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techy tangents and general life chatter from a tired sysadmin


MICROSOFT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN A PEG OR TWO THOUSAND

Windows Software Rant
Wed., 14th Jun, 2023

I am once again calling for government intervention because the free market is a
lie (Microsoft is being more monopolistic with Edge than they ever were before)
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BYPASSING A BONE-HEADED BATTERY BLOCK

Windows ThinkPad X40 ThinkPad Software Lenovo IBM Hardware Hacking Firmware
Mon., 20th Jun, 2022

Note: This article discusses mechanisms for updating the BIOS and Embedded
Controller of computers that haven't been made in almost 20 years. Exercise an
abundance of caution when attempting to follow, reproduce… Read More


OH GOD, SOCIAL MEDIA

Thoughts ActivityPub
Tue., 5th Apr, 2022

Hey guess what! Twitter sucks. It's sucked for years, it's getting worse, and
they've just announced the addition of an actual child to their board. Fun fact,
though: Alternatives exist, and they're… Read More


THOUGHTS ON THE ODROID GO SERIES

Thoughts Programming Hardware Gaming Emulation Embedded
Wed., 29th Jul, 2020

For reasons of “push button, receive serotonin and electronic gubbins”, I have
both the original ODROID Go and the newer Go Advance. I’ll try to give a rundown
of the two, my… Read More


TAKING A RIDE ON THE UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS

USB Reverse-engineering Paperang Hardware Development C# .NET
Mon., 21st Oct, 2019

Having some fun with USB, I reverse-engineer and document the communication
protocol used by the Paperang-brand thermal printers, and implement it in C#
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BAD AT THIS ‘BLOGGING’ THING

Perl Meta Life
Tue., 11th Jun, 2019

In which I realise I need all the help I can get in order to actually write
posts Read More


ON ENCRYPTION AND JAILS

TLS FreeBSD BSD Jails
Fri., 6th Nov, 2015

Wherein I describe the process of using Let's Encrypt at the time it launched
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NEW SITE, FANTASTICALLY PERL-Y, BECAUSE WHY NOT

Perl Meta Development
Tue., 10th Mar, 2015

Whereupon I discuss my ill-fated blog-platform-cum-hybrid-site-generator
software, BlogAlba. Read More


GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Life
Fri., 22nd Feb, 2013

Lost a friend today. Read More


WHY I NEVER (OR RARELY) PLACE PHONE CALLS

Rant Life
Sat., 19th Jan, 2013

Wherein I discuss my aversion to phone calls Read More

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