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2026

MP3 Player with an RP2350/VS1053 - It's Alive!
Jan 18, 2026 — "Published Post"

2026 stats: 1 new posts, no edits
2025

RP2350 FM/MP3/GPS Device - Part 2!
Dec 14, 2025 — "Published Post"

Christmas Light Troubleshooting Guide
Dec 7, 2025 — Edit: "Add troubleshooting video"

RP2350 FM/MP3/GPS Mobile Device project
Nov 17, 2025 — "Published Post"

Book Review of "Source Code", by Bill Gates
Nov 15, 2025 — "Published Post"

Server-Side Rendered Word Clouds using D3.js
Nov 6, 2025 — "Published Post"

Book Review of Steve Jobs, by Walter Issacson
Nov 5, 2025 — "Published Post"

Halloween Decor - DIY Gravestones
Oct 31, 2025 — "Published Post"

Halloween Decor - DIY Graveyard Fencing
Oct 28, 2025 — "Published Post"

Password Protecting Blog Posts WebCrypto!
Oct 3, 2025 — Edit: "Updated Post"

Reverse Engineering PyInstaller programs
Oct 2, 2025 — "Published Post"

Converting Audiobooks for older iPods
Oct 1, 2025 — "Published Post"

A Chrome Extension that slows your browser down
Sep 26, 2025 — "Published Post"

Surviving the AI era as a CS Student
Aug 30, 2025 — "Published Post"

Home Automation via Apple Shortcuts
Jul 30, 2025 — "Published Post"

3D Printed Carplay Screen Mount
Jul 11, 2025 — Edit: "Updated Post"

3D Printed Carplay Screen Mount
Jun 23, 2025 — "Published Post"

Self-Hosted Podcast Workflow
May 26, 2025 — "Published Post"

3D Printable Travel / EDC Items
Apr 26, 2025 — "Published Post"

Problem Solving, Debugging, and the Impact of AI
Apr 16, 2025 — "Published Podcast Episode"

A Project I Want to Build - RP2350 Retro Computer
Apr 10, 2025 — "Published Post"

That's Meshtastic!
Apr 9, 2025 — "Published Podcast Episode"

New PebbleOS Smartwatches, and iOS API Restrictions
Apr 3, 2025 — "Published Podcast Episode"

Github Actions - Supply Chain Attacks
Mar 26, 2025 — "Published Post"

Github Actions - Supply Chain Attacks
Mar 26, 2025 — "Published Podcast Episode"

Privilege Escalation in EC2, using Session Manager
Mar 23, 2025 — "Published Podcast Episode"

Launching a Podcast
Mar 15, 2025 — "Published Post"

The Rebirth of PebbleOS
Mar 10, 2025 — "Published Podcast Episode"

3D Printed "Red Button"
Mar 6, 2025 — Edit: "Added boot.py example for hiding storage"

Hello World
Feb 28, 2025 — "Published Podcast Episode"

Building Pebble Watchfaces on Modern Systems
Feb 9, 2025 — "Published Post"

Compiling Expo Prebuild apps in XCode Cloud
Jan 28, 2025 — Edit: "Add example for how to fix env var crash during React Native build using patch-package" - Thanks to @zybzzc

Debugging an obscure Vex Robotics build issue
Jan 17, 2025 — "Published Post"

Getting Git Revision info within your iOS App
Jan 13, 2025 — "Published Post"

2025 stats: 21 new posts, 12 edits
2024

Flipper Zero: Cloning Christmas Tree Remotes
Dec 23, 2024 — "Published Post"

Christmas Light Troubleshooting Guide
Dec 8, 2024 — Edit: "Add notes on troubleshooting, clarify contents"

Advent of Code
Dec 8, 2024 — "Published Post"

React Native - Efficient File Reads into a Buffer
Dec 3, 2024 — "Published Post"

The "Passport" - a RAKWireless case for Meshtastic
Nov 20, 2024 — Edit: "Add interactive STL Viewer"

3D Printed "Red Button"
Nov 20, 2024 — Edit: "Add interactive STL Viewer"

Compiling Expo Prebuild apps in XCode Cloud
Nov 18, 2024 — "Published Post"

Intro.JS - Skipping hidden elements
Nov 6, 2024 — "Published Post"

