Overview
Jason Eckert
Aside from being 98% chimp, I am a dean, teacher, author, father, grandfather, musician, science buff, arcade game freak, technogeek, software engineer, cloud architect, computer collector, UNIX/Linux preacher, coffee worshipper, and outdoor adventure lover. The illustration shown here was created by Choolee (https://art-by-choolee.com) based on her impression of me only. Feel free to drop me a line via email (jason.eckert@trios.com), Mastodon, Twitter, or LinkedIn (I ditched Facebook/Meta many years ago for good and so should you). You can use the Sections menu in the navbar to peruse my site, or search for specific articles and blog posts using either Search or Archive. To comment on a post, you will need to first have a free GitHub account (the comments feature uses GitHub Discussions alongside giscus.app). Recent articles and blog posts are listed below, as well as available via an RSS feed.
Recent
With AI data centres gobbling up memory and RAM prices soaring, how much memory does your computer actually need? This post explores what's eating your RAM, how to manage it, and whether you really need that upgrade.
Microsoft Keeps Trying to Name the FutureMicrosoft has quietly retired the Copilot+ PC brand, but the technology behind it isn't going anywhere. It's just the latest example of Microsoft giving an emerging technology a brand and category that don't quite work out.
The Terminal Before the TerminalI saw a room full of cool retrocomputing hardware, and the thing that delighted me the most was watching a Linux long listing print on a Teletype. In this blog post, I'll tell you why.