-fno -fno -fno stack protection
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...
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I diet geeky style
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
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
Best things and stuff from 2011
Contents 0.0.1 Events 0.0.2 News ...
2013
2013 Investment Recap
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
I am loving verizon card
I am loving verizon card
Verizon evdo card + linux = ss…
Verizon evdo card + linux = ssh hotness
4square
911
Bittersweet Day
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
i am typing this from BeOS+BON…
i am typing this from BeOS+BONE im_kit, gosh I love Be :(
CDMA
I am loving verizon card
I am loving verizon card
Verizon evdo card + linux = ss…
Verizon evdo card + linux = ssh hotness
DS
DS Lite Loving
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
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
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
I want to look back on this with my Brother. Here it is for the world to mirror!
407
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
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
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
Contents 1 Defense and Military 2 Reputation of a Prince 3 Generosity vs. Parsimony ...
PIM
Evolution tip
~/.evolution/mail/exchange/$mailbox/favorites
Personal
Travel Tips from a Frequent Traveler
“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
I always have thought personality tests were somewhat goofy and inaccurate. I took one this morning and it was scary right:
How NOT to Dispose of a LoveSac
The LoveSac or Oscars Bed
Tourist in my Life
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
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...
Decade in Review
2000-2009 A life in Nick
Weekend Update
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
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
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
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
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...
Short vs Long
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Jr. High Review
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
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
Securing your iPhone
NICKS STIG:
Techie
Updated Stable
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...
Sony Vaio P 788k Review
I hate long reviews, but the good gist below:
Fix for GNOME Keyring prompt on Autologin
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
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
MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it
Google Reader Share for Monday
[recreading]
Nokia N900 Demo Unit
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
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?
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 ...
Mandriva Linux 2010 is a hot mess
Real quick review of the desktop in pro’s and con’s
9.10 UNR mini-review
Just wanted to post some thoughts on UNR 9.10 –
Defining Security
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
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
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
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
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
Here is my quick secure guide for MySQL:
Keeping on my Toes – Mac to Linux and back
I love my MacBook Pro more than I love my motorcycle. There I said it. When I don’t get a chance to ride my motorcycle I get cranky and irritable, but when I...
Similarities between Santa and System Administrators
__Santa is bearded, corpulent, and dresses funny. __ __When you ask Santa for something, the odds of receiving what you wanted are infinitesimal. _...
FIPS 140-2 Open Source SSL/IPSEC – Thanks Red Hat!
I always keep my eyes on what modules are undergoing FIPS validation. Here is an email sent to my teams…
Change your device alias in Open Firmware
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?
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
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...
I want a Mac SE/30 BAD, playin…
I want a Mac SE/30 BAD, playing with 7.5.5 in vMac = hotness
I want a SE/30…80 bucks I wa…
I want a SE/30…80 bucks I was outbid on ebay! WTC!
VMWare Server + Gutsy Gibbon = Houston its a-go
Just make sure to download the latest vmware-any-any patches to deal with the new 2.6.22 and all should be well:
I am loving verizon card
I am loving verizon card
AppleTV and Extreme
I geeked up this weekend and purchased an AppleTV and matching router. Stay tuned for review!
Bluetooth GPS GPT-801 / Quick Review
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
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
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
Surface Book, Windows 10, and WSL: A year in review from a UNIX Geek
TL;DR Unix geek tries Windows 10 for a year. For the most part it works, but lots of growing pains. Going back to the land of GNU.
-fno -fno -fno stack protection
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?
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
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
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…
Project Indiana (Ian’s OpenSolaris) and OpenBSD 4.2 released with Leopard in the same week?!?! How can I be expected to work!?
My UNIX Adventure Timeline
1984 I was born grunting binary, ugh and ahh. Parents knew no better.
WWDC
Dang you Apple! Why must you p…
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…
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
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
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
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
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
You are dev to me
Introduction
Going Agile
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
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
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
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!
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
Travel Gear for the Globe Trotting Geeks
Contents 1 Laptop 2 Tablet 3 Security 4 Power on the Go 5 Creat...
airport
AppleTV and Extreme
I geeked up this weekend and purchased an AppleTV and matching router. Stay tuned for review!
alabama
The stars in Arab are amazing!…
The stars in Arab are amazing! Love not seeing city lights
alarm.com
amazon
Bought a Kindle
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
South of Mason Dixon and North of Farmers Market
The cracks are too numerous to skip them as a child would. To attempt would be feeble and your poor mothers back would be broken in half a city block. Osc...
ancient
PPC Loki Games
Here is a blast from the past…way back past…
android
iPad Mini – an agnostic mobile user review
If you glance around my computer museum (I mean office) you will see the following mobile devices:
Using TOR on your Android Device
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
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
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
Tor != VPN – A Simple Explanation
Shameless exploit of meme I know...
Herodotus and your Digital Tattoo – A comparison of the many anonymous email providers
Letter Written in Cipher on Mourning Paper by Rose Greenhow
Using TOR on your Android Device
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
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
Apple Thunderbolt Display Review
Contents 0.1 Display 0.2 Cables 0.3 Ports 0.4 Speakers...
An iron fist in an iron glove – Mac/Linux Keymapping
This post will serve to upset both sides of the coin.
Civ V for Mac = Borked with Black Screen
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...
PGP for Mac Whole Disk Encryption Review
Wanted to share a quick “how does it work” about PGP WDE for Mac.
bin2iso for Leopard 10.5
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
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...
Centrally locate iTunes and iPhoto Libraries
You took the bite, you bought two Macs. It is a dirty feeling that you can’t wash off as you had the fact you now I contemplating purchasing a Steve Jobs bla...
Change your device alias in Open Firmware
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
Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:
Apple Mail.app and TimeMachine
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
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...
upgrade to 10.5 on mac…sweet…
upgrade to 10.5 on mac…sweet! time machine might actually make me backup stuff
Wine in MacOSX
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…
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
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...
Wow iPhone SDK, didn’t see tha…
Wow iPhone SDK, didn’t see that coming. Wonder what the community will do with it all
I love WWDC, it is an exciting…
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
I geeked up this weekend and purchased an AppleTV and matching router. Stay tuned for review!
Crazy Mac Mini People
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…
Just which one?! I mean really all that seperates them is the following things:
appletv
Patchstick AppleTV Hack
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
I geeked up this weekend and purchased an AppleTV and matching router. Stay tuned for review!
apps
iOS Apps for Business Owners and Travelers
Contents 1 Home Screen: 2 Productivity: 3 Finance: 4 Travel: 5 Tr...
arch
architect
up late designing networks!
up late designing networks!
architecture
Systems Engineering and Redundancy
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
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
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
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
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
I am posting this so I can later go search and find it. Stupid fan was driving me nuts!
att
International Phones and Plans
Contents 0.1 GR&A 0.2 General Findings 0.3 Rankings by price per month ...
The iPhone saga continues
AT&T Customer for 5 years or more — Check
authentication
Yubikey and my desire to beat the Feds to HSPD12 Compliance
During my Air Force days I was involved with the roll-out of the “CAC” for Air Mobility Command at MacDill. No one could understand why the military would pu...
Have you been using my CAC?
For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.
auto
Bought a Mini Cooper
I will post some pictures soon promise!!
automation
The machine is self aware…
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
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
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...
