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-fno

-fno -fno -fno stack protection

1 minute read

2 days straight now on IRC (##security on irc.freenode.net if you want to say hi) I have had to help someone compiling a program deal with it failing mid-str...

1337

I diet geeky style

less than 1 minute read

From the DailyPlate website I track my food for keeping my weight (steady, not trying to loose) and today after working out I was given this little note:

144k

Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You

2 minute read

Earlier posts outlined howto utilize OpenSC to ensure your CAC worked in Linux or Mac. The problem is that there are new 144k CAC being passed out that do no...

2012

2013

2013 Investment Recap

4 minute read

I like to look back at the year and see how good (or bad) my investments were in stocks for the year. As the rest of the year is going to be crazy busy I wan...

3g

4square

911

Bittersweet Day

1 minute read

I looked up at the calendar resting in my SuSE box tray (oooh shinny!) and it occurred to me that today is a weird one. To the majority of America today repr...

BONE

CDMA

DS

DS Lite Loving

1 minute read

I broke down ladies and gentlemen. For months I have been working hard now on my GP2x from Korea. While the device runs linux and many emulators well it lack...

GUI

GUI Babies

less than 1 minute read

While discussing security and such with the awesome TSgt. Harkleroad, he used my now favorite phrase: GUI Babies. This made me giggle. The problem with techn...

God

The Scientist and the Eye Ball

less than 1 minute read

I am reading through Theology of the Body again after many of times. I now use it more as reference material than actual reading, but tonight I started Chris...

Best Man Toast

2 minute read

I want to look back on this with my Brother. Here it is for the world to mirror!

407

less than 1 minute read

It is often in the course of life that we are put to the test of our faith. My little brother just txt’ed me saying “Shotgun is at mom’s...

JP2

The Scientist and the Eye Ball

less than 1 minute read

I am reading through Theology of the Body again after many of times. I now use it more as reference material than actual reading, but tonight I started Chris...

LUN

Multipath and Redhat Linux 5

2 minute read

As many of you know, multipath was finally integrated into Redhat Linux with the 5 series. This is great when you have multipath enabled during an install as...

MEA

Machiavellian

Machiavellian Leadership

7 minute read

Contents 1 Defense and Military 2 Reputation of a Prince 3 Generosity vs. Parsimony ...

PIM

Evolution tip

less than 1 minute read

~/.evolution/mail/exchange/$mailbox/favorites

Personal

Travel Tips from a Frequent Traveler

6 minute read

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!” This year alone I have been in 12 countries and accumulated over 500k miles of travel and want to share my ...

Field Marshal Nick

1 minute read

I always have thought personality tests were somewhat goofy and inaccurate. I took one this morning and it was scary right:

Tourist in my Life

less than 1 minute read

I love Parks and Recreation. What started as Office knockoff has really grown into its own. A clip on last week’s episode made me stop and go hmmmm….

Bearded Nick

less than 1 minute read

Being a military brat and dude I really never had the chance to grow facial hair. This past holiday break, while not serving to provide the full 2 weeks as p...

Weekend Update

5 minute read

What appears to be a world littered with twitter messages and facebook status message updates, I thought it appropriate to update those who care enough to re...

Long Time

less than 1 minute read

It has been awhile since I have posted here since work started blocking my website (BLOCKED FOR HACKING TUTORIALS – Seriously!) and I wanted to make sure I c...

The air I breathe

1 minute read

I have my chillout playlist on as I sit comfortably in the Sky Harbor Airport. Today I packed up all my things and put the mini cooper on the back of a truck...

I diet geeky style

less than 1 minute read

From the DailyPlate website I track my food for keeping my weight (steady, not trying to loose) and today after working out I was given this little note:

Water

2 minute read

I ran my hand through the water on the banks of the pond that day. As I sat under the golden crisp light beaming down on me, I knew the time was not for deci...

Jr. High Review

6 minute read

Some people call Jr. High yearbooks humiliating. I call them perspective makers. I look back at the pictures and remember all the concerns I had in life and ...

SAN

Multipath and Redhat Linux 5

2 minute read

As many of you know, multipath was finally integrated into Redhat Linux with the 5 series. This is great when you have multipath enabled during an install as...

STIG

Techie

Updated Stable

less than 1 minute read

Since a lot of my fellow nerds have mentioned they are looking at the stables page, I updated the computers as well as providing some insight into why each m...

Fix for GNOME Keyring prompt on Autologin

less than 1 minute read

Autologin in Ubuntu 9.10 would not default unlock your keyring for security I assume. If I am using autologin, chances are security isn’t high on the list an...

OpenVPN Install Ubuntu 9.10

4 minute read

A good buddy of mine, Trevor, had mentioned wanting to bridge his Brother‘s and his networks. Having done an OpenVPN install many moons ago it had resonated ...

Test from n900

less than 1 minute read

MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it

Nokia N900 Demo Unit

1 minute read

I think in part to my tweets of N900 lust and desire, Nokia contacted me to see if I was interested in a demo unit. After validating the email was NOT from N...

The quest for a Media Center Machine

less than 1 minute read

With the synergy (ugh manager talk, sorry) of media and television I often find myself wanting to consume laying down or on the couch. Currently I slap a lap...

What Linux/UNIX do you use?

1 minute read

At work I often get asked what UNIX/Linux I use. Truth of the matter is I am an OS harlot :) I run NeXTStep and Rhapsody for fun. When I buy systems I force ...

Defining Security

less than 1 minute read

A great post from W. Mark Brooks asks when did Information Security become IT Security? The point is very much in line with my triangle theory, that security...

Systems Engineering and Redundancy

1 minute read

I posted this to ServerFault.com today. Folks loose site of requirements and systems engineering and it drives me batty. Here was my response to the guys que...

Open Source Security Professionals

2 minute read

In economic times such as these it is imperative that architects and leads alike look beyond the glossy software catalog and instead to the web. In the past ...

Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian

less than 1 minute read

Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me o...

Fix for Songbird showing songs still on iPod

less than 1 minute read

I formatted my iPod recently and noticed that Songbird still thought the Library had media on it. Loading up a factory restore didn’t help. To clear the iPod...

Securing MySQL

less than 1 minute read

Here is my quick secure guide for MySQL:

Change your device alias in Open Firmware

less than 1 minute read

If you happen to have a G4 Cube or another system with a MCE upgraded superdrive, you have the issue of dealing with the Master/Slave mappings. You loose the...

What Geek am I?

1 minute read

  This is a picture someone published online that shows all the different types of geeks. I figured I would quickly look at the image and find, THE NICK. My ...

iPhone + Mini Cooper = Super Hotness

less than 1 minute read

I am happy to report that usingthe ICE Link for my Mini works great with the mini. I now have a mini computer in my mini car. It even fades when calls come i...

AppleTV and Extreme

less than 1 minute read

I geeked up this weekend and purchased an AppleTV and matching router. Stay tuned for review!

Bluetooth GPS GPT-801 / Quick Review

less than 1 minute read

I purchased the generic GPT-801 bluetooth GPS after being put-off by the high price of others. Basically the device works. It does everything a bluetooth GPS...

GUI Babies

less than 1 minute read

While discussing security and such with the awesome TSgt. Harkleroad, he used my now favorite phrase: GUI Babies. This made me giggle. The problem with techn...

Geek Code

less than 1 minute read

Geek Code is almost a necessary addition to any website dealing with techie crap. After many years of NOT putting one on I decided to cave in. I now will be ...

UNIX

-fno -fno -fno stack protection

1 minute read

2 days straight now on IRC (##security on irc.freenode.net if you want to say hi) I have had to help someone compiling a program deal with it failing mid-str...

What Linux/UNIX do you use?

1 minute read

At work I often get asked what UNIX/Linux I use. Truth of the matter is I am an OS harlot :) I run NeXTStep and Rhapsody for fun. When I buy systems I force ...

Open Source Security Professionals

2 minute read

In economic times such as these it is imperative that architects and leads alike look beyond the glossy software catalog and instead to the web. In the past ...

OpenSolaris Shortcomings

1 minute read

I want to like OpenSolaris. I love compiling away on my Sun Machines at the house. The simple fact is though the “Open” is a misnomer of great proportions. W...

Project Indiana (Ian’s OpenSol…

less than 1 minute read

Project Indiana (Ian’s OpenSolaris) and OpenBSD 4.2 released with Leopard in the same week?!?! How can I be expected to work!?

WWDC

Dang you Apple! Why must you p…

less than 1 minute read

Dang you Apple! Why must you put iPhone commercials on when I watch TV, I am doing my best to NOT get one…sheesh!

I love WWDC, it is an exciting…

less than 1 minute read

I love WWDC, it is an exciting look at technology as a whole. Steve still has it! Safari on XP/VISTA is a huge move’

a/ux

abu_dhabi

acquire

Boeing Acquisitions 2008-2010

less than 1 minute read

My twitter feed once again signals a Boeing acquisition. Cutting lots of fat internally while buying more companies doesn’t compute, but oh well. I decided t...

ads

ADS-B Receiver and Plotter with Arch Linux

1 minute read

I love aviation and love software defined radios so building an ADS-B receiver and plotter was high on the lists of to-do. In Standish Michigan there are not...

advice

Advice for new ISSO or ISSM

2 minute read

Someone in /r/netsec posted a question about what advice us old sages would have for a new ISSO. The below was my response that I hope is useful to my reader...

age

Reason and Imagination

2 minute read

Bearing your soul in words is a dangerous proposition. Admitting to yourself in a permanent fashion is much more difficult than simply bypassing it with nons...

agile

Going Agile

2 minute read

Agile Software Development using SCRUM is one of best force multipliers a team can utilize to speed-up cycles.

agp

GPG on your Android Phone

4 minute read

All the traffic coming off your phone, if unencrypted, is clear for the telco to see. With the advent of sniffing using RF or IP based solutions it is becomi...

airborne

Airborne Warfare

2 minute read

The mark of a good system administrator is laziness. I mean this in the sense that laziness in the computing world fuels automation and thereby lower costs. ...

airforce

Government Planning Perfection

1 minute read

I was allowed to leave the Air Force with no strings attached in 2003. I found this slightly odd as I had a special security code attached to my AFSC making ...

Military Men — WHOORAH!

less than 1 minute read

While there was much talk about the Army raising the maximum age for new recruits from 35 to 42, the lesser-known development is that the Pentagon managed no...

airplane

airport

AppleTV and Extreme

less than 1 minute read

I geeked up this weekend and purchased an AppleTV and matching router. Stay tuned for review!

alabama

alarm.com

amazon

Bought a Kindle

less than 1 minute read

I love books. I actually love reading but hate the one aspect of being a traveling reader…carrying them all. A few reference computer manuals and a college b...

ambassador

ancient

PPC Loki Games

less than 1 minute read

Here is a blast from the past…way back past…

android

Using TOR on your Android Device

2 minute read

In my continuation of howto secure your phone habits while on the go, we have come to anonymizing your traffic. There are a few reasons to do this:

GPG on your Android Phone

4 minute read

All the traffic coming off your phone, if unencrypted, is clear for the telco to see. With the advent of sniffing using RF or IP based solutions it is becomi...

Switching to Android

1 minute read

A few months ago I started compiling the iPhone libraries for Linux to allow syncing without WIFI. I thought I was king of the world as I bypassed all of the...

anonymous

Using TOR on your Android Device

2 minute read

In my continuation of howto secure your phone habits while on the go, we have come to anonymizing your traffic. There are a few reasons to do this:

aol

appearance

Dress Code

1 minute read

I dress like a big geek sometimes. It isn’t uncommon to see me roll into work with jeans on and an untucked Polo shirt. On really bad days (the ones where I ...

apple

Civ V for Mac = Borked with Black Screen

less than 1 minute read

I purchased Civ V for Mac the day it was released. LOVE…LOVE…LOVE Civilization. I had this issue after the 4GiB Download on 3 different machines and configur...

bin2iso for Leopard 10.5

less than 1 minute read

I compiled bin2iso from source for all the mac users out there. For some reason bin2iso is not in macports. Link below:

SheepShaver on Ubuntu

less than 1 minute read

I wanted to run MacOS 9 in my Ubuntu Intrepid dev box so I went ahead and grabbed CVS. Problem was the autogen script never dumped a config.sub. Instead I to...

Change your device alias in Open Firmware

less than 1 minute read

If you happen to have a G4 Cube or another system with a MCE upgraded superdrive, you have the issue of dealing with the Master/Slave mappings. You loose the...

PPC Linux

3 minute read

Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:

Apple Mail.app and TimeMachine

less than 1 minute read

I love Leopard! Single best upgrade I have done this year for operating systems. Vista was obviously a waste of time and Gutsy was incremental over Feisty. O...

Xgrid and Multiplatform Clients

less than 1 minute read

This allows you to setup a Xgrid controller without mac server edition. What is nifty is that the clients can run on other platforms such as Linux and Window...

Wine in MacOSX

less than 1 minute read

Macports now has the latest wine. What this means is that X11+Wine = steam hotness! I will post more info as I figure stuff out.

Dang you Apple! Why must you p…

less than 1 minute read

Dang you Apple! Why must you put iPhone commercials on when I watch TV, I am doing my best to NOT get one…sheesh!

Patchstick AppleTV Hack

less than 1 minute read

I was really excited to have SSH on the AppleTV…why? No Clue. I am a geek. I use my Logitech remote for my roomba. This is simply something I do. Here is the...

I love WWDC, it is an exciting…

less than 1 minute read

I love WWDC, it is an exciting look at technology as a whole. Steve still has it! Safari on XP/VISTA is a huge move’

AppleTV and Extreme

less than 1 minute read

I geeked up this weekend and purchased an AppleTV and matching router. Stay tuned for review!

Crazy Mac Mini People

less than 1 minute read

For some reason in the twilight zone a G4 Mac Mini is still worth near it’s asking price. Why? I cannot for the life of me understand who is paying these pri...

I am getting an iMac…

less than 1 minute read

Just which one?! I mean really all that seperates them is the following things:

appletv

Patchstick AppleTV Hack

less than 1 minute read

I was really excited to have SSH on the AppleTV…why? No Clue. I am a geek. I use my Logitech remote for my roomba. This is simply something I do. Here is the...

AppleTV and Extreme

less than 1 minute read

I geeked up this weekend and purchased an AppleTV and matching router. Stay tuned for review!

apps

arch

architect

architecture

Systems Engineering and Redundancy

1 minute read

I posted this to ServerFault.com today. Folks loose site of requirements and systems engineering and it drives me batty. Here was my response to the guys que...

archlinux

ADS-B Receiver and Plotter with Arch Linux

1 minute read

I love aviation and love software defined radios so building an ADS-B receiver and plotter was high on the lists of to-do. In Standish Michigan there are not...

arizona

The air I breathe

1 minute read

I have my chillout playlist on as I sit comfortably in the Sky Harbor Airport. Today I packed up all my things and put the mini cooper on the back of a truck...

arm

WOOT! Arm in sweater

less than 1 minute read

Since the accident I have been rocking a lot of short sleeve shirts. That is great if it was summer, but winter is killing me. The past few mornings I made t...

aspyr

Civ V for Mac = Borked with Black Screen

less than 1 minute read

I purchased Civ V for Mac the day it was released. LOVE…LOVE…LOVE Civilization. I had this issue after the 4GiB Download on 3 different machines and configur...

asus

Asus M5n ACPI Fan

less than 1 minute read

I am posting this so I can later go search and find it. Stupid fan was driving me nuts!

att

authentication

Have you been using my CAC?

3 minute read

For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.

auto

automation

The machine is self aware…

less than 1 minute read

I live in the boonies now, but thankfully we have some semblance of broadband with SpeedConnect. It is a WiMax setup with a modem that needs to be reset once...

aviation

ADS-B Receiver and Plotter with Arch Linux

1 minute read

I love aviation and love software defined radios so building an ADS-B receiver and plotter was high on the lists of to-do. In Standish Michigan there are not...

backup

Dual Time Machine Locations

less than 1 minute read

Apple must have been reading my blog when I wrote-up how to use two locations for Time Machine. Now in Mountain Lion it is built in and is much more seamless...

