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2026 5

  1. DHCPv6 has been broken in the Debian Installer for 10+ years
  2. I got tired of having to look up how to list all fail2ban bans
  3. Communication: must do better
  4. Limitations of UK split ticketing
  5. Rusty Fizz buzz with some Divan

2025 2

  1. Database backups, dump files and restic
  2. Rethinking my backups

2024 12

  1. I recommend avoiding the need to have panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) laser treatment
  2. Check yo PTRs
  3. Protecting URIs from Tor nodes with the Apache HTTP Server
  4. Generating a link-local address from a MAC address in Perl
  5. Daniel Kitson – Collaborator (work in progress)
  6. Including remote data in a MediaWiki article
  7. Thoughts on commenting facilities for this site
  8. Mass redirects with Apache RewriteMaps
  9. Link shortener, part 2
  10. Musings on link shorteners, UUIDv7, Base58, …
  11. I don't think the cheapest APC Back-UPS units can be monitored except in Windows
  12. Farewell Soekris, old friend

2023 1

  1. ncmpcpp — A Modern(ish) Text-Based Music Setup On Linux

2021 1

  1. Keeping firewall logs out of Linux's kernel log with ulogd2

2018 1

  1. The Internet of Unprofitable Things

2017 1

  1. XFS, Reflinks and Deduplication

2015 1

  1. Disabling the default IPMI credentials on a Supermicro server

2011 1

  1. Linux, IPv6, router advertisements and forwarding

2006 1

  1. Is “Chinese whispers” racist?

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