Perrin42

joined 2 years ago
[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I was introduced to Jimmy Buffett through Margaritaville and Come Monday playing on the radio; I don't think I'd ever even heard Cheeseburger in Paradise. When I started collecting music, Songs You Know By Heart was one of the first albums I ever bought - and I was hooked. I bought Boats, Beaches, Bars, and Ballads on cassette and it was on constant rotation; I listened to Bars so much the cassette broke, and I had to move the magnetic tape inside to another shell so I could keep listening to it. Then I went to my first concert in Irvine, where he sang "I Love the Now", and knew there was so much more to experience. His music kept me going through some of the darkest parts of my life; when I was thrown out of the house at 15, Jimmy's music was there. Through depression, anxiety, stress, his music was a light in the darkness. I will mourn that I never got to take my daughter and sons to one of his concerts, and help connect them to that part of my life; I will mourn that I never got to think him personally for everything he's done for me. But I will celebrate his life and his music, because even if I never got to meet him in person, never got to shake his hand and say "Thank you", my life wouldn't be what it is without Jimmy Buffett.

Thank you, Jimmy.

[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I was introduced to Jimmy Buffett through Margaritaville and Come Monday playing on the radio; I don't think I'd ever even heard Cheeseburger in Paradise. When I started collecting music, Songs You Know By Heart was one of the first albums I ever bought - and I was hooked. I bought Boats, Beaches, Bars, and Ballads on cassette and it was on constant rotation; I listened to Bars so much the cassette broke, and I had to move the magnetic tape inside to another shell so I could keep listening to it. Then I went to my first concert in Irvine, where he sang "I Love the Now", and knew there was so much more to experience. His music kept me going through some of the darkest parts of my life; when I was thrown out of the house at 15, Jimmy's music was there. Through depression, anxiety, stress, his music was a light in the darkness. I will mourn that I never got to take my daughter and sons to one of his concerts, and help connect them to that part of my life; I will mourn that I never got to think him personally for everything he's done for me. But I will celebrate his life and his music, because even if I never got to meet him in person, never got to shake his hand and say "Thank you", my life wouldn't be what it is without Jimmy Buffett.

Thank you, Jimmy.

[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Their secret "red ranch" sauce is especially good.

[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Check out Firewalla Gold. I think it would meet all of your requirements.

[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Virtuosity - Denzel Washington is a former cop chasing a rogue psychotic AI played by Russel Crowe. Awesome movie.

[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

The Firewalla is pricey but amazing. I am running the Gold at home, and it runs Linux and supports Dockers so I'm running PiHole on the router.

[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I admit my data might be out of date. I've been using them for several years now.

[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I'm a big fan of Backblaze; $50 per year for unlimited backup for one device, and you can generate your own encryption key so they can't access your data.

[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Technically I think he's squatting. Renting would imply he's paying for it, but he stopped paying most of his bills a while ago - including rent.

[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 244 points 2 years ago (21 children)

Oh goodness, I hope it's nothing minor.

[–] Perrin42@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm thinking of getting either Security+ or Network+; got my A+ several years ago without studying, but the last certs I got before that were MCP for Windows 2000 Server and Workstation (had a career change before I finished my MCSE). I don't think Network+ would be all that hard, but Security+ seems more valuable. Thoughts?

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