Notes

From time to time, I’ll write posts that are more like personal notes than blog posts. They all appear here:

• #78 - Quick JQ Usage & Examples

  Feb 25, 2023 — 🏷︎ #notes

  Quick examples for getting the hang of using jq in your terminal

• #74 - iPhone Backup Tools v2

  Oct 24, 2022 — 🏷︎ #iOS #reverse engineering #infosec #security #notes

  Introducing a new version of my iOS backup tools, now featuring decryption. Written in rust.

• #67 - Intuitive Design

  Mar 4, 2021 — 🏷︎ #notes

  My philosophy on building intuitive user interfaces.

• #64 - Constructing Helpful Log Messages

  Dec 12, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes

  My thoughts on constructing useful log messages.

• #62 - Christmas Light Troubleshooting Guide

  Nov 24, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes #electronics

  A guide on troubleshooting, and managing strands of holiday lights.

• #61 - Effectively using ed (1)

  Nov 23, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes

  A tutorial/cheatsheet on using ed (a line-oriented text editor) effectively

• #56 - PlantCam (how it works)

  Jun 16, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes

  Technical information on how my plant camera operates using ffmpeg and raspistill

• #54 - Decentralizing Your Digital Life

  May 27, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes

  A list of sites & services that aren't run by mega-corporations.

• #53 - Cinnamon Crumb Topping

  May 26, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes #cooking #quarantine

  My crumb topping recipe for breads, muffins, etc

• #52 - Tools for Small Electronics Projects

  May 25, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes #electronics

  Tools that I find useful when working on side-projects involving electronics & circuitry

• #51 - Debian (XFCE/Wfm4) with macOS-like keybindings

  Apr 30, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes #linux

  Some keybindings & shortcuts I configured to make my transition to linux a little easier.

• #50 - Making Maple Syrup

  Apr 13, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes #farming

  Steps (and mistakes) I made while making my first batch of maple syrup

• #49 - Reverse Engineering some Wordpress Malware

  Apr 12, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes #reverse engineering #security

  Wordpress Hardening & Reverse engineering some wordpress malware

• #48 - Setting up Bind9 as a forwarding DNS server

  Mar 1, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes #linux

  Setting up Bind9 to forward DNS requests to cloudflare + google, and adding some additional records for my lan.

• #46 - IR Remote-Controlled Light

  Jan 19, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes #electronics

  My design for a IR-remote-controlled light using an Adafruit Trinket M0, and CircuitPython

• #45 - WASM Basics using WAST

  Jan 3, 2020 — 🏷︎ #notes #webassembly

  Examples using the WebAssembly Text format (a.k.a. WAT or WAST).

• #43 - TV Recommendations

  Dec 2, 2019 — 🏷︎ #notes

  Checklist of features I look for when recommending TVs

• #41 - Fix your 2012 Honda Civic's charging system

  Oct 24, 2019 — 🏷︎ #notes #hacks

  The 2012 honda civic likes to drain it's battery - here's how we fixed it.

• #39 - Converting Video for the Web with FFMPEG

  Jul 13, 2019 — 🏷︎ #notes

  How I generate videos for this website, using ffmpeg.

• #38 - Making GIFs with FFMPEG

  Jul 10, 2019 — 🏷︎ #notes

  Terminal commands for generating gifs from a video, using ffmpeg.

• #37 - Farming Notes

  Jul 4, 2019 — 🏷︎ #blog #notes #farming

  Notes + Information I've collected from my growing of Pumpkins, Corn, Carrots, and other fruits and vegetables.

• #35 - macOS Satellite Screensaver

  Apr 25, 2019 — 🏷︎ #macos #rust #swift #notes

  I hacked together a macos screensaver that uses my rust satellite tracking library, combined with some GeoJSON world maps and Objective-C/Swift.

• #34 - Building a new Static Site Generator

  Apr 18, 2019 — 🏷︎ #rust #notes

  Progress in building a static site generator in rust, using servo's html5ever and mozjs packages

• #33 - Tracking Satellites with Rust

  Apr 9, 2019 — 🏷︎ #rust #notes

  Porting the satellite-js library into rust.

• #30 - How I Publish This Blog

  Mar 20, 2019 — 🏷︎ #meta #blog #notes

  Tooling, deployment scripts, and tech stack.

• #28 - Debian 9 NAS

  Feb 21, 2019 — 🏷︎ #linux #tutorials #notes

  Setting up NAS box on top of debian, using RAID 1

• #25 - My Raspberry Pi Setup Checklist

  Jan 27, 2019 — 🏷︎ #raspberry pi #notes #linux

  My checklist for Americanizing and configuring a new raspberry pi.

• #24 - Retrocomputing - Repairing my old PC

  Jan 19, 2019 — 🏷︎ #windows #notes

  Repairing my old PC, and going through some old software

• #21 - ARKit + 3D printing: STL files in AR

  Feb 19, 2018 — 🏷︎ #notes #iOS #swift

  We can display STL files in ARKit with relative ease. STL files are typically used in the process of 3D printing.

• #20 - Visualizing Algorithms

  Feb 12, 2018 — 🏷︎ #notes #javascript

  Using some custom code to generate interesting graphs of algorithmic operations.

• #19 - Swift Errors

  Jan 25, 2018 — 🏷︎ #swift #notes

  Demystifying swift's error codes for custom classes.

• #17 - iOS Backup Information Extractor Tool Updated

  Dec 5, 2017 — 🏷︎ #iOS #reverse engineering #infosec #security #notes

  I've updated my tool to extract tons of useful data from iOS backups

• #14 - Using Swift DispatchGroups

  Dec 4, 2017 — 🏷︎ #tutorials #notes #swift

  Using Swift DispatchGroups for improved performance in iOS Apps

• #13 - Essential Bash Shortcuts

  Oct 12, 2017 — 🏷︎ #tutorials #notes

  Here's a list of some really awesome bash shortcuts that I use all the time.

• #12 - Tutorial: AWS Static Hosting

  Oct 5, 2017 — 🏷︎ #tutorials #notes

  How to set up hosting for your static site on aws, that doesn't cost a fortune

• #9 - Reverse Engineering the iOS Backup

  Mar 17, 2017 — 🏷︎ #iOS #reverse engineering #infosec #security #notes

  Explore the format of iOS backups and ways to extract data.