Geek and Backup Pride

3 minute read

Geeks pride themselves on the ability to institute good backup routines. We laugh in the faces of those poor souls who scream and yank hair as they watch the...

bandwidth

Simulating WAN Links with Linux and TC

1 minute read

Simulating WAN links used to be a difficult process. I would load FreeBSD with a dummynet driver and play with the settings to tweak where I needed it for th...

banshee

N900 Banshee Fix

less than 1 minute read

You can compile the latest builds from Banshee if you’d like, but for those of you on older non-bleeding edge machines here is the .is_audio_player needed fo...

baptism

In spite of divisions among Ch…

less than 1 minute read

In spite of divisions among Christians, all those justified by faith through baptism are incorporated into Christ, brothers and sisters in J

beagle

Beagle Travelers

1 minute read

Oscar only whines when he is wanting to go play outside with another dog or he is upset. Luckily he is a pretty happy dog and does neither with any sort of r...

beard

No Shave November – Aftermath Report

2 minute read

Men in my Family either grow kickass beards or what amounts to patchy peach fuze. Having been military and in the corporate world my whole life I was unable ...

Bearded Nick

less than 1 minute read

Being a military brat and dude I really never had the chance to grow facial hair. This past holiday break, while not serving to provide the full 2 weeks as p...

benchmark

OpenBSD Drive Encryption Benchmarks

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I am not a benchmarker. At all…so these results are posted for friendly banter and I make no claim to their validity. Consider this th...

beos

beta

bin2iso

bin2iso for Leopard 10.5

less than 1 minute read

I compiled bin2iso from source for all the mac users out there. For some reason bin2iso is not in macports. Link below:

binary

birthday

Need no more – Gifts and Holidays

1 minute read

There comes a time when we realize there is too much stuff in our lives. I have been blessed to not need for anything beyond a smile and love. As many of my ...

Happy 17th Birthday Debian!

less than 1 minute read

I love Debian (looks over lovingly @ the fileserver) and look forward to many more years of stable releases. Debian was my first distro when I ran 1.3 at th...

Bittersweet Day

1 minute read

I looked up at the calendar resting in my SuSE box tray (oooh shinny!) and it occurred to me that today is a weird one. To the majority of America today repr...

bitlbee

BitlBee and OTR … then add some TOR!

1 minute read

With the release of 3.0.1 of BitlBee you can now chat from your favorite IRC client with the peace of mind that your protected. Since the OTR portion is stil...

blackberry

blog

Test from n900

less than 1 minute read

MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it

Memoirs are Dead

less than 1 minute read

In a world of twitter and 140 character posts, how will the world change in the realm of memoirs? My memoirs are here, each blog a cross section of my intell...

blues

Top Romantic Songs

2 minute read

I was going through and creating a Valentines Playlist for dinner tonight. We have friends coming over and I struggled to make this list. It seemed every goo...

bluetooth

Bluetooth GPS GPT-801 / Quick Review

less than 1 minute read

I purchased the generic GPT-801 bluetooth GPS after being put-off by the high price of others. Basically the device works. It does everything a bluetooth GPS...

boeing

Left Boeing

4 minute read

This morning I gave my badge back to the Boeing FSO. Lots of smiles and hand shakes, but a sad day all the same. Leaving anything you have been with for 3 ye...

Boeing Acquisitions 2008-2010

less than 1 minute read

My twitter feed once again signals a Boeing acquisition. Cutting lots of fat internally while buying more companies doesn’t compute, but oh well. I decided t...

book

Bought a Kindle

less than 1 minute read

I love books. I actually love reading but hate the one aspect of being a traveling reader…carrying them all. A few reference computer manuals and a college b...

boundary

break

Bearded Nick

less than 1 minute read

Being a military brat and dude I really never had the chance to grow facial hair. This past holiday break, while not serving to provide the full 2 weeks as p...

buffer

-fno -fno -fno stack protection

1 minute read

2 days straight now on IRC (##security on irc.freenode.net if you want to say hi) I have had to help someone compiling a program deal with it failing mid-str...

business

Tools of the Connected Geek Trade

9 minute read

As we move up the food chain of life, our free-time becomes more and more precious. There are only so many hours in the day and my generation utilizes them t...

c64

cac

Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You

2 minute read

Earlier posts outlined howto utilize OpenSC to ensure your CAC worked in Linux or Mac. The problem is that there are new 144k CAC being passed out that do no...

Have you been using my CAC?

3 minute read

For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.

cac-ng

Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You

2 minute read

Earlier posts outlined howto utilize OpenSC to ensure your CAC worked in Linux or Mac. The problem is that there are new 144k CAC being passed out that do no...

cackey

Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You

2 minute read

Earlier posts outlined howto utilize OpenSC to ensure your CAC worked in Linux or Mac. The problem is that there are new 144k CAC being passed out that do no...

calories

calving

Jig

less than 1 minute read

I was thinking back to one of my favorite comics this morning as I danced around the room. There are certain songs that make me just dance around like there ...

camera

Withings Home Camera Review

2 minute read

I am always in search of products that help me automate and secure my home. I have run a mix of Foscam, D-Link, and Panasonics cameras dumping to a Linux ser...

car

career

Smart People

2 minute read

One of the greatest benefits to working with bright people is bright conversations. There are people in this world who I yearn to be near for no other reason...

cars

cash

I have one hand in my pocket

2 minute read

I rarely carry cash around (as evident by the many lunches I owe coworkers) and often times find bones of it in pockets. Tonight as I threw on my jacket from...

catholic

The Scientist and the Eye Ball

less than 1 minute read

I am reading through Theology of the Body again after many of times. I now use it more as reference material than actual reading, but tonight I started Chris...

Absolution

less than 1 minute read

God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgi...

Water

2 minute read

I ran my hand through the water on the banks of the pond that day. As I sat under the golden crisp light beaming down on me, I knew the time was not for deci...

407

less than 1 minute read

It is often in the course of life that we are put to the test of our faith. My little brother just txt’ed me saying “Shotgun is at mom’s...

Pope Quote…

less than 1 minute read

In spite of divisions among Christians, all those justified by faith through baptism are incorporated into Christ…brothers and sisters in the Lord – Pope Joh...

cds

cell_phone

So true

less than 1 minute read

Everyone makes fun of me because my phones have the classic ringer. You know, like Grandma’s old phone that could take down a robber. As always XKCD hits it ...

certificates

change

Left Boeing

4 minute read

This morning I gave my badge back to the Boeing FSO. Lots of smiles and hand shakes, but a sad day all the same. Leaving anything you have been with for 3 ye...

I use a microscope to read maps…

2 minute read

Or in other words I am shortsighted. I watched outside the CRJ700 as Tucson appeared. Flying into Tucson I was surprised they had finally finished the renova...

The air I breathe

1 minute read

I have my chillout playlist on as I sit comfortably in the Sky Harbor Airport. Today I packed up all my things and put the mini cooper on the back of a truck...

charity

Need no more – Gifts and Holidays

1 minute read

There comes a time when we realize there is too much stuff in our lives. I have been blessed to not need for anything beyond a smile and love. As many of my ...

Geeks, Charity, and the impact of Reddit

4 minute read

When Digg migrated to Microsoft for advertising a few years ago, I took a personal stand and left. I was desperate to find a home on the internet again and c...

charts

Travel Days for 2008

less than 1 minute read

Why stop a geeky tradition?! Here is 2008’s travel graphs. This year I did hit the 2 full trips around the Earth. I am not sure what 2009 holds, but I had a ...

chat

BitlBee and OTR … then add some TOR!

1 minute read

With the release of 3.0.1 of BitlBee you can now chat from your favorite IRC client with the peace of mind that your protected. Since the OTR portion is stil...

Jabber Mix Client 1.3 Beta

less than 1 minute read

I am wanting to OTA because BlackBerry refuses to open up to Linux Machines. If you need to install JMC 1.3 to your blackberry/nokia OTA then use the links b...

christian

Dead Poetic – Vices Lyrics

1 minute read

I love this song, it is a little hard rock but the lyrics hit me so hard. It is refreshing to hear Christian music that talks about the true struggle. 

christmas

Need no more – Gifts and Holidays

1 minute read

There comes a time when we realize there is too much stuff in our lives. I have been blessed to not need for anything beyond a smile and love. As many of my ...

chrome

Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review

5 minute read

It seems everyone is posting their review after a few days of working with the laptop. I decided to take a different perspective with the initial review. Whe...

Private Browser Cleaner

less than 1 minute read

There is so much hoopla about Private Mode browsing not actually keeping you private. Most of it is due to your addons for Flash and Java. Here are the exten...

chromeos

Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review

5 minute read

It seems everyone is posting their review after a few days of working with the laptop. I decided to take a different perspective with the initial review. Whe...

CR-48 ChromeOS Security Posture

1 minute read

Since everyone is talking about the fit and finish (which is great other than the battery) I thought I’d talk about the security of the device. Google has al...

chuck_norris

church

Absolution

less than 1 minute read

God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgi...

civ5

Civ V for Mac = Borked with Black Screen

less than 1 minute read

I purchased Civ V for Mac the day it was released. LOVE…LOVE…LOVE Civilization. I had this issue after the 4GiB Download on 3 different machines and configur...

civv

Civ V for Mac = Borked with Black Screen

less than 1 minute read

I purchased Civ V for Mac the day it was released. LOVE…LOVE…LOVE Civilization. I had this issue after the 4GiB Download on 3 different machines and configur...

classic OS

login: Looking Back on Debian 1.3

3 minute read

Back at the tender age of 12 I picked up a magazine at the Base Exchange. This magazine contained a CD. This CD contained Debian 1.3. All was well in the wor...

cli

GUI Babies

less than 1 minute read

While discussing security and such with the awesome TSgt. Harkleroad, he used my now favorite phrase: GUI Babies. This made me giggle. The problem with techn...

clonezilla

closed-networks

Closed Network != Security

4 minute read

To this day I am flabbergasted by the assertion that because your network is not connected to the big “I” Internet you can practice lax security. Countless p...

clothes

WOOT! Arm in sweater

less than 1 minute read

Since the accident I have been rocking a lot of short sleeve shirts. That is great if it was summer, but winter is killing me. The past few mornings I made t...

clothing

Dress Code

1 minute read

I dress like a big geek sometimes. It isn’t uncommon to see me roll into work with jeans on and an untucked Polo shirt. On really bad days (the ones where I ...

cluster

Xgrid and Multiplatform Clients

less than 1 minute read

This allows you to setup a Xgrid controller without mac server edition. What is nifty is that the clients can run on other platforms such as Linux and Window...

Rocks Cluster

less than 1 minute read

Rocks Cluster rocks my socks. After battling with their FTP to grab the latest ISO, I was finally able to do a VMWare Install of version 4.2. The key for doi...

code

cold

Brrrr

less than 1 minute read

I ran this morning in 20 degree weather…with snow! It was pretty chilly and I am hoping when I awake in the morning the run will be much more enjoyable.

comfortable

Dress Code

1 minute read

I dress like a big geek sometimes. It isn’t uncommon to see me roll into work with jeans on and an untucked Polo shirt. On really bad days (the ones where I ...

comic

commodore

communication

Fallacy of Distance

1 minute read

As we progress down the road of technological advance we must learn to remove from our minds the grasps of time and space. It is in the advancement of techno...

company

comptuers

computers

Updated Stable

less than 1 minute read

Since a lot of my fellow nerds have mentioned they are looking at the stables page, I updated the computers as well as providing some insight into why each m...

confession

Absolution

less than 1 minute read

God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgi...

connected

Tools of the Connected Geek Trade

9 minute read

As we move up the food chain of life, our free-time becomes more and more precious. There are only so many hours in the day and my generation utilizes them t...

contract

The Family at Work

1 minute read

As we move into a fully connected world there is a bigger expectation that we allow intrusions into our personal lives. While it may be a blackberry or a pag...

contracts

Going Agile

2 minute read

Agile Software Development using SCRUM is one of best force multipliers a team can utilize to speed-up cycles.

core

correlated

coworker

Smart People

2 minute read

One of the greatest benefits to working with bright people is bright conversations. There are people in this world who I yearn to be near for no other reason...

cr-48

Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review

5 minute read

It seems everyone is posting their review after a few days of working with the laptop. I decided to take a different perspective with the initial review. Whe...

cr48

Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review

5 minute read

It seems everyone is posting their review after a few days of working with the laptop. I decided to take a different perspective with the initial review. Whe...

crappy programming

cross-domain

crossplatform

crypto

Configuring OpenBSD softraid for encryption

3 minute read

My original idea was to post a dual how-to for both softraid and svnd, but due to the size of the posts with screenshots, I have decided against that. Since ...

OpenBSD Drive Encryption Benchmarks

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I am not a benchmarker. At all…so these results are posted for friendly banter and I make no claim to their validity. Consider this th...

cube

Kicking it old school

less than 1 minute read

I setup the Cube in the living room today. After hooking it up to the Xbox controller and big screen I am ready for some Mario Kart throw down. Now if you wi...

dad

Bittersweet Day

1 minute read

I looked up at the calendar resting in my SuSE box tray (oooh shinny!) and it occurred to me that today is a weird one. To the majority of America today repr...

dan

Best Man Toast

2 minute read

I want to look back on this with my Brother. Here it is for the world to mirror!

dance

Jig

less than 1 minute read

I was thinking back to one of my favorite comics this morning as I danced around the room. There are certain songs that make me just dance around like there ...

data

dating

dc

Parking

1 minute read

The morning was clear as Oscar and I made our way down the elevator for the new morning routine. We walked past the water fountain on path to the doggie walk...

Leaving for the city

1 minute read

This morning with my lungs pressed up against the cool morning air I ran through the country. Past the cows in the pasture and up the hill where the horses d...

dca

6am to DC

less than 1 minute read

I don’t care how often I take this flight, 330 rolls around quick. The world is eerily quiet this early.

death

OpenSolaris Shortcomings

1 minute read

I want to like OpenSolaris. I love compiling away on my Sun Machines at the house. The simple fact is though the “Open” is a misnomer of great proportions. W...

deb

Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian

less than 1 minute read

Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me o...

debian

BitlBee and OTR … then add some TOR!

1 minute read

With the release of 3.0.1 of BitlBee you can now chat from your favorite IRC client with the peace of mind that your protected. Since the OTR portion is stil...

Happy 17th Birthday Debian!

less than 1 minute read

I love Debian (looks over lovingly @ the fileserver) and look forward to many more years of stable releases. Debian was my first distro when I ran 1.3 at th...

Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian

less than 1 minute read

Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me o...

login: Looking Back on Debian 1.3

3 minute read

Back at the tender age of 12 I picked up a magazine at the Base Exchange. This magazine contained a CD. This CD contained Debian 1.3. All was well in the wor...

Ian Murdock leaves Debian

less than 1 minute read

The Sun folks are sounding the alarm that this is the end of Linux! I think what they fail to reailize is the state of Debian and his original project leads....

decade

design

dev

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

less than 1 minute read

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 ...

diet

Workout and Food Log

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I **LOVE** thedailyplate.com and use the thing (as the name suggests) daily. Recently they added an option to export all your data to ...

I diet geeky style

less than 1 minute read

From the DailyPlate website I track my food for keeping my weight (steady, not trying to loose) and today after working out I was given this little note:

dining

disa

display

distance

Fallacy of Distance

1 minute read

As we progress down the road of technological advance we must learn to remove from our minds the grasps of time and space. It is in the advancement of techno...

distro

What Linux/UNIX do you use?

1 minute read

At work I often get asked what UNIX/Linux I use. Truth of the matter is I am an OS harlot :) I run NeXTStep and Rhapsody for fun. When I buy systems I force ...

divorce

Geek and Backup Pride

3 minute read

Geeks pride themselves on the ability to institute good backup routines. We laugh in the faces of those poor souls who scream and yank hair as they watch the...

dm-crypt

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

less than 1 minute read

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 ...

dns

WAMU{.org/.com}

1 minute read

WAMU, our local NPR station in DC, left me with a cliff hanger as I rushed back from the grocery store. In the days prior to the streaming web I would have j...

docker

dod

dog

Beagle Travelers

1 minute read

Oscar only whines when he is wanting to go play outside with another dog or he is upset. Luckily he is a pretty happy dog and does neither with any sort of r...

doorbell

Ring Doorbell Security

5 minute read

The Ring Doorbell has been invaluable as we travel the world. The reactions of people are often times pretty funny as the doorbell they just pressed begins t...

dork

I want a pony and a nintendo…

less than 1 minute read

I remember growing up I would pray with such fervor for things. This morning as I was driving to work I did the same thing! You would think after 23 years I ...