Simple Dynamic DNS With Route53 and AWS Lambda
Nov 3, 2024 — Edit: "Add example of pulling from request header IP instead of just URL param" - Thanks to @bcorob

Effectively using ed (1)
Nov 3, 2024 — Edit: "Fix typo missing "not" in explanation of inverted regex" - Thanks to @kensanata

Scheduling Posts with Github Actions
Oct 30, 2024 — "Published Post"

The "Passport" - a RAKWireless case for Meshtastic
Oct 30, 2024 — "Published Post"

Swift Errors
Oct 26, 2024 — Edit: "rework contents for clarity, and not to bury the lede"

Experiments with Meshtastic
Oct 26, 2024 — "Published Post"

Sending Data from Ambient Weather Station to Home Assistant
Oct 25, 2024 — Edit: "Added link direct to Amazon for the weather station I use"

Dark Mode with Design Tokens in Tailwind CSS
Oct 21, 2024 — "Published Post"

Flashlights / Gear Recommendations
Oct 1, 2024 — "Published Post"

Sending Data from Ambient Weather Station to Home Assistant
Sep 10, 2024 — "Published Post"

A pattern for asynchronous loops in JavaScript
Sep 7, 2024 — "Published Post"

Privilege Escalation in EC2, using Session Manager
Aug 30, 2024 — "Published Post"

Flexbox Layout Engine
Aug 13, 2024 — "Published Post"

Satellite Tracking Dashboard Widget
Aug 5, 2024 — "Published Post"

Lightweight dashboards via the Linux Framebuffer
Aug 4, 2024 — Edit: "Update configuration examples to new toml version"

Lightweight dashboards via the Linux Framebuffer
Aug 1, 2024 — Edit: "Content updates"

Lightweight dashboards via the Linux Framebuffer
Jul 31, 2024 — Edit: "Updates to include latest development / usage"

Lightweight dashboards via the Linux Framebuffer
Jul 29, 2024 — "Published Post"

Simple Dynamic DNS With Route53 and AWS Lambda
Jul 22, 2024 — "Published Post"

Setting up NGINX and LetsEncrypt on my Home Server
Jul 19, 2024 — "Published Post"

Auto mount encrypted drives, using 1Password and systemd
Jul 14, 2024 — "Published Post"

Constructing Helpful Log Messages
Jul 10, 2024 — Edit: "Minor content updates"

Static Password Protected Posts, pt. 2
Jul 9, 2024 — "Published Post"

Farming Notes
Jul 7, 2024 — Edit: "Update formatting, typo fixes, archive links, and additional information"

Decentralizing Your Digital Life
Jul 2, 2024 — Edit: "updates, add arc browser, manjaro"

TV Recommendations
Jul 2, 2024 — Edit: "Refreshed Recommendations"

Express / WebSockets for Real-Time Updates
Jul 2, 2024 — "Published Post"

Layer Alignment in FDM 3D Printing
Jun 30, 2024 — "Published Post"

3D Printer Upgrades
Jun 22, 2024 — "Published Post"

JS 0x01 - Multiple Return Values in JavaScript
Jun 21, 2024 — Edit: "Set status to Published"

Extending the UIButton tap area
Jun 21, 2024 — Edit: "Set status to Published"

Just Start Building
Jun 17, 2024 — "Published Post"

Reducing Digital Distraction on iOS & macOS
Jun 13, 2024 — "Published Post"

"My Code's Crashing" - A Robot Debugging Story
Jun 12, 2024 — "Published Post"

VueJS - Digging into v-model
Jun 10, 2024 — Edit: "Update introduction to be more clear."

3D Printed Signet Ring
May 22, 2024 — "Published Post"

A Backlit Picture Frame for Movie Film
May 19, 2024 — "Published Post"

Password Protecting Blog Posts WebCrypto!
May 12, 2024 — "Published Post"

A Cheap Video Capture Solution
May 11, 2024 — Edit: "Publish"

Running local LLMs using Ollama
May 6, 2024 — "Published Post"

VueJS - Digging into v-model
May 1, 2024 — "Published Post"

Raspberry Pi External Status Lights
Apr 23, 2024 — Edit: "Added a more prominent note about the physical pin vs GPIO pin numbering"

Setting up Bind9 as a forwarding DNS server
Apr 23, 2024 — Edit: "Add extra debugging info, and info about latest tested version"

Essential Shell Shortcuts
Apr 15, 2024 — Edit: "Renamed to "Essential Shell Shortcuts", since most of these work in other shells too."

