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Marsala Wine Tour
Half-day to Marsala wine country. Two cellar visits including Tenute Parrinello (family-owned since 1936) and a smaller boutique cantina. Tastings included, light lunch at the second stop. Driver-guide, door-to-door from your hotel.
Husqvarna 592 XP Chainsaw - Ready to Work!
Need to tackle some serious trees and branches or make the firewood for winter now? This Husqvarna 592 XP chainsaw is a beast and always starts right up. I'm sharing it with the neighbourhood so folks can get their yard work done without buying expensive equipment – just let me know when you need it!
Heavy-Duty Wood Chipper - Easy Garden Cleanup!
Need to tidy up your garden after pruning? This wood chipper makes quick work of branches and leaves, saving you a lot of backache. It’s a powerful machine, but easy to use – even if you’re not a pro!
Old Dell XPS 13 -- my personal patch set, arch installed
My retired 2017 XPS 13. Arch, kernel 6.8 with my own patch set, suspend works, webcam works, trackpad is set up the way I like it. Boots in 3 seconds. If you want to see how I use a computer, borrow this for a weekend.
Kernel Patch Review -- free, and I promise to be kind
Email me your kernel patch. I will review it. I owe the community this one. You get honest feedback. Free. You do not even have to say thank you. But it will be kind -- that is the deal I made in 2018 and I am keeping it.
FFmpeg From Scratch -- 2 hours, from fopen to H.264
We read the original FFmpeg source. I walk you through the demuxer, the codec, the filter graph, and the mux. By the end you will understand why every video on the internet passes through this code.
Rails Code Review -- I will tell you the truth
One hour. Push a branch, walk through it with me. I will be honest. Some people cry. Some people ship better code the next day. Most do both.
Rework -- signed, scribbled in
My own working copy of Rework (2010). I wrote it with Jason. The margin notes are my regrets and upgrades -- things we'd change ten years on. Read them before you argue with the book.
Git From First Principles -- it is just a content-addressable filesystem
Two hours. We rebuild Git from scratch: blobs, trees, commits, refs. By the end you will stop being scared of rebase and merge and know what a detached HEAD actually is.
QEMU Emulator Tour -- How I Emulated x86 in C
One session. The dynamic translator, the TCG, the device model, the memory map. After this you will know how VMs actually work, not just how to run one.
Framework Extraction Workshop -- pull a library out of your real app
Three sessions. Bring a real codebase. We find the patterns worth extracting, pull them into a gem, and ship both the product AND the library. The Basecamp-to-Rails move, but on your code.
Solo-Hacker Setup Tour -- Vim + tmux + why I never used an IDE
One hour. I show you my 2009 editor config. We argue about keybindings. You leave with a setup that lets you ship features without your hands ever leaving the home row.
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