What time is it?
Today, right now, if you go look at my profile, you'll see this: You may wonder how it works, or if you can do it yourself. Before I get to that, I'd like to tell the story of how I got here, and how my status…
Adoption, Part 3
Another day, another adoption. You know the drill already, here's what what was different about this one this time: DVD drive! No HDD tray, so I'll need to either print one of those are see if I can hand one at work: Also, blue RAM Anyway,…
Adoption, Part 2
After the success of the first rescue from the eWaste pile, I grabbed a second. I brought it home safe and sound I also grabbed a bag of cotton balls from CVS for free with a $4-off coupon, so that will be nice to use with isopropyl alchohol. Anyway, it…
Adoption, Part 1
This post is a continuation of yesterday's post, The eWaste problem. Today I adopted one machine. It was the cleanest one in the stack, at least judging by the dirtiness of the white label on the top. Just because it was the cleanest doesn't mean that…
The eWaste problem
I work in IT, and there's a special corner of the back room where old computers go to die. It's called the eWaste corner, and it hurts me to walk past it. When a computer is too slow or old and is decommissioned, it's…
Discord has a problem
I first joined Discord back in 2017, and since it's 2024, that makes my account around 7 years old. If you have used Discord for a long time, you may remember an era before constant CAPTCHAs or phone verification needed on every account. I certainly do. Though if…
Adventures in Hikvision
A while back, I was given someone's retired Hikvision NVR. Opening it up, there werea bunch of SATA ports, and a circuit board. The PSU is connecting to the board with a 20 (or maybe 24) pin standard-looking motherboard power supply. It's a 2U rackmount. So…
Ghost, why are you like this?
In case you didn't know, this blog runs on a CMS (Content Management System) called Ghost. It is excellent software and exactly what I need, except for one tiny little detail. The Docker Image doesn't fucking work. Well, it sort of works, but in an even…