• http://v6shell.org/v6scripts/
• http://v6shell.org/v6scripts/v6scripts-20120106.tar.gz
• http://v6shell.org/v6scripts/v6scripts-20120106.sums
• http://v6shell.org/v6scripts/CHANGES

What’s new in this release? The following describes the major points.

Changes: This is a spit and polish release. It adds symlink and not directory checks to the alarm.osh script for better diagnostics. It adds another symlink check to the oshdir.osh script for better diagnostics as well. It also adds a -v verbose option to the oshlatest.osh script.

By J.A. Neitzel

• http://v6shell.org/src/
• http://v6shell.org/src/osh-20120102.tar.gz
• http://v6shell.org/src/osh-20120102.sums
• http://v6shell.org/src/CHANGES
• http://v6shell.org/src/CHANGES6

What’s new in this release? The following describes the major points.

Changes: This release changes the osh exit status for 'alias' and 'unalias' so that they exit w/ a false (1) status when there are no aliases to print, set, or unset. Otherwise, they exit w/ a true (0) status when there is no error. It adds 'version' as an osh special built-in command, replacing the previous 'version' alias found in “examples/dot.oshrc”. It changes the _XOPEN_SOURCE definition from 600 to 600L in “mkconfig”. It also adds DEBUG_ALIAS, DEBUG_GLOB, and DEBUG_PROC definitions (undefined by default) to “err.h” for printf debugging.

By J.A. Neitzel

osh-current (debug) (video on youtube)

osh-current (debug) (video on toobnix)

By J.A. Neitzel

Notice that releases are available as tarballs via http://v6shell.org/src (latest release) and http://v6shell.org/src/old (older releases) for all releases back to osh-030730.

In the end, this makes all releases from the beginning to now available via the v6shell repo and as tarballs.

By J.A. Neitzel

Pardon my unkempt appearance, but it’s Friday! Enjoy! Please try not to be too critical, as I did this on the fly:

Diabetes – ( I | You | We ) Can Do This (2011) (video)

Thanks and remember that we can all do this D-Thing together

References:

• FDR, 1st inaugural address : “… the only thing we have to fear is fear itself …”
• Frank Herbert, Dune (Copyright © 1965 Herbert Properties LLC.) : Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

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This is especially true when it bites me in the ass because of a brain fart that causes a “major hypo”! More than that though, it’s especially true when such a hypo happens in the middle of the night when I might otherwise be asleep. As we all know, this can be a super dangerous pickle to be in (nothing against otherwise happy pickles of course).

I hope that those of you who know me get the sense that I love my diabetes because of the blessing in disguise thing. At least, D-Love is the sense that I always try to (and truly have to) project! If I didn’t feel this way today, I would simply have to give up. But I don’t give up because I can’t give up. I mean, nobody else is gonna love my diabetes for me are they!?.

And even if they did… I figure that D-Love won’t help me (or anyone else) unless it comes from within. The simple act of D-Love generates a real sense of D-Power for me (and hopefully for others)! I know one thing for sure. Since my diabetes and I are inextricably linked because we live in the same body, I figure I have to love my diabetes so that the two of us can more effectively work as a team in our shared D-Quest!

By the way, I recently had one of those previously mentioned “major hypos” in the middle of the night last week. Needless to say, waking up in a pool of your own drool and pee and whatnot is never fun, but I’ll tell ya… I was rather shocked to hear what came out of my mouth in my post-hypo trying-to-recover-my-brain mode. I screamed out, “I cannot do this!” more than once. I also felt a twinge of not loving my diabetes but of almost hating it instead.

Ouch, that was a personal shocker for me here because I don’t often remember hearing myself say those words. But when diabetes bites me in the ass, I gotta get back up and keep on trying the best I can even though I know my personal diabetes management is far from perfect. Good thing I don’t strive for D-Perfection though…

Cause I imagine that might make me a sad D-Pilgrim. Who wants to be sad? Not me. So, here’s to the beautiful D-Imperfection (imperfect BGs you know) that I can live with

By J.A. Neitzel

• http://v6shell.org/src/
• http://v6shell.org/src/osh-20111129.tar.gz
• http://v6shell.org/src/osh-20111129.sums
• http://v6shell.org/src/CHANGES
• http://v6shell.org/src/CHANGES6

What’s new in this release? The following describes the major points.

