It turns out being an adult is mostly Googling how to do stuff.
I made it. Friday was good, but I got here late. Time Attended? 9:00 Arduino Meets Raspberry Pi Using O.L.D. Programming Techniques – Cameron Hughes and Tracy Hughes 10:00 Exploiting the IT Value Stream: Iterative Automation Strategy – Brad Krumme 11:00 Syslog for Fun (and Profit?) – Warren Myers 13:00 History of Computing – Ken … Read more
Note: I found this article online and wanted to save it to my Wallabag instance, but it’s frustratingly split into 2 pages and would require a lot of pointless gymnastics to combine. So, instead, I copy/pasted the article contents here and offer it as geeky entertainment while granting all credit to the original author and … Read more
I go out walking every morning. My usual route takes me around my apartment complex and the apartment complex next door. Last Wednesday’s walk was no different. I was up stupid early – before 6:00 AM and out the door shortly thereafter. When rounding the corner next door I saw a pile of hardware garbage … Read more
How often have you seen something like this? The temptation to quickly type yes and hit the enter key is great. But do you know why you are seeing this message? You should only get this the first time you connect to a new host. After you respond yes the host gets stored in ~/.ssh/known_hosts, and you won’t … Read more
I regularly have directories of files I want to back up in case of disaster. Usually these are files that change often, and I only want to keep recent versions in case I want to revert or recover changes. (Git? Git, who?) I have used this script over and over as a simple way to … Read more
Q: Ubuntu phased updates Recently, during the normal software upgrade process (i.e., apt upgrade or apt dist-upgrade) I started getting messages like this: What are my options? A: Phased Updates are a safety feature It’s there for your protection. Don’t try to outsmart it. Most users should DO NOTHING. It’s not broken. Don’t try to … Read more
Summary It’s about time I get a standard sshd_config file that doesn’t rely on sane defaults. Disabling Password-based Authentication You should disable password-based authentication altogether. Make sure to only do this once you have verified that you can log in with an account that can escalate to root – or that you have an alternate … Read more
To get UFW to work well with Docker, you have to add some rules to the bottom of /etc/ufw/after.rules Adding Rules Then you can add rules. Always add rules with comments. Examples below: Show active rules with Reference(s):
Summary Do you work on Linux machines? Do you only have a Windows machine from which to connect? Then you’re probably already using PuTTY. Well, step aside PuTTY, there’s a new terminal client in town. KiTTY is a fork of the original PuTTY software, with loads of new features, including a portable version that saves … Read more
wget multiple files In the above example, -r and -l1 options together enable 1-level deep recursive retrieval, and -A option specifies lists of file name suffixes to accept during recursive download (.mp3 in this case). ways to wget entire webpage This one works so well, I’ve created an alias for it: Other options: Modify User … Read more