What Geek am I?

1 minute read

  This is a picture someone published online that shows all the different types of geeks. I figured I would quickly look at the image and find, THE NICK. My ...

dpkg

Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian

less than 1 minute read

Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me o...

dresscode

Dress Code

1 minute read

I dress like a big geek sometimes. It isn’t uncommon to see me roll into work with jeans on and an untucked Polo shirt. On really bad days (the ones where I ...

dri

driver

Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian

less than 1 minute read

Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me o...

drm

duty

Muster

3 minute read

We all stood in line this morning which seemed the perfect crowning to the definition of military efficiency. The middle aged officer (she had the officer lo...

e61

ebook

Bought a Kindle

less than 1 minute read

I love books. I actually love reading but hate the one aspect of being a traveling reader…carrying them all. A few reference computer manuals and a college b...

eff

Switching to Android

1 minute read

A few months ago I started compiling the iPhone libraries for Linux to allow syncing without WIFI. I thought I was king of the world as I bypassed all of the...

email

embedded

emc

emotion

Passion

1 minute read

What is your passion? The collegiate response is that passion is an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. Passion is a word that posses a meaning that ...

emulator

Kicking it old school

less than 1 minute read

I setup the Cube in the living room today. After hooking it up to the Xbox controller and big screen I am ready for some Mario Kart throw down. Now if you wi...

enclaves

Closed Network != Security

4 minute read

To this day I am flabbergasted by the assertion that because your network is not connected to the big “I” Internet you can practice lax security. Countless p...

encryption

Configuring OpenBSD softraid for encryption

3 minute read

My original idea was to post a dual how-to for both softraid and svnd, but due to the size of the posts with screenshots, I have decided against that. Since ...

enterprise

entj

Field Marshal Nick

1 minute read

I always have thought personality tests were somewhat goofy and inaccurate. I took one this morning and it was scary right:

era

I use a microscope to read maps…

2 minute read

Or in other words I am shortsighted. I watched outside the CRJ700 as Tucson appeared. Flying into Tucson I was surprised they had finally finished the renova...

esx

Virtualization Tool Support Matrix

less than 1 minute read

I would argue it is pretty sad that the tools needed to abstract the OS from hardware are tied to specific platforms. Companies that pride themselves on deli...

eucharist

Water

2 minute read

I ran my hand through the water on the banks of the pond that day. As I sat under the golden crisp light beaming down on me, I knew the time was not for deci...

evolution

Evolution tip

less than 1 minute read

~/.evolution/mail/exchange/$mailbox/favorites

execution

Inversion of Schedule and Process

3 minute read

Programs are held to rigid standards by the very nature of the word. “A planned series of future events and items” accurately portrays the course of action w...

exhaust

New Exhaust RC51

less than 1 minute read

For a heck of a steal on ebay, I picked up a new exhaust system for the bike. Ready for the price…wait for it…wait for it…125 dollars pl...

facebook

What happens when you use TOR and Facebook

less than 1 minute read

Facebook for all the lack of privacy controls and bad press, does in fact keep an eye on users. A few times since I started connecting to their jabber chat s...

fail

family

The Family at Work

1 minute read

As we move into a fully connected world there is a bigger expectation that we allow intrusions into our personal lives. While it may be a blackberry or a pag...

fashion

WOOT! Arm in sweater

less than 1 minute read

Since the accident I have been rocking a lot of short sleeve shirts. That is great if it was summer, but winter is killing me. The past few mornings I made t...

fast_food

fault

Systems Engineering and Redundancy

1 minute read

I posted this to ServerFault.com today. Folks loose site of requirements and systems engineering and it drives me batty. Here was my response to the guys que...

finance

2013 Investment Recap

4 minute read

I like to look back at the year and see how good (or bad) my investments were in stocks for the year. As the rest of the year is going to be crazy busy I wan...

fips

firefox

Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You

2 minute read

Earlier posts outlined howto utilize OpenSC to ensure your CAC worked in Linux or Mac. The problem is that there are new 144k CAC being passed out that do no...

Private Browser Cleaner

less than 1 minute read

There is so much hoopla about Private Mode browsing not actually keeping you private. Most of it is due to your addons for Flash and Java. Here are the exten...

fireqos

Traffic Control on Linux with FireQOS

2 minute read

In order to make full use of my half-duplex WiMAX link, I started looking for anything and everything I could use to optimize it. Linux has some pretty decen...

firewall

Traffic Control on Linux with FireQOS

2 minute read

In order to make full use of my half-duplex WiMAX link, I started looking for anything and everything I could use to optimize it. Linux has some pretty decen...

McAfee buys Secure Computing

less than 1 minute read

The most beautiful firewall I have ever come into contact with is Sidewinder. The first day I learned about Blurbs in the military was the day I began to jum...

flash

Private Browser Cleaner

less than 1 minute read

There is so much hoopla about Private Mode browsing not actually keeping you private. Most of it is due to your addons for Flash and Java. Here are the exten...

flight

6am to DC

less than 1 minute read

I don’t care how often I take this flight, 330 rolls around quick. The world is eerily quiet this early.

flushing

Joy of Flushing

3 minute read

I live in an old home. Over 70 years old at least. I don’t know the exact date, but I know that this whole area is named for the original owners. Th...

flying

Food Time!

less than 1 minute read

On airplanes it is really funny to watch the stewardess get the drink cart ready. In complete unison trays on the back of seats drop for their yummy infant p...

food

Workout and Food Log

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I **LOVE** thedailyplate.com and use the thing (as the name suggests) daily. Recently they added an option to export all your data to ...

Food Time!

less than 1 minute read

On airplanes it is really funny to watch the stewardess get the drink cart ready. In complete unison trays on the back of seats drop for their yummy infant p...

forgiveness

407

less than 1 minute read

It is often in the course of life that we are put to the test of our faith. My little brother just txt’ed me saying “Shotgun is at mom’s...

forgivness

Dead Poetic – Vices Lyrics

1 minute read

I love this song, it is a little hard rock but the lyrics hit me so hard. It is refreshing to hear Christian music that talks about the true struggle. 

foursquare

fpcon

friends

frontpoint

fruit

Seedless Grapes

less than 1 minute read

Todays reading is Matthew 13:18. I read something like that and think of being a seed…what a feeling?! Can you help but go through today’s gospel and figure ...

fsf

Switching to Android

1 minute read

A few months ago I started compiling the iPhone libraries for Linux to allow syncing without WIFI. I thought I was king of the world as I bypassed all of the...

fun

Travel Tips from a Frequent Traveler

6 minute read

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!” This year alone I have been in 12 countries and accumulated over 500k miles of travel and want to share my ...

funny

Running Comic

less than 1 minute read

I am up at the crack of dawn and off to run. Found this quote and made me giggle.

fusion

futurama

future

The air I breathe

1 minute read

I have my chillout playlist on as I sit comfortably in the Sky Harbor Airport. Today I packed up all my things and put the mini cooper on the back of a truck...

g4

Change your device alias in Open Firmware

less than 1 minute read

If you happen to have a G4 Cube or another system with a MCE upgraded superdrive, you have the issue of dealing with the Master/Slave mappings. You loose the...

g4cube

Kicking it old school

less than 1 minute read

I setup the Cube in the living room today. After hooking it up to the Xbox controller and big screen I am ready for some Mario Kart throw down. Now if you wi...

Change your device alias in Open Firmware

less than 1 minute read

If you happen to have a G4 Cube or another system with a MCE upgraded superdrive, you have the issue of dealing with the Master/Slave mappings. You loose the...

game

PPC Loki Games

less than 1 minute read

Here is a blast from the past…way back past…

gameboy

DS Lite Loving

1 minute read

I broke down ladies and gentlemen. For months I have been working hard now on my GP2x from Korea. While the device runs linux and many emulators well it lack...

games

gaming

DS Lite Loving

1 minute read

I broke down ladies and gentlemen. For months I have been working hard now on my GP2x from Korea. While the device runs linux and many emulators well it lack...

gcc

-fno -fno -fno stack protection

1 minute read

2 days straight now on IRC (##security on irc.freenode.net if you want to say hi) I have had to help someone compiling a program deal with it failing mid-str...

gconf

Using Gmail as GNOME’s default mailer

less than 1 minute read

As a security expert I have to say that this is total hogwash with all the uproar over his script. I sure hope these same people practice AWESOME security ev...

geek

Ring Doorbell Security

5 minute read

The Ring Doorbell has been invaluable as we travel the world. The reactions of people are often times pretty funny as the doorbell they just pressed begins t...

Tools of the Connected Geek Trade

9 minute read

As we move up the food chain of life, our free-time becomes more and more precious. There are only so many hours in the day and my generation utilizes them t...

Geeks, Charity, and the impact of Reddit

4 minute read

When Digg migrated to Microsoft for advertising a few years ago, I took a personal stand and left. I was desperate to find a home on the internet again and c...

No Shave November – Aftermath Report

2 minute read

Men in my Family either grow kickass beards or what amounts to patchy peach fuze. Having been military and in the corporate world my whole life I was unable ...

Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…

4 minute read

As I learned in a sink vs. swim situation, I wanted to share some books and blogs that helped me. UP FRONT LET ME STATE: I am still learning and screw-up ...

Nokia N900 Demo Unit

1 minute read

I think in part to my tweets of N900 lust and desire, Nokia contacted me to see if I was interested in a demo unit. After validating the email was NOT from N...

Travel Days for 2008

less than 1 minute read

Why stop a geeky tradition?! Here is 2008’s travel graphs. This year I did hit the 2 full trips around the Earth. I am not sure what 2009 holds, but I had a ...

Geek and Backup Pride

3 minute read

Geeks pride themselves on the ability to institute good backup routines. We laugh in the faces of those poor souls who scream and yank hair as they watch the...

login: Looking Back on Debian 1.3

3 minute read

Back at the tender age of 12 I picked up a magazine at the Base Exchange. This magazine contained a CD. This CD contained Debian 1.3. All was well in the wor...

Workout and Food Log

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I **LOVE** thedailyplate.com and use the thing (as the name suggests) daily. Recently they added an option to export all your data to ...

Speechless

less than 1 minute read

Other than the language and video games, it is so so true…

What Geek am I?

1 minute read

  This is a picture someone published online that shows all the different types of geeks. I figured I would quickly look at the image and find, THE NICK. My ...

Dorky Nerd God

less than 1 minute read

NerdTests.com has confirmed what we all knew…I am a Dorky Nerd God…stop the presses!

Why I am a geek

less than 1 minute read

I love nmap, one the greatest network security tools ever created. My favorite part of nmap is the hidden geek easter eggs. For example while I was compiling...

Patchstick AppleTV Hack

less than 1 minute read

I was really excited to have SSH on the AppleTV…why? No Clue. I am a geek. I use my Logitech remote for my roomba. This is simply something I do. Here is the...

DS Lite Loving

1 minute read

I broke down ladies and gentlemen. For months I have been working hard now on my GP2x from Korea. While the device runs linux and many emulators well it lack...

Ruby vs Python

less than 1 minute read

I am going to attempt once again to learn a programming language. I wanted to look at the pro’s and con’s of each language in my work enviroment, military/DO...

Geek Code

less than 1 minute read

Geek Code is almost a necessary addition to any website dealing with techie crap. After many years of NOT putting one on I decided to cave in. I now will be ...

geek_code

Geek Code

less than 1 minute read

Geek Code is almost a necessary addition to any website dealing with techie crap. After many years of NOT putting one on I decided to cave in. I now will be ...

gelocation

gentoo

PPC Linux

3 minute read

Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:

geolocation

gift

gifts

Need no more – Gifts and Holidays

1 minute read

There comes a time when we realize there is too much stuff in our lives. I have been blessed to not need for anything beyond a smile and love. As many of my ...

glibc2

PPC Loki Games

less than 1 minute read

Here is a blast from the past…way back past…

gma500

gmail

Using Gmail as GNOME’s default mailer

less than 1 minute read

As a security expert I have to say that this is total hogwash with all the uproar over his script. I sure hope these same people practice AWESOME security ev...

gnome

Fix for GNOME Keyring prompt on Autologin

less than 1 minute read

Autologin in Ubuntu 9.10 would not default unlock your keyring for security I assume. If I am using autologin, chances are security isn’t high on the list an...

Evolution tip

less than 1 minute read

~/.evolution/mail/exchange/$mailbox/favorites

Using Gmail as GNOME’s default mailer

less than 1 minute read

As a security expert I have to say that this is total hogwash with all the uproar over his script. I sure hope these same people practice AWESOME security ev...

gnupg

GPG on your Android Phone

4 minute read

All the traffic coming off your phone, if unencrypted, is clear for the telco to see. With the advent of sniffing using RF or IP based solutions it is becomi...

good-vs-bad

History Books

1 minute read

Did you know that Saint Paul was actually a woman? I bet you didn’t realize that Columbus was really from Germany and not Genovese.

google

Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review

5 minute read

It seems everyone is posting their review after a few days of working with the laptop. I decided to take a different perspective with the initial review. Whe...

CR-48 ChromeOS Security Posture

1 minute read

Since everyone is talking about the fit and finish (which is great other than the battery) I thought I’d talk about the security of the device. Google has al...

Using Gmail as GNOME’s default mailer

less than 1 minute read

As a security expert I have to say that this is total hogwash with all the uproar over his script. I sure hope these same people practice AWESOME security ev...

gospel

I want a pony and a nintendo…

less than 1 minute read

I remember growing up I would pray with such fervor for things. This morning as I was driving to work I did the same thing! You would think after 23 years I ...

govt.

Going Agile

2 minute read

Agile Software Development using SCRUM is one of best force multipliers a team can utilize to speed-up cycles.

Government Planning Perfection

1 minute read

I was allowed to leave the Air Force with no strings attached in 2003. I found this slightly odd as I had a special security code attached to my AFSC making ...

gpg

GPG on your Android Phone

4 minute read

All the traffic coming off your phone, if unencrypted, is clear for the telco to see. With the advent of sniffing using RF or IP based solutions it is becomi...

gps

Bluetooth GPS GPT-801 / Quick Review

less than 1 minute read

I purchased the generic GPT-801 bluetooth GPS after being put-off by the high price of others. Basically the device works. It does everything a bluetooth GPS...

grace

407

less than 1 minute read

It is often in the course of life that we are put to the test of our faith. My little brother just txt’ed me saying “Shotgun is at mom’s...

grandparents

I have one hand in my pocket

2 minute read

I rarely carry cash around (as evident by the many lunches I owe coworkers) and often times find bones of it in pockets. Tonight as I threw on my jacket from...

graphs

Travel Days for 2008

less than 1 minute read

Why stop a geeky tradition?! Here is 2008’s travel graphs. This year I did hit the 2 full trips around the Earth. I am not sure what 2009 holds, but I had a ...

grooming

growing

Reason and Imagination

2 minute read

Bearing your soul in words is a dangerous proposition. Admitting to yourself in a permanent fashion is much more difficult than simply bypassing it with nons...

growing up

Jr. High Review

6 minute read

Some people call Jr. High yearbooks humiliating. I call them perspective makers. I look back at the pictures and remember all the concerns I had in life and ...

guardian

Using TOR on your Android Device

2 minute read

In my continuation of howto secure your phone habits while on the go, we have come to anonymizing your traffic. There are a few reasons to do this:

guide

Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load

2 minute read

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 ...

PPC Linux

3 minute read

Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:

hack

Airborne Warfare

2 minute read

The mark of a good system administrator is laziness. I mean this in the sense that laziness in the computing world fuels automation and thereby lower costs. ...

GBA PSP Emulator SDTV

less than 1 minute read

Load up the emulator Plug in the Composite Cable Without getting a wretched headache, get into the Graphics and Sounds menu option Set Video to: Sca...

