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Dave and Kevie continue the Beer Garden series with a look at a relatively new style of IPA known as a Triple. Dave samples
Triple Hazy Jane by Brewdog
, whilst Kevie tries out
Glory Triple IPA
by
Northern Monk
.













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PFSense









https://www.pfsense.org/









Chromebook









https://www.google.com/chromebook/discover-chromebook/









AMD Sempron 140









https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/sempron-140.c820









Trinity









https://www.trinitydesktop.org/









XFCE









https://www.xfce.org/













Chrome OS









https://chromeos.google/









SSH









https://www.ssh.com/









Onshape









https://www.onshape.com/en/









TinkerCAD









https://www.tinkercad.com/









Thorium OS









https://thorium.rocks/thoriumos









Tech And Coffee









https://techandcoffee.info/









Panera









https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/home.html









IHOP









https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/home.html









Waffle House









https://www.wafflehouse.com/









In And Out Burger









https://www.in-n-out.com/









Economies Of Scale









https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/economiesofscale.asp









Dunkin Donuts









https://www.dunkindonuts.com/en









F-Droid









https://f-droid.org/en/









Cheap Yellow Display









https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/cyd-for-beginners.html









NTP Server









https://www.ntppool.org/en/









Beagle (Dog)









https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/beagle/









Siamese Cat









https://www.life-with-siamese-cats.com/









Bsides InfoSec Conference - Knoxville, TN









https://www.papercall.io/bsides-knoxville-2026









CI/CD Pipeline









https://circleci.com/blog/what-is-a-ci-cd-pipeline/









Strace Command









https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/linux-unix/strace-command-in-linux-with-examples/









High Pass Filter









https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/6-ways-to-use-a-high-pass-filter-when-mixing









Waters & Stanton - Radio Shop









https://www.hamradiostore.co.uk/









Home Assistant









https://www.home-assistant.io/









ESP 32









https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32









EMF Camp









https://www.emfcamp.org/









YAML









https://yaml.org/









ChatGPT









https://chatgpt.com/









TOR









https://www.torproject.org/









IPTables









https://linux.die.net/man/8/iptables










https://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/man/man8/ipchains.8.html









RSYNC









https://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync









SYM Link









https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1951742/how-can-i-symlink-a-file-in-linux









CDN (Content Delivery Network)









https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/









Mastadon









https://joinmastodon.org/









DuoLingo









https://www.duolingo.com/









Fedora









https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora









Pea Coat









https://www.artofmanliness.com/style/clothing/mans-guide-pea-coat/









Haiku









https://www.haiku-os.org/









Hunt Brothers Pizza









https://www.huntbrotherspizza.com/









Papa Johns Pizza









https://www.papajohns.com/omni/en









PIzza Hut









https://www.pizzahut.com/









Dominos Pizza









https://www.dominos.com/









Marcos Pizza









https://www.marcos.com/









Little Ceasars Pizza









https://littlecaesars.com/en-us/









Hungry Howies Pizza









https://www.hungryhowies.com/









MOD Pizza









https://modpizza.com/









Papa Murphys Pizza









https://www.papamurphys.com/









Wolfman Pizza









https://wolfmanpizza.com/









Fuel Pizza









https://www.fuelpizza.com/









Shallow Hal









https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shallow_hal









South Coast Pizza









https://southcoastpizza.com/









Casa Dora









https://www.casadoraitaliancusinepizzeria.com/









National Pizza Day









https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-pizza-day-february-9









Sagitarius









https://www.zodiacsign.com/zodiac-signs/sagittarius/









Alexa









https://alexa.amazon.com/userProfile?redirectTo=%2F









Gemini









https://gemini.google.com/app









Netscape









https://isp.netscape.com/









Seamonkey









https://www.seamonkey-project.org/









Thunderbird









https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/









ULC Minister









https://www.ulc.org/









Church Of Spiritual Humanism









https://spiritualhumanism.org/









Oberon Zelle Ravenheart









https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_Zell-Ravenheart









Temple of Wicca









https://www.wiccanfamilytemple.org/









Church Of All Worlds









https://caw.org/









Progressive Universal Life Church









https://www.thepulc.com/









Pine Time









https://pine64.org/devices/pinetime/









AmazFit Watch









https://us.amazfit.com/









Zepp App









https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huami.watch.hmwatchmanager&hl=en_US&pli=1









Pegasus Mail









https://www.pmail.com/









Eudora









https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudora_(email_client)









Proton Mail









https://proton.me/mail









AOL









https://www.aol.com/









OpenSuse









https://www.opensuse.org/









Mandrake Linux









https://www.mandrakelinux.org/









Virtualbox









https://www.virtualbox.org/









Bitcoin









https://bitcoin.org/en/









Norway









https://www.visitnorway.com/









XFCE









https://www.xfce.org/






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Technical Dutch Open Source Event (T-DOSE)

Ken interviews Peter van Ginneken who is chair of the
Technical Dutch Open Source Event (T-DOSE)
.

