My Basic Homepage
I really haven't had one of these since the 1990's or so. I thought it would be fun to have one that isn't controlled by the big "evil 5": Notice that I don't capitalize the names of the five horsepeople of the data apocalypse.
- amazon
- microsoft
- apple
Basically this will have some howtos, things I am interested, software that I like etc. I hope you find it useful.
I just added a search page to this site if you want to search for something.
A few things about me
I have a gluten and dairy allergy, which have driven me to learn how to cook all kinds of things without wheat or milk. Of late I have done a lot of vegan cheeses (which seem to be immune to melting, but otherwise taste O.K.)
I have written a book, cooking wheat less (ironically stored on amazon!), but have since much improved many of my bread recipes since then.
I also like to ride an ice trike three wheel recumbent but haven't done too much with it since its been so terribly hot lately here in North Carolina.
I am a bit of a computer nerd, and my profession so far is information security (has been for about 20 years)
HERE is what I look like
Professional history
I started working in the information security industry in 1997, and have been doing so ever since. Most of my skills are listed in the typical job place, but I NEVER list my current job there, since I don't wan't sales people or cyber criminals having TOO easy of a time looking me up.
My interested range from embedded devices (working on a stealth project with a friend), building infra (I LOVE building infra, but NOT supporting it!). I especially like fixing horrible docker images (making them have zero secuirty vulns). I also build the occasional PCS.
The reason I am hosting this page on my own ifra
Lately most of the big 5 mentioned have been slowly boiling away any autonomy that my data has. I grew especially aware of this when Apple chose to 'fix' my iphone by wanting to run CSAM (basically a bunch of images that you NEVER want to look at!) on all my 'private' pictures. This was the last straw. So I began my 'deapplification' by taking all my pictures off of icloud (an adventure in and of itself), and decided on using a pixel4a with graphenOS on it. Surprisingly, I found that all of my items worked well, and besides, that my phone lasted a WHOLE lot longer when I wasn't sending data to evil big 5.
Its nice to be free again
I can't understate how nice it is to actually OWN my data again. Its slightly less convenient, but I own it. I own my own phone. Google can't phone home without my permission. Apple can't peak at my photos without my permission. I don't mind legally handing over things if there is a proper warrant, but warrantless wiretapping of my photos is just too much. I probably won't totally ditch apple, they are fine for entertainment and non-private things, but I don't think I am ever going to put my data in bondage to the Egypt of apple ever again. "Let my Data Go".
Basic Organization
I am going to slowly expand this, for now there will be howtos (mostly for me when I forget how to do horribly complex things), links (like recipe.munn.me), software I like, and perhaps some of my .dotfiles. Lets see how things go.
Recent Updates
I just got done migrating my faithful mac (of 5 years) to linux. Its been a long journey. I will admit linux isn't perfect, but it does have some privacy advantages. I hope the displays will be less wiggy. Mostly things are O.K. I got my ssh working, as well as my data transferred. Now I just need to move to b2. Garuda is O.K. I use kitty for my terminal and octopi for my package manager. I also use btrfs snapshots for backing up home (i tried snapper was WAY too complexy).
A nice ai generated poem about one of the horsepeople on the eve of windows 10 sunset!
The year was twenty twenty-one, a dark and dismal day,
When Microsoft, with wicked glee, decided it would play
A cruel, an evil, heartless trick, on users far and wide,
"Let's make a new OS!" they cackled, "With nowhere left to hide!"
They banished trusty Start Menu, to center, like a clown,
"No longer shall it grace the left!" they sneered with hateful frown.
"And rounded corners, oh so sleek!" they whispered, low and deep,
While underneath, a thousand bugs began to stir from sleep.
The TPM, a gatekeeper, for older PCs, a wall,
"Your hardware's old, your system slow, you cannot join our ball!"
The updates, oh the updates, they'd download in the night,
And restart when you're busy, with all your data's might!
"We'll force Edge down your digital throat!" they gleefully declared,
"And bury settings in menus, a maze beyond compared!"
The taskbar, once a loyal friend, so flexible and grand,
Now rigid, fixed, a tyrant's rule, across the digital land.
They stripped away the drag-and-drop, a feature old and true,
"Who needs efficiency?" they scoffed, "Let chaos reign anew!"
The widgets pane, a useless feast, of news you didn't seek,
A digital junk drawer, ever-present, humble, mild, and meek.
So raise a glass, or clench a fist, to Redmond's grand design,
For Windows 11, a masterpiece, of evil quite divine.
A humorously torturous path, for users brave and bold,
Whose patience wears, whose tempers flare, as stories will be told!