Dual Time Machine Wielding Backups!
Contents 0.1 The Ingredients: 0.2 Secret Magic Scripts: 0.3 Letting the Peng...
Geek and Backup Pride
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
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
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…
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
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
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
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
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
i am typing this from BeOS+BON…
i am typing this from BeOS+BONE im_kit, gosh I love Be :(
beta
VMware Server Beta 2 Review
The Good:
bin2iso
bin2iso for Leopard 10.5
I compiled bin2iso from source for all the mac users out there. For some reason bin2iso is not in macports. Link below:
binary
Binary for Dad
The Binary Song – Popple
birthday
Need no more – Gifts and Holidays
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!
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
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!
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
International Phones and Plans
Contents 0.1 GR&A 0.2 General Findings 0.3 Rankings by price per month ...
blog
Test from n900
MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it
Memoirs are Dead
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
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
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
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
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
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
My Home Burglary and what it means for your enterprise
My house in DC was broken into. More specifically my garage, which is behind my house, was broken into and a few things stolen. Other than the asshole move o...
break
Bearded Nick
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
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
TL; DR – I am starting a company.
TL; DR – I am starting a company.
Tools of the Connected Geek Trade
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...
The iPhone saga continues
AT&T Customer for 5 years or more — Check
c64
cac
Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You
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?
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
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
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
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
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
Bought a Mini Cooper
I will post some pictures soon promise!!
career
Smart People
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
Decade in Review
2000-2009 A life in Nick
cash
I have one hand in my pocket
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
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
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
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
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…
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
SABI, TSABI, and WASABI
[](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabi)WASABI is ugly and spicy
cell_phone
So true
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
“Netcraft confirms PGP Email Encryption is Dead!”
Rakkhi posted a great Lessons Learned on implementing email encryption:
change
Left Boeing
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...
5 Years Since Katrina
Contents 1 Katrina 1.1 The Move 1.2 The Storm 1.3 Th...
I use a microscope to read maps…
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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 ...
Similarities between Santa and System Administrators
__Santa is bearded, corpulent, and dresses funny. __ __When you ask Santa for something, the odds of receiving what you wanted are infinitesimal. _...
chrome
Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review
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
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
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
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
Chuck Norris Facts – My Favorites
I am sure you have seen them all. Kris and I laugh at these all the time. Here is my top list:
church
Absolution
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
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
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
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
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
Move from Physical to Virtual with CloneZilla
Just a side note for when I forget how I fixed this…
closed-networks
Closed Network != Security
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
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
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
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
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
Wow iPhone SDK, didn’t see tha…
Wow iPhone SDK, didn’t see that coming. Wonder what the community will do with it all
cold
Brrrr
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
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
Why are cats with subtitles so…
Why are cats with subtitles so funny?
commodore
communication
Fallacy of Distance
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
TL; DR – I am starting a company.
TL; DR – I am starting a company.
comptuers
computers
Updated Stable
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...
Decade in Review
2000-2009 A life in Nick
confession
Absolution
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
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
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
Agile Software Development using SCRUM is one of best force multipliers a team can utilize to speed-up cycles.
core
Multi-core Security
A question from a distinguished colleague of mine:
correlated
Geolocation and Force Protection
OMG THIS DUDE IS AT THINK COFFEE!
coworker
Smart People
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
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
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
SABI, TSABI, and WASABI
[](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabi)WASABI is ugly and spicy
crossplatform
Keeping on my Toes – Mac to Linux and back
I love my MacBook Pro more than I love my motorcycle. There I said it. When I don’t get a chance to ride my motorcycle I get cranky and irritable, but when I...
crypto
Configuring OpenBSD svnd for Encrypted Volumes
I have covered just about everything possible for drive encryption in OpenBSD. My last post is on using the least recommended option for encrypted volumes. I...
Configuring OpenBSD softraid for encryption
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
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
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
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...
House Inspection Link
Click Here Dad
Binary for Dad
The Binary Song – Popple
dan
Best Man Toast
I want to look back on this with my Brother. Here it is for the world to mirror!
dance
Jig
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
International Phones and Plans
Contents 0.1 GR&A 0.2 General Findings 0.3 Rankings by price per month ...
dating
Funniest read today…
From the wonderful bash.org:
dc
South of Mason Dixon and North of Farmers Market
The cracks are too numerous to skip them as a child would. To attempt would be feeble and your poor mothers back would be broken in half a city block. Osc...
Parking
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
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
I don’t care how often I take this flight, 330 rolls around quick. The world is eerily quiet this early.
death
OpenSolaris Shortcomings
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
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!
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!
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
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
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
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
Decade in Review
2000-2009 A life in Nick
design
up late designing networks!
up late designing networks!
dev
Why is my /dev/sda missing?!?!
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
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
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
I really like Sauce. Good plac…
I really like Sauce. Good place if you are ever in Tucson
disa
DoD Security? Is that like pretty ugly?
I can’t take you seriously…
display
Apple Thunderbolt Display Review
Contents 0.1 Display 0.2 Cables 0.3 Ports 0.4 Speakers...
distance
Fallacy of Distance
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?
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
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?!?!
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}
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
Surface Book, Windows 10, and WSL: A year in review from a UNIX Geek
TL;DR Unix geek tries Windows 10 for a year. For the most part it works, but lots of growing pains. Going back to the land of GNU.
dod
DoD Security? Is that like pretty ugly?
I can’t take you seriously…
dog
South of Mason Dixon and North of Farmers Market
The cracks are too numerous to skip them as a child would. To attempt would be feeble and your poor mothers back would be broken in half a city block. Osc...
Trying out WordPress on iPhone
Hello from the kitchen
Beagle Travelers
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
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…
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?
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
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
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
Intel GMA500 Support Matrix
First a few things:
driver
Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian
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
Intel GMA500 Support Matrix
First a few things:
duty
Muster
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
Nokia E61 – Initial Thoughts
Having now spent the better part of a day with the device I wanted to post a few thoughts:
ebook
Bought a Kindle
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
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...
Herodotus and your Digital Tattoo – A comparison of the many anonymous email providers
Letter Written in Cipher on Mourning Paper by Rose Greenhow
embedded
My First Embedded Google Map
How Nick gets to work!
emc
filter = [ “a/sda[1-9]$/” “a/e…
filter = [ “a/sda[1-9]$/” “a/emcpower.*/” “r/.*/” ] This fixes problems with EMC PowerPath and LVM
emotion
Passion
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
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
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 svnd for Encrypted Volumes
I have covered just about everything possible for drive encryption in OpenBSD. My last post is on using the least recommended option for encrypted volumes. I...
Configuring OpenBSD softraid for encryption
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 Disk Encryption Options – softraid and svnd
It is unfortunate, but the OpenBSD disk encryption tool-sets are no where near as mature as those found in FreeBSD or Linux. You would think with such a secu...
Herodotus and your Digital Tattoo – A comparison of the many anonymous email providers
Letter Written in Cipher on Mourning Paper by Rose Greenhow
“Netcraft confirms PGP Email Encryption is Dead!”
Rakkhi posted a great Lessons Learned on implementing email encryption:
PGP for Mac Whole Disk Encryption Review
Wanted to share a quick “how does it work” about PGP WDE for Mac.
enterprise
entj
Field Marshal Nick
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…
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
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
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
~/.evolution/mail/exchange/$mailbox/favorites
execution
Inversion of Schedule and Process
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
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...
