Update: This has been updated for recent HetrixTools as of 2024;
Many of us like to monitor our services externally, even for things which have been virtualized. No, not compartmentalized (like Docker), but virtualized. I prefer to have separate KVMs for different tasks – it’s just as fast, compat...
As today is my 44th (pshew) birthday, I figured I’d remind myself how this whole thing started. You’re welcome to join me in this bit of self-realization over the years as built upon in this website, or use the search feature if you stumbled here looking for something – most of my articles are sti...
I am a fan of “If it still works, keep using it”.
In fact, I was using a LaserJet 6P until 2015- when a friend accidentally broke it. Now, I’m using a LaserJet 2100.
PCL5/Laserjet4 is really easy with Linux via CUPS, but we do have a couple Windows users in the household. This didn’t used to be...
Much like my last extended period of not posting, I have once again had the same.
Life runs quickly, and with long hours experiencing it, there’s a lot less time available here, on the virtual landscape.
I may try to do more updates just so those who are still in touch at a distance will be able...
I’ve been using OpenWRT for years, and the idea of using a little bit of storage on an otherwise-wasted USB port makes the idea of an idling IRC client, or a handful of other minimal services has always appealed to me. I suppose that’s why I still have a 64MB VPS out in the wild.
For anyone who h...
I bit the bullet and upgraded to TXP 4.7.3 from my modified 4.0->4.2.x->4.6.x code bases, and.. it didn’t take all that much effort to get back basic functionality- most of the plugins I relied upon have been taken in by the TXP community and rebuilt, or integrated similar functionality has been int...