveteen Rabbit" in relation to DOCTOR WHO, this is the place to do it! SPECIAL NOTE: There were serious problems with the recording of this episode which I explain at the very beginning - I hope you enjoy it and comment on it anyway! Comment or like us on Soundcloud, on Facebook, or on our brand-new Subreddit, and you’ll be entered in our next Target book giveaway! This time, some lucky fan randomly picked by me will get another gently used copy of DOCTOR WHO AND THE WAR GAMES! Comment by 11:59pm CST on June 9, 2017 for a chance to win! Also, feel free to give us a thumbs-up on YouTube, follow us on Twitter (we’re @DWTARGETBC), or subscribe to us via the podcast provider of your choice (we can be found on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and TuneIn)! If you really like us or feel the exact opposite, post your comments, suggestions, questions, on any or all of these platforms, or email us at DWTARGETBC@gmail.com. https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWhoTargetBookClubPodcast/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DWTargetBC/ https://www.youtube.com/user/emperordalek/videos https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/doctor-who-target-book-club-podcast/id1195364046?mt=2 https://soundcloud.com/doctorwhotargetbookclubpodcast http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/doctor-who-target-book-club-podcast http://tunein.com/radio/Doctor-Who-Target-Book-Club-Podcast-p957128/ https://twitter.com/DWTARGETBC

The world's finest guest returns as I once again sit down with my lovely wife for another thrilling installment of Jam Sandwich. It wasn't really planned, but I had a guest cancel so I figured why not bring in this sexy, educated woman once again? We listen to It's All Around You by Chicago's very own Tortoise, while I bombard her with nothing but cheeky innuendo. Who am I kidding, it's straight forward filth at times. We both throw out a few new knuckle tattoo ideas and discuss whether or not we did it on the futon that used to be in her mom's basement.   SPECIAL NOTE: There's a weird echo on my vocals throughout this episode and I can't figure out why in the heck that happened. Neither could my friends that actually know what  the f they're doing. It's really not that big of a deal and you can really only notice it when the music isn't playing. Kinda. It kind of comes and goes. WEIRD! Anyway, you should come to expect this kind of a thing at this point, right? It's free and still better than the audio on some more well known shows. Just sayin'. Jam Sandwiches can also be found at: jamsandwichpodcast.com || manontop69.com || Twitter: @jamsandwichpod || Instagram: @jamsandwichpodcast 

West Hills Friends is a Quaker meeting in Portland, OR. You can find more information about us at westhillsfriends.org. Special Note: There was a glitch in the recording of this message and a section of Greg's words were cut from the recording. Here are the words from his written message that were accidentally omitted, "I have left churches before when I felt the voice of God was being drowned out by rancor and dysfunction that I can only ascribe to human, not divine, origin. Some among us feel they have reached that point with NWYM, and do not wish to subject themselves to such abuse any longer. I completely understand and support that perspective, and share it in many ways."

In the News: FFRF reports on its successful commercial by Ron Reagan on CNN, salutes Robert Kastenmeier, a former member of Congress who died last week, and its March Madness complaints over basketball chaplains at state universities. After celebrating the birthday of Eric Idle (by playing two of his irreverent Monty Python songs), Annie Laurie interviews Harry Shaughnessy, president of the Triangle Freethought Society (an FFRF chapter), whose family was featured this month in a CNN online story about “The Atheists Next Door." SPECIAL NOTE: There’s still time enter the drawing for a free signed copy of Dan Barker’s new book, Life Driven Purpose. The deadline: Wed., April 1, the official publication date. To enter, send an email to info@ffrf.org with Subject “Free Book,” providing your name and mailing address and how you listen to Freethought Radio (radio station or podcast provider). There’ll be two winners: one for broadcast listeners and one for podcast listeners. Winners announced on next week’s show.

Special guest Stephen-Dillard Carroll, a gifted psychic, tarot reader, and spiritual advisor, will be LIVE on A Fine Time for Healing, ready to take your calls, answer your questions, and give FREE readings. He will also explain Tarot to us and discuss the journey he took to cultivate his gift. Stephen, who calls himself "The Traveling Tarot," believes in keeping things "light." He will share with us the reason why he infuses a lot of humor into his readings. Today Stephen will bring a healthy dose of life empowerment to all who listen. Save the date and be sure to call in! To learn more about Stephen Dillard-Carroll, please visit his website, http://www.travelingtarot.com **Special Note – There was a glitch in the system and Stephen Dillard-Carroll had difficulty calling in. Our switchboard was full of callers. He did several free readings to those who called in, but time ran out and some callers did not get to have the free reading they hoped for. Stephen has agreed to come back on July 9th at 12 p.m. EST so we can have more time with him.    

Special Note - There was dead air for 3 minutes after the intro theme song.  We have corrected that issue.  Thanks for listening.    Our guest Thur. July 12th, 2012 was Dr. David Imhotep, author of the ground breaking book, "The First Americans Were Africans: Documented Evidence".  Dr. David Imhotep holds the World's First Phd. in Ancient African History which he earned in 2008 from Union University in Cincinnati, OH.  We talked about the lost history of African people in all 3 of the Americas going back 50,000 years ago.  We also talked about the Great Pyramid Of Giza being built in 73,000 B.C. and evidence of Africans being in the Greek Island of Crete 130,000 years ago and much more. The history of Africans in the Americas doesn't start with Slavery. Be sure to visit www.AfricanHistoryNetwork.com for a wide selection of African History DVD Lectures.    The African History Network Show can be heard on Mondays and Thursdays, 8pm - 11pm EST.  For more information please visit www.AfricanHistoryNetwork.com or Call In and listen at 914-338-1375.