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Generating Scene-Style NFO Files in 2026

1. What Is an .nfo File? If you're unfortunate enough not to have lived through the heyday of .nfo files, I want to provide some context. Because honestly, this project might seem weird or useless without it. First, an NFO file (short for info/informational) is a file forma...

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I Built My Own Org-Mode Static Site Generator

1. Introducing: Orgo For a long time, I've been using weblorg, a static site generator (SSG) for org-mode. It uses Emacs Lisp, which pairs well with Emacs. However, it has a few downsides: since it requires Emacs, the set-up and maintenance is heavy it has upstream depende...

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People & Blogs: Christian

Just a shout-out that I was recently featured on Zachary Kai's People and Blogs series.

Go check out the post here: People and Blogs: Christian!

Lots of praise to Zach and his predecessor, Manuel Moreale, for their series of interviews with various people on the web!

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Upgrading My Homelab to 10 Gbps

Table of Contents 1. Why 10 Gbps? 2. What I Was Running Before 3. The Hardware 3.1. Switch 3.2. NICs 3.3. Cabling 3.4. Cost 4. The Upgrade 5. Benchmarks 5.1. Before 5.2. After 6. Was It Worth It? 1. Why 10 Gbps? The short answer: fiber finally became availa...

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Small Wins on the App Store

Table of Contents 1. My Apps 2. My Achievements I wanted to briefly share a couple achievements I've experienced lately from the apps I've published on the iOS app store. If you're new to my blog: I'm not a full-time developer and don't do this for a living. I deve...

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Forking SkunkyArt

Table of Contents 1. SkunkyArt 1.1. Project Links 1.2. Why Fork? 1.3. What's Changed So Far 2. Run an Instance! 1. SkunkyArt I've forked SkunkyArt, an alternative privacy frontend for DeviantArt that works entirely without JavaScript, over to the Zero Labs orga...

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Re: Your RSS Reader Is Robbing You

To summarize my answer to Antonio's post: good! I don't read posts in my feed reader to look at styles, I do it to consume content - to read their thoughts. I use my feed reader because it's configured exactly how I like it. The colors are tweaked to a palette that's ...

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Re: Quoting Linus Torvalds

Table of Contents 1. Linus on AI 2. My Thoughts 1. Linus on AI Linus Torvalds' recent defense of AI in the Linux kernel sparked the predictable backlash, but the real debate is far more nuanced than that. This specific blog post is in response to Simon Willison'...

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The Night Feeling

Table of Contents 1. The Night Feeling 2. Nighttime on the Farm 3. After Hours 4. Night Weather 5. Closing Thoughts 1. The Night Feeling There is a feeling I’ve had most of my life that I’ve never had a good name for. It shows up at night, usually when nothing i...

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The Internet I Grew Up With Doesn’t Exist Anymore

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. 2001: The Family Computer 3. 2004: Exploring the Web 4. 2007: Living There 5. 2012: When Everything Started Changing 6. 2026: Logging On Today 7. The Internet I Miss 8. Closing 1. Introduction The internet; what can I say? It's ...

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I Don't Maintain My Homelab

Table of Contents 1. Infrastructure 1.1. Server 1.2. Network 2. Software 3. The Outcome It's true. I don't maintain my homelab… it maintains itself. Have I reached nirvana? Is this the ultimate goal of homelabbers? It seems that I've somehow automated myself ou...

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Junited 2026

Like others participating in Junited have mentioned, I recently discovered this project and love the idea. While the month is more than halfway past, I'll make sure to update this post with the best links I discover throughout the remainder of June 2026. Smallweb is Bec...

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Bring MOTD to macOS

Table of Contents 1. Messages of the Day (motd) 2. Create the Message 3. Load the Message 1. Messages of the Day (motd) A message of the day is, in computer terms, a welcome message that provides information and may help users logging onto the system. This is usefu...

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Git Is Not GitHub

Table of Contents 1. Git Is Not GitHub 2. Feature Comparison 3. Git Tracks the History 4. Git Hosts Add the Workflow 5. Audit Implications 6. Conclusion 1. Git Is Not GitHub People often use "Git" and "GitHub" interchangeably. Sometimes it's for convenience, but of...

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Plain Text, Plain Language

Table of Contents 1. Plain Text Won 2. Optimizing for Usability 2.1. Plain Text Markup 3. Plain Language 3.1. Plain Text Without Plain Language 3.2. Plain Language Is Not Anti-Technical 3.3. The Same Argument 4. Conclusion 1. Plain Text Won There has been a...

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Automating Backups with Zerobyte & Cloudflare R2

Table of Contents 1. Installation 1.1. Docker 1.2. Nginx 2. Configuration 2.1. Volumes 2.2. Repositories 2.3. Backups 2.4. Notifications Zerobyte is a slick backup solution you can self host. It's one of the easiest apps I've self hosted and the backup jobs ar...

