Debian Trixie
August 25, 2025
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian Start with a minimal netinstall image. Fetch what you need from repos online later. https://debian.mirror.digitalpacific.com.au/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-13.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso 10 Things TO Do After Installing Debian 13 (Trixie) Repos are already as should be – skip Do not use ‘current-live’: Live iso load the the OS into memory and you can use it without installation. But changes you […]
AoC 2024 Advent of Code (Python)
December 1, 2024
Advent of Code (AoC) is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. Go check it out: Advent of Code Input files: adventofcode2024inputs.zip 2024 Day 25 Part 01 + 02 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 […]
Windows 11 debloat
September 13, 2024
Be wary when asked “Let’s connect you to a network”. Think [SHIFT]+[F10] , cmd, “oobe\bypassnro”, “I don’t have internet”, etc. Rufus will have taken care of local account already. Reminders: Advertising, Telemetry, Bloatware, Bitlocker, Edge, (stealthy) OneDrive sync, Teams, Copilot, Core Isolation FPS drop. [Post setup tips go here — uncharted territory as of yet. […]
NodeMCU ESP8266 ESP-12E v1.0 – Clock
June 11, 2024
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AoC 2023 Advent of Code (Python)
December 31, 2023
Advent of Code (AoC) is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. Go check it out: Advent of Code Input files: adventofcode2023inputs.zip 2023 Day 25 python -m pip install -U networkx 1 2 3 4 5 […]
Project Euler (Python)
September 29, 2023
https://projecteuler.net/archives 0001 1 print(sum(x for x in range(1000) if (x % 3 == 0 or x % 5 == 0)))print(sum(x for x in range(1000) if (x % 3 == 0 or x % 5 == 0))) 0002 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 limit = 4000000 x, y = 1, 2 total = […]
AoC 2022 Advent of Code (Python)
December 31, 2022
Advent of Code (AoC) is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. Go check it out: Advent of Code Input files: adventofcode2022inputs.zip 2022 Day 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 […]
Layer 2 networking
August 18, 2022
OSI Layer 2 traffic MAC address level awareness only (managed switch). Uses VLANs. Injects / strips VLAN tag from packets as needed. OSI Layer 3 traffic IP address level awareness (router). Supports routes, ACLs, etc. VLAN The primary function of a VLAN is to separate layer 2 traffic. Hosts in one VLAN cannot communicate with […]
3Com 5500-EI 28-Port + Airport Extreme
August 17, 2022
3Com For reference the default console only (!) credentials for 3COM/HP switches: user: admin password:<empty> user: manager password:manager user: monitor password:monitor Serial console connection 19200 baud <CTRL-B> 7 – Skip current configuration file (Y) 0 – Reboot Switch will boot from default boot option (firmware) but skip the startup config.file. This will allow administrator user […]