Verified Accounts or “Don’t let your friends steal your name”
I have a great friend (who may not agree with that “great” part after this) who refused to have a facebook page. I can’t disagree with the idea of being the ...
Geolocation and Force Protection
OMG THIS DUDE IS AT THINK COFFEE!
What happens when you use TOR and Facebook
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
How NOT to Dispose of a LoveSac
The LoveSac or Oscars Bed
family
The Family at Work
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...
Trying out WordPress on iPhone
Hello from the kitchen
fashion
WOOT! Arm in sweater
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
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
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
FIPS 140-2 Open Source SSL/IPSEC – Thanks Red Hat!
I always keep my eyes on what modules are undergoing FIPS validation. Here is an email sent to my teams…
firefox
Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You
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
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
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
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...
NetBackup with RHEL5 – CentOS IPTables
First you need to open the iptables firewall settings:
McAfee buys Secure Computing
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
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
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
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!
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
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!
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...
I really like Sauce. Good plac…
I really like Sauce. Good place if you are ever in Tucson
forgiveness
407
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
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
Geolocation and Force Protection
OMG THIS DUDE IS AT THINK COFFEE!
fpcon
Geolocation and Force Protection
OMG THIS DUDE IS AT THINK COFFEE!
friends
Funniest read today…
From the wonderful bash.org:
frontpoint
fruit
Seedless Grapes
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
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
“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 ...
Google Reader Share for Monday
[recreading]
funny
Running Comic
I am up at the crack of dawn and off to run. Found this quote and made me giggle.
Why are cats with subtitles so…
Why are cats with subtitles so funny?
Chuck Norris Facts – My Favorites
I am sure you have seen them all. Kris and I laugh at these all the time. Here is my top list:
fusion
futurama
Futurama Renewed for 13 New Episodes
This may possibly be the happiest thing to happen to me all day, and I won the lottery. So yeah…love this show!
future
The air I breathe
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
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
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
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
Here is a blast from the past…way back past…
gameboy
DS Lite Loving
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
Loki Games Fix
export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209
gaming
DS Lite Loving
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...
Super Mario Galaxy (HUGE) Boss Battle Video
Video from the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii featuring a boss battle on the scale of Shadow of the Colossus boss battles.
gcc
-fno -fno -fno stack protection
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
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
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...
Travel Gear for the Globe Trotting Geeks
Contents 1 Laptop 2 Tablet 3 Security 4 Power on the Go 5 Creat...
Tools of the Connected Geek Trade
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
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
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…
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
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
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 ...
Similarities between Santa and System Administrators
__Santa is bearded, corpulent, and dresses funny. __ __When you ask Santa for something, the odds of receiving what you wanted are infinitesimal. _...
Geek and Backup Pride
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
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
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
Other than the language and video games, it is so so true…
What Geek am I?
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
NerdTests.com has confirmed what we all knew…I am a Dorky Nerd God…stop the presses!
Oh how the times have changed…
Thanks to Joy of Tech for a great comic!
Why I am a geek
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
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...
Wow iPhone SDK, didn’t see tha…
Wow iPhone SDK, didn’t see that coming. Wonder what the community will do with it all
My UNIX Adventure Timeline
1984 I was born grunting binary, ugh and ahh. Parents knew no better.
DS Lite Loving
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
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
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
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
Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:
geolocation
Geolocation and Force Protection
OMG THIS DUDE IS AT THINK COFFEE!
gift
Binary for Dad
The Binary Song – Popple
gifts
Need no more – Gifts and Holidays
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
Here is a blast from the past…way back past…
gma500
Intel GMA500 Support Matrix
First a few things:
gmail
Using Gmail as GNOME’s default mailer
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
An iron fist in an iron glove – Mac/Linux Keymapping
This post will serve to upset both sides of the coin.
Fix for GNOME Keyring prompt on Autologin
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
~/.evolution/mail/exchange/$mailbox/favorites
Using Gmail as GNOME’s default mailer
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
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
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 ChromeOS Cr-48 Review
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
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...
Google Reader Share for Monday
[recreading]
My First Embedded Google Map
How Nick gets to work!
Testing Google Picasa Slideshow
Just wanted to see how it works:
Using Gmail as GNOME’s default mailer
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…
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
Agile Software Development using SCRUM is one of best force multipliers a team can utilize to speed-up cycles.
Government Planning Perfection
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
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
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
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
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
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
Short vs Long
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growing
Reason and Imagination
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
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
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
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
Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:
hack
Airborne Warfare
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
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...
Oh how the times have changed…
Thanks to Joy of Tech for a great comic!
Patchstick AppleTV Hack
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
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
Short vs Long
</p>
hal
N900 Banshee Fix
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
tinc maybe my opensource repla…
tinc maybe my opensource replacement for hamachi, we will see
history
Decade in Review
2000-2009 A life in Nick
Memoirs are Dead
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
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
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...
Similarities between Santa and System Administrators
__Santa is bearded, corpulent, and dresses funny. __ __When you ask Santa for something, the odds of receiving what you wanted are infinitesimal. _...
home
My Home Burglary and what it means for your enterprise
My house in DC was broken into. More specifically my garage, which is behind my house, was broken into and a few things stolen. Other than the asshole move o...
home security
homebrew
GBA PSP Emulator SDTV
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
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
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
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
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
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
If you are clicking here you know what this is… Living Room For the whole house… Click Here
howto
Dual Time Machine Wielding Backups!
Contents 0.1 The Ingredients: 0.2 Secret Magic Scripts: 0.3 Letting the Peng...
Why is my /dev/sda missing?!?!
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 ...
Tor != VPN – A Simple Explanation
Shameless exploit of meme I know...
Configuring OpenBSD svnd for Encrypted Volumes
I have covered just about everything possible for drive encryption in OpenBSD. My last post is on using the least recommended option for encrypted volumes. I...
Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load
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
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
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
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...
Move from Physical to Virtual with CloneZilla
Just a side note for when I forget how I fixed this…
NetBackup with RHEL5 – CentOS IPTables
First you need to open the iptables firewall settings:
Multipath and Redhat Linux 5
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
Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:
Xgrid and Multiplatform Clients
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
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
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
Yubikey and my desire to beat the Feds to HSPD12 Compliance
During my Air Force days I was involved with the roll-out of the “CAC” for Air Mobility Command at MacDill. No one could understand why the military would pu...
Have you been using my CAC?
For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.
hurricane
5 Years Since Katrina
Contents 1 Katrina 1.1 The Move 1.2 The Storm 1.3 Th...
hyper-v
Just say “NO” to OS Level Virtualization
Microsoft Patch 955020
ia
Defining Security
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
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
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
My Home Burglary and what it means for your enterprise
My house in DC was broken into. More specifically my garage, which is behind my house, was broken into and a few things stolen. Other than the asshole move o...
ie
Private Browser Cleaner
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!
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
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…
Just which one?! I mean really all that seperates them is the following things:
imagination
Reason and Imagination
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
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
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
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
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
Geolocation and Force Protection
OMG THIS DUDE IS AT THINK COFFEE!
