Acting with Intent
There is space, however small, between the thoughts. And in that space, if we are patient, we can decide how to respond rather than being dragged …
The Gervais Principle
The Office is not a random series of cynical gags aimed at momentarily alleviating the existential despair of low-level grunts. It is a fully realized …
Self Hosting Ghost with SQLite3
Note to self on setting up Ghost with SQLite3 in production (Ghost only officially recommends and supports MySQL in production, so figuring this out …
Sir C.A.R. Hoare on Software Design
There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is …
DIY Water Leak Sensor with ESP8266 NodeMCU and Homebridge Server
A leak at home got me looking at water level sensors, but Arlo’s recent annoucement EOL’ing camera support pushed me over the edge into …
Terence Tao on Work
Relying on intelligence alone to pull things off at the last minute may work for a while, but, generally speaking, at the graduate level or higher it …
Automating Let's Encrypt Certs for DD-WRT with acme.sh
Following up on previous notes on setting up Let’s Encrypt for private networks and SSL for DD-WRT routers, here’s notes on automating …