corpus.blog
Claim your blog
Back to Kevin Boone: Home page
Blog · corpus.blog/blogs/kevinboone.me/posts

Kevin Boone: Home page

kevinboone.me

2024

Log4J -- ask yourself: do I really need that library?original ↗
16 Oct 2024
Gentoo vs. MX Linux on old-ish laptopsoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2024
How de-Googled is Lineage OS?original ↗
3 Oct 2024
Fitting an NVMe disk in a computer with no NVMe supportoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2024
Getting back into C programming for CP/Moriginal ↗
19 Sept 2024
Comparing Dropbox, pCloud, and rsync.net for off-site storage for Linux usersoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2024
They don't make 'em like that any more: the 3.5mm headphone jack socketoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2024
Some notes on installing Lineage OS on modern-ish Samsung Android devicesoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2024
A few interesting features of Vim, part 1original ↗
8 Aug 2024
They don't make them like that any more: the Quad 306 amplifieroriginal ↗
28 Jul 2024
They don't make them like that any more: the Xircom REX 6000 PDAoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2024
One month with Gentoooriginal ↗
5 Jul 2024
Going back to ALSA in 2024original ↗
30 Jun 2024
Can you use ALSA to get 'bit-perfect' audio playback on Linux?original ↗
27 Jun 2024
Using Private Internet Access VPN with Gentoo Linuxoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2024
Gentoo Linux -- is this the solution to the Winux problem?original ↗
12 Jun 2024
Differential equations: how does separation of variables really work?original ↗
4 Jun 2024
Do you need to wipe that hard drive? And can you?original ↗
20 May 2024
Exploring Java 17's container-awareness featuresoriginal ↗
11 May 2024
Using Keycloak for authentication with Apache Artemis: part 1original ↗
9 May 2024
When science and engineering are in conflict: the weird Whipple truss bridgeoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2024
They don't make 'em like that any more: how the Vectrex almost revolutionized video gamingoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2024
Using Apache Camel to implement an IRC botoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2024
Adventures with Artixoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2024
C development for Linux without a standard libraryoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2024
The nuts and bolts of anonymous inner classes in Javaoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2024
Command-line hacking: countdown timeroriginal ↗
6 Mar 2024
How Linux home directory encryption worksoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2024
Rudiments of Java concurrency control, part 1original ↗
16 Feb 2024
They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7original ↗
13 Feb 2024
Some thoughts on using a small cellphone as a media playeroriginal ↗
4 Feb 2024
Yet another desktop Raspberry Pi media playeroriginal ↗
20 Jan 2024
Making tab-and-slot boxes for electronic prototypes. Or: how I stopped worrying and learned to love the laseroriginal ↗
19 Jan 2024
Getting started with Kafka Streams, part 2original ↗
19 Jan 2024
Getting started with Kafka Streamsoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2024
They don't make them like that any more: Garmin Nuvi 300original ↗
17 Jan 2024
RSS feedoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2024
Command-line hacking: calculating the phase of the Moonoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2024
They don't make 'em like that any more: Blackberry Bold 9700original ↗
1 Jan 2024

