Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 14/01/2026Some of the Fluent 2 icon updates have freshy-fun feelz. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 21/11/2025Exactly. youtube.com/shorts/CfKb9...youtube.comWestminster chime test on old school contactor relays #bells #electrician #electrical #carillon #fypYouTube video by Ding Dong it’s the bell guy 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 06/10/2025Answer: Because that’s what it does. I’ll miss my Fitbit soon, me thinks. www.bgr.com/1984436/why-...bgr.comGoogle Discontinued Its Nest Brand - Here's Why - BGRGoogle Nest is essentially discontinued, and smart home users will begin hearing less and less about it. We'll explain what you need to know. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 01/10/20256 of 8 neighbors in my cul-de-sac dumped Spectrum for gFiber in the *first 4 days* it went live. There are dozens of contractor cars swarming the surrounding neighborhoods. It's an incumbent churn bloodbath unlike any infrastructure adoption I've ever seen. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 22/09/2025www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-lg...youtube.comWe Have AI NowYouTube video by Eleanor Morton 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 18/09/2025Running your Unifi Controller app under portainer.io on a Raspberry Pi makes upgrades a three-click affair. With linuxserver/unifi-network-application:latest as your image, click "Recreate" on the container menu, check the "Re-pull image" option on the confirm dialog, and that's it. Done in 30 secs. 100
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 09/09/2025The enshittification of search marches on. Check my EV for a loose gas cap, Roger. 010
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 06/09/2025Well that was a nice little Lancer (B-1) Austin flyover. GE F101 quartet, no reheat. www.reddit.com/r/Austin/com... 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 05/09/2025AI enshittification may break the attention stranglehold of media, social and otherwise. They can’t help themselves destroy their own platforms following dreams of empty desks. That, or AI knows we need to go outside. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 10/08/2025Google Fiber watch, day 3,752. Bootstrappy neighbor identifying missing box work to complete the conduit. After this they blow the fiber down the conduits. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 17/07/2025Cloudflare's global, hourlong DNS outage Monday was a reminder to use a completely different provider for your secondary. blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1... 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 17/07/2025Doctor’s waiting room hack? The least comfortable looking seat also gets the least traffic. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 10/07/2025P. Terry’s in Austin is sending today’s profits to Texas flood relief. And there’s a line around the block. Great to see- thanks everyone helping in whatever way you can. www.statesman.com/story/entert...statesman.comP. Terry's, Kerbey Lane to donate 100% of Thursday profits to Texas flood relief. See listCentral Texas continues to reel from the devastating impact of recent floods. In these challenging times, the spirit of Austin shines through as … 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 09/07/2025Blaming GPT conditioning: I just used an em dash in a text message. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 03/07/2025FTA: "Building God is an expensive and exhausting business" gizmodo.com/openai-repor...gizmodo.comOpenAI Reportedly Shuts Down for a Week as Zuck Poaches Its Top TalentAn employee's public lament over poached colleagues and a company-wide shutdown reveal a difficult truth: the human cost of building AI is reaching a breaking point. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 01/07/2025Blackberry's last device was in 2018? Hmh. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBe...en.wikipedia.orgBlackBerry Key2 - Wikipedia 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 02/06/2025TLDR; AI-train drones to recognize targets, pack them in custom, remote-opening containers, drive flatbeds 4500km, park near targets, click run back home. Defense is about to get interesting. (link, state media, purported pics) united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...united24media.comInside Ukraine's AI-Drone Strike That Cost Russia $7 Billion and a Third of Its Bomber JetsUkraine's SBU conducted a sophisticated operation against Russian airbases, targeting strategic bombers from over 4,500 km away using AI-driven drones. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 30/05/2025youtu.be/HX17XuGszB4?...youtu.beDespite His Lack of Degree Does Adam Savage Consider Himself a Scientist and Engineer?YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 06/05/2025Near stationary line, blowing up in Gonzales, likely delighting the meteorology geeks in Aggieland 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 03/05/2025ITOps classic: false alert in a maintenance window. 😂 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 15/04/2025I'm incredibly proud of my ScienceLogic teammates today as we're again named a leader in AIOps in the Forrester Wave. If you've been involved in AR/PR you know how special it is to rank ahead of larger vendors with well-known, strong offerings. Congratulations to the whole ScienceLogic team. 🎉businesswire.comScienceLogic Named a Leader in AIOps Platform ReportScienceLogic named a leader in The Forrester Wave: AIOps Platforms, Q2 2025. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 08/04/2025Interesting #homelab issue today. 1) My 11 yo #Synology DS1515+ hard died, but I popped the drives in the same order into a DS923+ and it came right up because, Synology is awesome. 💯 but.. 2) #Unifi wouldn't hand out a DHCP lease because its US8 switch needed a power cycle.. what? 🤔 100
