Blog Archive

Old Posts on the Blog

• Andromeda Strain Book Review 13 August 2025
  • books
  • reviews
  • logistics
  • idiot-engineering
• SMRender - Make Maps From Where You Live 14 May 2025
  • open-street-maps
  • maps
  • tutorial
• Momir is a Stupid Magic Format 17 January 2025
  • magic-the-gathering
• Exposing Pandoc to Create PDFs using AWS Lambda 26 November 2024
  • amazon-web-services
  • python
  • pandoc
  • pdf
  • docker
• Batman Dialer Part 2 - Hardware Testing 12 September 2024
  • batman-dialer
  • python
  • raspberry-pi
  • electronics
• Batman Dialer Project #1 21 August 2024
  • project-planning
  • programming
  • batman-statue-dialer
  • amazon-web-services
  • electronics
  • raspberry-pi
• Using SQLite Extensions with Gorm 10 August 2024
  • golang
  • sqlite
  • programming
• Using the SQLite Shell the Right Way 04 July 2024
  • sqlite
  • database
  • tutorial
• Karlovy Vary Weekend Trip 27 May 2024
  • travel
  • europe-2024
  • czechia
• Kuttna Hora, The Bone Church, and My Corpse 22 May 2024
  • travel
  • europe-2024
  • czechia
• Ender’s Game, Revisited Thoughts and Issues 08 May 2024
  • books
  • reviews
  • thoughts
  • science-fiction
  • organization
• Unveiling the Risks of sts:GetFederationToken, You Probably Don't Need It 02 May 2024
  • amazon-web-services
  • cybersecurity
  • tutorial
  • python
• How I Updated Ruby on My Arch Box Cause the System One Was Out of Date 15 April 2024
  • programming
  • notes
  • linux
  • jekyll
  • ruby
• A Diagram to Explain the Various Magic the Gathering Formats 26 March 2024
  • games
  • magic-the-gathering
  • data-visualization
• The Magic of Beer Can Chicken 19 March 2024
  • cooking
  • meat
  • notes
• Linting IAM Policies Automatically in Your Pipeline 16 February 2024
  • amazon-web-services
  • continuous-integration
  • tutorial
• Porting a Linux Program to Run in Browser using Emscripten 21 December 2023
  • programming
  • javascript
  • emscripten
  • c++
  • linux
• Easy Access of Cloudformation Lambda Environment Variables. 11 September 2023
  • amazon-web-services
  • aws-lambda
  • bash
• Europe 2023 - Vienna 03 August 2023
  • europe-2023
  • travel
• Europe 2023 - Iceland 05 July 2023
  • europe-2023
  • travel
• Europe 2023 - Berlin 29 June 2023
  • travel
  • europe-2023
• This is a PSA about RClone! It's Awesome! 10 April 2023
  • life-lessons
  • tutorial
  • shell
• Atlanta Trip Journal 17 March 2023
  • travel
  • history
  • museums
• Tire Pressure & The Polar Vortex in Jupyter Python 05 February 2023
  • physics
  • python
  • programming
  • data-visualization
• Book Review - 'Randomize' By Andy Weir 27 January 2023
  • books
  • fiction
  • reviews
• Letter Writing and Politics 05 January 2023
  • life-lessons
  • social-media
• A Blood Orange and Meyer Lemon Sour for Christmas 24 December 2022
  • cocktails
  • drinks
  • cooking
• Mastodon and the Fediverse 22 December 2022
  • programming
  • tutorial
  • jekyll
  • social-media
• Lovecraftian Gin Story 12 November 2022
  • short-story
  • fiction
• The Secret to Better Soups 06 November 2022
  • cooking
• Building a Go Application Inside of AWS CloudShell 29 September 2022
  • amazon-web-shell
  • golang
  • aws-lambda
  • programming
  • tutorial
• Building a Nutrition Macro Calculator Spreadsheet 11 August 2022
  • sqlite
  • database
  • spreadsheet
• Rise of Gru - Waterfall to Steam Door Physics 06 July 2022
  • movies
  • physics
  • spreadsheet
• The Lightyear Movie and Resilient Organizations 27 June 2022
  • idiot-engineering
  • movies
  • reviews
• My New Picnic Bench is Better Than Any Other Outdoor Furniture 06 June 2022
  • thoughts
  • cooking
• Computing Most Chatty People in IRC 03 May 2022
  • bash
  • awk
  • statistics
• 2D Metaballs Demo using Marching Squares 04 April 2022
  • algorithms
  • computer-graphics
  • javascript
  • demos
• Superman - Man of Tomorrow 02 April 2022
  • reviews
  • movies
• Interactive Encryption and Decryption using RSA 14 March 2022
  • demos
  • cryptography
  • ctf
  • interactive
  • tool
• POV-ray Dice 22 February 2022
  • computer-graphics
  • snippet
  • benchmarks
  • performance
• Implementing a Table Create & View Update in Athena using AWS Lambda 01 February 2022
