I’ve had the batteries with the solar setup for over 12 months now. Let’s review how its impacted my energy posture.
Remembering 9/11
Some memories involving 9/11.
Fun Friday: Rooster Blocked
Zippers and trousers do not mix. Trust me.
Network Revamp 2023
To save on server room space as well as power consumption, I migrated three tower systems to Intel NUCs and rack mounted them. Here’s why.
Tales from the Past: Not Getting Caught Part 1
Sometimes, when one is quite paranoid, they will go to extremes to cover their tracks. This is a tale of one branch of a twisted underground lair of a rabbit hole.
The Mastodon Migration
It went perfectly smooth, until it didn’t. Full instructions on migrating a Mastodon instance to new hardware, including a few of my mistakes so you can learn from them.
What’s Old is New, Sorta…
Remembering a concern from last century and how now, with the help of AI, it could actually be mitigated.
Being Green
The only way to reduce our carbon footprint is to create a financial incentive. It convinces the naysayers when you can put cash in their pockets.
Debian 12 (Quick) Review
I tested Debian 12 as a potential replacement for Ubuntu in the NMRC server environment. It didn’t meet expectations.
Remembering My Cancer Treatment
Several years ago I had prostate cancer. Here are a few thoughts around that experience.
Fun Friday: Future Homeowner
A future homeowner is going to freak the fuck out. Hehe.
The New Car
To continue my greenness, I now have an electric car.
Delving Into Home Assistant
I decided to consolidate all of those smart things into one place, and started with a server. Unfortunately I’m running a distro I am not used to, so I’ve had a few hiccups, but it is working now.
Fun Friday: Tea Secrets
Not all secrets I write about are related to computers or cryptography or other Infosec subjects…
An Interview with ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a Large Language Model (LLM) artificial intelligence implementation. I have questions about AI, so I asked ChatGPT for an opinion.
Why I Don’t Hate AI
AI for some reason seems scary for many. I figure if you’re making an omelet, you’re going to break a few eggs, and I can live with that.
My HP Dev One
This laptop is great, however you can’t get one anymore.
Fun Friday: Unpopular Con Swag Habits
I don’t hate swag, I basically could care less, and I rarely keep any of it. This hasn’t made me popular with some of my peers…
Project Tatooine Pt. 1
“Your only concern is to prepare those new droids for tomorrow. In the morning, I want them up there on the south ridge working on those condensers.” I harvest energy from the sky, so it only makes sense I should try to harvest water from the sky as well. It’s what Uncle Owen wanted.
Looking at Phone Apps
If you’re wanting to get all l33t and hax0r some phones, this is a quick and dirty reference, particularly when it comes to bypassing certificate pinning.