Patchstick AppleTV Hack

less than 1 minute read

I was really excited to have SSH on the AppleTV…why? No Clue. I am a geek. I use my Logitech remote for my roomba. This is simply something I do. Here is the...

hacker

hair

Bearded Nick

less than 1 minute read

Being a military brat and dude I really never had the chance to grow facial hair. This past holiday break, while not serving to provide the full 2 weeks as p...

haircut

hal

N900 Banshee Fix

less than 1 minute read

You can compile the latest builds from Banshee if you’d like, but for those of you on older non-bleeding edge machines here is the .is_audio_player needed fo...

hamachi

history

Memoirs are Dead

less than 1 minute read

In a world of twitter and 140 character posts, how will the world change in the realm of memoirs? My memoirs are here, each blog a cross section of my intell...

history channel

hobby

holiday

Need no more – Gifts and Holidays

1 minute read

There comes a time when we realize there is too much stuff in our lives. I have been blessed to not need for anything beyond a smile and love. As many of my ...

Bearded Nick

less than 1 minute read

Being a military brat and dude I really never had the chance to grow facial hair. This past holiday break, while not serving to provide the full 2 weeks as p...

home

home security

homebrew

GBA PSP Emulator SDTV

less than 1 minute read

Load up the emulator Plug in the Composite Cable Without getting a wretched headache, get into the Graphics and Sounds menu option Set Video to: Sca...

homesecurity

Withings Home Camera Review

2 minute read

I am always in search of products that help me automate and secure my home. I have run a mix of Foscam, D-Link, and Panasonics cameras dumping to a Linux ser...

homsecurity

Ring Doorbell Security

5 minute read

The Ring Doorbell has been invaluable as we travel the world. The reactions of people are often times pretty funny as the doorbell they just pressed begins t...

honda

New motorcycle – Honda RC51

less than 1 minute read

I debated and thought about it a lot before deciding on this bike. The money it cost to buy a used bike was enough to purchase a run-of-the-mill 600/1000cc I...

hope

Geeks, Charity, and the impact of Reddit

4 minute read

When Digg migrated to Microsoft for advertising a few years ago, I took a personal stand and left. I was desperate to find a home on the internet again and c...

hotel

Top 11 Pet Peeves of Hotels

3 minute read

We live in hotels most of the year. Last year we “lived” in our house for less than 30 days if you don’t count our frequent reminiscing via home security cam...

house decorating home livingroom

Living Room

less than 1 minute read

If you are clicking here you know what this is… Living Room For the whole house… Click Here 

howto

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

less than 1 minute read

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 ...

Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load

2 minute read

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 ...

Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian

less than 1 minute read

Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me o...

Error in Service Module

less than 1 minute read

If you are on a OpenSuSE or SuSE SLES/SLED machine and have recently mounted /var to a new parition, you might get the following error:

Fix for Songbird showing songs still on iPod

less than 1 minute read

I formatted my iPod recently and noticed that Songbird still thought the Library had media on it. Loading up a factory restore didn’t help. To clear the iPod...

Multipath and Redhat Linux 5

2 minute read

As many of you know, multipath was finally integrated into Redhat Linux with the 5 series. This is great when you have multipath enabled during an install as...

PPC Linux

3 minute read

Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:

Xgrid and Multiplatform Clients

less than 1 minute read

This allows you to setup a Xgrid controller without mac server edition. What is nifty is that the clients can run on other platforms such as Linux and Window...

Check out HOWTO’s

less than 1 minute read

I have started to centralize all my tutorials and howto’s I have written over the years. Take a look and let me know what you think!

hpc

Rocks Cluster

less than 1 minute read

Rocks Cluster rocks my socks. After battling with their FTP to grab the latest ISO, I was finally able to do a VMWare Install of version 4.2. The key for doi...

hspd12

Have you been using my CAC?

3 minute read

For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.

hurricane

hyper-v

ia

Defining Security

less than 1 minute read

A great post from W. Mark Brooks asks when did Information Security become IT Security? The point is very much in line with my triangle theory, that security...

Open Source Security Professionals

2 minute read

In economic times such as these it is imperative that architects and leads alike look beyond the glossy software catalog and instead to the web. In the past ...

iceweasel

Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You

2 minute read

Earlier posts outlined howto utilize OpenSC to ensure your CAC worked in Linux or Mac. The problem is that there are new 144k CAC being passed out that do no...

ids

ie

Private Browser Cleaner

less than 1 minute read

There is so much hoopla about Private Mode browsing not actually keeping you private. Most of it is due to your addons for Flash and Java. Here are the exten...

iici

im

Linux and Skype – NOW WITH VIDEO!

less than 1 minute read

Skype (or ebay) have been killing me for years now. I am a huge Skype user and always loved the video chat option. I have gone back and installed webcams for...

Jabber Mix Client 1.3 Beta

less than 1 minute read

I am wanting to OTA because BlackBerry refuses to open up to Linux Machines. If you need to install JMC 1.3 to your blackberry/nokia OTA then use the links b...

imac

I am getting an iMac…

less than 1 minute read

Just which one?! I mean really all that seperates them is the following things:

imagination

Reason and Imagination

2 minute read

Bearing your soul in words is a dangerous proposition. Admitting to yourself in a permanent fashion is much more difficult than simply bypassing it with nons...

imap

Apple Mail.app and TimeMachine

less than 1 minute read

I love Leopard! Single best upgrade I have done this year for operating systems. Vista was obviously a waste of time and Gutsy was incremental over Feisty. O...

impact

Geeks, Charity, and the impact of Reddit

4 minute read

When Digg migrated to Microsoft for advertising a few years ago, I took a personal stand and left. I was desperate to find a home on the internet again and c...

indie

Top Romantic Songs

2 minute read

I was going through and creating a Valentines Playlist for dinner tonight. We have friends coming over and I struggled to make this list. It seemed every goo...

infosec

install

Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load

2 minute read

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 ...

intel

international

internet

investments

2013 Investment Recap

4 minute read

I like to look back at the year and see how good (or bad) my investments were in stocks for the year. As the rest of the year is going to be crazy busy I wan...

ios

iphone

Switching to Android

1 minute read

A few months ago I started compiling the iPhone libraries for Linux to allow syncing without WIFI. I thought I was king of the world as I bypassed all of the...

iPhone + Mini Cooper = Super Hotness

less than 1 minute read

I am happy to report that usingthe ICE Link for my Mini works great with the mini. I now have a mini computer in my mini car. It even fades when calls come i...

iphoto

ipod

Fix for Songbird and iPod

less than 1 minute read

I LOVE SONGBIRD, but it wouldn’t recognize my iPod Shuffle. I use this one to workout and need hopping tunes to keep my miles time down. If you have an iPod ...

iptables

irc

BitlBee and OTR … then add some TOR!

1 minute read

With the release of 3.0.1 of BitlBee you can now chat from your favorite IRC client with the peace of mind that your protected. Since the OTR portion is stil...

irix

issm

Advice for new ISSO or ISSM

2 minute read

Someone in /r/netsec posted a question about what advice us old sages would have for a new ISSO. The below was my response that I hope is useful to my reader...

isso

Advice for new ISSO or ISSM

2 minute read

Someone in /r/netsec posted a question about what advice us old sages would have for a new ISSO. The below was my response that I hope is useful to my reader...

it

Defining Security

less than 1 minute read

A great post from W. Mark Brooks asks when did Information Security become IT Security? The point is very much in line with my triangle theory, that security...

itunes

Fix for Songbird showing songs still on iPod

less than 1 minute read

I formatted my iPod recently and noticed that Songbird still thought the Library had media on it. Loading up a factory restore didn’t help. To clear the iPod...

Fix for Songbird and iPod

less than 1 minute read

I LOVE SONGBIRD, but it wouldn’t recognize my iPod Shuffle. I use this one to workout and need hopping tunes to keep my miles time down. If you have an iPod ...

jabber

Jabber Mix Client 1.3 Beta

less than 1 minute read

I am wanting to OTA because BlackBerry refuses to open up to Linux Machines. If you need to install JMC 1.3 to your blackberry/nokia OTA then use the links b...

jazz

Top Romantic Songs

2 minute read

I was going through and creating a Valentines Playlist for dinner tonight. We have friends coming over and I struggled to make this list. It seemed every goo...

jokes

joy

Bittersweet Day

1 minute read

I looked up at the calendar resting in my SuSE box tray (oooh shinny!) and it occurred to me that today is a weird one. To the majority of America today repr...

jr high

Jr. High Review

6 minute read

Some people call Jr. High yearbooks humiliating. I call them perspective makers. I look back at the pictures and remember all the concerns I had in life and ...

k9mail

GPG on your Android Phone

4 minute read

All the traffic coming off your phone, if unencrypted, is clear for the telco to see. With the advent of sniffing using RF or IP based solutions it is becomi...

karmic

Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load

2 minute read

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 ...

katrina

kernel

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

less than 1 minute read

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 ...

Asus M5n ACPI Fan

less than 1 minute read

I am posting this so I can later go search and find it. Stupid fan was driving me nuts!

keyboard

kindle

Bought a Kindle

less than 1 minute read

I love books. I actually love reading but hate the one aspect of being a traveling reader…carrying them all. A few reference computer manuals and a college b...

laptop

OpenBSD Laptop mini-HOWTO

2 minute read

Awhile back I wanted a fully supported laptop to use as my OpenBSD development machine. I ended up with a Lenovo u150 which has worked out great and the pric...

lead

Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…

4 minute read

As I learned in a sink vs. swim situation, I wanted to share some books and blogs that helped me. UP FRONT LET ME STATE: I am still learning and screw-up ...

leader

Machiavellian Leadership

7 minute read

Contents 1 Defense and Military 2 Reputation of a Prince 3 Generosity vs. Parsimony ...

leadership

Machiavellian Leadership

7 minute read

Contents 1 Defense and Military 2 Reputation of a Prince 3 Generosity vs. Parsimony ...

leopard

lessonslearned

lexmark

Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian

less than 1 minute read

Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me o...

libqt

Fix for Skype

less than 1 minute read

For all those running the Skype 2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Gutsy.

life

Left Boeing

4 minute read

This morning I gave my badge back to the Boeing FSO. Lots of smiles and hand shakes, but a sad day all the same. Leaving anything you have been with for 3 ye...

Tourist in my Life

less than 1 minute read

I love Parks and Recreation. What started as Office knockoff has really grown into its own. A clip on last week’s episode made me stop and go hmmmm….

Weekend Update

5 minute read

What appears to be a world littered with twitter messages and facebook status message updates, I thought it appropriate to update those who care enough to re...

Passion

1 minute read

What is your passion? The collegiate response is that passion is an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. Passion is a word that posses a meaning that ...

lifealtering

linux

Traffic Control on Linux with FireQOS

2 minute read

In order to make full use of my half-duplex WiMAX link, I started looking for anything and everything I could use to optimize it. Linux has some pretty decen...

The machine is self aware…

less than 1 minute read

I live in the boonies now, but thankfully we have some semblance of broadband with SpeedConnect. It is a WiMax setup with a modem that needs to be reset once...

ADS-B Receiver and Plotter with Arch Linux

1 minute read

I love aviation and love software defined radios so building an ADS-B receiver and plotter was high on the lists of to-do. In Standish Michigan there are not...

Simulating WAN Links with Linux and TC

1 minute read

Simulating WAN links used to be a difficult process. I would load FreeBSD with a dummynet driver and play with the settings to tweak where I needed it for th...

Microsoft Lync on Linux

1 minute read

Microsoft Lync is prevalent through the corporate world. Honestly its a pretty decent product on a Windows machine. On Linux and Mac though it is really a ha...

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

less than 1 minute read

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 ...

Virtualization Tool Support Matrix

less than 1 minute read

I would argue it is pretty sad that the tools needed to abstract the OS from hardware are tied to specific platforms. Companies that pride themselves on deli...

Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You

2 minute read

Earlier posts outlined howto utilize OpenSC to ensure your CAC worked in Linux or Mac. The problem is that there are new 144k CAC being passed out that do no...

BitlBee and OTR … then add some TOR!

1 minute read

With the release of 3.0.1 of BitlBee you can now chat from your favorite IRC client with the peace of mind that your protected. Since the OTR portion is stil...

-fno -fno -fno stack protection

1 minute read

2 days straight now on IRC (##security on irc.freenode.net if you want to say hi) I have had to help someone compiling a program deal with it failing mid-str...

Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review

5 minute read

It seems everyone is posting their review after a few days of working with the laptop. I decided to take a different perspective with the initial review. Whe...

Have you been using my CAC?

3 minute read

For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.

Log File Size

less than 1 minute read

I struggle with ROM for log file storage. It is one of those things that no one EVER looks at, but everyone covers their asses. As an example DHS requires 90...

Happy 17th Birthday Debian!

less than 1 minute read

I love Debian (looks over lovingly @ the fileserver) and look forward to many more years of stable releases. Debian was my first distro when I ran 1.3 at th...

Switching to Android

1 minute read

A few months ago I started compiling the iPhone libraries for Linux to allow syncing without WIFI. I thought I was king of the world as I bypassed all of the...

Fix for GNOME Keyring prompt on Autologin

less than 1 minute read

Autologin in Ubuntu 9.10 would not default unlock your keyring for security I assume. If I am using autologin, chances are security isn’t high on the list an...

OpenVPN Install Ubuntu 9.10

4 minute read

A good buddy of mine, Trevor, had mentioned wanting to bridge his Brother‘s and his networks. Having done an OpenVPN install many moons ago it had resonated ...

N900 Banshee Fix

less than 1 minute read

You can compile the latest builds from Banshee if you’d like, but for those of you on older non-bleeding edge machines here is the .is_audio_player needed fo...

Test from n900

less than 1 minute read

MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it

Nokia N900 Demo Unit

1 minute read

I think in part to my tweets of N900 lust and desire, Nokia contacted me to see if I was interested in a demo unit. After validating the email was NOT from N...

The quest for a Media Center Machine

less than 1 minute read

With the synergy (ugh manager talk, sorry) of media and television I often find myself wanting to consume laying down or on the couch. Currently I slap a lap...

What Linux/UNIX do you use?

1 minute read

At work I often get asked what UNIX/Linux I use. Truth of the matter is I am an OS harlot :) I run NeXTStep and Rhapsody for fun. When I buy systems I force ...

Show Desktop

less than 1 minute read

One of my favorite features with GNOME/KDE is the show desktop button. Expose is great, but I am always clicking around on the dock. This morning the RSS fee...

Open Source Security Professionals

2 minute read

In economic times such as these it is imperative that architects and leads alike look beyond the glossy software catalog and instead to the web. In the past ...

Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian

less than 1 minute read

Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me o...

Error in Service Module

less than 1 minute read

If you are on a OpenSuSE or SuSE SLES/SLED machine and have recently mounted /var to a new parition, you might get the following error:

Fix for Songbird showing songs still on iPod

less than 1 minute read

I formatted my iPod recently and noticed that Songbird still thought the Library had media on it. Loading up a factory restore didn’t help. To clear the iPod...

Securing MySQL

less than 1 minute read

Here is my quick secure guide for MySQL:

Multipath and Redhat Linux 5

2 minute read

As many of you know, multipath was finally integrated into Redhat Linux with the 5 series. This is great when you have multipath enabled during an install as...

PPC Loki Games

less than 1 minute read

Here is a blast from the past…way back past…

SheepShaver on Ubuntu

less than 1 minute read

I wanted to run MacOS 9 in my Ubuntu Intrepid dev box so I went ahead and grabbed CVS. Problem was the autogen script never dumped a config.sub. Instead I to...

PPC Linux

3 minute read

Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:

login: Looking Back on Debian 1.3

3 minute read

Back at the tender age of 12 I picked up a magazine at the Base Exchange. This magazine contained a CD. This CD contained Debian 1.3. All was well in the wor...

Linux and Skype – NOW WITH VIDEO!

less than 1 minute read

Skype (or ebay) have been killing me for years now. I am a huge Skype user and always loved the video chat option. I have gone back and installed webcams for...

Xgrid and Multiplatform Clients

less than 1 minute read

This allows you to setup a Xgrid controller without mac server edition. What is nifty is that the clients can run on other platforms such as Linux and Window...

