Initramfs with systemd & LUKS

July 31, 2022Technology

TL;DR [me@mycomputer]# cat /etc/sbupdate.conf | grep "^CMDLINE_DEFAULT" CMDLINE_DEFAULT="rd.luks.uuid=c1f995f5-a8f7-47f0-b085-6d3a159e1874 rd.luks.allow-discards resume=UUID=51384ac6-f197-41d9-b8c8-c9607d7e01c8 rd.udev.log-priority=3 nvme.noacpi=1 quiet splash root=UUID=a645810c-ef87-4a9a-9239-afdeaf292e6e rw" [me@mycomputer]# cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf | grep "^HOOKS" HOOKS=(systemd keyboard autodetect sd-vconsole modconf block sd-encrypt lvm2 filesystems fsck) My old boot ...

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Oh Brothers, where art thou

July 29, 2022Pnw

Last weekend, we backpacked in the Olympics and climbed the brothers. The route itself is straightforward up to Lena lakes (where almost everyone at the trailhead was headed to). Once you cross over to the ...

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Interfaces in golang

January 11, 2022Technology

TL;DR: An interface just defines a collection of methods. When you create an instance, it’s just a wrapper around a concrete type. In addition to the concrete type, the interface contains an extra array of ...

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Secure DNS

December 30, 2021Technology

TL;DR: Use a VPN if you really care. Hey, you over there! Want to take something that works perfectly well and make it more complicated? Sure ya do! Oh, need a little more convincing? Okay ...

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Larch Madness

December 27, 2021Pnw

This October, I went with my friend Erica and we set off for the Enchantments thru-hike. It appears every time I get amnesia about the hike because there are some very key details I always ...

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Matching socks: Nginx + php = Wordpress (Part 3)

June 2, 2021Technology

Part 1: Wordpress hosting, docker style Part 2: Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker style Part 3: Matching socks: Nginx + php = Wordpress Previously, we’ve covered terminating SSL connections and running cron jobs. Now it’s time ...

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Ad Blocking w/Raspberry Pi

May 10, 2021Technology

Image of a Raspberry Pi I’ve used different technologies to block ads for a long time. I remember my first computer used Proxomitron to great success in the early web. (HTTPS wasn’t much of a ...

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April, 2021

April 4, 2021Photography

Backseat Driver Cherry Blossoms in the City Cragging in Grey

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Paris. Fairphone. How I ended up with a G7X

April 4, 2021Photography

Many years ago, I went to Paris to visit my sister. I was walking around, exploring the sights, and visiting the touristy places. I remember stopping by a shop to pick up a baguette, some ...

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Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker style (Part 2)

March 15, 2021Technology

Cornfield Part 1: Wordpress hosting, docker style Part 2: Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker style Part 3: Matching socks: Nginx + php = Wordpress Today, I’m going to talk about running background jobs with docker. On ...

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