Intel GMA500 Support Matrix
First a few things:
international
iOS Apps for Business Owners and Travelers
Contents 1 Home Screen: 2 Productivity: 3 Finance: 4 Travel: 5 Tr...
International Phones and Plans
Contents 0.1 GR&A 0.2 General Findings 0.3 Rankings by price per month ...
internet
I am loving verizon card
I am loving verizon card
investments
2013 Investment Recap
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
iPad Mini – an agnostic mobile user review
If you glance around my computer museum (I mean office) you will see the following mobile devices:
iOS Apps for Business Owners and Travelers
Contents 1 Home Screen: 2 Productivity: 3 Finance: 4 Travel: 5 Tr...
iphone
iOS Apps for Business Owners and Travelers
Contents 1 Home Screen: 2 Productivity: 3 Finance: 4 Travel: 5 Tr...
Switching to Android
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...
The iPhone saga continues
AT&T Customer for 5 years or more — Check
Trying out WordPress on iPhone
Hello from the kitchen
Securing your iPhone
NICKS STIG:
iPhone + Mini Cooper = Super Hotness
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...
Wow iPhone SDK, didn’t see tha…
Wow iPhone SDK, didn’t see that coming. Wonder what the community will do with it all
iphoto
Centrally locate iTunes and iPhoto Libraries
You took the bite, you bought two Macs. It is a dirty feeling that you can’t wash off as you had the fact you now I contemplating purchasing a Steve Jobs bla...
ipod
Fix for Songbird and iPod
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
NetBackup with RHEL5 – CentOS IPTables
First you need to open the iptables firewall settings:
irc
BitlBee and OTR … then add some TOR!
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
6.5.22 Overlays on SGI suck. I…
6.5.22 Overlays on SGI suck. I hate SGI but love my cute O2, so torn!
issm
Advice for new ISSO or ISSM
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Centrally locate iTunes and iPhoto Libraries
You took the bite, you bought two Macs. It is a dirty feeling that you can’t wash off as you had the fact you now I contemplating purchasing a Steve Jobs bla...
jabber
Jabber Mix Client 1.3 Beta
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
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
Funniest read today…
From the wonderful bash.org:
joy
Bittersweet Day
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
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
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
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
5 Years Since Katrina
Contents 1 Katrina 1.1 The Move 1.2 The Storm 1.3 Th...
kernel
Why is my /dev/sda missing?!?!
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
I am posting this so I can later go search and find it. Stupid fan was driving me nuts!
keyboard
An iron fist in an iron glove – Mac/Linux Keymapping
This post will serve to upset both sides of the coin.
kindle
Bought a Kindle
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
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...
Ubuntu 10.04 on Sony Vaio P
With the latest poulsbo hack for 10.04:
lead
Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…
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
Contents 1 Defense and Military 2 Reputation of a Prince 3 Generosity vs. Parsimony ...
leadership
Machiavellian Leadership
Contents 1 Defense and Military 2 Reputation of a Prince 3 Generosity vs. Parsimony ...
leopard
upgrade to 10.5 on mac…sweet…
upgrade to 10.5 on mac…sweet! time machine might actually make me backup stuff
lessonslearned
lexmark
Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian
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
For all those running the Skype 2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Gutsy.
life
Left Boeing
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
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….
Decade in Review
2000-2009 A life in Nick
Weekend Update
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
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
5 Years Since Katrina
Contents 1 Katrina 1.1 The Move 1.2 The Storm 1.3 Th...
linux
Surface Book, Windows 10, and WSL: A year in review from a UNIX Geek
TL;DR Unix geek tries Windows 10 for a year. For the most part it works, but lots of growing pains. Going back to the land of GNU.
You are dev to me
Introduction
Traffic Control on Linux with FireQOS
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…
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
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
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
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?!?!
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
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...
An iron fist in an iron glove – Mac/Linux Keymapping
This post will serve to upset both sides of the coin.
Your new CAC, Linux, Mac, and You
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!
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
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...
Yubikey and my desire to beat the Feds to HSPD12 Compliance
During my Air Force days I was involved with the roll-out of the “CAC” for Air Mobility Command at MacDill. No one could understand why the military would pu...
Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review
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?
For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.
Multi-core Security
A question from a distinguished colleague of mine:
Log File Size
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!
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
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...
Ubuntu 10.04 on Sony Vaio P
With the latest poulsbo hack for 10.04:
Intel GMA500 Support Matrix
First a few things:
Sony Vaio P 788k Review
I hate long reviews, but the good gist below:
Fix for GNOME Keyring prompt on Autologin
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
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
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
MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it
Nokia N900 Demo Unit
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
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?
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
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...
Mandriva Linux 2010 is a hot mess
Real quick review of the desktop in pro’s and con’s
9.10 UNR mini-review
Just wanted to post some thoughts on UNR 9.10 –
Open Source Security Professionals
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
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
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
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
Here is my quick secure guide for MySQL:
Keeping on my Toes – Mac to Linux and back
I love my MacBook Pro more than I love my motorcycle. There I said it. When I don’t get a chance to ride my motorcycle I get cranky and irritable, but when I...
Loki Games Fix
export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209
Multipath and Redhat Linux 5
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
Here is a blast from the past…way back past…
SheepShaver on Ubuntu
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...
Just say “NO” to OS Level Virtualization
Microsoft Patch 955020
PPC Linux
Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:
login: Looking Back on Debian 1.3
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...
VMware Server Beta 2 Review
The Good:
Linux and Skype – NOW WITH VIDEO!
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
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...
NNTP will forever rock my sock…
NNTP will forever rock my socks
OpenSuSE 10.3 < Ubuntu Gutsy
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...
VMWare Server + Gutsy Gibbon = Houston its a-go
Just make sure to download the latest vmware-any-any patches to deal with the new 2.6.22 and all should be well:
filter = [ “a/sda[1-9]$/” “a/e…
filter = [ “a/sda[1-9]$/” “a/emcpower.*/” “r/.*/” ] This fixes problems with EMC PowerPath and LVM
Verizon evdo card + linux = ss…
Verizon evdo card + linux = ssh hotness
Posted from my n800
A program came out called Maemo Blog…and I am using it. Hooked up to my bluetooth keyboard I am able to type a post that would have taken ages with the other...
Evolution tip
~/.evolution/mail/exchange/$mailbox/favorites
Rocks Cluster
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
I am posting this so I can later go search and find it. Stupid fan was driving me nuts!
Sansa e260 and Linux
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
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…
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
Dual Time Machine Wielding Backups!
Contents 0.1 The Ingredients: 0.2 Secret Magic Scripts: 0.3 Letting the Peng...
logo
logs
Log File Size
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
Loki Games Fix
export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209
PPC Loki Games
Here is a blast from the past…way back past…
lolcats
Why are cats with subtitles so…
Why are cats with subtitles so funny?
looking back
Best things and stuff from 2011
Contents 0.0.1 Events 0.0.2 News ...
love
Top Romantic Songs
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
Other than the language and video games, it is so so true…
What I need Recap 2
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
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
How NOT to Dispose of a LoveSac
The LoveSac or Oscars Bed
lts
lucid
Tomboy SSH Fix on Ubuntu 10.1 Lucid
I was getting the following error when trying to sync:
lulu
Best Man Toast
I want to look back on this with my Brother. Here it is for the world to mirror!
lync
Microsoft Lync on Linux
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
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
I am posting this so I can later go search and find it. Stupid fan was driving me nuts!
mac
Dual Time Machine Locations
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
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
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?