Thoughts on Code Clarity & Maintainability
Apr 15, 2024 — "Published Post"

Common Web App Security Bugs and where to find them
Apr 12, 2024 — Edit: "Page updates for clarity and fixes for new site build system"

Intuitive Design
Apr 10, 2024 — Edit: "Updated headings and clarified items"

Just Added - ColorPicker
Apr 10, 2024 — Edit: "Updated download link to use Github releases"

Better macOS Screenshot Workflow
Apr 9, 2024 — "Published Post"

My Dotfiles, Refreshed
Apr 7, 2024 — "Published Post"

Typescript trick: Required enum values as keys
Apr 6, 2024 — "Published Post"

Hacker News Dark Theme
Mar 20, 2024 — "Published Post"

Rewriting this site using Astro
Mar 5, 2024 — "Published Post"

BeachParking.com solves beach parking hassles
Mar 2, 2024 — Edit: "Replace dead links with archive.org archives"

Detecting ECS Task Failures with EventBridge
Mar 1, 2024 — "Published Post"

blg - a 'social' rss feed reader
Feb 25, 2024 — "Published Post"

Effectively using ed (1)
Feb 24, 2024 — Edit: "Fixing typo in example of line joins"

Local iOS builds using Expo Prebuild and Fastlane
Feb 7, 2024 — "Published Post"

2024 stats: 40 new posts, 26 edits
2023

3D Printed "Red Button"
Dec 29, 2023 — "Published Post"

Terraform with EC2 instances as data source
Sep 4, 2023 — Edit: "Updated Post"

Making Maple Syrup
Mar 9, 2023 — Edit: "Add cautionary tale about boiling"

Quick JQ Usage & Examples
Feb 25, 2023 — "Published Post"

Making Maple Syrup
Feb 24, 2023 — Edit: "Add additional information from 2023"

Raspberry Pi External Status Lights
Feb 22, 2023 — Edit: "Added additional notes about wiring and setup"

Instrumenting Utilities Usage
Feb 18, 2023 — Edit: "Added info about resetting the rtl-sdr device when it stops working properly, grammar fixes."

Terraform with EC2 instances as data source
Feb 1, 2023 — "Published Post"

2023 stats: 3 new posts, 5 edits
2022

Using Certificate Transparency Logs for DNS Enumeration
Oct 25, 2022 — "Published Post"

iPhone Backup Tools v2
Oct 24, 2022 — "Published Post"

Site Redesign, new pages
Oct 23, 2022 — "Published Post"

Decentralizing Your Digital Life
Jul 18, 2022 — Edit: "update links to protonmail and remove dead link"

Swift Errors
Jan 12, 2022 — Edit: "updates to reword no longer consistently accurate information about default enum tag values"

2022 stats: 3 new posts, 2 edits
2021

Raspberry Pi External Status Lights
Sep 9, 2021 — Edit: "Added links to 3d-printed keystone plate with slots for a pair of leds"

PlantCam (how it works)
Aug 15, 2021 — Edit: "Update to show final results"

Raspberry Pi External Status Lights
Aug 11, 2021 — "Published Post"

Instrumenting Utilities Usage
Aug 10, 2021 — "Published Post"

Making Maple Syrup
Mar 20, 2021 — Edit: "Add photos"

Pi Pico Digital Clock
Mar 7, 2021 — "Published Post"

Making Maple Syrup
Mar 6, 2021 — Edit: "Update with new photo, fix typos."

Intuitive Design
Mar 4, 2021 — "Published Post"

3D Printing
Feb 25, 2021 — "Published Post"

Common Web App Security Bugs and where to find them
Jan 11, 2021 — "Published Post"

2021 stats: 6 new posts, 4 edits
2020

Constructing Helpful Log Messages
Dec 12, 2020 — "Published Post"

Christmas Light Troubleshooting Guide
Nov 24, 2020 — "Published Post"

Effectively using ed (1)
Nov 23, 2020 — "Published Post"

Converting Video for the Web with FFMPEG
Nov 5, 2020 — Edit: "Remove confusing `an` flag (used for the example to remove the audio, but not common cases!)"

