Just Another Blag

Detolf Lighting Project - LED Strips

So, the PCB strips finally arrived, and they turned out very well. My initial design seemed pretty solid until I realized that I had packed about 2.5x as many

detolf

Detolf Lighting Guide

It might have been a long while since I've posted anything, so when I post something it definitely has to be important. A war between the coming darkness and its

computer

The CUK Stratos Review

What happens when you let a guy who likes building computers loose on a cheap-ish case from a company he's never heard of?

Arch Linux

Restoring with the Borg

So, you've got all of your backups working and you decide that you want to do a full restore using your borg backups? It's not as simple as simply restoring

archlinux

Backing up with Borg

Introduction So, after playing with Bareos for a bit, I realized that I had chewed off a bit more than I could swallow. It isn't that it's a bad product,

archlinux

Web Proxying for Security's Sake

My Old Way So, after having an uninvited guest traverse my network I decided to finally secure all of my servers. There's nothing like having someone play with my Philips

archlinux

Ansible: How to Update Lots of Servers

So, usually I don't post snippets on the ol' blog, but sometimes I don't want to forget something—or in this case two somethings. I've been using Ansible to manage

2fa

Arch Linux and U2F Login

Introduction This is a pretty short guide on how to get U2F thumbdrives configured for Arch Linux logins. Most of it is copied from the source: Yubico on GitHub. I've

networking

Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Upgrade

The Old Router There's nothing better than new hardware. I remember building the old router and thinking to myself, "Can't get any better than this." Unfortunately, things were never stable. The WAN port on the pfSense box consistently rebooted, and I could

networking

Upgrading the Network

Hopes and Dreams Everything is great, everything is fine... Well, unless you've got a Belkin/Netgear/Cisco* combination network and you're looking at standing up a new SAN. The first

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous - Day 2ish

Tale of Mineral Oil So, there I was, stranded in the Eranin system with two tons of mineral oil (594 milk jugs). I talked with several people, but no one

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous - Day 1

Quick Intro There aren't many things that I enjoy more than flying a spaceship. I blame EVE: Online for that feeling of freedom to do anything and everything that you

Pathfinder

A Return to Pathfinder

Recent History I've spent a lot of time running tabletop RPGs. I remember the joys of explaining THAC0 to new players, and using that knowledge as the secret handshake to

Arch Linux

Electron Abacus Troubleshooting Etiquette

There are tons of reasons why something doesn't work. This isn't hyperbolic, it's a fact of nature. The issue is that everyone has a different configuration of hardware that comprises their electron abacus, and those differences can wreak havoc at different levels depending on

Android

Why You Shouldn't Buy a Nexus Player

A Quick Forward It’s not everyday that I get the honor of having multiple things to write about. I’ve started working Soylent into my diet. My ESXi server

Home Theater

Chane A3rx-c: First 20 Hours

A Quick Recap So, once upon a time there was a young sailor in the Navy. He ended up getting a metric tonne of money by re-enlisting and picked up

Home Theater

Rebuilding the HTPC

A Bit of Ubuntu It's bad enough that my Dell OptiPlex 3020 Micro doesn't like me. Actually, maybe it's not the Dell's fault---it's probably a bit more like Windows 8.1 hates me. It wouldn't be the first time that I've had an issue

A New Beginning

Moving Everything Around There are few things that suck as badly as migrating websites. I've had more than a few running around the internet, most were either neglected or blatantly ignored. To make things more complicated was the fact that I had a few