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
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
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?
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
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...
PGP for Mac Whole Disk Encryption Review
Wanted to share a quick “how does it work” about PGP WDE for Mac.
Fix for Songbird showing songs still on iPod
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...
Keeping on my Toes – Mac to Linux and back
I love my MacBook Pro more than I love my motorcycle. There I said it. When I don’t get a chance to ride my motorcycle I get cranky and irritable, but when I...
bin2iso for Leopard 10.5
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
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...
Centrally locate iTunes and iPhoto Libraries
You took the bite, you bought two Macs. It is a dirty feeling that you can’t wash off as you had the fact you now I contemplating purchasing a Steve Jobs bla...
PPC Linux
Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:
upgrade to 10.5 on mac…sweet…
upgrade to 10.5 on mac…sweet! time machine might actually make me backup stuff
I want a Mac SE/30 BAD, playin…
I want a Mac SE/30 BAD, playing with 7.5.5 in vMac = hotness
I want a SE/30…80 bucks I wa…
I want a SE/30…80 bucks I was outbid on ebay! WTC!
Wine in MacOSX
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…
Dang you Apple! Why must you put iPhone commercials on when I watch TV, I am doing my best to NOT get one…sheesh!
Wow iPhone SDK, didn’t see tha…
Wow iPhone SDK, didn’t see that coming. Wonder what the community will do with it all
I love WWDC, it is an exciting…
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
I geeked up this weekend and purchased an AppleTV and matching router. Stay tuned for review!
Crazy Mac Mini People
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…
Just which one?! I mean really all that seperates them is the following things:
macbook air
Apple Thunderbolt Display Review
Contents 0.1 Display 0.2 Cables 0.3 Ports 0.4 Speakers...
macmini
Crazy Mac Mini People
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
Fix for “sha1sum mismatch! Rename” winetricks on Mac
Winetricks is a WONDERFUL tool for those of us relegated to a few windows programs on alternate platforms. I have never had issues on Linux, but on Mac the t...
macports
bin2iso for Leopard 10.5
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
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
MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it
Apple Mail.app and TimeMachine
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…
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 Linux 2010 is a hot mess
Real quick review of the desktop in pro’s and con’s
mandriva
Mandriva Linux 2010 is a hot mess
Real quick review of the desktop in pro’s and con’s
maps
My First Embedded Google Map
How Nick gets to work!
marriage
Best Man Toast
I want to look back on this with my Brother. Here it is for the world to mirror!
What I need Recap 2
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
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
Move from Physical to Virtual with CloneZilla
Just a side note for when I forget how I fixed this…
mcafee
McAfee buys Secure Computing
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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
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
Surface Book, Windows 10, and WSL: A year in review from a UNIX Geek
TL;DR Unix geek tries Windows 10 for a year. For the most part it works, but lots of growing pains. Going back to the land of GNU.
Microsoft Lync on Linux
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
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
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!
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
Bought a Mini Cooper
I will post some pictures soon promise!!
minicooper
iPhone + Mini Cooper = Super Hotness
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
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
iPad Mini – an agnostic mobile user review
If you glance around my computer museum (I mean office) you will see the following mobile devices:
GPG on your Android Phone
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
I fought the road and the road won
I have been out of the loop the past few days and I wanted to let everyone know I was okay.
mp3
Fix for Songbird and iPod
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
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
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
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
SABI, TSABI, and WASABI
[](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabi)WASABI is ugly and spicy
multicore
Multi-core Security
A question from a distinguished colleague of mine:
multipath
Multipath and Redhat Linux 5
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...
filter = [ “a/sda[1-9]$/” “a/e…
filter = [ “a/sda[1-9]$/” “a/emcpower.*/” “r/.*/” ] This fixes problems with EMC PowerPath and LVM
multiplatform
3 OS on a 1996-era machine…
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!
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
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
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
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
Here is my quick secure guide for MySQL:
n800
Posted from my n800
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
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
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
MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it
Nokia N900 Demo Unit
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
Schmidts Around the World!!!!
Interesting Stats:
nerd
Dorky Nerd God
NerdTests.com has confirmed what we all knew…I am a Dorky Nerd God…stop the presses!
nessus
Fix for Skype
For all those running the Skype 2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Gutsy.
netbackup
NetBackup with RHEL5 – CentOS IPTables
First you need to open the iptables firewall settings:
netbook
Sony Vaio P 788k Review
I hate long reviews, but the good gist below:
9.10 UNR mini-review
Just wanted to post some thoughts on UNR 9.10 –
netem
Simulating WAN Links with Linux and TC
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
i am typing this from BeOS+BON…
i am typing this from BeOS+BONE im_kit, gosh I love Be :(
networks
up late designing networks!
up late designing networks!
never-the-same
Moment in Time
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
NNTP will forever rock my sock…
NNTP will forever rock my socks
newyear
Best things and stuff from 2011
Contents 0.0.1 Events 0.0.2 News ...
nextstep
NEXTSTEP 3.3 RISC SparcStation 5
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
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
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...
Super Mario Galaxy (HUGE) Boss Battle Video
Video from the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii featuring a boss battle on the scale of Shadow of the Colossus boss battles.
nntp
NNTP will forever rock my sock…
NNTP will forever rock my socks
nokia
N900 Banshee Fix
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
MaStory is a nice little blogging app. Testing xmlrpc with it
Nokia N900 Demo Unit
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
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...
Nokia E61 – Initial Thoughts
Having now spent the better part of a day with the device I wanted to post a few thoughts:
noshavenovemeber
No Shave November – Aftermath Report
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}
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
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
Verified Accounts or “Don’t let your friends steal your name”
I have a great friend (who may not agree with that “great” part after this) who refused to have a facebook page. I can’t disagree with the idea of being the ...
onthego
Travel Gear for the Globe Trotting Geeks
Contents 1 Laptop 2 Tablet 3 Security 4 Power on the Go 5 Creat...
open source
Open Source Security Professionals
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 ...
Keeping on my Toes – Mac to Linux and back
I love my MacBook Pro more than I love my motorcycle. There I said it. When I don’t get a chance to ride my motorcycle I get cranky and irritable, but when I...
openbsd
OpenBSD Laptop mini-HOWTO
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 svnd for Encrypted Volumes
I have covered just about everything possible for drive encryption in OpenBSD. My last post is on using the least recommended option for encrypted volumes. I...
Configuring OpenBSD softraid for encryption
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
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...
OpenBSD Disk Encryption Options – softraid and svnd
It is unfortunate, but the OpenBSD disk encryption tool-sets are no where near as mature as those found in FreeBSD or Linux. You would think with such a secu...
openfirmware
Change your device alias in Open Firmware
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
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…
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
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
FIPS 140-2 Open Source SSL/IPSEC – Thanks Red Hat!
I always keep my eyes on what modules are undergoing FIPS validation. Here is an email sent to my teams…
opensuse
Error in Service Module
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
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...
OpenSuSE 10.3 is great so far….