It is a free conference to promote the use and development of Open Source software. This event has is organized yearly since 2006 in the Brainport region, near Eindhoven, The Netherlands. During this event, Open Source projects, developers and visitors can exchange ideas and knowledge.

T-DOSE wil take place on
6 and 7 June 2026
at
the Weeffabriek
in Geldrop (near Eindhoven).

https://t-dose.org/2026/

Contact Information

Peertube

Libera.chat
IRC, #t-dose

Mastodon

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

Travel Times



Country
Typical Travel Method
Example Destination
Approx Duration
Typical Budget Cost (One Way)




Belgium
Train / Flixbus
Antwerp
1–1.5h
€10–25


Germany
Train / Flixbus
Cologne
1.5–2h
€20–40


United Kingdom
Ryanair flight
London Stansted
1h05
€20–70


Ireland
Ryanair flight
Dublin
1h40
€25–80


Denmark
Transavia flight
Copenhagen
1h25
€40–100


Austria
Ryanair flight
Vienna
1h40
€30–90


Czech Republic
Transavia flight
Prague
1h20
€35–90


Poland
Ryanair / Wizz Air
Kraków
1h50
€25–80


Hungary
Wizz Air
Budapest
1h55
€30–90


Italy
Ryanair flight
Milan Bergamo
1h35
€25–85


Spain
Ryanair / Transavia
Barcelona
2h05
€35–120


Portugal
Ryanair / Transavia
Porto
2h40
€45–130


Croatia
Ryanair flight
Zagreb
1h50
€35–90


Slovakia
Ryanair flight
Bratislava
1h40
€25–70


Romania
Wizz Air
Cluj-Napoca
2h20
€40–110


Bulgaria
Ryanair / Wizz Air
Sofia
2h35
€35–100


Albania
Ryanair / Wizz Air
Tirana
2h30
€35–110



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Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein was the author who many people claim kicked off the Golden Age, though that can be the subject of many a barroom argument. E.E. “Doc” Smith was already an established writer by this time, and A.E. van Vogt was contemporaneous with Heinlein. But Heinlein managed to outshine everyone in very short order. He was widely known as “The Dean of Science Fiction Writers,” which testifies to his stature in the community, and along with Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov he was one of the Big Three of the Golden Age. He was the first person to be named a Science Fiction Grand Master in 1974. Four of his novels won Hugo Awards (Double Star, Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress), and 7 more works were given Retro-Hugo awards, which are awarded for works that were written before the Hugos were established. He also had many more works nominated for both awards, as well as many other awards like Nebula Awards. In short, he was a big deal to the science fiction community at large, and to me personally. I was, for a short time, managing the web site for The Heinlein Society, and I have read every work of his that I am aware of.

Heinlein Background

Robert Anson Heinlein was born in 1907 in Butler, Missouri, and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, which he described as the middle of the Bible Belt, and this background is reflected in some of his stories, particularly the later ones. His family tradition had it that the Heinlein’s had fought in every American war beginning with the War of Independence, and Robert and his brothers all joined the armed forces. Robert lied about his age when he was 16 in order to enlist in the Missouri National Guard, and a few years later obtained an appointment to the Naval Academy, graduating in 1929 with the equivalent of a bachelors degree in engineering (the Naval Academy did not award degrees at the time). His engineering background is very apparent in his writings. He served on several ships, rising to the rank of Lieutenant, before being discharged in 1934 due to pulmonary tuberculosis. It seems likely that if he did not contract this illness he would have continued his career in the Navy, and with World War II coming, well, who knows what might have happened. But he did get ill, and had to find things to do. He notably got involved with Upton Sinclair’s socialist organization EPIC (End Poverty in California). He ran for office unsuccessfully, running as a left-Democrat in a conservative district. And while he had a disability pension from the Navy, he turned to writing to pay off his mortgage.

