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Chris Higgins

@ch166.bsky.social
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unix geek since 1989, building the Internet since 1994, building the cloud since 2008. scuba diver, skier, runner, pilot husband, dad, dog owner #avgeek #geek

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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
4GB ram and an Nvidia graphics card. Has to be worth a bazillion or two in the current market.
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
17" MacBook Pro (MacBookPro3,1) recovery almost completed. Yes that's a slot for a CD drive in the front.
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
When your realtor accidentally posts both the original and doctored pics of your house.
Photo of a home where the original lawn has been replaced by a nice green lawnoriginal photo of a house, where the front lawn is in poor condition
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Microsoft's new bitnet demo hallucinates badly. Here it thinks that Laminar Research's X-Plane flight simulator is some hybrid of a Microsoft and Open Source project. Hey Microsoft - also please stop naming your things after stuff the rest of the world created.
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Instrument flight training is important so you can avoid the floating mountains in the clouds. Mt. Rainier floating high in the sky. #flighttraining #pnw #seattle #flying #aviation
Mt. Rainier peeking above a cloud layer outside Seattle
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Fleetwood Vac comeback tour at Heathrow #Heathrow #T5
An industrial vacuum cleaner at Heathrow airport with a name tag that says 'hello my name is Fleetwood Vac'
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Perspective is a wonderful thing. Will they fit under the bridge.
Tanker ship approaches a bridge
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
UPS batteries died.. The Pacific Northwest is hard on UPSs . These two have glued themselves to each other. #cyberpower #deadtech #wawx #homelab
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I feel seen !
PROCAFFENATING
The tendency to not start anything until you've had a cup of coffee
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
a simple cloud and AI generated lightning bolt, courtesy of Claude.ai
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
A break in the weather calls for a quick currency flight.. Seattle in the sun..
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
trying to troubleshoot why air manager streaming to the gns530 isnt working properly in x-plane 12.3 when x-plane throws a random auto pilot servo failure into the mix. #xplane #xplane12.3 #siminnovations #airmanager
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
if you can avoid driving in Seattle, do..
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Seattle clouds lifted, so I took the opportunity to get in a flight from Paine Field to Bremerton. The mountain was out.
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Wild animal stalking me in the garden.. he's been sitting there staring for the last 15 minutes.
rabbit stalking in the grass
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I agree that the Millennium Falcon is great, but I prefer the firefly class. Probably because more than one was made, so there's a chance I can own and fly one someday. Shiny!
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
progress..
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Gardening in the flower boxes by the deck is suspended due to unexpected construction 🏗️ activities #pnw #nest #eggs
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
fixed.. #retro #amiga #1084D monitor recovery
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
bad cap... #commodore #1084D #retro
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
that doesn't look good.. 1084-D #commodore #retro #repair
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Commodore 1084-D needs some love
Commodore 1084-D mainboard
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
the rectangle was a huge step forward ,just wait for text and pictures refreshing on demand without bus errors
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
time to recap? commodore 1080 attached to an Amiga 500 #retro #commodore #amiga #crt the bottom half of the picture went from just wobbly and fuzzy to full on vibrating. the camera caught both states , but it's aggressively flipping between both.
Amiga workbench on commodore 1080 CRT with display problems
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
On Whistler, visibility less than 5 ft.
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Coffee shop has weird wifi rules.. Ubuntu can't tell it has Internet access.
Fortiguard error, blocking access to connectivity-check.ubuntu.com because the URL is banned.

silly fortiguard
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
whistler recharges my batteries
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Getting the pints in after a day on the slopes.. Dubh Linn Gate , #whistler
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
true #ireland
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
dumping down on whistler
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Whistler always recharges my soul
skier standing in snowy glade
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
go somewhere cold
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
more storm damage
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
winter storm continues #wawx #seattle war driving for Internet access
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
that was a windy night. Power is out, at&t is out... Comcast is down and the T-Mobile backup device has died - but it couldn't find signal anyway. so back to war driving for Internet access. #pnw #seattle be safe out there
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
gusts to 45kts at SeaTac #winterstorm #pnw #seattle that air pressure at 29.42inHg is crazy low
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#pnw #seattle #winterstorm pretty extensive power outages be safe out there
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Storm has taken down the fence to the neighbors. LED flashlight for the win.
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 01/06/2024
Glorious weather in the PNW today. The mountain was definitely out.
general aviation pilot flying, with a view of Mt. Rainier in the distance
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 25/02/2024
With most of the lifts closed, queue on Whistler are crazy today..
skiers and snowboarders queueing for the Garbanzo lift on Whistler mountain
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 25/02/2024
Dubh Linh Gate @ whistler Yes, that is 9am-11am Happy Hour.
Happy Hour beer menu for Whistler Dubh Linh Gate pub.
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 24/02/2024
looks like they took whistler peak away for maintenance.. definitely couldn't see anything up there
ski slope signs in driving snow with very limited visibilitypicture of some skirts in almost zero visibility on the top of Whistler peak
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
A mix of blue skies and clouds on Whistler today. The run to the village is slushy and will be turned into moguls soon
skier with reflective goggles showing whistler ski slope and treesskier on Whistler
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Snow day on Whistler. Low visibility in places
skier selfie with view down hill of an empty ski slope. snow covered trees on both sides of the ski slope
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Dubh Linh #Whistler
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Chris Higgins @ch166.bsky.social · 27/01/2024
Can't get better than Whistler on days like this.
landscape snowy mountain and valley, Whistler, British Columbia
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