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Announcing Hutch: An iOS Client for Sourcehut

Table of Contents 1. Hutch 1.1. Project Links 1.2. Overview 1.3. Features 1.4. Roadmap 2. Feedback Welcome! 1. Hutch I'm proud to announce that I've released my third (and, in my opinion, most useful) iOS app: Hutch. 1.1. Project Links I don't want to bur...

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Auditing AWS S3 Buckets

Table of Contents 1. Background: How S3 Controls Public Access 1.1. Public Access Block 1.2. Bucket Policy Status 1.3. ACLs 1.4. How the Three Layers Interact 2. What the Script Does 3. Prerequisites 4. Deriving Overall Public Status 5. Reading the Output 6. Common Ex...

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Auditing AWS Passwords

Table of Contents 1. Scoping 2. What the Scripts Do 3. Prerequisites 4. Step 1: Gather the Policy 5. Step 2: Evaluate the Policy 6. Reading the CSV 7. Common Exceptions and False Positives 8. How to Write Up the Finding One of the first controls an IT Auditor learns i...

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Auditing AWS IAM Users

Table of Contents 1. Background: How AWS Provisions Access 1.1. IAM Users 1.2. IAM Groups 1.3. IAM Roles 1.4. IAM Policies 1.5. IAM Identity Center 2. What the Script Does 3. Prerequisites 4. Reading the Output 5. Common Exceptions and False Positives 6. How to Write ...

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Automating weblorg Deployments

Table of Contents 1. Weblorg Configuration 2. Python Build Script 3. GitHub Actions 3.1. The Custom Docker Image 3.2. Building and Pushing to GHCR 3.3. The Build and Deploy Workflow 4. Conclusion As I've mentioned in previous posts, I utilize a unique pipeline to ...

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Managing Dotfiles with GNU Stow and Git

Table of Contents 1. What is GNU Stow? 2. Installation 3. Stow Dotfiles 4. Update Dotfiles 5. Save to a Git Repository 1. What is GNU Stow? GNU Stow is described as a "symlink farm manager" on its homepage, which is true, but feels a bit underwhelming. Rather, I'd ...

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IndieWeb Carnival: Intersecting Interests

Table of Contents 1. Personal Life 2. Work I thought about this topic for a long time today before starting to write this post, as I don't think of myself as someone with intersecting interests. I generally lean pretty hard into interests and in my mind, they're all t...

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Emacs Carnival: Completion

Table of Contents 1. Defining Custom Abbreviations 2. Doom Configuration 2.1. vertico + marginalia 2.2. orderless 2.3. corfu 2.4. eglot 2.5. flyspell 3. Looking Forward I'm having a great time with the Emacs Carnival, as it has inspired me to write two posts in su...

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Emacs Carnival: This Year, I Will...

Table of Contents 1. Dive Deeper into Org-Mode 2. Better Doom Configuration This year in Emacs, I expect to do a lot. However, here are some actionable goals for myself that should have a positive impact as I start out 2026. 1. Dive Deeper into Org-Mode Org Agen...

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Self-Hosting Guide: Home Assistant

Table of Contents 1. Overview 2. Installation 3. Configuration 3.1. HACS 3.2. External Access 4. Customization 4.1. Mobile View 1. Overview I've used Home Assistant off and on for years, but I've never written a guide on it because it always felt like a hal...

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Self-Hosting Guide: Tor Websites

Table of Contents 1. Installation 2. Configuration 2.1. Tor 2.2. Nginx 2.3. Onion-Location 1. Installation First, install the Tor package. I'm using Ubuntu, so I'll be using apt to install Tor. sudo apt install tor 2. Configuration 2.1. Tor Next,...

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IT Audit and AI: Where It Helps and Where It's Theater

Table of Contents 1. My AI Toolkit 1.1. Gemini Enterprise (formerly Agentspace) 1.2. Microsoft Copilot 1.3. Clara AI 2. Use Cases for Each Tool 2.1. Gemini 2.1.1. Client and Project-Based Agents or Notebooks 2.1.2. Technical Research 2.1.3. Data Analysis 2.2. M...

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WCAG Compliance: Accessibility as a Real Constraint

Table of Contents 1. WCAG 2 2. Why WCAG? 3. Implementing WCAG On My Website 4. Results 1. WCAG 2 What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 requirements? While the full list of WCAG requirements may seem intimidating, it's actually straightforwar...

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Using aerc on macOS

Table of Contents 1. Overview 2. Installation 3. First-Time Wizard 4. Configuration 5. Operation Figure 1: aerc-mail Shout-out to Jack Baty for inspiring me to write about my aerc-mail client after chatting about it over email recently! 1. Overview aerc is ...