OpenSuSE 10.3 < Ubuntu Gutsy

1 minute read

I am done dealing with OpenSuSE 10.3. Before anyone starts I realize that it is a beta release candidate “blah blah blah.” I expect simple things to work wit...

Posted from my n800

less than 1 minute read

A program came out called Maemo Blog…and I am using it. Hooked up to my bluetooth keyboard I am able to type a post that would have taken ages with the other...

Evolution tip

less than 1 minute read

~/.evolution/mail/exchange/$mailbox/favorites

Rocks Cluster

less than 1 minute read

Rocks Cluster rocks my socks. After battling with their FTP to grab the latest ISO, I was finally able to do a VMWare Install of version 4.2. The key for doi...

Asus M5n ACPI Fan

less than 1 minute read

I am posting this so I can later go search and find it. Stupid fan was driving me nuts!

Sansa e260 and Linux

2 minute read

I broke down and purchased a new MP3 player after the trusty iPod Mini bit the dust. Thank you Apple for including a wonderful 6GiB CF Drive though :) Moving...

Using Gmail as GNOME’s default mailer

less than 1 minute read

As a security expert I have to say that this is total hogwash with all the uproar over his script. I sure hope these same people practice AWESOME security ev...

liturgy

I want a pony and a nintendo…

less than 1 minute read

I remember growing up I would pray with such fervor for things. This morning as I was driving to work I did the same thing! You would think after 23 years I ...

location

logs

Log File Size

less than 1 minute read

I struggle with ROM for log file storage. It is one of those things that no one EVER looks at, but everyone covers their asses. As an example DHS requires 90...

loki

PPC Loki Games

less than 1 minute read

Here is a blast from the past…way back past…

lolcats

looking back

love

Top Romantic Songs

2 minute read

I was going through and creating a Valentines Playlist for dinner tonight. We have friends coming over and I struggled to make this list. It seemed every goo...

Speechless

less than 1 minute read

Other than the language and video games, it is so so true…

What I need Recap 2

1 minute read

In a fight recently, I wrote down a list of needs. The boat had done sailed by time these were written down but I left them on my fridge (along with what Nic...

407

less than 1 minute read

It is often in the course of life that we are put to the test of our faith. My little brother just txt’ed me saying “Shotgun is at mom’s...

lovesac

lts

lucid

lulu

Best Man Toast

2 minute read

I want to look back on this with my Brother. Here it is for the world to mirror!

lync

Microsoft Lync on Linux

1 minute read

Microsoft Lync is prevalent through the corporate world. Honestly its a pretty decent product on a Windows machine. On Linux and Mac though it is really a ha...

lyrics

Dead Poetic – Vices Lyrics

1 minute read

I love this song, it is a little hard rock but the lyrics hit me so hard. It is refreshing to hear Christian music that talks about the true struggle. 

m5n

Asus M5n ACPI Fan

less than 1 minute read

I am posting this so I can later go search and find it. Stupid fan was driving me nuts!

mac

Dual Time Machine Locations

less than 1 minute read

Apple must have been reading my blog when I wrote-up how to use two locations for Time Machine. Now in Mountain Lion it is built in and is much more seamless...

Virtualization Tool Support Matrix

less than 1 minute read

I would argue it is pretty sad that the tools needed to abstract the OS from hardware are tied to specific platforms. Companies that pride themselves on deli...

Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You

2 minute read

Earlier posts outlined howto utilize OpenSC to ensure your CAC worked in Linux or Mac. The problem is that there are new 144k CAC being passed out that do no...

Have you been using my CAC?

3 minute read

For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.

Civ V for Mac = Borked with Black Screen

less than 1 minute read

I purchased Civ V for Mac the day it was released. LOVE…LOVE…LOVE Civilization. I had this issue after the 4GiB Download on 3 different machines and configur...

The quest for a Media Center Machine

less than 1 minute read

With the synergy (ugh manager talk, sorry) of media and television I often find myself wanting to consume laying down or on the couch. Currently I slap a lap...

What Linux/UNIX do you use?

1 minute read

At work I often get asked what UNIX/Linux I use. Truth of the matter is I am an OS harlot :) I run NeXTStep and Rhapsody for fun. When I buy systems I force ...

Show Desktop

less than 1 minute read

One of my favorite features with GNOME/KDE is the show desktop button. Expose is great, but I am always clicking around on the dock. This morning the RSS fee...

Fix for Songbird showing songs still on iPod

less than 1 minute read

I formatted my iPod recently and noticed that Songbird still thought the Library had media on it. Loading up a factory restore didn’t help. To clear the iPod...

bin2iso for Leopard 10.5

less than 1 minute read

I compiled bin2iso from source for all the mac users out there. For some reason bin2iso is not in macports. Link below:

SheepShaver on Ubuntu

less than 1 minute read

I wanted to run MacOS 9 in my Ubuntu Intrepid dev box so I went ahead and grabbed CVS. Problem was the autogen script never dumped a config.sub. Instead I to...

PPC Linux

3 minute read

Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:

Wine in MacOSX

less than 1 minute read

Macports now has the latest wine. What this means is that X11+Wine = steam hotness! I will post more info as I figure stuff out.

Dang you Apple! Why must you p…

less than 1 minute read

Dang you Apple! Why must you put iPhone commercials on when I watch TV, I am doing my best to NOT get one…sheesh!

I love WWDC, it is an exciting…

less than 1 minute read

I love WWDC, it is an exciting look at technology as a whole. Steve still has it! Safari on XP/VISTA is a huge move’

AppleTV and Extreme

less than 1 minute read

I geeked up this weekend and purchased an AppleTV and matching router. Stay tuned for review!

Crazy Mac Mini People

less than 1 minute read

For some reason in the twilight zone a G4 Mac Mini is still worth near it’s asking price. Why? I cannot for the life of me understand who is paying these pri...

I am getting an iMac…

less than 1 minute read

Just which one?! I mean really all that seperates them is the following things:

macbook air

macmini

Crazy Mac Mini People

less than 1 minute read

For some reason in the twilight zone a G4 Mac Mini is still worth near it’s asking price. Why? I cannot for the life of me understand who is paying these pri...

macosx wine linux sha1 md5 macports

macports

bin2iso for Leopard 10.5

less than 1 minute read

I compiled bin2iso from source for all the mac users out there. For some reason bin2iso is not in macports. Link below:

maemo

OpenVPN Install Ubuntu 9.10

4 minute read

A good buddy of mine, Trevor, had mentioned wanting to bridge his Brother‘s and his networks. Having done an OpenVPN install many moons ago it had resonated ...

Test from n900

less than 1 minute read

MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it

mail

Apple Mail.app and TimeMachine

less than 1 minute read

I love Leopard! Single best upgrade I have done this year for operating systems. Vista was obviously a waste of time and Gutsy was incremental over Feisty. O...

manager

Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…

4 minute read

As I learned in a sink vs. swim situation, I wanted to share some books and blogs that helped me. UP FRONT LET ME STATE: I am still learning and screw-up ...

mandrake

mandriva

maps

marriage

Best Man Toast

2 minute read

I want to look back on this with my Brother. Here it is for the world to mirror!

What I need Recap 2

1 minute read

In a fight recently, I wrote down a list of needs. The boat had done sailed by time these were written down but I left them on my fridge (along with what Nic...

matrix

Virtualization Tool Support Matrix

less than 1 minute read

I would argue it is pretty sad that the tools needed to abstract the OS from hardware are tied to specific platforms. Companies that pride themselves on deli...

mbr

mcafee

McAfee buys Secure Computing

less than 1 minute read

The most beautiful firewall I have ever come into contact with is Sidewinder. The first day I learned about Blurbs in the military was the day I began to jum...

mce

Change your device alias in Open Firmware

less than 1 minute read

If you happen to have a G4 Cube or another system with a MCE upgraded superdrive, you have the issue of dealing with the Master/Slave mappings. You loose the...

media

N900 Banshee Fix

less than 1 minute read

You can compile the latest builds from Banshee if you’d like, but for those of you on older non-bleeding edge machines here is the .is_audio_player needed fo...

The quest for a Media Center Machine

less than 1 minute read

With the synergy (ugh manager talk, sorry) of media and television I often find myself wanting to consume laying down or on the couch. Currently I slap a lap...

mediacenter

Kicking it old school

less than 1 minute read

I setup the Cube in the living room today. After hooking it up to the Xbox controller and big screen I am ready for some Mario Kart throw down. Now if you wi...

meego

memoirs

Memoirs are Dead

less than 1 minute read

In a world of twitter and 140 character posts, how will the world change in the realm of memoirs? My memoirs are here, each blog a cross section of my intell...

memories

I have one hand in my pocket

2 minute read

I rarely carry cash around (as evident by the many lunches I owe coworkers) and often times find bones of it in pockets. Tonight as I threw on my jacket from...

metrics

Workout and Food Log

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I **LOVE** thedailyplate.com and use the thing (as the name suggests) daily. Recently they added an option to export all your data to ...

mfa

mgmt

Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…

4 minute read

As I learned in a sink vs. swim situation, I wanted to share some books and blogs that helped me. UP FRONT LET ME STATE: I am still learning and screw-up ...

Defining Security

less than 1 minute read

A great post from W. Mark Brooks asks when did Information Security become IT Security? The point is very much in line with my triangle theory, that security...

microsoft

Microsoft Lync on Linux

1 minute read

Microsoft Lync is prevalent through the corporate world. Honestly its a pretty decent product on a Windows machine. On Linux and Mac though it is really a ha...

military

Government Planning Perfection

1 minute read

I was allowed to leave the Air Force with no strings attached in 2003. I found this slightly odd as I had a special security code attached to my AFSC making ...

Muster

3 minute read

We all stood in line this morning which seemed the perfect crowning to the definition of military efficiency. The middle aged officer (she had the officer lo...

Military Men — WHOORAH!

less than 1 minute read

While there was much talk about the Army raising the maximum age for new recruits from 35 to 42, the lesser-known development is that the Pentagon managed no...

mini cooper

minicooper

iPhone + Mini Cooper = Super Hotness

less than 1 minute read

I am happy to report that usingthe ICE Link for my Mini works great with the mini. I now have a mini computer in my mini car. It even fades when calls come i...

misc

Long Time

less than 1 minute read

It has been awhile since I have posted here since work started blocking my website (BLOCKED FOR HACKING TUTORIALS – Seriously!) and I wanted to make sure I c...

mobile

GPG on your Android Phone

4 minute read

All the traffic coming off your phone, if unencrypted, is clear for the telco to see. With the advent of sniffing using RF or IP based solutions it is becomi...

mom

Don’t Mess with Momma Bear

4 minute read

Usually the text posted to this website is related to some technology or recent hack, but today it will be a little different. My tenacious personality and d...

moment

Moment in Time

less than 1 minute read

Sometimes when we leave a place we know it isn’t forever. Yet you still look around with deep breath and soak it in. What is “it”  that we need to soak?I had...

money

Parking

1 minute read

The morning was clear as Oscar and I made our way down the elevator for the new morning routine. We walked past the water fountain on path to the doggie walk...

monitoring

morality

History Books

1 minute read

Did you know that Saint Paul was actually a woman? I bet you didn’t realize that Columbus was really from Germany and not Genovese.

motorcycle

Storm Racing

3 minute read

“Looks like rain today” my Mother commented as we shared an after Mass lunch. “Yesterday was a mess with all that storming” I agreed. Rain it seemed was my w...

New Exhaust RC51

less than 1 minute read

For a heck of a steal on ebay, I picked up a new exhaust system for the bike. Ready for the price…wait for it…wait for it…125 dollars pl...

New motorcycle – Honda RC51

less than 1 minute read

I debated and thought about it a lot before deciding on this bike. The money it cost to buy a used bike was enough to purchase a run-of-the-mill 600/1000cc I...

motorcycle bike accident ouch

mp3

Fix for Songbird and iPod

less than 1 minute read

I LOVE SONGBIRD, but it wouldn’t recognize my iPod Shuffle. I use this one to workout and need hopping tunes to keep my miles time down. If you have an iPod ...

Sansa e260 and Linux

2 minute read

I broke down and purchased a new MP3 player after the trusty iPod Mini bit the dust. Thank you Apple for including a wonderful 6GiB CF Drive though :) Moving...

mpc

The quest for a Media Center Machine

less than 1 minute read

With the synergy (ugh manager talk, sorry) of media and television I often find myself wanting to consume laying down or on the couch. Currently I slap a lap...

mtab

N900 Banshee Fix

less than 1 minute read

You can compile the latest builds from Banshee if you’d like, but for those of you on older non-bleeding edge machines here is the .is_audio_player needed fo...

multi-level

multicore

multipath

Multipath and Redhat Linux 5

2 minute read

As many of you know, multipath was finally integrated into Redhat Linux with the 5 series. This is great when you have multipath enabled during an install as...

multiplatform

3 OS on a 1996-era machine…

less than 1 minute read

I always wanted an SGI machine after watching Jurassic Park as a kid.Its a UNIX system. I know this!

murdock

Happy 17th Birthday Debian!

less than 1 minute read

I love Debian (looks over lovingly @ the fileserver) and look forward to many more years of stable releases. Debian was my first distro when I ran 1.3 at th...

music

Hey Ya

less than 1 minute read

I am not one for rap usually, but this rendition rocks my socks. Turns the pop-rap into this dramatic song about life :) 

Dead Poetic – Vices Lyrics

1 minute read

I love this song, it is a little hard rock but the lyrics hit me so hard. It is refreshing to hear Christian music that talks about the true struggle. 

muster

Muster

3 minute read

We all stood in line this morning which seemed the perfect crowning to the definition of military efficiency. The middle aged officer (she had the officer lo...

mysql

Securing MySQL

less than 1 minute read

Here is my quick secure guide for MySQL:

n800

Posted from my n800

less than 1 minute read

A program came out called Maemo Blog…and I am using it. Hooked up to my bluetooth keyboard I am able to type a post that would have taken ages with the other...

n900

OpenVPN Install Ubuntu 9.10

4 minute read

A good buddy of mine, Trevor, had mentioned wanting to bridge his Brother‘s and his networks. Having done an OpenVPN install many moons ago it had resonated ...

N900 Banshee Fix

less than 1 minute read

You can compile the latest builds from Banshee if you’d like, but for those of you on older non-bleeding edge machines here is the .is_audio_player needed fo...

Test from n900

less than 1 minute read

MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it

Nokia N900 Demo Unit

1 minute read

I think in part to my tweets of N900 lust and desire, Nokia contacted me to see if I was interested in a demo unit. After validating the email was NOT from N...

name

nerd

Dorky Nerd God

less than 1 minute read

NerdTests.com has confirmed what we all knew…I am a Dorky Nerd God…stop the presses!

nessus

Fix for Skype

less than 1 minute read

For all those running the Skype 2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Gutsy.

netbackup

netbook

netem

Simulating WAN Links with Linux and TC

1 minute read

Simulating WAN links used to be a difficult process. I would load FreeBSD with a dummynet driver and play with the settings to tweak where I needed it for th...

netgear

network

networks

never-the-same

Moment in Time

less than 1 minute read

Sometimes when we leave a place we know it isn’t forever. Yet you still look around with deep breath and soak it in. What is “it”  that we need to soak?I had...

newsgroups

newyear

nextstep

NEXTSTEP 3.3 RISC SparcStation 5

less than 1 minute read

I finally found a copy of NEXTSTEP 3.3 and got it installed on a SparcStation5. I am rocking retro 1993 style. Screenshot for street cred:

nick

Passion

1 minute read

What is your passion? The collegiate response is that passion is an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. Passion is a word that posses a meaning that ...

nintendo

DS Lite Loving

1 minute read

I broke down ladies and gentlemen. For months I have been working hard now on my GP2x from Korea. While the device runs linux and many emulators well it lack...

nntp

nokia

N900 Banshee Fix

less than 1 minute read

You can compile the latest builds from Banshee if you’d like, but for those of you on older non-bleeding edge machines here is the .is_audio_player needed fo...

Test from n900

less than 1 minute read

MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it

Nokia N900 Demo Unit

1 minute read

I think in part to my tweets of N900 lust and desire, Nokia contacted me to see if I was interested in a demo unit. After validating the email was NOT from N...