  • amazon-web-services
  • aws-lambda
  • athena
  • iam
  • programming
  • python
  • cloudformation
• My notes on what packages I absolutely need to install to maintain this site. 27 January 2022
  • linux
  • notes
  • jekyll
• Humans and Improvised Weapons: A Response to a Writing Prompt 25 December 2021
  • fiction
  • idiot-engineering
  • short-story
  • science-fiction
• Exporting the AWS ReInvent Calendar to iCal 23 November 2021
  • javascript
  • programming
  • web-scraping
  • json
  • jq
  • amazon-web-services
• Programming Practice Sites I Like 15 November 2021
  • programming
  • advent-of-code
  • competition
• My Great Granddad's Chicken Recipe 26 September 2021
  • cooking
  • meat
  • smoking
  • recipe
• TIL my site is a JAMStack site. 10 September 2021
  • javascript
  • programming
  • thoughts
  • jekyll
• A Review of "Extraterrestrial" by Avi Loeb 01 September 2021
  • books
  • reviews
  • space
  • non-fiction
• Search Suggestions on My Website 27 July 2021
  • full-text-search
  • python
  • programming
  • sqlite
• The Problem with Regex Search and Replace in Java 15 July 2021
  • java
  • programming
  • regex
• Adding Search to My Static Blog Using AWS Lambda and SQLite 09 July 2021
  • tutorial
  • amazon-web-services
  • sqlite
  • python
  • jekyll
  • full-text-search
  • cloudformation
  • aws-lambda
• Visiting the NYC Fire Fighter Museum 06 July 2021
  • travel
  • reviews
• A Blender Muddled Julep Inspired Strawberry Cocktail 05 June 2021
  • cooking
  • cocktails
  • whiskey
  • rum
  • drinks
• Using a Bash Script to Generate Random Fake Data To Insert Into DynamoDB 30 March 2021
  • amazon-web-services
  • dynamodb
  • bash
  • cloudformation
  • tutorial
  • database
  • programming
• I Cooked a Leg of Lamb on my Smoker. 26 March 2021
  • cooking
  • smoking
  • meat
• Converting a JavaScript array of strings to numbers, and the problem with `Array.map` 15 March 2021
  • javascript
  • programming
  • rant
• A Brief and Painless Introduction To Bash 27 January 2021
  • bash
  • tutorial
  • presentation
  • awk
  • grep
  • curl
  • grep
  • xargs
  • shell
• Adding `pylint` to your Github Actions flow 21 January 2021
  • tutorial
  • github
  • github-actions
  • continuous-integration
  • python
  • log-analysis
• Finding Jekyll Posts to Update With Cover Images 10 January 2021
  • bash
  • shell
  • snippet
  • grep
  • tutorial
  • jekyll
  • refactor-code
  • notes
• PyGame FFT Audio Visualizations 07 January 2021
  • tutorial
  • python
  • game-development
  • audio
  • visualization
  • math
  • signal-processing
• Ginger Cumin Rubbed Rib Roast 31 December 2020
  • cooking
  • meat
  • recipe
• Interactive Breadth First Search in a Grid 20 December 2020
  • app
  • demos
  • graphs
  • graph-search
  • breadth-first
  • data-visualization
  • interactive
  • programming
• Yetris Review - A Fantastic Terminal Tetris 08 December 2020
  • tetris
  • games
  • reviews
  • notes
• Advent of Code Input Getter 03 December 2020
  • advent-of-code
  • bash
  • linux
  • automation
  • tutorial
• What I like about Love2D 29 November 2020
  • tutorial
  • games
  • game-development
  • lua
  • graphics
• Atlantic Pie 22 November 2020
  • notes
  • cooking
  • pie
• Using jq and bash for JSON processing 06 November 2020
  • presentation
  • cplug
  • linux
  • bash
  • tutorial
  • docker
  • json
  • jq
• Inspecting All Running Docker Containers 29 October 2020
  • docker
  • tutorial
  • bash
  • json
  • linux
  • snippet
• Dr. Stone - Arithmetic Battle 26 October 2020
  • dr-stone
  • anime
  • math
  • reviews
  • speculation
  • history
  • units-of-measure
• Lights Out Game 29 July 2020
  • games
  • projects
  • programming
  • interactive
  • puzzle-games
  • demos
• A Lazy Way to Collect Runtime Stats About Running Docker Containers 23 July 2020
  • docker
  • statistics
  • tutorial
  • bash
  • performance
  • containers
• Getting a Knockoff Arduino with CH340 to Work With Arch Linux 27 February 2020
  • arduino
  • troubleshooting
  • linux
• Compressing All Git Repositories On Your Machine 27 June 2019
  • linux
  • bash
  • git
  • tutorial
  • shell
• Disabling YouTube is an Interesting Experience 24 June 2019
  • youtube
  • mental-health
  • android