A Cheap Video Capture Solution
Sep 7, 2020 — "Published Post"

PlantCam (how it works)
Jun 16, 2020 — "Published Post"

Decentralizing Your Digital Life
May 27, 2020 — "Published Post"

Cinnamon Crumb Topping
May 26, 2020 — "Published Post"

Tools for Small Electronics Projects
May 25, 2020 — "Published Post"

Linux Framebuffer Graphics
May 5, 2020 — Edit: "Add link to new tool"

Day Plan 2.0 Beta
May 4, 2020 — Edit: "Remove beta signup link"

Debian (XFCE/Wfm4) with macOS-like keybindings
Apr 30, 2020 — "Published Post"

Making Maple Syrup
Apr 13, 2020 — "Published Post"

Reverse Engineering some Wordpress Malware
Apr 12, 2020 — "Published Post"

Setting up Bind9 as a forwarding DNS server
Mar 1, 2020 — "Published Post"

IR Remote-Controlled Light
Feb 29, 2020 — Edit: "Add schematic"

Farming Notes
Feb 17, 2020 — Edit: "Indoor peppers info"

Farming Notes
Feb 16, 2020 — Edit: "Updates from 2019 season"

IR Remote-Controlled Light
Jan 19, 2020 — Edit: "Fix datestamp"

IR Remote-Controlled Light
Jan 19, 2020 — "Published Post"

WASM Basics using WAST
Jan 3, 2020 — "Published Post"

Fix your 2012 Honda Civic's charging system
Jan 2, 2020 — Edit: "Set status to published"

2020 stats: 14 new posts, 8 edits
2019

Retrocomputing - Repairing my old PC
Dec 26, 2019 — Edit: "add keyboard cleaning info"

Reverse Engineering the iOS Backup
Dec 16, 2019 — Edit: "Add information about contacts, sms. Minor updates + extra information. Grammar & spelling fixes."

TV Recommendations
Dec 2, 2019 — "Published Post"

TV Recommendations
Dec 1, 2019 — Edit: "Copied document from Pastebin"

Fix your 2012 Honda Civic's charging system
Oct 24, 2019 — "Published Post"

Farming Notes
Aug 18, 2019 — Edit: "Minor updates"

Farming Notes
Jul 29, 2019 — Edit: "Add cucumber beetle and pumpkin photos"

Farming Notes
Jul 25, 2019 — Edit: "Add corn R2 info"

Farming Notes
Jul 20, 2019 — Edit: "Add squash and corn borer information"

Farming Notes
Jul 18, 2019 — Edit: "Add additional pictures + timelines"

Farming Notes
Jul 15, 2019 — Edit: "Add additional corn info + timelines"

Converting Video for the Web with FFMPEG
Jul 13, 2019 — "Published Post"

Retrocomputing - Repairing my old PC
Jul 12, 2019 — Edit: "add windows 98 stuff"

Making GIFs with FFMPEG
Jul 10, 2019 — "Published Post"

Farming Notes
Jul 8, 2019 — Edit: "Added additional squash bug info"

Retrocomputing - Repairing my old PC
Jul 8, 2019 — Edit: "update notes on mkisofs, images, and windows 98"

Debian 9 NAS
Jul 6, 2019 — Edit: "Updated with initramfs + config updates"

Farming Notes
Jul 5, 2019 — Edit: "Added additional information on fertilizers"

Farming Notes
Jul 4, 2019 — "Published Post"

macOS Satellite Screensaver
Apr 28, 2019 — Edit: "Added Dev. Notes about linking with dylibs."

macOS Satellite Screensaver
Apr 25, 2019 — "Published Post"

Building a new Static Site Generator
Apr 18, 2019 — "Published Post"

Tracking Satellites with Rust
Apr 9, 2019 — "Published Post"

My Raspberry Pi Setup Checklist
Mar 30, 2019 — Edit: "Added note about configuring over ssh. Updated article name."

