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    • Hugo static site generation
      • Hugo DFD metadata image handling
      • Dananke theme for Hugo
      • Hugo DFD link handling module
      • Hugo DFD metadata and microformats
      • Hugo DFD image handling
      • Hugo minimal test module/theme
      • Hugo debug tables docs
      • WPXR to static
      • ARCHIVED: Hugo module devel on Netlify
      • ARCHIVED: Hugo DFD demo site theme
      • ARCHIVED: Hugo on Netlify With WSL(2)
    • ARM development
      • Cross-compile for armel using an ARM HF VM
      • ARM Libvirt/KVM virtualization
        • Old school manual ARM for Libvirt/KVM
        • UEFI manual ARM for Libvirt/KVM
        • Old school automated ARM for Libvirt/KVM
          • Create the image and boot files
          • Use the image (and boot files)
        • UEFI automated ARM for Libvirt/KVM
          • Create the image and boot files
          • Use the image
      • Fast builds of armel software on Linux x64
      • Swap Devuan for Android on a Craig CLP281
      • Building for armel on Linux x64 using Docker
      • (Almost) modern Debian for a Craig CLP281
      • REMOVED: Armshorian
    • ARCHIVED: A font for all ages
    • ARCHIVED: Infrastructure via code
      • ARCHIVED: Tokens for OVH v1
      • ARCHIVED: IvC: OpenStackSDK first steps
      • ARCHIVED: IvC: Adding trivial templating
      • ARCHIVED: IvC: Continuing templating
        • First, just a template
        • Adding basic write_files support
        • Combining templates with write_files support
      • ARCHIVED: IvC: Bare bones script
        • But first, improving the script
        • Adding security groups
        • A sufficiently complete bare bones script
      • ARCHIVED: IvC: Complete templating
    • DEPRECATED: Intro to WordPress
      • OVH setup
      • Setup
      • WordPress 'Site Health'
      • Basic blog
        • Replace sample page
        • First real page
        • First real post
        • A better blog front page
        • Final steps
      • Featured image plugin
      • A note on maintenance
  • Ops
    • Automating a personal 'cloud' infrastructure
      • Creating base VM images
    • Alpine Linux as a server
      • Developing
        • Modifying install images
      • Partitioning on the Linux command line (CLI)
      • Download and verify installation media
      • Use Alpine Linux on Raspberry Pi as a server
        • Creating initial boot media
          • Prepare your SD card
            • Prepare SD card using GNOME Disks
            • Copy tarball to boot under Gnome
          • Obtain and verify install tarball
          • Do pre-boot tweaks
      • Kernel and hardware notes
        • Hardware-specific tweaks and configuration
        • Guides for setting kernel parameters
      • Important post-install configuration
        • Use encrypted LBU
        • For headless systems, add boot entropy
        • Create a non-root admin user
        • Configure SSH to only allow pubkey logins
        • Add pre-mount filesystem check
      • HOWTOs
        • Netboot Alpine Linux using iPXE
        • Add nano and use as default editor
        • Add man pages and other on-system docs
        • Add etckeeper git remote for pushing on commit
        • Add etckeeper
      • Server install & configure
        • Create encrypted LVM 'sys' aka 'classic' install
        • Choose installation type
        • Use modified 'setup-alpine' procedure
        • Reboot
        • Firstboot troubleshooting
        • Create semi-{data, diskless} install
          • Add and use filesystem tools
          • Setup network required for package installation
        • Commit LBU (stores changes)
      • Recommended tweaks and configuration
        • Configure off-system backups
        • Enable enhanced shell prompt
        • Edit message of the day (MOTD)
        • Add tmux
    • Public Pi backyard camera
      • Serve captures from Pi backyard camera
        • Local web server for backyard camera
        • Remote web server for backyard camera
        • Backyard Pi Google Drive
        • Backyard Pi OneDrive
      • Streaming from Pi backyard camera
    • Self-hosting
      • Docker network: LAN to container
      • No backscatter email alias relay
      • Hosting a local Nextcloud
      • Resetting Nextcloud
      • Moving a PostgreSQL server
      • Intel NUC(-like) as a server
      • PiSQL
      • Gitea Pi
      • Reducing web server spam with Lighttpd
      • Raspberry Pi OS as a server
      • ARCHIVED: Lightweight public Git self hosting
      • ARCHIVED: Raspberry Pi as an Ansible server
      • ARCHIVED: An OVH VPS with CentOS 7
      • ARCHIVED: Yet another web server HOWTO
      • ARCHIVED: Isolation and packages
      • CentOS 7 partial mirrors/custom repos
    • System administration & DevOps
      • Real life SystemD timers
      • Pi Unbound; The gift of DoT
      • Using XCA to create private SSL certificates
      • Converting emails: Merge & purge
      • ARCHIVED: Linux network monitoring
      • ARCHIVED: Debian custom CD
      • REMOVED: msmtp-scripts
    • Windows and Linux
      • Linux and Windows—Linux focused
        • Common setup for Windows + Linux systems
        • Windows in a Libvirt KVM VM
        • Windows and Linux in one
      • A more Windows-centric approach
        • Preparation for Installing Windows 10
        • Base install of Windows 10
        • First steps, post install
        • Author recommended for Windows 10 Pro
      • Ubuntu cloud images on Hyper-V
  • Educational / Academic
    • Making the postmodern web
      • Additional resources
    • Board game winning AI
    • Ancient games, old computers, and new tech
    • Intro to Raspberry Pi OS
    • Intro to Git and GitHub
      • Edit-test-website CI/CD lifecycle demo
    • A Study of selected algorithms against the Sherlock and Zebra problems
      • Definitions for Zebra and Sherlock
      • Algorithms for solving Zebra and Sherlock
      • Generate random problems
      • Results for solving Zebra and Sherlock
      • Bibliography and Appendices
    • Dating with accelerators
    • REMOVED: Bots & Bytes 2019
• Blog
  • Event: Creating a Website, FAQ
  • Privacy update
  • Back to OVH
  • Updating spaces to tabs
  • You may have also noticed
  • Where have all the pictures gone
  • Alpine Vultr—Oh my!
  • It's raining content
  • I have been up to tech
  • Fixed RSS feeds
  • Some pages removed
  • Accessible design: No "_blank"
  • Add module development and fix metadata
  • Reorganized page hierarchy
  • Relaxation at the Midland Copy Shoppe
  • Too much web, not enough design
  • Introducing a Hugo debug table
  • A Windows-centric Windows & Linux setup
  • No, I have not sold my soul, v2
  • Halting 'Infrastructure via code' project
  • Add Ubuntu Cloud local Hyper-V
  • Gitea Pi server updates
  • Learning notes: Infrastructure via code
  • Terraforming OVH is not paradise
  • Update in the clouds
  • Gitea Pi backup
  • PiSQL Gitea
  • PiSQL updates
  • A minimal test theme and debug tables—Hugo
  • Hugo lives!
  • Web design after all
  • How not to rebuild a WordPress site
  • Archives: Dating with accelerators
  • Archives: Rent or own?
  • The problem with thin (pools & volumes)
  • Facebook "meltdown"
  • Backing up is hard to do
  • Archives: A conversion from DocBook SGML 3.x
  • REMOVED: Plainfuse
  • OpenWrt debrick