Posts

A practical tour of Unix’s oddball files — from /dev/null and /dev/urandom to /proc and sysctl — with real examples, source code links, and usage tricks.

Battle-tested tricks to take SSH beyond setup — from one-liners and tunnels to SSHFS and multiplexing.

A practical field manual for getting SSH set up correctly — from keys to configs to agents.

Learn to write, install, and even repurpose man pages—without crying into your terminal.

Scan your Hugo site for tag & category usage — totals, singletons, and per-file mappings in text, markdown, csv, or json.

A collection of lightweight shell and Python scripts that give your machines the power of a printer test page—consistent, friendly reports on disks, memory, networking, git repos, and more.

How I gave my Intel Macs a second life by installing Ubuntu — step-by-step partitioning, setup, and driver tips for dual-booting macOS and Linux.

How I ditched WordPress, embraced Hugo, and built a publishing workflow that feels more like running make than managing a CMS.

A safe, scriptable way to scan and strip hidden image metadata (EXIF, GPS, copyright tags) before sharing online.

Two USB drives to make your junk drawer smarter: a YUMI multiboot toolkit and an offline internet library for when the grid goes down.