Heinlein’s Writing

Heinlein was originally known as a “hard” science fiction writer, meaning one who puts plausible and accurate science at the heart of the story. But looking at his entire career, he was equally comfortable writing fantasy, though not the faux medieval kind that many writers. In fact, he coined the term “speculative fiction” to describe the kind of stories he wrote. And if he wanted to he was quite capable of mixing the hard science and the fantasy, particularly in his later novels. And his output was very substantial. Asimov wrote more than Heinlein, but Heinlein stuck to fiction, while Asimov wrote in a variety of fields, so Heinlein’s output in the general area of science fiction/fantasy is the greater. And he is known for works of all lengths from short stories to novels. A useful guide to his works is the book Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader’s Companion, by James Gifford. This book covers all of his science fiction/fantasy works known as of 2000, and gives additional information about the writing and circumstances of the stories. But in 2003 an early work was discovered and published. It was a novel called For Us The Living, and while you can see the germ of Heinlein’s style in this novel, it is also a very early work written in 1938 and is not one of his best. He would get a lot better than this. In any case, it was not published at the time, and is mostly of interest to Heinlein superfans or scholars.

Heinlein got his real start in 1939 with a short story called Life-line, which was published in John W. Campbell’s Astounding magazine. Isaac Asimov had published a few stories by this time, and his first for John W. Campbell’s Astounding was in the previous month, July 1939, so as you can see this was a very fertile time in the development of the genre. Heinlein’s story was about a scientist who developed a technology to predict a person’s time of death. This totally threatens the insurance industry, and one of the CEO’s put out hit on the scientist, which he of course already knows about having tested himself. This is not the best short story, but it was quite competent, and John W. Campbell immediately asked for more.

More short stories followed. In the November 1939 issue of Astounding the story Misfit appeared. It introduces the character of Andrew Jackson “Slipstick” Libby, a young man with little education but a great ability to do mathematics in his head. And his ability turns out to be just what is needed during a construction project in space when things go wrong. And in 1940 he had 9 more stories published. And at this point he faced a problem. He was becoming so prolific that for a number of reasons he had to employ pseudonyms for some of his stories. One reason was that he couldn’t have too many stories in one magazine in his name, it made the editor look bad. In any case all of the stories are now published under Heinlein’s name. And of the 9 stories, 6 were either nominated for or won Retro Hugo awards, and several also won Prometheus Hall of Fame Awards, for the best libertarian or anti-authoritarian works. So you can see that his was a talent that exploded on the scene, so that you could legitimately divide the science fiction history into pre-Heinlein and post-Heinlein periods.

11 more stories of various lengths followed in 1941, and 5 in 1942. There were mostly short stories, but a few novellas and novelettes appeared. But he was really a short fiction writer at this time, and there are some extraordinary stories in this group. He was the most successful writer of speculative fiction of the time, and passed along some advice to anyone who wanted to be a successful writer.

Heinlein’s Rules of Writing

Because he was so successful, it should come as no surprise that aspiring writers frequently wrote to him for advice, and in response he formulated his Rules of Writing. This is taken from his On The Writing of Speculative Fiction :

You must write.

Finish what you start.

You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order.

You must put your story on the market.

You must keep it on the market until it has sold.

He goes on to say in this article : “The above five rules really have more to do with how to write speculative fiction than anything said above them. But they are amazingly hard to follow—which is why there are so few professional writers and so many aspirants, and which is why I am not afraid to give away the racket!”

This is very good advice, but as Heinlein points out his rules are indeed hard to follow. For example, Rule #1: You must write. Many people want to be a writer, but not as many really want to write, and there is a very distinct difference. Just as many people want to be a rock star, but don’t want to spend years dead broke playing in dive bars to get there.

But it is also fair to point out that Heinlein was a rare talent, and I doubt if simply following his rules would make anyone else a similar success. They are good rules, no doubt, but Heinlein was already very familiar with and well-read in the field before he started writing.

That finishes this particular exploration of where Heinlein came from and how be began his career. And since it all started with short fiction, I next want to focus on that. beginning with his Future History.