2023

Kafka Connect from the ground up, part IIoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2023
Kafka Connect from the ground uporiginal ↗
19 Dec 2023
Powering a Raspberry Pi from an attached Waveshare USB HAToriginal ↗
1 Dec 2023
Converting push-button events to keyboard events in the Raspberry Pioriginal ↗
1 Dec 2023
Rolling your own minimal embedded Linux for the Raspberry Pi -- part one: booting to a root shelloriginal ↗
29 Nov 2023
Why the grammer snobs have it all wrong about the apostropheoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2023
They don't make 'em like that any more: Archos 605 media player/recorderoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2023
ActiveMQ/Artemis or Kafka for Java messaging?original ↗
22 Oct 2023
They don't make them like that any more: the slide ruleoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2023
Is your fitness watch lying to you?original ↗
27 Sept 2023
Some thoughts on always-on OLED displays on smart watchesoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2023
Command-line hacking: displaying system temperatureoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2023
Does the use of custom Android ROMs improve or worsen security?original ↗
9 Sept 2023
They don't make 'em like that any more: NVIDIA Shield K1 tabletoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2023
Snake oil: 4K displays on smartphonesoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2023
What you give up, when you opt out of the surveillance economyoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2023
Adventures with RC2014, Z80, and CP/Moriginal ↗
19 Aug 2023
Designing a dual 5V-to-RS232 serial level converter for the RC2014original ↗
5 Aug 2023
They don't make 'em like that any more: The Philips Pronto remote controloriginal ↗
21 Jul 2023
They don't make 'em like that any more: a paean to the Cowon D2 DABoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2023
CP/M resourcesoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2023
Getting to grips with JMS shared subscriptionsoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2023
Adding a floppy disk controller to my RC2014 Z80 systemoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2023
Using flash memory as non-volatile storage on the Pi Pico microcontrolleroriginal ↗
21 Jun 2023
Constructing and programming a YM2149 sound board my RC2014 Z80 systemoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2023
Updating, building, and flashing RomWBW on an SC130 CP/M systemoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2023
Exchanging files between an SC130 CP/M board and a Linux systemoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2023
Some thoughts on a DS1302 real-time clock board for RC2014/Z80 and CP/Moriginal ↗
12 Jun 2023
Using a CP/M machine to log into a Linux server using an RS232 connectionoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2023
Serial device mapping in CP/Moriginal ↗
1 Jun 2023
The vexed problem of generating delays in a CP/M programoriginal ↗
19 May 2023
Is Collapse OS really a practical proposition?original ↗
18 May 2023
Getting back into C programming for CP/M -- part 2original ↗
16 May 2023
Using Keycloak for authentication with Apache Artemis: part 2original ↗
11 May 2023
A self-contained CP/M computer based on the Z80 Playgroundoriginal ↗
10 May 2023
Why does my Raspberry Pi project keep displaying the 'lightning bolt' undervoltage indicator?original ↗
9 May 2023
Using an Oracle database as storage for the Apache Artemis message broker -- part 2original ↗
30 Apr 2023
Using an Oracle database as storage for the Apache Artemis message broker -- part 1original ↗
29 Apr 2023
Using the Qpid Proton C++ library to understand AMQPoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2023
What exactly is 'saturation'?original ↗
24 Mar 2023
Yet another Darktable/Lightroom comparisonoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2023
Using media keys in a Linux console applicationoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2023
Using the Linux framebuffer in C/C++ -- just the essentials (part 2)original ↗
2 Feb 2023
Using the Linux framebuffer in C/C++ -- just the essentialsoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2023
pico-photo-clock: an easy-to-construct Pi Pico desktop photo clockoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2023
Using the Maxim DS3231 I2C real-time clock in C on the Raspberry Pi Picooriginal ↗
21 Jan 2023
Using ImageMagick to generate anti-aliased bitmap fonts for a microcontroller's LCD displayoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2023
The Pi Pico, two years onoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2023
Some thoughts on the Waveshare 3.5-inch LCD/SD module for the Raspberry Pi Picooriginal ↗
10 Jan 2023
Why 'int x = 0' is uninitialized data to the GNU C compileroriginal ↗
2 Jan 2023

2022

Raspberry Pi Pico: loading code into RAM and running it -- part 2original ↗
7 Dec 2022
Some thoughts on using a USB keyboard with the Raspberry Pi Picooriginal ↗
13 Nov 2022
Using the rdkafka library to integrate a C program with Kafka messagingoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2022
Why synchronous write speed is likely to be the limiting factor in message broker throughputoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2022
Why your cheap mains inverter could kill youoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2022
Using Quarkus to provide a REST interface to a message brokeroriginal ↗
5 Oct 2022
Comparing a natively-compiled Java webservice with Coriginal ↗
29 Sept 2022
Is dithering necessary when reducing the number of bits per sample in an audio waveform?original ↗
21 Sept 2022
The costs and benefits of software pulse-width modulation on the Raspberry Pioriginal ↗
15 Sept 2022
Using an HD44780 LCD display module with the Raspberry Pi, from the ground uporiginal ↗
15 Sept 2022
Monitoring an INA219 chip in a Raspberry Pi battery-backed power supplyoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2022
Previous Next