Posted from my n800

less than 1 minute read

A program came out called Maemo Blog…and I am using it. Hooked up to my bluetooth keyboard I am able to type a post that would have taken ages with the other...

noshavenovemeber

No Shave November – Aftermath Report

2 minute read

Men in my Family either grow kickass beards or what amounts to patchy peach fuze. Having been military and in the corporate world my whole life I was unable ...

npr

WAMU{.org/.com}

1 minute read

WAMU, our local NPR station in DC, left me with a cliff hanger as I rushed back from the grocery store. In the days prior to the streaming web I would have j...

oldies

Top Romantic Songs

2 minute read

I was going through and creating a Valentines Playlist for dinner tonight. We have friends coming over and I struggled to make this list. It seemed every goo...

online presence

onthego

open source

Open Source Security Professionals

2 minute read

In economic times such as these it is imperative that architects and leads alike look beyond the glossy software catalog and instead to the web. In the past ...

openbsd

OpenBSD Laptop mini-HOWTO

2 minute read

Awhile back I wanted a fully supported laptop to use as my OpenBSD development machine. I ended up with a Lenovo u150 which has worked out great and the pric...

Configuring OpenBSD softraid for encryption

3 minute read

My original idea was to post a dual how-to for both softraid and svnd, but due to the size of the posts with screenshots, I have decided against that. Since ...

OpenBSD Drive Encryption Benchmarks

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I am not a benchmarker. At all…so these results are posted for friendly banter and I make no claim to their validity. Consider this th...

openfirmware

Change your device alias in Open Firmware

less than 1 minute read

If you happen to have a G4 Cube or another system with a MCE upgraded superdrive, you have the issue of dealing with the Master/Slave mappings. You loose the...

openid

opensolaris

OpenSolaris Shortcomings

1 minute read

I want to like OpenSolaris. I love compiling away on my Sun Machines at the house. The simple fact is though the “Open” is a misnomer of great proportions. W...

Project Indiana (Ian’s OpenSol…

less than 1 minute read

Project Indiana (Ian’s OpenSolaris) and OpenBSD 4.2 released with Leopard in the same week?!?! How can I be expected to work!?

Ian Murdock leaves Debian

less than 1 minute read

The Sun folks are sounding the alarm that this is the end of Linux! I think what they fail to reailize is the state of Debian and his original project leads....

opensource

opensuse

Error in Service Module

less than 1 minute read

If you are on a OpenSuSE or SuSE SLES/SLED machine and have recently mounted /var to a new parition, you might get the following error:

OpenSuSE 10.3 < Ubuntu Gutsy

1 minute read

I am done dealing with OpenSuSE 10.3. Before anyone starts I realize that it is a beta release candidate “blah blah blah.” I expect simple things to work wit...

openvpn

OpenWRT and PIA

1 minute read

I use an OpenWRT travel router to deal with public WiFi access security and geolocation concerns. I have written extensively prior  and ran into an issue wit...

OpenVPN Install Ubuntu 9.10

4 minute read

A good buddy of mine, Trevor, had mentioned wanting to bridge his Brother‘s and his networks. Having done an OpenVPN install many moons ago it had resonated ...

openwrt

OpenWRT and PIA

1 minute read

I use an OpenWRT travel router to deal with public WiFi access security and geolocation concerns. I have written extensively prior  and ran into an issue wit...

1965

4 minute read

—- Cross Post from the Spec Ops Technology Blog —-

opera

Top Romantic Songs

2 minute read

I was going through and creating a Valentines Playlist for dinner tonight. We have friends coming over and I struggled to make this list. It seemed every goo...

operating system

3 OS on a 1996-era machine…

less than 1 minute read

I always wanted an SGI machine after watching Jurassic Park as a kid.Its a UNIX system. I know this!

orbot

Using TOR on your Android Device

2 minute read

In my continuation of howto secure your phone habits while on the go, we have come to anonymizing your traffic. There are a few reasons to do this:

oscar

oss

Switching to Android

1 minute read

A few months ago I started compiling the iPhone libraries for Linux to allow syncing without WIFI. I thought I was king of the world as I bypassed all of the...

Open Source Security Professionals

2 minute read

In economic times such as these it is imperative that architects and leads alike look beyond the glossy software catalog and instead to the web. In the past ...

otr

BitlBee and OTR … then add some TOR!

1 minute read

With the release of 3.0.1 of BitlBee you can now chat from your favorite IRC client with the peace of mind that your protected. Since the OTR portion is stil...

our_father

I want a pony and a nintendo…

less than 1 minute read

I remember growing up I would pray with such fervor for things. This morning as I was driving to work I did the same thing! You would think after 23 years I ...

overlay

palm

Bye Bye Treo…

less than 1 minute read

The Treo 650 is a great phone. I purchased it after a horrible experince with Windows Mobile and decided to go the Palm route for the excellent Linux support...

palmos

Bye Bye Treo…

less than 1 minute read

The Treo 650 is a great phone. I purchased it after a horrible experince with Windows Mobile and decided to go the Palm route for the excellent Linux support...

paradigm

The Family at Work

1 minute read

As we move into a fully connected world there is a bigger expectation that we allow intrusions into our personal lives. While it may be a blackberry or a pag...

parking

Parking

1 minute read

The morning was clear as Oscar and I made our way down the elevator for the new morning routine. We walked past the water fountain on path to the doggie walk...

passion

Passion

1 minute read

What is your passion? The collegiate response is that passion is an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. Passion is a word that posses a meaning that ...

past

The air I breathe

1 minute read

I have my chillout playlist on as I sit comfortably in the Sky Harbor Airport. Today I packed up all my things and put the mini cooper on the back of a truck...

patchstick

Patchstick AppleTV Hack

less than 1 minute read

I was really excited to have SSH on the AppleTV…why? No Clue. I am a geek. I use my Logitech remote for my roomba. This is simply something I do. Here is the...

pc

pentest

CR-48 ChromeOS Security Posture

1 minute read

Since everyone is talking about the fit and finish (which is great other than the battery) I thought I’d talk about the security of the device. Google has al...

people

Smart People

2 minute read

One of the greatest benefits to working with bright people is bright conversations. There are people in this world who I yearn to be near for no other reason...

persona

I use a microscope to read maps…

2 minute read

Or in other words I am shortsighted. I watched outside the CRJ700 as Tucson appeared. Flying into Tucson I was surprised they had finally finished the renova...

personality

Field Marshal Nick

1 minute read

I always have thought personality tests were somewhat goofy and inaccurate. I took one this morning and it was scary right:

persons

perspective

pgp

GPG on your Android Phone

4 minute read

All the traffic coming off your phone, if unencrypted, is clear for the telco to see. With the advent of sniffing using RF or IP based solutions it is becomi...

phone

Switching to Android

1 minute read

A few months ago I started compiling the iPhone libraries for Linux to allow syncing without WIFI. I thought I was king of the world as I bypassed all of the...

Nokia N900 Demo Unit

1 minute read

I think in part to my tweets of N900 lust and desire, Nokia contacted me to see if I was interested in a demo unit. After validating the email was NOT from N...

So true

less than 1 minute read

Everyone makes fun of me because my phones have the classic ringer. You know, like Grandma’s old phone that could take down a robber. As always XKCD hits it ...

phones

GPG on your Android Phone

4 minute read

All the traffic coming off your phone, if unencrypted, is clear for the telco to see. With the advent of sniffing using RF or IP based solutions it is becomi...

pia

OpenWRT and PIA

1 minute read

I use an OpenWRT travel router to deal with public WiFi access security and geolocation concerns. I have written extensively prior  and ran into an issue wit...

picasa

pidgin

Microsoft Lync on Linux

1 minute read

Microsoft Lync is prevalent through the corporate world. Honestly its a pretty decent product on a Windows machine. On Linux and Mac though it is really a ha...

pirate

ARRR!! I am a software pirate

1 minute read

And it is easier…I do my best to use opensource software at all times but there are times when I need, specifically, Windows XP. I just purchased a 24″ iMac ...

pki

Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You

2 minute read

Earlier posts outlined howto utilize OpenSC to ensure your CAC worked in Linux or Mac. The problem is that there are new 144k CAC being passed out that do no...

placebo

Placebos and Security

1 minute read

There was recently a study that found when people knew that they were taking a placebo, it still helped. The common idea in the past was that you could utili...

plane

Moment in Time

less than 1 minute read

Sometimes when we leave a place we know it isn’t forever. Yet you still look around with deep breath and soak it in. What is “it”  that we need to soak?I had...

pm

Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…

4 minute read

As I learned in a sink vs. swim situation, I wanted to share some books and blogs that helped me. UP FRONT LET ME STATE: I am still learning and screw-up ...

poetry

Jig

less than 1 minute read

I was thinking back to one of my favorite comics this morning as I danced around the room. There are certain songs that make me just dance around like there ...

pogoplug

poo

Joy of Flushing

3 minute read

I live in an old home. Over 70 years old at least. I don’t know the exact date, but I know that this whole area is named for the original owners. Th...

pope

Pope Quote…

less than 1 minute read

In spite of divisions among Christians, all those justified by faith through baptism are incorporated into Christ…brothers and sisters in the Lord – Pope Joh...

poster

What Geek am I?

1 minute read

  This is a picture someone published online that shows all the different types of geeks. I figured I would quickly look at the image and find, THE NICK. My ...

poulsbo

powerpath

ppc

PPC Loki Games

less than 1 minute read

Here is a blast from the past…way back past…

PPC Linux

3 minute read

Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:

prayer

I want a pony and a nintendo…

less than 1 minute read

I remember growing up I would pray with such fervor for things. This morning as I was driving to work I did the same thing! You would think after 23 years I ...

privacy

Private Browser Cleaner

less than 1 minute read

There is so much hoopla about Private Mode browsing not actually keeping you private. Most of it is due to your addons for Flash and Java. Here are the exten...

product

Dang you Apple! Why must you p…

less than 1 minute read

Dang you Apple! Why must you put iPhone commercials on when I watch TV, I am doing my best to NOT get one…sheesh!

professional

Dress Code

1 minute read

I dress like a big geek sometimes. It isn’t uncommon to see me roll into work with jeans on and an untucked Polo shirt. On really bad days (the ones where I ...

program

Show Desktop

less than 1 minute read

One of my favorite features with GNOME/KDE is the show desktop button. Expose is great, but I am always clicking around on the dock. This morning the RSS fee...

Inversion of Schedule and Process

3 minute read

Programs are held to rigid standards by the very nature of the word. “A planned series of future events and items” accurately portrays the course of action w...

programming

Ruby vs Python

less than 1 minute read

I am going to attempt once again to learn a programming language. I wanted to look at the pro’s and con’s of each language in my work enviroment, military/DO...

project_mgmt

Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…

4 minute read

As I learned in a sink vs. swim situation, I wanted to share some books and blogs that helped me. UP FRONT LET ME STATE: I am still learning and screw-up ...

projects

Long Time

less than 1 minute read

It has been awhile since I have posted here since work started blocking my website (BLOCKED FOR HACKING TUTORIALS – Seriously!) and I wanted to make sure I c...

psp

GBA PSP Emulator SDTV

less than 1 minute read

Load up the emulator Plug in the Composite Cable Without getting a wretched headache, get into the Graphics and Sounds menu option Set Video to: Sca...

puppy

Beagle Travelers

1 minute read

Oscar only whines when he is wanting to go play outside with another dog or he is upset. Luckily he is a pretty happy dog and does neither with any sort of r...

python

The machine is self aware…

less than 1 minute read

I live in the boonies now, but thankfully we have some semblance of broadband with SpeedConnect. It is a WiMax setup with a modem that needs to be reset once...

Ruby vs Python

less than 1 minute read

I am going to attempt once again to learn a programming language. I wanted to look at the pro’s and con’s of each language in my work enviroment, military/DO...

qbert

Leaving for the city

1 minute read

This morning with my lungs pressed up against the cool morning air I ran through the country. Past the cows in the pasture and up the hill where the horses d...

qos

Traffic Control on Linux with FireQOS

2 minute read

In order to make full use of my half-duplex WiMAX link, I started looking for anything and everything I could use to optimize it. Linux has some pretty decen...

qt

Fix for Skype

less than 1 minute read

For all those running the Skype 2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Gutsy.

quiz

Dorky Nerd God

less than 1 minute read

NerdTests.com has confirmed what we all knew…I am a Dorky Nerd God…stop the presses!

quote

Pope Quote…

less than 1 minute read

In spite of divisions among Christians, all those justified by faith through baptism are incorporated into Christ…brothers and sisters in the Lord – Pope Joh...

race

Storm Racing

3 minute read

“Looks like rain today” my Mother commented as we shared an after Mass lunch. “Yesterday was a mess with all that storming” I agreed. Rain it seemed was my w...

rain

Storm Racing

3 minute read

“Looks like rain today” my Mother commented as we shared an after Mass lunch. “Yesterday was a mess with all that storming” I agreed. Rain it seemed was my w...

rc51

New Exhaust RC51

less than 1 minute read

For a heck of a steal on ebay, I picked up a new exhaust system for the bike. Ready for the price…wait for it…wait for it…125 dollars pl...

New motorcycle – Honda RC51

less than 1 minute read

I debated and thought about it a lot before deciding on this bike. The money it cost to buy a used bike was enough to purchase a run-of-the-mill 600/1000cc I...

reader

reason

Reason and Imagination

2 minute read

Bearing your soul in words is a dangerous proposition. Admitting to yourself in a permanent fashion is much more difficult than simply bypassing it with nons...

recap

What I need Recap 2

1 minute read

In a fight recently, I wrote down a list of needs. The boat had done sailed by time these were written down but I left them on my fridge (along with what Nic...

reconciliation

Absolution

less than 1 minute read

God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgi...

reddit

Geeks, Charity, and the impact of Reddit

4 minute read

When Digg migrated to Microsoft for advertising a few years ago, I took a personal stand and left. I was desperate to find a home on the internet again and c...

redhat

Multipath and Redhat Linux 5

2 minute read

As many of you know, multipath was finally integrated into Redhat Linux with the 5 series. This is great when you have multipath enabled during an install as...

redundancy

Systems Engineering and Redundancy

1 minute read

I posted this to ServerFault.com today. Folks loose site of requirements and systems engineering and it drives me batty. Here was my response to the guys que...

relationship

What I need Recap 2

1 minute read

In a fight recently, I wrote down a list of needs. The boat had done sailed by time these were written down but I left them on my fridge (along with what Nic...

relationships

Geek and Backup Pride

3 minute read

Geeks pride themselves on the ability to institute good backup routines. We laugh in the faces of those poor souls who scream and yank hair as they watch the...

Speechless

less than 1 minute read

Other than the language and video games, it is so so true…

religion

The Scientist and the Eye Ball

less than 1 minute read

I am reading through Theology of the Body again after many of times. I now use it more as reference material than actual reading, but tonight I started Chris...

In spite of divisions among Ch…

less than 1 minute read

In spite of divisions among Christians, all those justified by faith through baptism are incorporated into Christ, brothers and sisters in J

religious

Water

2 minute read

I ran my hand through the water on the banks of the pond that day. As I sat under the golden crisp light beaming down on me, I knew the time was not for deci...

rememeber

Muster

3 minute read

We all stood in line this morning which seemed the perfect crowning to the definition of military efficiency. The middle aged officer (she had the officer lo...

reserves

Muster

3 minute read

We all stood in line this morning which seemed the perfect crowning to the definition of military efficiency. The middle aged officer (she had the officer lo...

retro

NEXTSTEP 3.3 RISC SparcStation 5

less than 1 minute read

I finally found a copy of NEXTSTEP 3.3 and got it installed on a SparcStation5. I am rocking retro 1993 style. Screenshot for street cred:

reverse

review

Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review

5 minute read

It seems everyone is posting their review after a few days of working with the laptop. I decided to take a different perspective with the initial review. Whe...

OpenSuSE 10.3 < Ubuntu Gutsy

1 minute read

I am done dealing with OpenSuSE 10.3. Before anyone starts I realize that it is a beta release candidate “blah blah blah.” I expect simple things to work wit...