This starts our look at the works of Robert A. Heinlein, the third of the Big Three authors of the Golden Age.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein

https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Heinlein-Readers-Companion/dp/0967987407

https://www.amazon.com/Us-Living-Comedy-Customs/dp/074325998X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Writing_of_Speculative_Fiction

https://www.palain.com/science-fiction/the-golden-age/robert-a-heinlein/

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NLUUG Spring Conference 2026



"NLUUG is the association of (professional) Open Source and Open
Standards users in the Netherlands" You can follow them on
@[email protected]
on Mastodon.


I was particularly interested to attend their
2026 Spring Conference 2026
as our own
Jeroen Baten
was giving a talk on "Getting started with CI/CD using
Forgejo
Actions and why this is important AF"


He assures me he will post it as a show.
cough
owes me a show
cough
.


While there the urge to record came upon me, so I was able to snag
a few interviews.


Ronny Lam representing NLUUG


NLUUG is the association for (professional) developers,
administrators and users of UNIX/Linux, Open Source, Open Source,
Open Systems and Open Standards in the Netherlands. The NLUUG
community includes, system administrators, programmers and network
specialists.

If you are working as an open professional, then NLUUG is the
excellent association where you can keep track of your technical
knowledge, for example during our six-monthly conferences. The aim
of NLUUG is to disseminate the application and knowledge of open
standards and UNIX/Linux.

NLUUG maintains close ties with many organizations and individuals
who pursue the open mind.


















https://nluug.nl/organisatie/personen/ronny-lam/




https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLUUG




https://nluug.nl/




Nico Rikken representing the FSFE


The Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers
users to control technology. Software is deeply involved in all
aspects of our lives. Free Software gives everybody the rights to
use, understand, adapt, and share software. These rights help
support other fundamental rights like freedom of speech, freedom
of press, and privacy.
Learn more


While we are no strangers to chatting with the
Free Software Foundation Europe
(
hpr857
,
hpr1957
,
hpr2223
,
hpr2945
,
hpr2946
,
hpr3388
,
hpr3407
,
hpr3833
), this was the first time we had a chance to interview
Nico Rikken
.


We chat about freedom and
Ada and Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and
Raspberry Ice Cream
by
Matthias Kirschner
and
Sandra Brandstätter
.











Geert-Jan Meewisse representing Coalition for Fair Digital
Education


The Coalition for Fair Digital Education (CEDO) is a group of
concerned parents, IT professionals, teachers, and privacy
advocates committed to enabling fair and sovereign digital
education. The coalition operates as a working group within
Internet Society Netherlands (ISOC). We have drafted a manifesto
calling for improvements in digital education.

Today, children in education receive an online account from a
foreign Big Tech company at an early age. Through this account,
data can be collected, profiles can be built, and personal
information can be used and exploited by these companies. This
profiling leads to children being categorized and receiving
tailored content that companies deem relevant—before they even
discover things for themselves. And that’s not the only issue.
Since schools exclusively use “standard” Big Tech solutions,
children do not learn about alternative programs or tools. As a
result, real digital skills and critical thinking are not
developed, making children dependent on a company that profits
from their data. The privacy and sovereignty of digital education
are under severe pressure, affecting not only students but also
teachers and parents, who are forced to use the same systems.
Other countries are already ahead in this regard: in Denmark,
Google products have been banned in schools in Helsingør
municipality, and the German state of Baden-Württemberg has
prohibited Microsoft 365.

We advocate for the development of an open-source digital
infrastructure for learning and educational tools, based on public
values such as autonomy, equality, sovereignty, democracy,
transparency, accessibility, academic freedom, and
privacy-by-design.

To achieve this, raising awareness among students, parents,
teachers, and school boards is crucial. Additionally, we aim to
involve policymakers by presenting our manifesto.


https://eerlijkdigitaalonderwijs.nl/english/



A working group of the
Internet Society
, Geert-Jan was here to tell us of their work to build a FLOSS
alternative for Education.


You can get in touch with him at
gj -at- eerlijkdigitaalonderwijs .nl
, or
@geert-jan:matrix.org




















Conclusion


I had great conversations with the sponsors who were a little shy
about doing an interview. They do have a range of jobs available
for those of us with Dutch nationality, and have lived in the
Netherlands for the last 10 years.


The event was fantastic, professional, held in a great venue, and
the closest thing to real life
xkcd: Shibboleet
as you are likely to get.


I would like to thank the NLUUG team, volunteers, venue staff and
of course the attendees for a wonderful day. With any luck this
will not be the last time you hear about this team on HPR.


The recordings will be available on the
NLUUG FTP Server

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