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You like tech. You know you like it. Do you know what part of tech you are most passionate about? I credit a Google employee for the following idea. It was told to me while I was at the FreeBSD Foundation booth at GHC 2016. The following is a relatively cheap project you can do in your spare time, weekends, and evenings. For the following tasks, blog about each step, in sufficient detail […]

I’m writing this to document the facts. I’ll leave adjectives and opinions to you. Greg Truskey, TruCo was hired to perform renovations which started in August 2015. The estimate was 11 weeks. He was on site from about 9am to 3:30pm. Arriving earlier or late was uncommon. On days he would not arrive, we would not be notified. It would be fine weather, and he would not be present. You will recall the

I noticed this on one FreeBSD server today: $ pkg -vv | grep url url: “pkg+http://services.unixathome.org/packages/103amd64-default-master-list/”, I decided: let’s use https, not http, there. After making the change (in my case, it was in /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/local.conf, I tried upgraded packages, and it barfed: $ sudo pkg upgrade Updating local repository catalogue… Certificate verification failed for /C=IL/O=StartCom Ltd./OU=StartCom Certification Authority/CN=StartCom Class 2 IV Server CA 34401225432:error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed:/usr/src/secure/lib/libssl/../../../crypto/openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c:1191: Certificate verification failed for /C=IL/O=StartCom Ltd./OU=StartCom

My neighbours had a fire in July 2015. Today, the dumpster left. They were not home today when the dumpster was hauled off. I took these photos and the video for their enjoyment. * Dumpster loading * Dumpster being driven away If you want the copies of these, I have them on my phone and I’ll send them to you.

I upgraded my pfSense box to 2.3 last night. Here is what I got: # uname -a FreeBSD bast.int.unixathome.org 10.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE #4 05adf0a(RELENG_2_3_0): Mon Apr 11 19:09:19 CDT 2016 root@factory23-amd64-builder:/builder/factory-230/tmp/obj/builder/factory-230/tmp/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense amd64 These are the package repos they are using (as taken from pkg -vv): Repositories: pfSense-core: { url : “pkg+http://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_factory-v2_3_0_amd64-core”, enabled : yes, priority : 0, mirror_type : “SRV”, signature_type : “FINGERPRINTS”, fingerprints : “/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg” } pfSense: { url : “pkg+http://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_factory-v2_3_0_amd64-pfSense_factory-v2_3_0”, enabled

My disks are full. [dan@knew:~] $ zpool list NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT system 27T 21.4T 5.57T 79% 1.00x ONLINE – [dan@knew:~] $ zpool status pool: system state: ONLINE scan: scrub in progress since Tue Jun 9 03:26:26 2015 12.9T scanned out of 21.5T at 98.1M/s, 25h32m to go 0 repaired, 59.92% done config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM system ONLINE 0 0 0 raidz2-0 ONLINE 0 0 0 gpt/disk0

I have 5 Raspberry Pi 2 here. I’m going to install FreeBSD 11.x on them. I’ve already done one. The second is started, and now I’m going to write it down so I know what to do the next time. The wiki entry will contain the latest status. The binaries Rasperberry Pi 2 only runs FreeBSD 11.x (10.x will run on the B but not the 2). If you have Rasperberry Pi B,

This morning, on a FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE #0 r255898 system, I saw this in /var/log/messages: There was nothing around that entry to clue me in. I suspected a cronjob, based upon the time of day. I searched with Google and found only questions. This next command confirms my cronjob suspicion: OK, it’s got to be a cronjob. For the record, uid 65534 is the predefined user nobody

I recently watched a great video about design decisions. It features Mike Monteiro speaking at Webstock 13. I particularly liked these quotes: 28:15 – And remember every single time that you, as a designer, make it easier and more pleasant for anyone to find and use information and tools that help people live their lives, you have contributed something important to the world. 40:10 – Every time you let somebody else tell you