ADS-B Feeder Attempt 2
Hosting an ADS-B feeder has intrigued me for some time but only did so in September 2025. My first feeder was a Raspberry Pi with an RTL-SDR v4 dongle running…
Computers IRL #8
A major nuisance of modern browsers is videos auto-playing, often unmuted, catching you off-guard. Auto-play is potentially a security issue if a bad actor learned how to embed malware or…
ADS-B Notes
I recently joined the ranks of those voluntarily feeding ADS-B data to various plane sites. This post will be updated with my experiences. Registering With FlightRadar24 FlightRadar24 provides the Raspberry…
FlightRadar24 Contributor
Discovery and First Attempt I first learned of software-defined radio attending a Devoxx UK session where the presenter showed how a consumer SDR dongle could receive digital messages from airplanes…
Computers IRL #7
As seen on Antwerp's Tram #1: the screens showing route and upcoming stops is in a startup loop. ERROR: SIM not inserted. Repeated every ten seconds. Guessing the SIM card…
Weinberg’s Second Law
If builders constructed buildings the way programmers write software, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization. Gerald Weinberg, an early computer science professor and practitioner, may have made…
Will Rock Ever Die?
All Right Now by Free was released in May 1970 and charted as high as #2 in the United Kingdom and #4 in the United States. Though their only memorable…
OPNSense Port Forwarding
I recently replaced my home router with a device running OPNSense. Very successful production deployment. I deployed a Navidrome server for streaming my personal music collection to Subsonic-supported clients. I…
OPNSense on Protectli Vault 1610
Overview A Cisco LRT224 Dual WAN router has been the cornerstone of my home network for over a decade: solid, easy to configure, above-average performance, VPN server, and other prosumer…
Random Learnings #57
My wife and I are traveling to Switzerland this fall for some bucket-list train rides, including the Glacier Express between Chur and Zermatt. The Glacier Express requires seat reservations which…