OpenSuSE 10.3 is great so far…had I not screwed up my Ubuntu install I might not be here but oh well
openvpn
OpenWRT and PIA
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
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
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
—- Cross Post from the Spec Ops Technology Blog —-
opera
Top Romantic Songs
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…
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
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
South of Mason Dixon and North of Farmers Market
The cracks are too numerous to skip them as a child would. To attempt would be feeble and your poor mothers back would be broken in half a city block. Osc...
oss
Switching to Android
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
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!
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…
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
6.5.22 Overlays on SGI suck. I…
6.5.22 Overlays on SGI suck. I hate SGI but love my cute O2, so torn!
palm
Bye Bye Treo…
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…
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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 Test
Alright my friends, is this right?
personality
Field Marshal Nick
I always have thought personality tests were somewhat goofy and inaccurate. I took one this morning and it was scary right:
Personality Test
Alright my friends, is this right?
persons
South of Mason Dixon and North of Farmers Market
The cracks are too numerous to skip them as a child would. To attempt would be feeble and your poor mothers back would be broken in half a city block. Osc...
perspective
The glass is neither half-full…
The glass is neither half-full nor half-empty: it’s twice as big as it needs to be.
pgp
GPG on your Android Phone
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...
“Netcraft confirms PGP Email Encryption is Dead!”
Rakkhi posted a great Lessons Learned on implementing email encryption:
phone
Switching to Android
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
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
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 ...
Nokia E61 – Initial Thoughts
Having now spent the better part of a day with the device I wanted to post a few thoughts:
phones
GPG on your Android Phone
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
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
Testing Google Picasa Slideshow
Just wanted to see how it works:
pidgin
Microsoft Lync on Linux
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
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
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
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
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...
I sure do wish some ppl would …
I sure do wish some ppl would buy 2 seats on a plane rather than shove me like a sardine to the window
pm
Software Project Mgmt Reading and Blogs…
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
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
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…
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?
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
Intel GMA500 Support Matrix
First a few things:
powerpath
filter = [ “a/sda[1-9]$/” “a/e…
filter = [ “a/sda[1-9]$/” “a/emcpower.*/” “r/.*/” ] This fixes problems with EMC PowerPath and LVM
ppc
PPC Loki Games
Here is a blast from the past…way back past…
PPC Linux
Why Linux and which one? Let me take a second to review:
prayer
I want a pony and a nintendo…
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
Herodotus and your Digital Tattoo – A comparison of the many anonymous email providers
Letter Written in Cipher on Mourning Paper by Rose Greenhow
Private Browser Cleaner
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…
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
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
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
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
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…
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
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
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
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…
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
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
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
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
For all those running the Skype 2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Gutsy.
quiz
Personality Test
Alright my friends, is this right?
Dorky Nerd God
NerdTests.com has confirmed what we all knew…I am a Dorky Nerd God…stop the presses!
quote
Pope Quote…
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
“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
“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
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
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
Google Reader Share for Monday
[recreading]
reason
Reason and Imagination
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
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
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...
Geeks, Charity, and the impact of Reddit
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
FIPS 140-2 Open Source SSL/IPSEC – Thanks Red Hat!
I always keep my eyes on what modules are undergoing FIPS validation. Here is an email sent to my teams…
Multipath and Redhat Linux 5
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
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
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
Funniest read today…
From the wonderful bash.org:
Geek and Backup Pride
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
Other than the language and video games, it is so so true…
religion
The Scientist and the Eye Ball
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…
In spite of divisions among Christians, all those justified by faith through baptism are incorporated into Christ, brothers and sisters in J
religious
Water
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
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
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
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
Oh how the times have changed…
Thanks to Joy of Tech for a great comic!
review
Apple Thunderbolt Display Review
Contents 0.1 Display 0.2 Cables 0.3 Ports 0.4 Speakers...
Google ChromeOS Cr-48 Review
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...
Mandriva Linux 2010 is a hot mess
Real quick review of the desktop in pro’s and con’s
VMware Server Beta 2 Review
The Good:
OpenSuSE 10.3 < Ubuntu Gutsy
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...
OpenSuSE 10.3 is great so far….
OpenSuSE 10.3 is great so far…had I not screwed up my Ubuntu install I might not be here but oh well
Bluetooth GPS GPT-801 / Quick Review
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...
Nokia E61 – Initial Thoughts
Having now spent the better part of a day with the device I wanted to post a few thoughts:
Bye Bye Treo…
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
Surface Book, Windows 10, and WSL: A year in review from a UNIX Geek
TL;DR Unix geek tries Windows 10 for a year. For the most part it works, but lots of growing pains. Going back to the land of GNU.
rhel
Multipath and Redhat Linux 5
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
“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
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
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
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
—- Cross Post from the Spec Ops Technology Blog —-
rss
Google Reader Share for Monday
[recreading]
rsync
Centrally locate iTunes and iPhoto Libraries
You took the bite, you bought two Macs. It is a dirty feeling that you can’t wash off as you had the fact you now I contemplating purchasing a Steve Jobs bla...
rtlsdr
ADS-B Receiver and Plotter with Arch Linux
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
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
I am up at the crack of dawn and off to run. Found this quote and made me giggle.
Leaving for the city
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
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
Similarities between Santa and System Administrators
__Santa is bearded, corpulent, and dresses funny. __ __When you ask Santa for something, the odds of receiving what you wanted are infinitesimal. _...
sabi
SABI, TSABI, and WASABI
[](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabi)WASABI is ugly and spicy
sandisk
Sansa e260 and Linux
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
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
Similarities between Santa and System Administrators
__Santa is bearded, corpulent, and dresses funny. __ __When you ask Santa for something, the odds of receiving what you wanted are infinitesimal. _...
schmidt
Schmidts Around the World!!!!
Interesting Stats:
school
Jr. High Review
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
iPad Mini – an agnostic mobile user review
If you glance around my computer museum (I mean office) you will see the following mobile devices:
1965
—- Cross Post from the Spec Ops Technology Blog —-
Verified Accounts or “Don’t let your friends steal your name”
I have a great friend (who may not agree with that “great” part after this) who refused to have a facebook page. I can’t disagree with the idea of being the ...
My Home Burglary and what it means for your enterprise
My house in DC was broken into. More specifically my garage, which is behind my house, was broken into and a few things stolen. Other than the asshole move o...
Tor != VPN – A Simple Explanation
Shameless exploit of meme I know...
Geolocation and Force Protection
OMG THIS DUDE IS AT THINK COFFEE!
Advice for new ISSO or ISSM
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 svnd for Encrypted Volumes
I have covered just about everything possible for drive encryption in OpenBSD. My last post is on using the least recommended option for encrypted volumes. I...
Configuring OpenBSD softraid for encryption
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
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
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...
OpenBSD Disk Encryption Options – softraid and svnd
It is unfortunate, but the OpenBSD disk encryption tool-sets are no where near as mature as those found in FreeBSD or Linux. You would think with such a secu...
What happens when you use TOR and Facebook
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
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!
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
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...
Yubikey and my desire to beat the Feds to HSPD12 Compliance
During my Air Force days I was involved with the roll-out of the “CAC” for Air Mobility Command at MacDill. No one could understand why the military would pu...
Using TOR on your Android Device
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
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?
For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.
Multi-core Security
A question from a distinguished colleague of mine:
“Netcraft confirms PGP Email Encryption is Dead!”