Enabling Dark Mode in CSS
Mar 26, 2019 — "Published Post"

Swift Errors
Mar 25, 2019 — Edit: "updates to include better information about code / domain retrieval, clarified language, added tl;dr, and added correction about hashCode"

How I Publish This Blog
Mar 20, 2019 — Edit: "minor wording changes"

How I Publish This Blog
Mar 20, 2019 — "Published Post"

SHBAR - Shell Scripts in your macOS Menu
Feb 23, 2019 — "Published Post"

Debian 9 NAS
Feb 22, 2019 — Edit: "Amended article with information about smbd configuration"

Debian 9 NAS
Feb 21, 2019 — "Published Post"

Debian 9 NAS
Feb 20, 2019 — Edit: "Added reference to server fault article about raid naming scheme"

Dotfiles
Feb 9, 2019 — "Published Post"

Bye, Google Analytics
Jan 30, 2019 — "Published Post"

My Raspberry Pi Setup Checklist
Jan 27, 2019 — "Published Post"

Retrocomputing - Repairing my old PC
Jan 26, 2019 — Edit: "set status to Published"

Retrocomputing - Repairing my old PC
Jan 19, 2019 — "Published Post"

2019 stats: 16 new posts, 21 edits
2018

Root Shell on your Drone!
May 31, 2018 — "Published Post"

Custom Solar Light using a Mason Jar
May 15, 2018 — "Published Post"

iOS Backup Information Extractor Tool Updated
Mar 18, 2018 — Edit: "Update to add link to new v3 docs"

ARKit + 3D printing: STL files in AR
Feb 19, 2018 — "Published Post"

Visualizing Algorithms
Feb 12, 2018 — "Published Post"

Swift Errors
Jan 25, 2018 — "Published Post"

Linux Framebuffer Graphics
Jan 24, 2018 — Edit: "fix typos"

Linux Framebuffer Graphics
Jan 6, 2018 — "Published Post"

2018 stats: 6 new posts, 2 edits
2017

Reverse Engineering the iOS Backup
Dec 9, 2017 — Edit: "Add Voicemail, Call Logs, and WiFi"

iOS Backup Information Extractor Tool Updated
Dec 5, 2017 — Edit: "Update to reflect tools v2.0.1"

iOS Backup Information Extractor Tool Updated
Dec 5, 2017 — Edit: "Update to reflect tools v2.0.5"

Reverse Engineering the iOS Backup
Dec 5, 2017 — Edit: "Updated iOS notes with new database information"

iOS Backup Information Extractor Tool Updated
Dec 5, 2017 — "Published Post"

Reverse Engineering the iOS Backup
Dec 4, 2017 — Edit: "Updated additional info about iOS 11 backup format and add notes about Calendars, Notes, Photos format."

Using Swift DispatchGroups
Dec 4, 2017 — "Published Post"

Essential Shell Shortcuts
Oct 12, 2017 — "Published Post"

Essential Shell Shortcuts
Oct 11, 2017 — Edit: "Renamed article to be titled "Essential Bash Shortcuts" from "My favorite bash shortcuts""

Essential Shell Shortcuts
Oct 11, 2017 — Edit: "Added #8: Pipe into "while read line""

Tutorial: AWS Static Hosting
Oct 5, 2017 — "Published Post"

Moved to AWS
Sep 21, 2017 — "Published Post"

My Summer Internship!
Sep 2, 2017 — "Published Post"

JS 0x01 - Multiple Return Values in JavaScript
Mar 23, 2017 — "Published Post"

Reverse Engineering the iOS Backup
Mar 17, 2017 — "Published Post"

Extending the UIButton tap area
Mar 13, 2017 — "Published Post"

Day Plan 2.0 Beta
Mar 8, 2017 — "Published Post"

Reverse Engineering the iOS Backup
Feb 5, 2017 — Edit: "Add link to messages schemas"

2017 stats: 10 new posts, 8 edits
2016

2016 In Review
Dec 30, 2016 — "Published Post"

Introducing GroupChat
Oct 15, 2016 — "Published Post"

BeachParking.com solves beach parking hassles
Jul 13, 2016 — "Published Post"

Just released: Day Plan
Mar 9, 2016 — "Published Post"

Just Added - ColorPicker
Jan 25, 2016 — "Published Post"

Say Hello to FlipHop
Jan 19, 2016 — "Published Post"

2016 stats: 6 new posts, no edits
2015

Swift is open source
Dec 9, 2015 — "Published Post"

Hello World!
Oct 30, 2015 — "Published Post"

2015 stats: 2 new posts, no edits