Bluetooth GPS GPT-801 / Quick Review

less than 1 minute read

I purchased the generic GPT-801 bluetooth GPS after being put-off by the high price of others. Basically the device works. It does everything a bluetooth GPS...

Bye Bye Treo…

less than 1 minute read

The Treo 650 is a great phone. I purchased it after a horrible experince with Windows Mobile and decided to go the Palm route for the excellent Linux support...

reviews

rhel

Multipath and Redhat Linux 5

2 minute read

As many of you know, multipath was finally integrated into Redhat Linux with the 5 series. This is great when you have multipath enabled during an install as...

ride

Storm Racing

3 minute read

“Looks like rain today” my Mother commented as we shared an after Mass lunch. “Yesterday was a mess with all that storming” I agreed. Rain it seemed was my w...

ring

Ring Doorbell Security

5 minute read

The Ring Doorbell has been invaluable as we travel the world. The reactions of people are often times pretty funny as the doorbell they just pressed begins t...

ringer

So true

less than 1 minute read

Everyone makes fun of me because my phones have the classic ringer. You know, like Grandma’s old phone that could take down a robber. As always XKCD hits it ...

rock

Top Romantic Songs

2 minute read

I was going through and creating a Valentines Playlist for dinner tonight. We have friends coming over and I struggled to make this list. It seemed every goo...

router

1965

4 minute read

—- Cross Post from the Spec Ops Technology Blog —-

rss

rsync

rtlsdr

ADS-B Receiver and Plotter with Arch Linux

1 minute read

I love aviation and love software defined radios so building an ADS-B receiver and plotter was high on the lists of to-do. In Standish Michigan there are not...

ruby

Ruby vs Python

less than 1 minute read

I am going to attempt once again to learn a programming language. I wanted to look at the pro’s and con’s of each language in my work enviroment, military/DO...

running

Running Comic

less than 1 minute read

I am up at the crack of dawn and off to run. Found this quote and made me giggle.

Leaving for the city

1 minute read

This morning with my lungs pressed up against the cool morning air I ran through the country. Past the cows in the pasture and up the hill where the horses d...

Brrrr

less than 1 minute read

I ran this morning in 20 degree weather…with snow! It was pretty chilly and I am hoping when I awake in the morning the run will be much more enjoyable.

sa

sabi

sandisk

Sansa e260 and Linux

2 minute read

I broke down and purchased a new MP3 player after the trusty iPod Mini bit the dust. Thank you Apple for including a wonderful 6GiB CF Drive though :) Moving...

sansa

Sansa e260 and Linux

2 minute read

I broke down and purchased a new MP3 player after the trusty iPod Mini bit the dust. Thank you Apple for including a wonderful 6GiB CF Drive though :) Moving...

santa

schmidt

school

Jr. High Review

6 minute read

Some people call Jr. High yearbooks humiliating. I call them perspective makers. I look back at the pictures and remember all the concerns I had in life and ...

science

The Scientist and the Eye Ball

less than 1 minute read

I am reading through Theology of the Body again after many of times. I now use it more as reference material than actual reading, but tonight I started Chris...

script

Show Desktop

less than 1 minute read

One of my favorite features with GNOME/KDE is the show desktop button. Expose is great, but I am always clicking around on the dock. This morning the RSS fee...

sdr

ADS-B Receiver and Plotter with Arch Linux

1 minute read

I love aviation and love software defined radios so building an ADS-B receiver and plotter was high on the lists of to-do. In Standish Michigan there are not...

sdtv

GBA PSP Emulator SDTV

less than 1 minute read

Load up the emulator Plug in the Composite Cable Without getting a wretched headache, get into the Graphics and Sounds menu option Set Video to: Sca...

secure_computing

McAfee buys Secure Computing

less than 1 minute read

The most beautiful firewall I have ever come into contact with is Sidewinder. The first day I learned about Blurbs in the military was the day I began to jum...

security

Ring Doorbell Security

5 minute read

The Ring Doorbell has been invaluable as we travel the world. The reactions of people are often times pretty funny as the doorbell they just pressed begins t...

Withings Home Camera Review

2 minute read

I am always in search of products that help me automate and secure my home. I have run a mix of Foscam, D-Link, and Panasonics cameras dumping to a Linux ser...

1965

4 minute read

—- Cross Post from the Spec Ops Technology Blog —-

Advice for new ISSO or ISSM

2 minute read

Someone in /r/netsec posted a question about what advice us old sages would have for a new ISSO. The below was my response that I hope is useful to my reader...

Configuring OpenBSD softraid for encryption

3 minute read

My original idea was to post a dual how-to for both softraid and svnd, but due to the size of the posts with screenshots, I have decided against that. Since ...

Closed Network != Security

4 minute read

To this day I am flabbergasted by the assertion that because your network is not connected to the big “I” Internet you can practice lax security. Countless p...

OpenBSD Drive Encryption Benchmarks

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I am not a benchmarker. At all…so these results are posted for friendly banter and I make no claim to their validity. Consider this th...

What happens when you use TOR and Facebook

less than 1 minute read

Facebook for all the lack of privacy controls and bad press, does in fact keep an eye on users. A few times since I started connecting to their jabber chat s...

Placebos and Security

1 minute read

There was recently a study that found when people knew that they were taking a placebo, it still helped. The common idea in the past was that you could utili...

BitlBee and OTR … then add some TOR!

1 minute read

With the release of 3.0.1 of BitlBee you can now chat from your favorite IRC client with the peace of mind that your protected. Since the OTR portion is stil...

-fno -fno -fno stack protection

1 minute read

2 days straight now on IRC (##security on irc.freenode.net if you want to say hi) I have had to help someone compiling a program deal with it failing mid-str...

Using TOR on your Android Device

2 minute read

In my continuation of howto secure your phone habits while on the go, we have come to anonymizing your traffic. There are a few reasons to do this:

CR-48 ChromeOS Security Posture

1 minute read

Since everyone is talking about the fit and finish (which is great other than the battery) I thought I’d talk about the security of the device. Google has al...

Have you been using my CAC?

3 minute read

For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.

Log File Size

less than 1 minute read

I struggle with ROM for log file storage. It is one of those things that no one EVER looks at, but everyone covers their asses. As an example DHS requires 90...

Private Browser Cleaner

less than 1 minute read

There is so much hoopla about Private Mode browsing not actually keeping you private. Most of it is due to your addons for Flash and Java. Here are the exten...

Fix for GNOME Keyring prompt on Autologin

less than 1 minute read

Autologin in Ubuntu 9.10 would not default unlock your keyring for security I assume. If I am using autologin, chances are security isn’t high on the list an...

OpenVPN Install Ubuntu 9.10

4 minute read

A good buddy of mine, Trevor, had mentioned wanting to bridge his Brother‘s and his networks. Having done an OpenVPN install many moons ago it had resonated ...

Defining Security

less than 1 minute read

A great post from W. Mark Brooks asks when did Information Security become IT Security? The point is very much in line with my triangle theory, that security...

Open Source Security Professionals

2 minute read

In economic times such as these it is imperative that architects and leads alike look beyond the glossy software catalog and instead to the web. In the past ...

Securing MySQL

less than 1 minute read

Here is my quick secure guide for MySQL:

I hate Windows

less than 1 minute read

I run Windows XP in a virtual machine for those few programs that lack Linux and Mac clients. I booted my FULLY PATCHED, FIREWALLED, and Windows XP Service P...

selinux

septic

Joy of Flushing

3 minute read

I live in an old home. Over 70 years old at least. I don’t know the exact date, but I know that this whole area is named for the original owners. Th...

serial

server

sgi

shave

No Shave November – Aftermath Report

2 minute read

Men in my Family either grow kickass beards or what amounts to patchy peach fuze. Having been military and in the corporate world my whole life I was unable ...

sheepshaver

SheepShaver on Ubuntu

less than 1 minute read

I wanted to run MacOS 9 in my Ubuntu Intrepid dev box so I went ahead and grabbed CVS. Problem was the autogen script never dumped a config.sub. Instead I to...

sidewinder

McAfee buys Secure Computing

less than 1 minute read

The most beautiful firewall I have ever come into contact with is Sidewinder. The first day I learned about Blurbs in the military was the day I began to jum...

sky

skype

Fix for Skype

less than 1 minute read

For all those running the Skype 2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Gutsy.

Linux and Skype – NOW WITH VIDEO!

less than 1 minute read

Skype (or ebay) have been killing me for years now. I am a huge Skype user and always loved the video chat option. I have gone back and installed webcams for...

slim

GBA PSP Emulator SDTV

less than 1 minute read

Load up the emulator Plug in the Composite Cable Without getting a wretched headache, get into the Graphics and Sounds menu option Set Video to: Sca...

smart

Smart People

2 minute read

One of the greatest benefits to working with bright people is bright conversations. There are people in this world who I yearn to be near for no other reason...

smartcard

Have you been using my CAC?

3 minute read

For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.

snow

Brrrr

less than 1 minute read

I ran this morning in 20 degree weather…with snow! It was pretty chilly and I am hoping when I awake in the morning the run will be much more enjoyable.

social

The Family at Work

1 minute read

As we move into a fully connected world there is a bigger expectation that we allow intrusions into our personal lives. While it may be a blackberry or a pag...

social engineering

softraid

Configuring OpenBSD softraid for encryption

3 minute read

My original idea was to post a dual how-to for both softraid and svnd, but due to the size of the posts with screenshots, I have decided against that. Since ...

software

Going Agile

2 minute read

Agile Software Development using SCRUM is one of best force multipliers a team can utilize to speed-up cycles.

Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…

4 minute read

As I learned in a sink vs. swim situation, I wanted to share some books and blogs that helped me. UP FRONT LET ME STATE: I am still learning and screw-up ...

ARRR!! I am a software pirate

1 minute read

And it is easier…I do my best to use opensource software at all times but there are times when I need, specifically, Windows XP. I just purchased a 24″ iMac ...

solaris

OpenSolaris Shortcomings

1 minute read

I want to like OpenSolaris. I love compiling away on my Sun Machines at the house. The simple fact is though the “Open” is a misnomer of great proportions. W...

Project Indiana (Ian’s OpenSol…

less than 1 minute read

Project Indiana (Ian’s OpenSolaris) and OpenBSD 4.2 released with Leopard in the same week?!?! How can I be expected to work!?

Ian Murdock leaves Debian

less than 1 minute read

The Sun folks are sounding the alarm that this is the end of Linux! I think what they fail to reailize is the state of Debian and his original project leads....

songbird

Fix for Songbird showing songs still on iPod

less than 1 minute read

I formatted my iPod recently and noticed that Songbird still thought the Library had media on it. Loading up a factory restore didn’t help. To clear the iPod...

Fix for Songbird and iPod

less than 1 minute read

I LOVE SONGBIRD, but it wouldn’t recognize my iPod Shuffle. I use this one to workout and need hopping tunes to keep my miles time down. If you have an iPod ...

sony

Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load

2 minute read

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 ...

sparc

NEXTSTEP 3.3 RISC SparcStation 5

less than 1 minute read

I finally found a copy of NEXTSTEP 3.3 and got it installed on a SparcStation5. I am rocking retro 1993 style. Screenshot for street cred:

specopstechnology

specs

Workout and Food Log

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I **LOVE** thedailyplate.com and use the thing (as the name suggests) daily. Recently they added an option to export all your data to ...

spreadsheet

Workout and Food Log

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I **LOVE** thedailyplate.com and use the thing (as the name suggests) daily. Recently they added an option to export all your data to ...

sprint

stack

-fno -fno -fno stack protection

1 minute read

2 days straight now on IRC (##security on irc.freenode.net if you want to say hi) I have had to help someone compiling a program deal with it failing mid-str...

stack_chk

-fno -fno -fno stack protection

1 minute read

2 days straight now on IRC (##security on irc.freenode.net if you want to say hi) I have had to help someone compiling a program deal with it failing mid-str...

stars

start

stats

stealing

ARRR!! I am a software pirate

1 minute read

And it is easier…I do my best to use opensource software at all times but there are times when I need, specifically, Windows XP. I just purchased a 24″ iMac ...

storage

Log File Size

less than 1 minute read

I struggle with ROM for log file storage. It is one of those things that no one EVER looks at, but everyone covers their asses. As an example DHS requires 90...

storm

Storm Racing

3 minute read

“Looks like rain today” my Mother commented as we shared an after Mass lunch. “Yesterday was a mess with all that storming” I agreed. Rain it seemed was my w...

sudo

sun

NEXTSTEP 3.3 RISC SparcStation 5

less than 1 minute read

I finally found a copy of NEXTSTEP 3.3 and got it installed on a SparcStation5. I am rocking retro 1993 style. Screenshot for street cred:

OpenSolaris Shortcomings

1 minute read

I want to like OpenSolaris. I love compiling away on my Sun Machines at the house. The simple fact is though the “Open” is a misnomer of great proportions. W...

Ian Murdock leaves Debian

less than 1 minute read

The Sun folks are sounding the alarm that this is the end of Linux! I think what they fail to reailize is the state of Debian and his original project leads....

super mario

support

Virtualization Tool Support Matrix

less than 1 minute read

I would argue it is pretty sad that the tools needed to abstract the OS from hardware are tied to specific platforms. Companies that pride themselves on deli...

surface

surname

surprise

I have one hand in my pocket

2 minute read

I rarely carry cash around (as evident by the many lunches I owe coworkers) and often times find bones of it in pockets. Tonight as I threw on my jacket from...

suse

Error in Service Module

less than 1 minute read

If you are on a OpenSuSE or SuSE SLES/SLED machine and have recently mounted /var to a new parition, you might get the following error:

svnd

switch

Switching to Android

1 minute read

A few months ago I started compiling the iPhone libraries for Linux to allow syncing without WIFI. I thought I was king of the world as I bypassed all of the...

sync

N900 Banshee Fix

less than 1 minute read

You can compile the latest builds from Banshee if you’d like, but for those of you on older non-bleeding edge machines here is the .is_audio_player needed fo...

syseng

Systems Engineering and Redundancy

1 minute read

I posted this to ServerFault.com today. Folks loose site of requirements and systems engineering and it drives me batty. Here was my response to the guys que...

sysfs

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

less than 1 minute read

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 ...

syslog

Log File Size

less than 1 minute read

I struggle with ROM for log file storage. It is one of those things that no one EVER looks at, but everyone covers their asses. As an example DHS requires 90...

tasks

Inversion of Schedule and Process

3 minute read

Programs are held to rigid standards by the very nature of the word. “A planned series of future events and items” accurately portrays the course of action w...

tc

Traffic Control on Linux with FireQOS

2 minute read

In order to make full use of my half-duplex WiMAX link, I started looking for anything and everything I could use to optimize it. Linux has some pretty decen...

team

Machiavellian Leadership

7 minute read

Contents 1 Defense and Military 2 Reputation of a Prince 3 Generosity vs. Parsimony ...

tech

Traffic Control on Linux with FireQOS

2 minute read

In order to make full use of my half-duplex WiMAX link, I started looking for anything and everything I could use to optimize it. Linux has some pretty decen...

Simulating WAN Links with Linux and TC

1 minute read

Simulating WAN links used to be a difficult process. I would load FreeBSD with a dummynet driver and play with the settings to tweak where I needed it for th...

1965

4 minute read

—- Cross Post from the Spec Ops Technology Blog —-

OpenBSD Laptop mini-HOWTO

2 minute read

Awhile back I wanted a fully supported laptop to use as my OpenBSD development machine. I ended up with a Lenovo u150 which has worked out great and the pric...

Placebos and Security

1 minute read

There was recently a study that found when people knew that they were taking a placebo, it still helped. The common idea in the past was that you could utili...

Airborne Warfare

2 minute read

The mark of a good system administrator is laziness. I mean this in the sense that laziness in the computing world fuels automation and thereby lower costs. ...

