Long time no blog, eh? There’s been a lot of politicking going on lately, what with the presidential campaigns and debates and all, and lots of talk about tax plans. A favorite talking point about a tax plan is the argument that a flat tax will make taxes simpler. A flat tax is many things,… Continue reading Flat ain’t simple
New Sonja Pictures
I don’t always post when I upload new Sonja pictures, but I will in this case. I just uploaded a bunch of pictures from this weekend when we were in Wisconsin with my brother and his girlfriend. They are located here.
EdgeOS and IPv6 Revisited
About a week ago I noticed that my browsing was no longer using IPv6. How, you ask? I use IPvFoo, a Chrome extension that shows you in your address bar whether you are browsing a site using IPv4 or IPv6. True, only Google and Facebook are the sites that I browse regularly that use IPv6,… Continue reading EdgeOS and IPv6 Revisited
Monitoring my UPS with Splunk
Last time, I had set up my UPS monitoring software on my CentOS logging server. But I wanted more: what good is having a UPS if I can’t monitor things like voltage, battery charge, and load on an ongoing basis? Of course, the answer to this is to log to Splunk, which is what I… Continue reading Monitoring my UPS with Splunk
Installing NUT on CentOS
Getting a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) has long been on my tech wish list, so that I could keep my network and logging server up and running during transient power outages. Fortunately, aside from a brief outage right after we bought our house three years ago, power has not been a problem, unlike when I… Continue reading Installing NUT on CentOS
mDNS Update
My last update on getting Bonjour/mDNS working on my network ended with “If it ain’t broke”… Sadly, the broke state cropped up at some point between then and now. Home sharing with the Apple TV was no longer working, and nothing had changed on my end to break it. Apple may have changed things on… Continue reading mDNS Update
Minnesota Tax Incidence 2015
The 2015 Minnesota Tax Incidence study is out. Since I last posted about this two years ago, not much has changed. Details below:
Splunk Reporting: Port Scans
It’s been a while since I’ve done some Splunk work on my home network, but lately I’ve been thinking about port scans, specifically about reporting on port scans against my environment. I’m not terribly worried about people scanning my network since it is quite locked down, but why not check on it to see if anything interesting… Continue reading Splunk Reporting: Port Scans
Crypto 1
I’ve been taking my first MOOC via Coursera, Crypto 1, taught by Dan Boneh. I’ve just finished up the final, and it’s been a fantastic experience, something I’d recommend to anybody with an interest in the subject. This course is more about theory that how to implement crypto in the real world, but the theory… Continue reading Crypto 1
2014 Tax Incidence
Tax time is here, and that means it’s time to calculate our 2014 tax incidence below…