Dual Time Machine Wielding Backups!

By On 2011/12/29 · 3 Comments · In Techie

With the purchase of the Apple Thunderbolt Display my Air now has a jumbo-frame enabled ethernet port at its disposal. My current backup strategy is to utilize an encrypted external USB laptop drive while on the road and to just rsync the latest backup when I get home. This has been working great for a [...]

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Why is my /dev/sda missing?!?!

By On 2011/03/12 · Leave a Comment · In Techie

I am in the midst of testing some of the latest Linux kernels and realized that my old kernel config was wiped. In my desire to finish the build I forgot to select a VERY important option if you are using dm-crypt and LUKS. If you cannot access your /boot then there is no way [...]

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Tor != VPN – A Simple Explanation

By On 2011/02/22 · 2 Comments · In Techie

I can’t take it anymore! I lurk on irc.freenode.net and /r/netsec and have seen a few too many mornings now that some person is safe, they used Tor. There is a big misunderstanding in what Tor actually does and protects. Here is my log in the fire to help explain the technology. Lets [...]

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Configuring OpenBSD svnd for Encrypted Volumes

By On 2011/01/24 · 2 Comments · In Techie

I have covered just about everything possible for drive encryption in OpenBSD. My last post is on using the least recommended option for encrypted volumes. It is slower, unsupported, and unfortunately the best option for seamless operations :) The best way to think about svnd is if you have used truecrypt, it is very similar in that [...]

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Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load

By On 2010/03/22 · Leave a Comment · In Techie

Ubuntu 9.10 is the last usable version of Linux for use with the GMA500 craptasic video card. As it stands today I cannot recommend using Linux full-time on the laptop. As a hardcore linux geek that saddens me in my heart. Hopefully with the release of the “new” drivers we will [...]

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