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Milton After Action Report

Posted on 2024-10-12 by jcs

Here I am. We just got power back today at 15:19. We did have broadband—although the signal was weak—but I didn’t have enough power on my laptop to compose a reasonable post. As you might imagine, everyone we know in … Continue reading →

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Milton Outage Alert

Posted on 2024-10-08 by jcs

Sigh. This is yet another warning of an impending Irreal outage due to a hurricane. This time it’s Milton, which intensified very rapidly into a Cat 5 hurricane. There are two very bad pieces of news for the Irreal Bunker. … Continue reading →

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After Action Report: Helene

Posted on 2024-09-27 by jcs

Just a quick note to let you know what’s happening at the Irreal bunker. We got through the passage of Helene without mishap but just as the storm had moved to the North of us and we were out of … Continue reading →

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Outage Alert

Posted on 2024-08-03 by jcs

Just a heads up about a pending weather threat to the Irreal bunker. There is currently a tropical depression over the West end of Cuba. The forecast calls for this to become Tropical Storm Debby and come up the West … Continue reading →

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Booster Shots and Other Reasons for Not Doing Any Work

Posted on 2021-12-12 by jcs

Last Friday I got my COVID-19 booster shot. Here in Tampa, at least, that was easy. You can get them anywhere with an even tenuous link to the healthcare industry. As happened with my second shot, I woke up the … Continue reading →

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Weather Alert

Posted on 2021-07-06 by jcs

The wannabe hurricane known as tropical storm Elsa is due at the Irreal bunker later tonight. It’s currently on the line between tropical storm and hurricane but in either case the winds will likely be high enough to cause potential … Continue reading →

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Two Quickies

Posted on 2021-04-26 by jcs

Ten Years At This Location Irreal will be 12 years old in July but 10 years ago today I published my first post at irreal.org. Before that, Irreal was hosted at Blogger and I posted sporadically at best. Once the … Continue reading →

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Expired SSL Certificate

Posted on 2019-12-13 by jcs

I noticed this morning that Irreal’s SSL certificate expired last night. I’ve ordered a new one that should be active shortly (although it was a hassle last time so who knows). In the mean time you can still reach the … Continue reading →

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Fun and Games

Posted on 2019-07-20 by jcs

For those of you living in saner parts of the world who might not know, the Irreal International Headquarters are located in Tampa, Florida, which is recognized as the lightning capital of North America. Indeed, Tampa comes from an Indian … Continue reading →

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Ten Years

Posted on 2019-07-08 by jcs

Ten years ago today, the first ever Irreal post appeared on Blogger. It’s amusing to read what I thought the blog was going to be about. To be sure, I do sometimes write about Lisp and Scheme—although not so much … Continue reading →

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