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2021
12 Jul
Migrating to a static site
8 Jul
My favourite tweaks for Firefox
2 Jul
Quickly gathering pulseaudio diagnostics
29 Jun
Best btrfs + luks configuration for longevity with new hard drives
29 Jun
Update on this blog
13 May
Setting up Kanboard for local project management
28 Jan
Mounting a local directory in a qemu/kvm virtual machine
17 Jan
Flashing Mobian to the eMMC from within the PinePhone
16 Jan
Searching and executing for only a set of specific file types by extension
16 Jan
Scheduling a shutdown with systemd
15 Jan
Enabling SSH + WiFi on Raspberry Pi OS
15 Jan
Manually setting up host only networking with QEMU guest
15 Jan
[Note] Playing videos on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
2020
6 Dec
Quickly instantiating an Arch Linux systemd-nspawn container from Gentoo
22 Nov
A short guide to setting up Matrix on Linux
16 Nov
The pervasiveness of microabrasions
12 Nov
Connecting a physical NIC to a Qemu Linux Guest
11 Oct
Dynasty by Wedgewood – glass piece in House of Cards
27 Sep
Installing Gentoo in 2020
22 Aug
General knowledge and concepts for high-level discussions
22 Aug
Notes from setting up a disconnected Debian Testing server
5 Jul
Rotating expired Nitrokey subkeys used for password store
13 May
Alarms as timers
4 Mar
My principles of product management
13 Feb
Pinebook Pro Review
13 Feb
Wireguard + other VPNs managed by NetworkManager
1 Feb
Configuring Wireguard on the Pinebook Pro in Manjaro Linux
20 Jan
Finalising the return to WordPress from GatsbyJS
2019
31 Dec
Looking forward to the next 10 years!
11 Dec
Some Docker and Vagrant tips
30 Nov
Returning to WordPress
29 Nov
Understanding Mac specifics
26 Nov
Working without Internet
22 Nov
Switching to zsh from bash
20 Nov
An uncommented guide to libvirt
17 Nov
Refreshing your Debian install with debootstrap and LVM
15 Nov
nftables rules for LXD
14 Nov
Hello world!
5 Nov
Ruthless prioritisation
23 Oct
New video: Firefox 70
20 Oct
Installing VSCode Open Source Edition
14 Oct
New video: Linux containers
26 Aug
Firefox new tab positioning behavior
26 Aug
VSCode Extensions
24 Aug
RHCSA Exam Prep: Part 2: Essential Tools
20 Aug
Red Hat Certified System Administrator Exam Prep: Part 1: Overview
16 Aug
Next steps after getting your Macbook Pro keyboard repaired
16 Aug
Upgrading to Debian 10 Buster from Debian 9 Stretch
10 Aug
Vanity GPG keys
9 Aug
(WIP) SystemD quick reference
9 Aug
Configuring and integrating Nitrokey into your workflow
23 Jul
(WIP) My development environment
21 Jul
Regenerative mental techniques
19 Jul
Getting back up to speed with Linux
19 Jul
Future of computing
13 Jul
Details of the Cloudflare outage on July 2, 2019
29 Jun
Adding a new disk to an existing RAID on Linux
13 Jun
Showing the commit version on your static site using serverless functions
7 Jun
plkt.io/
31 May
Building my new home on the web
29 May
Using Amplify to launch your first Gatsby app
29 May
Immediate broken pipe when connecting via SSH on Gentoo under VMWare Fusion
22 Apr
Debugging ebuild failure on Gentoo for lxml
17 Apr
Git up and going
29 Mar
Using GPG to master your identity (Part 1)
23 Mar
Moving a user cron job to a systemd timer
4 Mar
Building plkt.io/
21 Feb
VLAN Primer
6 Feb
Creating a disposable dev environment using libvirt
21 Jan
Selectively applying changes with Git Stash
9 Jan
2019 Goals and Tentatives
4 Jan
Fresh Ubuntu 18.04 Install
3 Jan
Quickly setting up a local Tiny Tiny RSS instance with Docker
2018
20 Dec
Generating smooth sine tone output on iOS
14 Dec
Installing Jupyter on macOS Mojave
28 Nov
ifconfig Output on macOS Mojave
23 Nov
Setting up macOS Mojave
21 Nov
Setting up a Docker Pi-hole DNS server for wired and wireless clients
3 Aug
Book Review: The Courage To Be Disliked
13 May
Understanding SHA256 Part 3
12 May
Understanding SHA256 Part 2
11 May
Understanding SHA256 Part 1
1 Apr
Demoscene
1 Jan
Running a Bitcoin node
2016
2 Nov
301: Blog has moved
21 Oct
Hosting my own blog
4 Aug
Creating a video montage with ffmpeg
2015
27 Dec
Cloning Logical Volumes on Linux
29 Aug
Google public WiFI
29 Aug
Arch Linux on Dell M6800
20 Jul
iOS 9 Public Beta 1 Changes
19 Apr
PDF Minimalist 2015 Calendar for Printing
2013
1 Apr
Setting up a git server accessible via ssh
2012
13 Apr
Google’s addition of C class stock
1 Mar
Backing up your Gmail account using procmail and fetchmail
26 Jan
Quickly Attaching USB Devices to VirtualBox Guests using VBoxManage
2011
2 Jun
Predictions for iOS 5
10 Feb
HP Veer
2010
1 May
Getting Started with Symbian Development
2009
2 Nov
Printing to a remote printer
10 Sep
KDE DPI Issue
22 Aug
Sony NWZ-E438F + Video
11 Aug
Movies for August 2009
26 Jul
Readline
18 Jul
Installing Windows XP in VirtualBox
16 Jul
Looking Good…Minimally
3 Jul
FreeBSD and Arch Linux
27 Jun
Using your Gmail contacts in Mutt
27 Jun
Recent Microsoft Developments
25 Jun
Budget Intel Gaming Rig ($500)
15 Jun
A tired mind cannot comprehend pointer arithmetic
14 Jun
Managing gpg keys across multiple computers
1 Jun
Elinks advanced URI management
26 May
xf86-video-intel-2.6.3 and xorg-server-1.6.1 … a big fail
24 May
Install a GNU/Linux distribution upon a USB Stick
29 Apr
Squashing the PITA!
2008
16 Dec
Atomicity
16 Dec
Changing the default X11 Cursor
9 Dec
Using xbindkeys to manage media buttons
8 Dec
xf86-video-intel-2.4.3
15 Nov
Compiling 2.6.27.6 using the vanilla kernel tree sources
10 Nov
MigrationHeuristic
28 Oct
Arch Linux and the HP Compaq 2710p
18 Oct
Setting up IMAP on Mutt
7 Oct
Managing your wireless connection with Wireless Tools for Linux
19 Aug
Upgrading to linux-2.6.27-rc3
10 Aug
Automatically logout after X is killed
9 Aug
Upgrading to catalyst-8.7
8 Aug
Upgrading to linux-2.6.27-rc2
4 Aug
Upgrading to linux-2.6.27-rc1
1 Aug
Customising Email Signatures with Fortune
28 Jul
Time Saving Vim Movement Tips
20 Jul
Configuring the default prompt (PS1)
15 Jul
Adding additional email accounts to your email setup
12 Jul
Setting up Mutt
8 Jul
Making Diagrams with Xy-pic
7 Jul
Changing The Default X Cursor
6 Jul
My Desktop – The Terminal
30 Jun
My Desktop – Music
28 Jun
My Desktop – The Web
26 Jun
My Desktop
25 Jun
Rationale