When my hands get bad Vim helps to me keep working. It鈥檚 also modular in a sense that there are plugins for most common tools for Vim like bindings. Even for the likes of whole window managers with the Vim bindings! You can effectively turn your mouse into a door stop. 馃惌 It sure makes the experience more enjoyable and efficient. I do not code much at all anymore. I had a linter installed on my main machine. It was not ale either. I went looking for it but I can鈥檛 find it. Blog posts are good about keeping things where you can maybe look up later. ...
Github Link Wow this is wild. I鈥檓 going to have to try this out. I remember using OpenGL playing Quake2. I鈥檇 like to try this out. If I do I鈥檒l be sure to update later. I should really be in bed by now. GN 73
Many years ago I changed the default IPMI password for my TrueNAS mini from iXsystems. They no longer are developing the FreeBSD based version TrueNAS Core. I decided to switch to vanilla FreeBSD. I ended up finding in the Wiki linked below. You have to load the IPMI kernel module manually! That鈥檚 why I enjoy running the system vanilla bare metal. It only loads the minimum. After I loaded the module I was able to reset the password with ipmitool. You can see it listed as number 13 below. ...
I was laying in bed today and I got a text from a random number. It was of some kids and my buddies grave. Suddenly I got the impulse to go see him. Alzie had already asked me if I wanted to ride today anyways. 馃槅 I texted him and he quickly said he was down. It鈥檚 been three or four years since I鈥檝e been there. It was dark by the time we got back home but it was worth it. I hope I don鈥檛 hurt too bad tomorrow. 馃槦 ...
For many years I鈥檝e ran a relay for the Tor project. Some people say it鈥檚 bad. It can be used for good and evil. The same as any other tool. Hetzner used to give me 20TB a month but they ended up turning that down to 2TB per month. For a $5/Month service that seems to be the norm for US, that I鈥檝e found. Oniux via rust I noticed a post about Oniux on Mastodon. Is this the same concept that FreeBSD uses for Jails? I recall hearing namespace in the handbook and FreeBSD Mastery: Jails! Go get some of his books so he can buy some food for his rats. He has great skill to break down topics simply. All the books are DRM free you can get them here. ...
WB4AEG sent me this today. They also threw everything up on Github. They even made a companion book to go along with the radio. You can get it here! That is so cool. I love the fact that it has actual knobs and switches you can use. Sometimes that鈥檚 better for me in the field, if the sun is bright. Another rig I鈥檝e been eyeballing is the zBitx from HF Signals. I love the fact that it will run off 18650 batteries! It鈥檚 neat to see there are so many options for the tinkerer aside from the big Japanese brand radios. I still need to get busy building my QCX mini. I signed up for cw academy but it was too late in the semester already. ...
Before I got my ham license I had a shoestring budget. I pondered getting a used rig like an Icom IC-706mk2g. They were still 300+ USD used. I decided I鈥檇 take a chance and buy a kit radio! Up to this point I鈥檇 only assembled a simple fm radio and other simple kits and drone repair. I figured the worst that鈥檇 happen would be a smoke show. When I finally got it fired up the first time I had a large towel with me to smother in case a 馃敟 started. 馃ぃ ...
I love BBS systems and old POTS stuff. I鈥檝e always wanted to try and setup a BBS node. I really enjoy doing APRS while mobile on my motorcycle. I found lots of good info from The Modern Ham ultimate guide his YouTube channel link I have ran a APRS digipeter/i-gate from my QTH on a raspberrypi4 for testing. I鈥檝e had a few chat with repeater owner about putting a node up on our site on the hill. ...
Wow it was so awesome to make a mobile cw contact. I worked my old instructor from CW Academy Dallas K1DW! I know he works remote he was in TX. Our QSO was on 15 meters. The lowest I鈥檝e been able to go and get a workable safe SDR is 10 meters. I need to put some radials on it. Also the plate that my mout uses is not grounded well. ...
Wow. The first one is the hardest? I don鈥檛 really care because it was absolutely thrilling. I鈥檝e called CQ many times mostly late at night and early morning. Just putting my foot in the water when it鈥檚 a little quieter and less pressure. I was about to call it a night. I thought just one more time it might happen. It sure happened, Victor WB5HOW came right back. Instantly my brain turned to potato, excited potato I鈥檇 add. I put a note to email me on QRZ.com if needed. foreseeable errors ahead FEA. Victor got the hint and shot me an email. I was thinking his call was WD5HOW. I should have sent it 3x to confirm now come to think of it. I asked him to send his x3. Lesson learned I guess. ...