Rakkhi posted a great Lessons Learned on implementing email encryption:
Log File Size
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
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
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
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 ...
9.10 UNR mini-review
Just wanted to post some thoughts on UNR 9.10 –
Defining Security
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...
PGP for Mac Whole Disk Encryption Review
Wanted to share a quick “how does it work” about PGP WDE for Mac.
Open Source Security Professionals
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
Here is my quick secure guide for MySQL:
FIPS 140-2 Open Source SSL/IPSEC – Thanks Red Hat!
I always keep my eyes on what modules are undergoing FIPS validation. Here is an email sent to my teams…
I hate Windows
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...
tinc maybe my opensource repla…
tinc maybe my opensource replacement for hamachi, we will see
Securing your iPhone
NICKS STIG:
Oh how the times have changed…
Thanks to Joy of Tech for a great comic!
DoD Security? Is that like pretty ugly?
I can’t take you seriously…
selinux
Multi-core Security
A question from a distinguished colleague of mine:
septic
Joy of Flushing
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
You are dev to me
Introduction
sgi
6.5.22 Overlays on SGI suck. I…
6.5.22 Overlays on SGI suck. I hate SGI but love my cute O2, so torn!
shave
No Shave November – Aftermath Report
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
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
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
The stars in Arab are amazing!…
The stars in Arab are amazing! Love not seeing city lights
skype
Fix for Skype
For all those running the Skype 2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Gutsy.
Linux and Skype – NOW WITH VIDEO!
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
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
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?
For there record if you say "CAC Card" in my presence you will be "SOL Luck" talking again soon.
snow
Brrrr
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
Verified Accounts or “Don’t let your friends steal your name”
I have a great friend (who may not agree with that “great” part after this) who refused to have a facebook page. I can’t disagree with the idea of being the ...
The Family at Work
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
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
You are dev to me
Introduction
Going Agile
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…
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
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
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…
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
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
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
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
Ubuntu 10.04 on Sony Vaio P
With the latest poulsbo hack for 10.04:
Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load
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 ...
Sony Vaio P 788k Review
I hate long reviews, but the good gist below:
sparc
NEXTSTEP 3.3 RISC SparcStation 5
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
TL; DR – I am starting a company.
TL; DR – I am starting a company.
specs
Workout and Food Log
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
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
International Phones and Plans
Contents 0.1 GR&A 0.2 General Findings 0.3 Rankings by price per month ...
stack
-fno -fno -fno stack protection
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
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
The stars in Arab are amazing!…
The stars in Arab are amazing! Love not seeing city lights
start
TL; DR – I am starting a company.
TL; DR – I am starting a company.
stats
Decade in Review
2000-2009 A life in Nick
stealing
ARRR!! I am a software pirate
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
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
“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
Centrally locate iTunes and iPhoto Libraries
You took the bite, you bought two Macs. It is a dirty feeling that you can’t wash off as you had the fact you now I contemplating purchasing a Steve Jobs bla...
sun
NEXTSTEP 3.3 RISC SparcStation 5
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
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
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
Super Mario Galaxy (HUGE) Boss Battle Video
Video from the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii featuring a boss battle on the scale of Shadow of the Colossus boss battles.
support
Virtualization Tool Support Matrix
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
Surface Book, Windows 10, and WSL: A year in review from a UNIX Geek
TL;DR Unix geek tries Windows 10 for a year. For the most part it works, but lots of growing pains. Going back to the land of GNU.
surname
Schmidts Around the World!!!!
Interesting Stats:
surprise
How NOT to Dispose of a LoveSac
The LoveSac or Oscars Bed
I have one hand in my pocket
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
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
Configuring OpenBSD svnd for Encrypted Volumes
I have covered just about everything possible for drive encryption in OpenBSD. My last post is on using the least recommended option for encrypted volumes. I...
switch
Dual Time Machine Wielding Backups!
Contents 0.1 The Ingredients: 0.2 Secret Magic Scripts: 0.3 Letting the Peng...
Switching to Android
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
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
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?!?!
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
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
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
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
Contents 1 Defense and Military 2 Reputation of a Prince 3 Generosity vs. Parsimony ...
tech
Surface Book, Windows 10, and WSL: A year in review from a UNIX Geek
TL;DR Unix geek tries Windows 10 for a year. For the most part it works, but lots of growing pains. Going back to the land of GNU.
Traffic Control on Linux with FireQOS
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
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
—- Cross Post from the Spec Ops Technology Blog —-
Travel Gear for the Globe Trotting Geeks
Contents 1 Laptop 2 Tablet 3 Security 4 Power on the Go 5 Creat...
OpenBSD Laptop mini-HOWTO
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
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...
Ubuntu 10.04 on Sony Vaio P
With the latest poulsbo hack for 10.04:
Intel GMA500 Support Matrix
First a few things:
Move from Physical to Virtual with CloneZilla
Just a side note for when I forget how I fixed this…
Airborne Warfare
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. ...
The iPhone saga continues
AT&T Customer for 5 years or more — Check
OpenSolaris Shortcomings
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...
Testing Google Picasa Slideshow
Just wanted to see how it works:
tech parents
Drobo for me
Oh darn Dad! Looks like I got your Drobo :)
techie linux ubuntu conky
Conky Setup
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
Decade in Review
2000-2009 A life in Nick
Open Source Security Professionals
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
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
Personality Test
Alright my friends, is this right?
Dorky Nerd God
NerdTests.com has confirmed what we all knew…I am a Dorky Nerd God…stop the presses!
theology
The Scientist and the Eye Ball
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…
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
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…
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
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
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
My UNIX Adventure Timeline
1984 I was born grunting binary, ugh and ahh. Parents knew no better.
timemachine
Dual Time Machine Wielding Backups!
Contents 0.1 The Ingredients: 0.2 Secret Magic Scripts: 0.3 Letting the Peng...
Apple Mail.app and TimeMachine
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
“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
International Phones and Plans
Contents 0.1 GR&A 0.2 General Findings 0.3 Rankings by price per month ...
toilet
Joy of Flushing
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
Yubikey and my desire to beat the Feds to HSPD12 Compliance
During my Air Force days I was involved with the roll-out of the “CAC” for Air Mobility Command at MacDill. No one could understand why the military would pu...
tomboy
Tomboy SSH Fix on Ubuntu 10.1 Lucid
I was getting the following error when trying to sync:
top pick
Top Romantic Songs
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
Tor != VPN – A Simple Explanation
Shameless exploit of meme I know...
What happens when you use TOR and Facebook
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!
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
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
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
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
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
“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 ...
iOS Apps for Business Owners and Travelers
Contents 1 Home Screen: 2 Productivity: 3 Finance: 4 Travel: 5 Tr...
International Phones and Plans
Contents 0.1 GR&A 0.2 General Findings 0.3 Rankings by price per month ...
Travel Gear for the Globe Trotting Geeks
Contents 1 Laptop 2 Tablet 3 Security 4 Power on the Go 5 Creat...
Travel Days for 2008
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…
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
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
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
I don’t care how often I take this flight, 330 rolls around quick. The world is eerily quiet this early.
Beagle Travelers
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
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
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!
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...
Back from Stone Mountain, grea…
Back from Stone Mountain, great trip, pics to follow
This is me…sitting in an air…
This is me…sitting in an airport…getting on a plane after 40 days in the desert
Ericca and I are off to tucson…
Ericca and I are off to tucson!
I sure do wish some ppl would …
I sure do wish some ppl would buy 2 seats on a plane rather than shove me like a sardine to the window
after a few day delay, I am of…
after a few day delay, I am off on travel again
sheesh the storms in Tucson ar…
sheesh the storms in Tucson are amazing, everything with a bowl becomes a river
treo
Bye Bye Treo…
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
SABI, TSABI, and WASABI
[](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabi)WASABI is ugly and spicy
tshirt
Binary for Dad
The Binary Song – Popple
ttl
tucson
I really like Sauce. Good plac…
I really like Sauce. Good place if you are ever in Tucson
sheesh the storms in Tucson ar…
sheesh the storms in Tucson are amazing, everything with a bowl becomes a river
i really hate Tucson, i cannot…
i really hate Tucson, i cannot wait to get home to my beautiful girlfriend and dog
tutorial
Configuring OpenBSD svnd for Encrypted Volumes
I have covered just about everything possible for drive encryption in OpenBSD. My last post is on using the least recommended option for encrypted volumes. I...
tv
Futurama Renewed for 13 New Episodes
This may possibly be the happiest thing to happen to me all day, and I won the lottery. So yeah…love this show!
uae
ubuntu
Ubuntu 10.04 on Sony Vaio P
With the latest poulsbo hack for 10.04:
Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load
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
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...
Tomboy SSH Fix on Ubuntu 10.1 Lucid
I was getting the following error when trying to sync:
9.10 UNR mini-review
Just wanted to post some thoughts on UNR 9.10 –
Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian
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
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
For all those running the Skype 2.0 Beta on Ubuntu Gutsy.
OpenSuSE 10.3 < Ubuntu Gutsy
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...
VMWare Server + Gutsy Gibbon = Houston its a-go
Just make sure to download the latest vmware-any-any patches to deal with the new 2.6.22 and all should be well:
ubuntu linux java juniper lucid
Juniper Connect 64bit Debian
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
9.10 UNR mini-review
Just wanted to post some thoughts on UNR 9.10 –
update
Weekend Update
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
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...
upgrade to 10.5 on mac…sweet…
upgrade to 10.5 on mac…sweet! time machine might actually make me backup stuff
6.5.22 Overlays on SGI suck. I…
6.5.22 Overlays on SGI suck. I hate SGI but love my cute O2, so torn!
usb
usenet
NNTP will forever rock my sock…
NNTP will forever rock my socks
vaio
Ubuntu 10.04 on Sony Vaio P
With the latest poulsbo hack for 10.04:
vaiop
Sony Vaio P788K Ubuntu 9.10 Load
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
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
NetBackup with RHEL5 – CentOS IPTables
First you need to open the iptables firewall settings:
verizon
International Phones and Plans
Contents 0.1 GR&A 0.2 General Findings 0.3 Rankings by price per month ...
I am loving verizon card
I am loving verizon card
Verizon evdo card + linux = ss…
Verizon evdo card + linux = ssh hotness
vices
Dead Poetic – Vices Lyrics
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
Intel GMA500 Support Matrix
First a few things:
The quest for a Media Center Machine
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
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!
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
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
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
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...
i am typing this from BeOS+BON…
i am typing this from BeOS+BONE im_kit, gosh I love Be :(
3 OS on a 1996-era machine…
I always wanted an SGI machine after watching Jurassic Park as a kid.Its a UNIX system. I know this!
I want a Mac SE/30 BAD, playin…
I want a Mac SE/30 BAD, playing with 7.5.5 in vMac = hotness
I want a SE/30…80 bucks I wa…
I want a SE/30…80 bucks I was outbid on ebay! WTC!
virtual
Move from Physical to Virtual with CloneZilla
Just a side note for when I forget how I fixed this…
I hate Windows
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...
Working from home because no o…
Working from home because no one showed up at work to open the door. Oh well.
Working from home because no o…
Working from home because no one showed up at work to open the door. Oh well.
virtualization
Virtualization Tool Support Matrix
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
Move from Physical to Virtual with CloneZilla
Just a side note for when I forget how I fixed this…
VMware Server Beta 2 Review
The Good:
virus
I hate Windows
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
You are dev to me
Introduction
Virtualization Tool Support Matrix
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...
Move from Physical to Virtual with CloneZilla
Just a side note for when I forget how I fixed this…
I hate Windows
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...
Just say “NO” to OS Level Virtualization
Microsoft Patch 955020
VMware Server Beta 2 Review
The Good:
VMWare Server + Gutsy Gibbon = Houston its a-go
Just make sure to download the latest vmware-any-any patches to deal with the new 2.6.22 and all should be well:
voip
vpn
tinc maybe my opensource repla…
tinc maybe my opensource replacement for hamachi, we will see
vyos
You are dev to me
Introduction
walk
South of Mason Dixon and North of Farmers Market
The cracks are too numerous to skip them as a child would. To attempt would be feeble and your poor mothers back would be broken in half a city block. Osc...
wamu
WAMU{.org/.com}
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
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
OpenBSD Disk Encryption Options – softraid and svnd
It is unfortunate, but the OpenBSD disk encryption tool-sets are no where near as mature as those found in FreeBSD or Linux. You would think with such a secu...
PGP for Mac Whole Disk Encryption Review
Wanted to share a quick “how does it work” about PGP WDE for Mac.
weather
Brrrr
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!
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
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!
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…
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
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
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}
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
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
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
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...
Just say “NO” to OS Level Virtualization
Microsoft Patch 955020
wine
Keeping on my Toes – Mac to Linux and back
I love my MacBook Pro more than I love my motorcycle. There I said it. When I don’t get a chance to ride my motorcycle I get cranky and irritable, but when I...
Wine in MacOSX
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
PGP for Mac Whole Disk Encryption Review
Wanted to share a quick “how does it work” about PGP WDE for Mac.
The Family at Work
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
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
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...
Working from home because no o…
Working from home because no one showed up at work to open the door. Oh well.
Working from home because no o…
Working from home because no one showed up at work to open the door. Oh well.
workout
Running Comic
I am up at the crack of dawn and off to run. Found this quote and made me giggle.
Workout and Food Log
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 sure do wish some ppl would …
I sure do wish some ppl would buy 2 seats on a plane rather than shove me like a sardine to the window
writing
Jig
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
Contents 1 Defense and Military 2 Reputation of a Prince 3 Generosity vs. Parsimony ...
Passion
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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 ...
wyle
Left Boeing
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...
xgrid
Xgrid and Multiplatform Clients
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...
xmpp
Withings Home Camera Review
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...
young
Tools of the Connected Geek Trade
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...
youtube
Hey Ya
I am not one for rap usually, but this rendition rocks my socks. Turns the pop-rap into this dramatic song about life :)
yubi
Yubikey and my desire to beat the Feds to HSPD12 Compliance
During my Air Force days I was involved with the roll-out of the “CAC” for Air Mobility Command at MacDill. No one could understand why the military would pu...
yubikey
Yubikey and my desire to beat the Feds to HSPD12 Compliance
During my Air Force days I was involved with the roll-out of the “CAC” for Air Mobility Command at MacDill. No one could understand why the military would pu...