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Welcome! This site is primarily a blog for miscellaneous thoughts, which are mostly of a technical nature. I rarely update, but still like having a place to put things when I feel compelled to do so.
Recent Posts
Anduril Update Documentation
New site for docs about updating Anduril Flashlight Firmware.
Flashing a 3-pin ATtiny1616 Flashlight with New Firmware
Updating to the latest version of Anduril 2.
Using a Raspberry Pi as a Serial Console Server
Monitoring serial consoles on multiple devices from a Raspberry Pi
Flashing a 2020 Sofirn SP36 Pro with new firmware
Updating to the latest version of Anduril 2.
Flashing a Fireflies PL47G2 with new firmware
Updating to the latest version of Anduril 2.
Rewiring the Heated Bed on a Monoprice Select Mini v2 3D Printer
A design flaw led to wires getting pinched and developing a short.
Administering a Group of Machines with ClusterSSH
Very handy for performing commands on groups of servers
Upgrading to FreeBSD 9.x with a whole-disk gmirror
Older whole-disk gmirror disk layouts are no longer supported.
Setting Up a FreeBSD SVN Mirror
How to setup and maintain a local SVN mirror instead of CVS
How to make a Tweetdeck Chrome Application shortcut in KDE
App shortcuts are handy, but not exactly intuitive to create
Asus Transformer Prime Review
A solid device, great as my first tablet.
Rapidly Growing SpamAssassin Bayes Tokens File (bayes_toks)
Changing architectures may require a backup/restore of the bayes data
The BSD Show Interview
Link to the podcast within
Brother HL-2170w
A great printer, works perfectly, inexpensive to buy and maintain.
pfSense: The Definitive Guide now on Amazon
The book is now available to order
pfSense: The Definitive Guide
I co-wrote a book covering configuration of pfSense software
More PHP Woes: PHP 5.2.8 and libxml 2.7.x
A bug in the PHP XML library
Fix for Belt-Driven CD-ROM/DVD Drives that won’t open
A little soap, water, and rubbing alcohol save the day.
PHP Crashes Caused By Extension Ordering: A Workaround
PHP extensions loading in the wrong order lead to crashes, but there is a workaround.
PHP Crashes Caused By Extensions II
PHP extensions loading in the wrong order still lead to crashes.
Daylight Saving Time Strikes Again! Well, almost.
Dealing with DST start/end date changes
PHP Crashes Caused By Extensions
PHP extensions loading in the wrong order lead to crashes.
FreeBSD On The Desktop (Part IV: A New Hope)
Immersive desktop FreeBSD experience
Magical Exploding Laptop
Tried to show a video from my laptop on a TV and had a shocking experience.
Key Bindings in Bash and Vi
Making Bash and Vi respect cursor movement keys.
The Horrors of Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time is awful.
FreeBSD on the Desktop (Part III)
Desktop FreeBSD update
FreeBSD on the Desktop (Part II)
Desktop FreeBSD update
Merits of RBLs?
Are RBLs worth it?
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails, blessing or curse?
FreeBSD on the Desktop
Start of my attempts at using FreeBSD as a desktop
Spammers Faking Received Headers (continued…)
Update on spammers faking headers.
Spammers Faking Received Headers (duh)
Spammers love to fake headers trying to circumvent filtering.
Windows Temporary File Cleaner
Python script to clean up Windows temporary files
Spyware Removal 301 (This is no intro class…)
Removing spyware/malware from older Windows installations