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"https://blog.randomstring.org/2021/06/19/that-should-not-go-there/", "published_at": "2021-06-19T13:28:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab345e4d4641", "title": "bears repeating", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2021/06/14/bears-repeating/", "published_at": "2021-06-14T23:19:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab345ec0e589", "title": "where the cloud came from", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2021/04/25/where-the-cloud-came-from/", "published_at": "2021-04-25T12:48:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab345f2cee6c", "title": "make systemd journald dump to rsyslogd", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2021/04/21/make-systemd-journald-dump-to-rsyslogd/", "published_at": "2021-04-21T13:47:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab3460262969", "title": "advanced technology", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2021/04/14/advanced-technology/", "published_at": "2021-04-14T13:46:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab346062d7eb", "title": "quote: outsourcing risk", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2021/03/10/quote-outsourcing-risk/", "published_at": "2021-03-10T15:59:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab3460ba878a", "title": "how to add DNS/TLS to your existing DNS server", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2021/02/18/how-to-add-dns-tls-to-your-existing-dns-server/", "published_at": "2021-02-18T13:46:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab34611789db", "title": "Apple M1 MBP micro-review", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2021/02/17/apple-m1-mbp-micro-review/", "published_at": "2021-02-17T19:34:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab34618157a0", "title": "users will learn things if they have motivation", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2021/01/17/users-will-learn-things-if-they-have-motivation/", "published_at": "2021-01-17T17:45:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab346240d240", "title": "assumptions", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2021/01/12/assumptions/", "published_at": "2021-01-12T16:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab3462f49af2", "title": "a thing which should be obvious", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2020/12/05/a-thing-which-should-be-obvious/", "published_at": "2020-12-05T23:57:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab3463757a1a", "title": "pseudovalidation techniques", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2020/12/01/pseudovalidation-techniques/", "published_at": "2020-12-01T21:30:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab3463fcb423", "title": "this one trick always backfires", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2020/11/17/this-one-trick-always-backfires/", "published_at": "2020-11-17T14:10:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab3464742b1a", "title": "Amazon Fire HD 10 (2019)", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2020/10/17/amazon-fire-hd-10-2019-/", "published_at": "2020-10-17T22:25:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab3464da74e6", "title": "when did I start to expect good fonts?", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2020/10/04/when-did-i-start-to-expect-good-fonts-/", "published_at": "2020-10-04T19:36:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab3464e1bf87", "title": "dice rolls", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2020/09/20/dice-rolls/", "published_at": "2020-09-20T18:35:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab3464e3a0dc", "title": "what software does a firewall run, anyway?", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2020/09/11/what-software-does-a-firewall-run-anyway-/", "published_at": "2020-09-11T15:57:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-9a45-7392-9905-ab3465cfe6d2", "title": "quoting myself, part n+3", "url": "https://blog.randomstring.org/2020/09/10/quoting-myself-part-n-3/", "published_at": "2020-09-10T19:51:10+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

quite an apropos quote for these timesoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
of course mutt can do thisoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2026
a test for banking ethicsoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2026
a tablet without any accountsoriginal ↗
22 May 2026
recent genresoriginal ↗
16 May 2026
vindicationoriginal ↗
15 May 2026
words changeoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2026
everything is complexoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2026
failure is an optionoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2026
ancient wisdom literatureoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2026
the shirley argumentoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2026
riddle me thisoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2026
evolution of convenienceoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2026

2025

oracle and postgresoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2025
a comparison of terminal emulatorsoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2025
Relaxation scriptoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2025
I make ice creamoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2025
audio in the house reviewedoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2025
Debian upgrade policiesoriginal ↗
30 May 2025
complexity considered harmfuloriginal ↗
14 Feb 2025
assumptions about certbotoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2025
preparednessoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2025
academic data management disclosuresoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2025
recipe for high quality portable audio playbackoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2025

2024

yay for helpful error messageoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2024
hey IT you need a wikioriginal ↗
27 Nov 2024
authoritarianism is bad, antiauthoritarianism is goodoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2024
llms again, sorryoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2024
fun fact about linux routingoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2024
reminder to self about LE SSL certsoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2024
your company is probably not Agile and should not beoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2024
security analogyoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2024
specialized toy geometry notesoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2024
about Agileoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2024
it was magic all alongoriginal ↗
31 May 2024
things break when you try to fix themoriginal ↗
27 May 2024
the IT scaleoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2024
new mouse reportoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2024
belts and suspenders at homeoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2024
the two most common fail-to-post errorsoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2024

2023

prediction scoringoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2023
pareidolia but for meaningfulnessoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2023
tech note: slow SSH loginoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2023
750 chars: security re-orgoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2023
words about my motheroriginal ↗
5 Sept 2023
house network 2023original ↗
18 Aug 2023
learning opportunity: LLMoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2023
one of the one true ways of opsoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2023
quote of note n=11: copyrightoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2023
desktop audio updateoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2023
sacrificial jacksoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2023
memorializing a predictionoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2023
how did dial-up ISPs work?original ↗
9 Jun 2023
koreader is not perfect, but it is very goodoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2023
considerations for ebook reader interfacesoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2023
minimal due diligenceoriginal ↗
10 May 2023
models of language vs models of realityoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2023
quote of note - history of WWW toolsoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2023
fingerprintsoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2023
an opinionated tmux configoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2023
minimalism is an affectation of the wealthyoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2023
lessons from usenetoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2023
audio setups early 2023original ↗
6 Jan 2023

2022

uphill battleoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2022
new phone minirevieworiginal ↗
11 Nov 2022
why apple mail products stop sending mailoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2022
if your tech company is growing, you need in-house recruitersoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2022
can we rebuild Usenet on top of blogs?original ↗
23 Jun 2022
perfectly willing to believeoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2022
script assistantoriginal ↗
14 May 2022
a poemoriginal ↗
6 May 2022
predictions for 2023original ↗
3 May 2022
log more on failure than successoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2022
smart homes are still for tinkersoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2022
in 2022 there are no slow computersoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2022

2021

reliable indicators of troubleoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2021
superstitionoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2021
smoothest pelican upgrade yetoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2021
setting vim options makes me itchoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2021
an element of styleoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2021
recovery from audiophiliaoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2021
years of experience are a bad proxyoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2021
that should not go thereoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2021
bears repeatingoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2021
where the cloud came fromoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2021
make systemd journald dump to rsyslogdoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2021
advanced technologyoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2021
quote: outsourcing riskoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2021
how to add DNS/TLS to your existing DNS serveroriginal ↗
18 Feb 2021
Apple M1 MBP micro-revieworiginal ↗
17 Feb 2021
users will learn things if they have motivationoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2021
assumptionsoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2021

2020

a thing which should be obviousoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2020
pseudovalidation techniquesoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2020
this one trick always backfiresoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2020
Amazon Fire HD 10 (2019)original ↗
17 Oct 2020
when did I start to expect good fonts?original ↗
4 Oct 2020
dice rollsoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2020
what software does a firewall run, anyway?original ↗
11 Sept 2020
quoting myself, part n+3original ↗
10 Sept 2020
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