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 07/04/2025And lo! It has come to pass. Real insider Austin merch, and a symbol of taste to other veterans. Also a sign of your Austin driver Stockholm syndrome. 020
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 21/03/2025Ooh.. Weekend LLM R&D fun! Data janitorial, the unsung hero of grewt outcomes. github.com/microsoft/ma...github.comGitHub - microsoft/markitdown: Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. - microsoft/markitdown 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 21/03/2025Friday cometh. open.spotify.com/track/6rhq7b...open.spotify.comFirst Step in the Wrong DirectionAchilles Wheel · Thirteen Hours · Song · 2012 010
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 20/03/2025How’s your day? Here’s a pic of my laptop assistant in case you’re looking for something similarly agentic. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 18/03/2025How many years does it take for something to become a tradition? Ex: First day of Spring Break == Rodeo Austin. Perfect weather helps. 🎡🎢🍬🐂🥤 020
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 10/03/2025Aussie surfers punch sharks, Aussie pilots make greasers in hurricanes. No worries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mBa...youtube.comINSANE Landing! QANTAS Dash 8 Battles Extreme Winds from CYCLONE ALFRED @ BNE 🌪️✈️YouTube video by Julia Flights 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 09/03/2025Trek hits a special wavelength. m.youtube.com/watch?si=hsH...m.youtube.comMy INSANE 40 foot Starship Enterprise model!YouTube video by Mr Trek 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 09/03/2025Well that's a handy @github.com repo. Rust port scan at 3,000/sec, w/ compiled bins for all. github.com/bee-san/Rust...github.comGitHub - bee-san/RustScan: 🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖🤖 The Modern Port Scanner 🤖. Contribute to bee-san/RustScan development by creating an account on GitHub. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 07/03/2025App containerization on @raspberrypi.com keeps on winning. Upgraded: @docker.com, @portainer.io, @mongodb.bsky.social, UniFi Network App, @nodered.org, and the OS on the 8gb 4 in <30 mins, paying attention only as needed. Huzz friggin' ah! 040
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 07/03/2025slate.com/business/202...slate.comThey’re Sprouting Up in Every Rich Neighborhood in America—Including Mine. I Had to Know Where They Came From.My quest to understand the 5,600-square-foot architectural curiosity that appeared next door. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 05/03/2025Once again, AI is us. The article mentions something I’ve been doing to “calm” GPT without knowing it. When it wanders into a tone I don’t like around problem/solution content, I sooth it with positivism and reassurance until it’s more sunny. 010
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 28/02/2025Every time AT&T sends email pushing “giga” in my central metro neighborhood: 🤣🤣🤣 022
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 28/02/2025If you haven’t tried a breakfast taco in a boat, you’re missing out. #austin 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 27/02/2025The average CPU temp of my daily driver. It's what you get when you multiply six by nine. 010
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 25/02/2025Me: "I really do need to finish migrating to gmail." Yahoo's new UX: "Here's your sign." 010
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 20/02/2025TIL that Chrome's tab UI performance (click events, closing tabs etc.) degrades when the Windows Download folder is packed. If Chrome is slow, try cleaning up your downloads. 010
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 16/02/2025aresluna.org/the-hardest-...aresluna.orgThe hardest working font in ManhattanA story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today. 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 13/02/2025Literally chatting with my wife this morning about canceling the Starlink backup $$ for WAN2, and Spectrum is here to remind us to keep paying Elmo if we want to work. 100
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 10/02/2025Is 10¢ rounding too much? As long as they’re taking unusable coins out of circulation, finish the job? 000
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 07/02/2025It's a good Friday on Teams. Have a great weekend, butterfly friends. 🏖️ 120
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 04/02/2025Squeeee. The new @evilmopacatx.bsky.social logo merch is here. substack.com/home/post/p-... 1141
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 31/01/2025Nice update from Juan Browne (blancolirio). www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3gD...youtube.comPotomac Mid Air UPDATE 1/30/25YouTube video by blancolirio 011
Patrick Hubbard @ferventgeek.com · 30/01/2025<Sigh> Still, maybe pause the life lessons for a spell? 010