Continuing my “I’m on vacation and I have so much mental capacity to finish my projects at home” series of wins, I finally migrated my Zoneminder server from my workstation to a VM I created expressly for this purpose. Now I have two Zoneminder servers that do the same exact thing in different ways. I’ll …
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Galatia
Do you recall back in 2023 where I mentioned failing my C programming class in college? So long ago! Going into this holiday break (a two week vacation for me), I got bored and picked up the old source code and input file and I finished the assignment…on the 30th anniversary of my Incomplete. Assignment:Based …
Enfreshen
Saying “Hello!” to my new FreshRSS server that I set up at home last night. Drunk Sysadmin gets the job done! Seriously, I’ve been looking for a Feedly replacement, since Feedly seems hell-bent on adding AI integrations and inserting interpretive links into the text of fetched RSS feed documents. (No. Stop. Don’t do that. Bad …
Bifroster
Last thing I wanted to do on my holiday weekend was defrost my frost-free freezer. Seems the thermostat that controls the defrost heater is a little…busted. It’s time either for a surreptitious repair (by locating my own replacement part) or to file a maintenance request (since I don’t own this fridge). Really, it depends on …
AFK errand
Now that I’m fully settled into my apartment, have my work-from-home desk going again, and have fully set up my couch and entertainment center (complete with TV, amp, speakers, and all the A/V gear working together, unlike the last apartment), I seldom spend any quality time at my personal workstation. With all the time I …