Generative AI Considerations from a Dev Manager on AI adoption Coming from my last role as a Software Engineering Manager in an organization that had at the time not yet fully embraced GenAI (they have now), I'm still working to Aria Burrell 19 Mar 2025 · 5 min read
linux Wayland-compatible keyboard and Mouse Sharing in Linux with RKVM I've been a Symless Synergy user for a very long time to get keyboard and mouse to work cross-platform between Windows, Linux, and MacOS systems. Much as I have made Aria Burrell 14 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
music Music-making in Linux with Bitwig and Yabridge Due to a combination of Microsoft's push for AI/Copilot in Windows and an urge to divest from American-made commercial software due to trade tariffs on Canada, I recently set Aria Burrell 4 Mar 2025 · 6 min read
electronics My Meandering Path to Open Source Ambient TV Backlighting A few weeks ago a family member brought up the idea of LED backlighting for TV viewing and that prompted the gears to start turning in my head... Aria Burrell 3 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
electronics The Mallsoft LED Lighting Project - Part 2 All about my LED controllers Aria Burrell 25 Nov 2024 · 6 min read
electronics The Mallsoft LED Lighting Project - Part 1 All about the decisions made in setting up my Mallsoft LED lighting - channels/diffusers, choice in LEDs, and power distribution. Aria Burrell 25 Nov 2024 · 7 min read
leadership The Veilguard on the Importance of Psychological Safety "It's showing the team that they can tell you whatever's on their mind, even if they think you're full of crap, and know you'll listen." Aria Burrell 11 Nov 2024 · 1 min read
technology Learning Technology in the '80s and '90s I remember being 6-7 years old. It was the mid-1980s and I had just made it known to my mother that I was bored with my computer. Aria Burrell 12 Sep 2024 · 7 min read
synthesizers So I finally decided to try making a synthesizer... ...still very much a work in progress. Aria Burrell 27 Jul 2022 · 4 min read
electronics ESP32 and Home Assistant A longwinded tale of my experimentation this past week. Aria Burrell 20 Feb 2022 · 11 min read
electronics Grow Tent Automation Plans A tangent from my grow journal - getting back into some electronics. Aria Burrell 14 Feb 2022 · 4 min read
windows Getting to Windows 11 from Windows 10 A ton has been written about this process already, but it was difficult for me to find everything in one place so here goes. Aria Burrell 26 Oct 2021 · 3 min read
work The Report of My Departure from Tech Was an Exaggeration I'm back, baby. Aria Burrell 25 May 2019 · 2 min read
2018 2018: The Year of Connection *Content warning: suicide ideation Aria Burrell 30 Dec 2018 · 6 min read
family Father's Day Reflections “Didja feel that?” Something had just lightly smacked the roof of the truck as it bounced down some New Mexico highway or another. “That’s one of the elders taking Aria Burrell 16 Jun 2018 · 8 min read
speech Speech for the Pride Flag Raising Event at Mount Royal University in June 2018 Thank you to our Provost, Lesley Brown and to all the folks at MRU including our wonderful communications and marketing team who scrambled in short time to make this event Aria Burrell 14 Jun 2018 · 2 min read
non-binary Non-binary gender inclusion in the workplace With recent progress made for trans men and women in law and society, we risk leaving non-binary trans individuals behind. Aria Burrell 19 Nov 2015 · 8 min read
