Regardless of gender, there are a few phrases you should not be yelling right at the “height” of romantic encounters…
Tales from the Past: Not Getting Caught Part Two
Vendors are the worse. Sometimes you had to report security problems to them in weird ways to get them to act at all.
Batteries - The First Year
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…