OpenSolaris Shortcomings

1 minute read

I want to like OpenSolaris. I love compiling away on my Sun Machines at the house. The simple fact is though the “Open” is a misnomer of great proportions. W...

tech parents

Drobo for me

less than 1 minute read

Oh darn Dad! Looks like I got your Drobo :)

techie linux ubuntu conky

Conky Setup

less than 1 minute read

I love me some eye candy that is actually useful. Conky falls into this category for me. In the olden days it was either gkrellm or a WindowMaker plugin. I h...

technology

Open Source Security Professionals

2 minute read

In economic times such as these it is imperative that architects and leads alike look beyond the glossy software catalog and instead to the web. In the past ...

Fallacy of Distance

1 minute read

As we progress down the road of technological advance we must learn to remove from our minds the grasps of time and space. It is in the advancement of techno...

test

Dorky Nerd God

less than 1 minute read

NerdTests.com has confirmed what we all knew…I am a Dorky Nerd God…stop the presses!

theology

The Scientist and the Eye Ball

less than 1 minute read

I am reading through Theology of the Body again after many of times. I now use it more as reference material than actual reading, but tonight I started Chris...

Pope Quote…

less than 1 minute read

In spite of divisions among Christians, all those justified by faith through baptism are incorporated into Christ…brothers and sisters in the Lord – Pope Joh...

theology of the body

The Scientist and the Eye Ball

less than 1 minute read

I am reading through Theology of the Body again after many of times. I now use it more as reference material than actual reading, but tonight I started Chris...

time

I use a microscope to read maps…

2 minute read

Or in other words I am shortsighted. I watched outside the CRJ700 as Tucson appeared. Flying into Tucson I was surprised they had finally finished the renova...

History Books

1 minute read

Did you know that Saint Paul was actually a woman? I bet you didn’t realize that Columbus was really from Germany and not Genovese.

time machine

Dual Time Machine Locations

less than 1 minute read

Apple must have been reading my blog when I wrote-up how to use two locations for Time Machine. Now in Mountain Lion it is built in and is much more seamless...

timeline

timemachine

Apple Mail.app and TimeMachine

less than 1 minute read

I love Leopard! Single best upgrade I have done this year for operating systems. Vista was obviously a waste of time and Gutsy was incremental over Feisty. O...

tips

Travel Tips from a Frequent Traveler

6 minute read

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!” This year alone I have been in 12 countries and accumulated over 500k miles of travel and want to share my ...

tmobile

toilet

Joy of Flushing

3 minute read

I live in an old home. Over 70 years old at least. I don’t know the exact date, but I know that this whole area is named for the original owners. Th...

token

tomboy

top pick

Top Romantic Songs

2 minute read

I was going through and creating a Valentines Playlist for dinner tonight. We have friends coming over and I struggled to make this list. It seemed every goo...

tor

What happens when you use TOR and Facebook

less than 1 minute read

Facebook for all the lack of privacy controls and bad press, does in fact keep an eye on users. A few times since I started connecting to their jabber chat s...

BitlBee and OTR … then add some TOR!

1 minute read

With the release of 3.0.1 of BitlBee you can now chat from your favorite IRC client with the peace of mind that your protected. Since the OTR portion is stil...

Using TOR on your Android Device

2 minute read

In my continuation of howto secure your phone habits while on the go, we have come to anonymizing your traffic. There are a few reasons to do this:

tourist

Tourist in my Life

less than 1 minute read

I love Parks and Recreation. What started as Office knockoff has really grown into its own. A clip on last week’s episode made me stop and go hmmmm….

tragedy

Bittersweet Day

1 minute read

I looked up at the calendar resting in my SuSE box tray (oooh shinny!) and it occurred to me that today is a weird one. To the majority of America today repr...

travel

Top 11 Pet Peeves of Hotels

3 minute read

We live in hotels most of the year. Last year we “lived” in our house for less than 30 days if you don’t count our frequent reminiscing via home security cam...

Travel Tips from a Frequent Traveler

6 minute read

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!” This year alone I have been in 12 countries and accumulated over 500k miles of travel and want to share my ...

Travel Days for 2008

less than 1 minute read

Why stop a geeky tradition?! Here is 2008’s travel graphs. This year I did hit the 2 full trips around the Earth. I am not sure what 2009 holds, but I had a ...

I use a microscope to read maps…

2 minute read

Or in other words I am shortsighted. I watched outside the CRJ700 as Tucson appeared. Flying into Tucson I was surprised they had finally finished the renova...

Leaving for the city

1 minute read

This morning with my lungs pressed up against the cool morning air I ran through the country. Past the cows in the pasture and up the hill where the horses d...

Fallacy of Distance

1 minute read

As we progress down the road of technological advance we must learn to remove from our minds the grasps of time and space. It is in the advancement of techno...

6am to DC

less than 1 minute read

I don’t care how often I take this flight, 330 rolls around quick. The world is eerily quiet this early.

Beagle Travelers

1 minute read

Oscar only whines when he is wanting to go play outside with another dog or he is upset. Luckily he is a pretty happy dog and does neither with any sort of r...

The air I breathe

1 minute read

I have my chillout playlist on as I sit comfortably in the Sky Harbor Airport. Today I packed up all my things and put the mini cooper on the back of a truck...

Moment in Time

less than 1 minute read

Sometimes when we leave a place we know it isn’t forever. Yet you still look around with deep breath and soak it in. What is “it”  that we need to soak?I had...

Food Time!

less than 1 minute read

On airplanes it is really funny to watch the stewardess get the drink cart ready. In complete unison trays on the back of seats drop for their yummy infant p...

treo

Bye Bye Treo…

less than 1 minute read

The Treo 650 is a great phone. I purchased it after a horrible experince with Windows Mobile and decided to go the Palm route for the excellent Linux support...

tsabi

tshirt

ttl

tucson

tutorial

tv

uae

ubuntu

Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load

2 minute read

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 ...

Fix for GNOME Keyring prompt on Autologin

less than 1 minute read

Autologin in Ubuntu 9.10 would not default unlock your keyring for security I assume. If I am using autologin, chances are security isn’t high on the list an...

Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian

less than 1 minute read

Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me o...

SheepShaver on Ubuntu

less than 1 minute read

I wanted to run MacOS 9 in my Ubuntu Intrepid dev box so I went ahead and grabbed CVS. Problem was the autogen script never dumped a config.sub. Instead I to...

Fix for Skype

less than 1 minute read

For all those running the Skype 2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Gutsy.

OpenSuSE 10.3 < Ubuntu Gutsy

1 minute read

I am done dealing with OpenSuSE 10.3. Before anyone starts I realize that it is a beta release candidate “blah blah blah.” I expect simple things to work wit...

ubuntu linux java juniper lucid

Juniper Connect 64bit Debian

less than 1 minute read

These are the steps needed to get Juniper Connect working on Ubuntu 10.04 64bit. Some of the steps will work in 32, other than the ia32 package install. G...

unr

update

Weekend Update

5 minute read

What appears to be a world littered with twitter messages and facebook status message updates, I thought it appropriate to update those who care enough to re...

upgrade

Change your device alias in Open Firmware

less than 1 minute read

If you happen to have a G4 Cube or another system with a MCE upgraded superdrive, you have the issue of dealing with the Master/Slave mappings. You loose the...

usb

usenet

vaio

vaiop

Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load

2 minute read

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 ...

valentines

Top Romantic Songs

2 minute read

I was going through and creating a Valentines Playlist for dinner tonight. We have friends coming over and I struggled to make this list. It seemed every goo...

veritas

verizon

vices

Dead Poetic – Vices Lyrics

1 minute read

I love this song, it is a little hard rock but the lyrics hit me so hard. It is refreshing to hear Christian music that talks about the true struggle. 

video

The quest for a Media Center Machine

less than 1 minute read

With the synergy (ugh manager talk, sorry) of media and television I often find myself wanting to consume laying down or on the couch. Currently I slap a lap...

Hey Ya

less than 1 minute read

I am not one for rap usually, but this rendition rocks my socks. Turns the pop-rap into this dramatic song about life :) 

Linux and Skype – NOW WITH VIDEO!

less than 1 minute read

Skype (or ebay) have been killing me for years now. I am a huge Skype user and always loved the video chat option. I have gone back and installed webcams for...

vintage

Updated Stable

less than 1 minute read

Since a lot of my fellow nerds have mentioned they are looking at the stables page, I updated the computers as well as providing some insight into why each m...

NEXTSTEP 3.3 RISC SparcStation 5

less than 1 minute read

I finally found a copy of NEXTSTEP 3.3 and got it installed on a SparcStation5. I am rocking retro 1993 style. Screenshot for street cred:

login: Looking Back on Debian 1.3

3 minute read

Back at the tender age of 12 I picked up a magazine at the Base Exchange. This magazine contained a CD. This CD contained Debian 1.3. All was well in the wor...

3 OS on a 1996-era machine…

less than 1 minute read

I always wanted an SGI machine after watching Jurassic Park as a kid.Its a UNIX system. I know this!

virtual

I hate Windows

less than 1 minute read

I run Windows XP in a virtual machine for those few programs that lack Linux and Mac clients. I booted my FULLY PATCHED, FIREWALLED, and Windows XP Service P...

virtualization

Virtualization Tool Support Matrix

less than 1 minute read

I would argue it is pretty sad that the tools needed to abstract the OS from hardware are tied to specific platforms. Companies that pride themselves on deli...

virtualize

virus

I hate Windows

less than 1 minute read

I run Windows XP in a virtual machine for those few programs that lack Linux and Mac clients. I booted my FULLY PATCHED, FIREWALLED, and Windows XP Service P...

vmware

Virtualization Tool Support Matrix

less than 1 minute read

I would argue it is pretty sad that the tools needed to abstract the OS from hardware are tied to specific platforms. Companies that pride themselves on deli...

I hate Windows

less than 1 minute read

I run Windows XP in a virtual machine for those few programs that lack Linux and Mac clients. I booted my FULLY PATCHED, FIREWALLED, and Windows XP Service P...

voip

vpn

vyos

walk

wamu

WAMU{.org/.com}

1 minute read

WAMU, our local NPR station in DC, left me with a cliff hanger as I rushed back from the grocery store. In the days prior to the streaming web I would have j...

water

Water

2 minute read

I ran my hand through the water on the banks of the pond that day. As I sat under the golden crisp light beaming down on me, I knew the time was not for deci...

wde

weather

Brrrr

less than 1 minute read

I ran this morning in 20 degree weather…with snow! It was pretty chilly and I am hoping when I awake in the morning the run will be much more enjoyable.

webcam

Linux and Skype – NOW WITH VIDEO!

less than 1 minute read

Skype (or ebay) have been killing me for years now. I am a huge Skype user and always loved the video chat option. I have gone back and installed webcams for...

webos

wedding

Best Man Toast

2 minute read

I want to look back on this with my Brother. Here it is for the world to mirror!

weechat

BitlBee and OTR … then add some TOR!

1 minute read

With the release of 3.0.1 of BitlBee you can now chat from your favorite IRC client with the peace of mind that your protected. Since the OTR portion is stil...

wemo

The machine is self aware…

less than 1 minute read

I live in the boonies now, but thankfully we have some semblance of broadband with SpeedConnect. It is a WiMax setup with a modem that needs to be reset once...

whatineed

What I need Recap 2

1 minute read

In a fight recently, I wrote down a list of needs. The boat had done sailed by time these were written down but I left them on my fridge (along with what Nic...

whatsup

Weekend Update

5 minute read

What appears to be a world littered with twitter messages and facebook status message updates, I thought it appropriate to update those who care enough to re...

whois

WAMU{.org/.com}

1 minute read

WAMU, our local NPR station in DC, left me with a cliff hanger as I rushed back from the grocery store. In the days prior to the streaming web I would have j...

wifi

Airborne Warfare

2 minute read

The mark of a good system administrator is laziness. I mean this in the sense that laziness in the computing world fuels automation and thereby lower costs. ...

windows

Virtualization Tool Support Matrix

less than 1 minute read

I would argue it is pretty sad that the tools needed to abstract the OS from hardware are tied to specific platforms. Companies that pride themselves on deli...

I hate Windows

less than 1 minute read

I run Windows XP in a virtual machine for those few programs that lack Linux and Mac clients. I booted my FULLY PATCHED, FIREWALLED, and Windows XP Service P...

wine

Wine in MacOSX

less than 1 minute read

Macports now has the latest wine. What this means is that X11+Wine = steam hotness! I will post more info as I figure stuff out.

winehq

Wine in MacOSX

less than 1 minute read

Macports now has the latest wine. What this means is that X11+Wine = steam hotness! I will post more info as I figure stuff out.

winmo

withings

Withings Home Camera Review

2 minute read

I am always in search of products that help me automate and secure my home. I have run a mix of Foscam, D-Link, and Panasonics cameras dumping to a Linux ser...

work

Left Boeing

4 minute read

This morning I gave my badge back to the Boeing FSO. Lots of smiles and hand shakes, but a sad day all the same. Leaving anything you have been with for 3 ye...

Boeing Acquisitions 2008-2010

less than 1 minute read

My twitter feed once again signals a Boeing acquisition. Cutting lots of fat internally while buying more companies doesn’t compute, but oh well. I decided t...

Tourist in my Life

less than 1 minute read

I love Parks and Recreation. What started as Office knockoff has really grown into its own. A clip on last week’s episode made me stop and go hmmmm….

Defining Security

less than 1 minute read

A great post from W. Mark Brooks asks when did Information Security become IT Security? The point is very much in line with my triangle theory, that security...

The Family at Work

1 minute read

As we move into a fully connected world there is a bigger expectation that we allow intrusions into our personal lives. While it may be a blackberry or a pag...

Travel Days for 2008

less than 1 minute read

Why stop a geeky tradition?! Here is 2008’s travel graphs. This year I did hit the 2 full trips around the Earth. I am not sure what 2009 holds, but I had a ...

Smart People

2 minute read

One of the greatest benefits to working with bright people is bright conversations. There are people in this world who I yearn to be near for no other reason...

workout

Running Comic

less than 1 minute read

I am up at the crack of dawn and off to run. Found this quote and made me giggle.

Workout and Food Log

less than 1 minute read

Let me start by saying I **LOVE** thedailyplate.com and use the thing (as the name suggests) daily. Recently they added an option to export all your data to ...

writing

Jig

less than 1 minute read

I was thinking back to one of my favorite comics this morning as I danced around the room. There are certain songs that make me just dance around like there ...

Machiavellian Leadership

7 minute read

Contents 1 Defense and Military 2 Reputation of a Prince 3 Generosity vs. Parsimony ...

Passion

1 minute read

What is your passion? The collegiate response is that passion is an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. Passion is a word that posses a meaning that ...

Memoirs are Dead

less than 1 minute read

In a world of twitter and 140 character posts, how will the world change in the realm of memoirs? My memoirs are here, each blog a cross section of my intell...

Storm Racing

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“Looks like rain today” my Mother commented as we shared an after Mass lunch. “Yesterday was a mess with all that storming” I agreed. Rain it seemed was my w...

Reason and Imagination

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Bearing your soul in words is a dangerous proposition. Admitting to yourself in a permanent fashion is much more difficult than simply bypassing it with nons...

The air I breathe

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I have my chillout playlist on as I sit comfortably in the Sky Harbor Airport. Today I packed up all my things and put the mini cooper on the back of a truck...

Water

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I ran my hand through the water on the banks of the pond that day. As I sat under the golden crisp light beaming down on me, I knew the time was not for deci...

Jr. High Review

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Some people call Jr. High yearbooks humiliating. I call them perspective makers. I look back at the pictures and remember all the concerns I had in life and ...

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Left Boeing

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This morning I gave my badge back to the Boeing FSO. Lots of smiles and hand shakes, but a sad day all the same. Leaving anything you have been with for 3 ye...

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Xgrid and Multiplatform Clients

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This allows you to setup a Xgrid controller without mac server edition. What is nifty is that the clients can run on other platforms such as Linux and Window...

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Withings Home Camera Review

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I am always in search of products that help me automate and secure my home. I have run a mix of Foscam, D-Link, and Panasonics cameras dumping to a Linux ser...

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Tools of the Connected Geek Trade

9 minute read

As we move up the food chain of life, our free-time becomes more and more precious. There are only so many hours in the day and my generation utilizes them t...

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Hey Ya

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I am not one for rap usually, but this rendition rocks my socks. Turns the pop-rap into this dramatic song about life :) 

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