Posts from '2014' - 1
GUI Vagrant box
Recently I've started working on changing my default development workflow. I'm evaluating vagrant as a main env manager, and then docker for extra speed. In short, my vagrant up boots up new dev box and then couple of docker containers. What I've fou ... read more →
Tor talk
I gave a talk this Monday, an important one I think. The one from the kind of spreading knowledge on the safe internet usage to people not necessarily of the tech background. This was my first one given to a such audience and to add to it all, it wa ... read more →
Running Eagle on Ubuntu 14.10 64bit
Eagle is still the first choice when it comes to Open Hardware electronics design. That's a bit unfortunate because the software itself is proprietary. Sometimes you need to run it though. For example to migrate projects over to non-proprietary softw ... read more →
Poor man's secrets storage
I'm a bit cautious when it comes to storing my passwords and other secrets. I do not use any web or desktop applications to do this for me. How do I remember those passphrases then ? I have a central file server, accessible via a tunnel. I store ther ... read more →
Compiling git 2.0 on cygwin
I had some troubles compiling git 2.0 under cygwin. I present you with a very dirty hack to do so. Proper patch will probably follow. Did I mention that the hack is dirty and will make your hands burn if you're gonna type it in ? git clone https://gi ... read more →
Mount your filament spool on the wall
I find it useful to hang as much stuff as possible on the walls, instead of using shelf/floor/desk space for that. Here is just a quick hack I did to allow filament spools to be mounted securely to a wall. It turns out that if you cut off the bent pa ... read more →
Better crypto initiative
It's not common for me to put just one link here as the content of the article. Today, however, is one of these days. The bettercrypto folks came up with really excellent practical guide to securing your servers. A draft for now, but already sporting ... read more →
Adding voltage and current measurements to the sunpowered Pi
Remember my sunpowered Pi installation on the balcony ? The only indication I had, since recently, on how well the system is doing was an LED blinking red when battery was low. Not really helpful in making predictions or making measurements over the ... read more →
Changing Terminal preferences in Gnome 3 from the commandline
It turns out this was not that obvious, at least for me, how to change various profile preferences for Gnome Terminal under Gnome 3 from the commandline. You can go and fetch the list of profiles this way: ~# dconf list /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/pro ... read more →
PoC or GTFO
Update 2023: I no longer host PoCorGTFO here, it's very much available elsewhere on the internet and I couldn't afford the costs for this server sadly. Hey – to all you curious folks – the new issue of PoC or GTFO is well, out ! The best minds in i ... read more →