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…
Replacing Chef’s self-signed certificates
Having gotten my home network and logging to a point where I wanted it, my next project was going to be Chef. Life intervened before I got too much involved with Chef, but now that things are approaching a sense of normalcy, I’m trying to pick up where I left off. My ultimate goal is… Continue reading Replacing Chef’s self-signed certificates
Bonjour!: mDNS and iTunes Home Sharing on EdgeOS
Ever since I’ve set up my home network, Home Sharing hasn’t worked between our Apple TV and my desktop computer. It’s been a minor annoyance that I really didn’t look into before now, but I had some time yesterday to troubleshoot it and get it working just in time to watch Little Women, which Julia… Continue reading Bonjour!: mDNS and iTunes Home Sharing on EdgeOS
Sonja
I’ve been a bit preoccupied lately due to the birth of our daughter Sonja. As I’ve written about before, this pregnancy has been up and down, full of surprises. This continued when Sonja came much earlier than we were expecting, at 33½ weeks gestation. The good news is that she’s a fighter and she’s been… Continue reading Sonja
Photos from Camryn and Nathan’s Wedding
Last weekend I was an unofficial photographer for my sister Camryn’s wedding. I am nowhere close to being good enough to be a wedding photographer, and my hat is off to the official photographer (she is at Whispers of Light Photography in case you are looking for a wedding photographer). I’m just an amateur, although… Continue reading Photos from Camryn and Nathan’s Wedding
Installing Google Authenticator on CentOS
After a conversation at work about how easy it is to use Google Authenticator for two-factor authentication, I decided that installing Google Authenticator on my CentOS server would be my next project. After all, I had recently automated download of website log files, and I needed to find the next to-do at home. Installing Google… Continue reading Installing Google Authenticator on CentOS
Log File Automation
When I set up Splunk reporting for my website, it was a purely manual process, and I left for the future the goal of pulling the logs automatically. Since then, that’s exactly what I’ve done, so now it runs completely automatically. Below is how.