Changes: This release adds useful build system info from 'uname -srm' to the built binaries. It updates the included example osh dot files for the sake of simplicity. It also adds handy new 'v' and 'version' aliases.

By J.A. Neitzel

Join us if you like!

By J.A. Neitzel

So, I share my answers to those 8 DSMA chat questions (questions Copyright © 2011 Diabetes Social Media Advocacy) with you here instead. Notice that my answers are my own & do not directly reflect the opinions of others. And though I will try to keep them short (in the twitter spirit), each one will most likely be longer than 140 characters. Enjoy…

• Q1: How long did you (or your loved one) have diabetes before you found social media? What was life like prior to SM?
  • Prior to SM, I had been living with diabetes for 25 years. Well, the one thing about my D-Life before SM that pretty much blows everything else out of the water was the sheer loneliness of it all. I am talking about lonely in the D-Sense of the word.
• Q2: How were you introduced to social media? (example-message board, search term)
  • I was introduced to social media during my internship with Glucose Buddy in the summer of 2009. That is when I joined TuDiabetes & Twitter if I remember correctly. Though, I am no longer on TuDiabetes.
• Q3: Did you have any reservations about using social media to discuss your health/diabetes? What were they?
  • No, I did not have any reservations (not that I remember anyway). I imagine if I had… Then, I would not be writing this post here & now
• Q4: When did you feel comfortable discussing your life with diabetes with others? What was your turning point?
  • I have always been comfortable with the idea of discussing my D-Life (both in real life & online). So, comfortable discussing my D-Life from the get-go I guess you could say. I guess it helps that one of my older sisters lives with T1D too. So, I was fortunate that I already knew what it was in a way, and I think this helped to obliterate D-Fear from my brain (Fear Is The Mind Killer)!
• Q5: What is your favorite usage for social media related to diabetes? Why?
  • Oh, that is easy… It is #bgnow & #dsma & being in the company of other humans who “Get This D-Thing” because we all live it!
• Q6: How have you used social media to help in your diabetes management?
  • Mostly for motivation to do what I know I need to do. Mostly from just listening & lurking. In this way, my fellow D-Peeps in the DOC help to keep this D-Ship of mine sailing when it might otherwise sink…
• Q7: Do you think social media makes a difference in your life with diabetes and the lives of others? Why or why not?
  • Yes, it makes a big-time difference indeed! Why? The simplest way I know how to put it is with a twist on “E Pluribus Unum”… And this twist would be that “from Many D-Folk Comes One D-Universe of D-Compatriots”. This idea gives me hope that the combined D-Force of our many ones can change our collective D-Universe for the better!
• Q8: What advice would you give someone who was trying to figure out how to use social media?
  • Well, just jump in & give it a go… Do what you are comfortable with doing (e.g., listen, lurk, and let your comfort level develop however it works best for you).. Also, if I may, remember that perfection is highly overrated!

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Well, that is the long & short of it. Yes, social media does make a difference (a big-time difference for me)!

By J.A. Neitzel

• http://v6shell.org/src/
• http://v6shell.org/src/osh-20111027.tar.gz
• http://v6shell.org/src/osh-20111027.sums
• http://v6shell.org/src/CHANGES
• http://v6shell.org/src/CHANGES6

Due to the untimely passing of Dennis M. Ritchie (dmr) in early October of 2011, I hereby dedicate osh-20111027 in his memory. You can find further info via the DEDICATIONS file. Here’s to DMR!

The osh-20111027 release has been announced on freecode.com. So, what’s new in this release? The following describes the major points.

Bugfixes: This release fixes both a mkconfig problem on older OpenBSD releases and an unrelated globbing problem caused by an unsigned integer overflow.

New Features: This release adds a new command aliasing feature that is similar to csh(1) aliasing in some respects & two new parameters: $# (as a synonym for $n) and $*.

Other Changes: Style changes (e.g., bold, italic, `literal' text) were made in all of the manual pages to make for easier reading, an “Aliases (+)” subsection was added to osh.1, and a “Metacharacters” subsection was added to osh.1 & sh6.1. The included examples/dot.* files were also updated.

By J.A. Neitzel