Brian Shumate is a software engineer and educator specializing in product education and development of interactive learning experiences.https://brianshumate.com/https://brianshumate.com/blog/openstep-intel/https://brianshumate.com/blog/openstep-intel/My notes for emulating a classic retro 90s operating system on an Intel Mac with VirtualBox.Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/passage-macos/https://brianshumate.com/blog/passage-macos/These notes represent my initial experience using Passage on macOS.Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/cli-snippets/https://brianshumate.com/blog/cli-snippets/I'd like to share with you some details about a command line interface (CLI) tool that I enjoy using to curate my collection of complex and seldom used but powerful CLI snippets and one-liners.Fri, 04 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/crostini-crouton-pixelbook/https://brianshumate.com/blog/crostini-crouton-pixelbook/My notes on Chromes OS, Crostini, Crouton, and Google Pixelbook.Sun, 04 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/a-great-loss/https://brianshumate.com/blog/a-great-loss/The technology community and whole world lost a great person two years ago today.Sun, 11 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/mug/https://brianshumate.com/blog/mug/I commissioned this illustration by the most fantastic Brandon Ortwein.Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/surviving-san-francisco/https://brianshumate.com/blog/surviving-san-francisco/I just got back from San Francisco. It had fun meeting some of the folks I'd not seen in a long time or even met yet.Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/riak-freebsd-jails/https://brianshumate.com/blog/riak-freebsd-jails/My notes on establishing a specific flavor of FreeBSD environment under which to test or play with Riak, the fantastic distributed database by Basho Technologies, Inc.Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/questlonger/https://brianshumate.com/blog/questlonger/Today I invented an exciting new form of punctuation. Allow me to introduce the Questlonger.Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/diaspora-freebsd/https://brianshumate.com/blog/diaspora-freebsd/Guide to running a basic Diaspora pod on FreeBSDWed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/freebsd-xen-domu/https://brianshumate.com/blog/freebsd-xen-domu/Notes on setting up a FreeBSD Xen HVM DomUWed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/maps-with-publicdata/https://brianshumate.com/blog/maps-with-publicdata/I've been having a great time working with public data and maps lately. The main reason that it has been so much fun revolves around the specific technology stack I am using to design and present them.Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://brianshumate.com/blog/noodling-with-nodebox/https://brianshumate.com/blog/noodling-with-nodebox/I like to dabble with visually interesting stuff, and I'm a fan of the Python programming language for many years now, so imagine my fun in combining the two...Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT