OPNSense VPN Server
I deployed an OPNSense router for my home network about a year ago, running on the exceptional Protectli Vault 1610 and could not be more pleased with how everything functions:…
Bitbucket Using SSH Keys
The announcement that GitHub would train its AI on your code unless you opted out prompted two actions on my part: Immediately change my Github settings to opt-out. Identify a…
Computers IRL #12
[NB: 70 degrees is 70°C or 158°F and not 70°F!] Yes another example of AI misbehaving: PocketOS's company database deleted by AI despite instructions to require confirmation before executing any…
Attribution Done Right
While visiting the Netherlands recently, my wife and I rented a car for a short driving tour: Texel, Groningen, Den Bosch, and, most importantly, Keukenhof. The roads in the Netherlands…
Societas Non Grata
As an outcome of losing its US anti-trust case, Microsoft was forced to allow users to easily choose and install non-Microsoft browsers , the judge ruling that Microsoft had illegally…
CVE by License Plate
Unlikely the car itself represents a real CVE but my curiosity got the best of me: what are 905 CVEs? Let's query and find out! There are 26 distinct CVEs…
Backend Graph DB for Custom File System
This post is based on what I learned implementing Neo4Jfs, a customized Java file system built with a graph database (Neo4J) backend. In this post, I'll identify the challenges in…
Idiot Scammer
Receive a supposed Paypal Support email but amateur scammer doesn't bother to change his name? Newbie? Lazy? Stupid? All of the above? So Luay Khashan Abdul Hassan Abdul Hussein -…
Bootstrapping A Java File System
So what does file system mean to you? Most think of file systems as directories and files accessed via your computer: local disk, remotely shared via NFS or SMB, thumb…
AI Learning
No question, I am a library nerd: I'll wander through the shelves, grabbing, random seemingly interesting bound periodicals or journals to glance. The truly interesting finds are taken to a…