• Incrementing a Semantic Version String in Bash 30 April 2019
  • bash
  • tutorial
  • snippet
• Building the Lottery Data Viz 02 April 2019
  • lottery
  • data-visualization
  • tutorial
  • web-scraping
• Pa Lottery Data Viz Tool 20 March 2019
  • data-visualization
  • interactive
  • sqlite
  • lottery
  • statistics
• Review of Antergos Linux 25 January 2019
  • reviews
  • linux
  • distro
• My Relative Credit Card Spend 03 January 2019
  • r-lang
  • programming
  • analysis
  • credit-cards
  • data-visualization
• Temperature Monitoring on Linux 21 October 2018
  • linux
  • bash
  • tutorial
• Reimplementing the Tree Command 30 September 2018
  • tutorial
  • programming
  • c-lang
  • tool
  • linux
• Whiskey Review - Southern Comfort 31 July 2018
  • whiskey
  • reviews
• Firefox Pocket Ads 16 July 2018
  • mozilla
  • privacy
  • firefox
• Fortran Subroutine Extractor 15 July 2018
  • fortran
  • awk
  • refactor-code
  • bash
• Batman Ninja Review 02 June 2018
  • reviews
  • movies
  • batman
• A Shell Function To Automatically Add A Gitignore 23 May 2018
  • git
  • shell
  • tutorial
• Caeser Cipher Decoding Tool 12 May 2018
  • tool
  • ctf
  • ciphers
  • interactive
• Caeser Cipher Encoding Tool 09 May 2018
  • tool
  • ctf
  • ciphers
  • interactive
• Monthly Hits on My Blog Posts 08 May 2018
  • data-visualization
  • log-analysis
• Unicode Character Code Decoder 21 April 2018
  • app
  • tool
  • ctf
  • interactive
• document.querySelectorAll 09 March 2018
  • javascript
  • tutorial
  • web-scraping
• Fountain Pens 22 February 2018
  • rant
  • fountain-pens
• The Easiest Way to Add Spoilers to Your Blog 07 February 2018
  • tutorial
  • html
  • javascript
• A Brief Introduction to AWK 30 December 2017
  • tutorial
  • awk
  • bash
  • programming
• Fedora 27 Review 24 November 2017
  • linux
  • reviews
  • fedora
  • distro
• WTF, Steam? 28 October 2017
  • steam-games
  • bloat
  • rant
• CyberSeed 2017 - Application Security 21 October 2017
  • competition
  • programming
  • cybersecurity
  • cyberdefense-club
  • college
• Analyzing Your Takeout Data From Google Fit 27 June 2017
  • analysis
  • bash
  • google-fit
  • tutorial
  • r-lang
  • statistics
• Universal Studios Florida 14 June 2017
  • reviews
  • travel
  • universal-studios
  • florida
  • theme-parks
• Arch Linux 09 May 2017
  • linux
  • distro
  • reviews
  • setup
• Gripes with Fedora 25 18 April 2017
  • linux
  • reviews
  • distro
• Review of Alpine Linux 30 March 2017
  • linux
  • reviews
  • distro
• Finding the Largest File Stored in Your Git Repository 30 January 2017
  • bash
  • programming
  • xargs
  • sed
  • git
  • linux
• Worcestershire Fried Rice 07 December 2016
  • recipe
  • cooking
• Calculating the Size of Your Video Library 07 December 2016
  • ffmpeg
  • bash
  • programming
  • linux
  • snippet
  • shell
• Coin Frequencies 07 November 2016
  • analysis
  • programming
  • statistics
• Sine-Cosine Demo App 06 September 2016
  • programming
  • demos
• My Thoughts on the Amazon Fire TV 14 August 2016
  • reviews
  • technology
• A Complaint About Modern TVs 22 July 2016
  • technology
  • rant
• Quick and Dirty I/O Benchmark for Linux 25 June 2016
  • linux
  • benchmarks
  • performance
• Creating a Database to Track How Long You Worked 23 June 2016
  • tutorial
  • sqlite
  • database
• Things I Learned Setting up a Linux Lab 06 May 2016
  • linux
  • life-lessons
• Tutorial on Using Apache as a Media Server 25 April 2016
  • tutorial
  • linux
  • apache-httpd
• Technology Student Association Tips 31 January 2016
  • technology-student-association
• Tux Smashes Windows 02 September 2015
  • linux
  • photo-manipulation
• Idiot Engineering #2 - Star Trek: The Next Generation 08 August 2015
  • idiot-engineering
  • rant
  • star-trek
• Review of the Pixels Movie 29 July 2015
  • movies
  • reviews
  • rant
• Indominus Rex for President 09 July 2015
  • movies
  • rant
  • photo-manipulation
• Review of Drake Well 07 July 2015
  • travel
  • reviews
  • pennsylvania
  • history
  • museums
• Idiot Engineering #1 - Jurassic World 28 June 2015
  • rant
  • reviews
  • movies
  • idiot-engineering
• A SQLite Tutorial 24 May 2015
  • sqlite
  • tutorial
  • programming