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		<title>ircII &#8212; chat like it&#8217;s 1991</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In previous posts, I mentioned that I was able to build and use an IRC client and wanted to dive a little more deeply into that. I built ircII 2.8.2, the final release of the classic Unix irc client from &#8230; <a href="https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/ircii-chat-like-its-1991/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ultrix Gaming</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[DEC]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[So with a working Ultrix machine on which I can chat on irc, send and receive email, and read and respond to newsgroups, I needed something idle to do to pass the time once there were no more messages to &#8230; <a href="https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/ultrix-gaming/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The DecStation Saga</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I came across this machine a year or two ago in the &#8220;free pile&#8221; of our monthly meeting of local Retro Computing enthusiasts. At the meeting, we hooked up a serial line to it , turned it on and found &#8230; <a href="https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/the-decstation-saga/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sometimes the project finds you…(part 2)</title>
		<link>https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/sometimes-the-project-finds-youpart-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2017 00:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A Day in the Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SoylentNews]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I intended to write this just after the events took place, but never go around to it.  Now that Soylent News is coming up on it&#8217;s third birthday, I finally put together a little bit of the back-history.  The following can &#8230; <a href="https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/sometimes-the-project-finds-youpart-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Retro Data Structures</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 05:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atari]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the more fun things I do with my spare time is to play around with old computers. Specifically, I enjoy my Atari 800. I recently started thinking about a small game to write on the machine, something with &#8230; <a href="https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/retro-data-structures/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gitlab Upgrade: Postmortem</title>
		<link>https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/gitlab-upgrade-postmortem/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 04:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is an article I drafted and forgot about. It dates from January 2016 This week at work we had an upgrade fiasco. If we want to lay some blame out there, I&#8217;ll take 50% for inadequate testing procedures, and &#8230; <a href="https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/gitlab-upgrade-postmortem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Matter of Perspective</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2015 16:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the last two weeks, I saw two talks. One was from RMS, yes THE Richard Stallman. The other was a panel of industry professionals on Cloud Computing, with representatives from Universities, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. I found Stallman&#8217;s talk &#8230; <a href="https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/a-matter-of-perspective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Computer Scientists &#8212; The Next Generation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 04:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just had the privilege of teaching an Intro to Computer Science class for the last two Semesters at the University where I work.  The class covered basic first semester programming topics, such as functions, loops, conditionals, arrays and hash &#8230; <a href="https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/computer-scientists-the-next-generation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sometimes the project finds you&#8230;(part 1)</title>
		<link>https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/sometimes-the-project-finds-you-part-1/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 02:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been, for years, an unabashed Slashdot.org fanboy.  I&#8217;ve been accused of being a Slashdot apologist by friends who feel that Slashdot hasn&#8217;t been relevant for 10 years.   To them, I say, its relevant to me and one of &#8230; <a href="https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/sometimes-the-project-finds-you-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Config files</title>
		<link>https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/config-files/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A Day in the Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[headdesk]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working on setting up a test system at work. The system is a test environment for a major upgrade of an existing Web Application used across campus. As such, we&#8217;re testing all the fiddly bits, getting it hooked up &#8230; <a href="https://operationsysadmin.mechanicjay.com/config-files/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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