Cyber Decks and KISS

 Posted on June 6, 2021  |  8 minutes  |  1592 words  |   KemoNine

Figure 1: The Hardware How I came to have a cyber deck that gets out of my way and allows me to focus on creation, not consumption Prelude For years I have seen posts about cyber decks and always wondered why people build them. I think I finally “Get It” while also not at all understanding why people build the decks I see posted online. People building cyber decks almost universally post highly custom designs and setups that are rooted in the maker movement and single board SBC realm. [Read More]
Opinion  Tech 

IPFS | Data Persistence For Web Content

 Posted on April 5, 2021  |  8 minutes  |  1515 words  |   KemoNine

What Is IPFS? IPFS (link) is a distributed filesystem. It’s basically a peer to peer, global storage engine that allows content to be stored and cached globally. Think of a large website like Amazon that stores copies of their files in multiple locations all over the globe. IPFS does something similar and can be used by anyone, not just one of the largest companies on the planet. This allows your content to be served by a globally distributed network and without having to run a massive amount of your own server infrastructure. [Read More]
Tech 

Wireguard Saves The Day

 Posted on July 6, 2020  |  10 minutes  |  1971 words  |   KemoNine

Figure 1: The Hardware Let’s Set The Mood Lately I’ve been getting into more video games. I happen to prefer co-op video gaming with friends. I’m also a big fan of first person perspective games. There is one game in particular that’s been nothing but problematic for myself and my core group of friends that play co-op games with each other. We do the whole ‘just a few of us who are in it for fun’ gaming and prefer to have something that doesn’t require a hell of a lot of thought. [Read More]
Gaming  Tech 

Remote Office Fun

 Posted on June 29, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  316 words  |   KemoNine

Figure 1: The Setup Microphone, Camera, Headphones, ACTION! Recently I actually had a need to put together a proper setup for remote work. Specifically I needed a web cam, microphone and decent headphones. Normally I’d just have used my HyperX Cloud Pro Gaming Headset. Unfortunately they have a strange problem where the microphone and headphone wires bleed signal so as I hear things the mic picks up the output and re-sends it as my own. [Read More]
Tech  DailyLife 

Mobile Mapping

 Posted on March 7, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  510 words  |   KemoNine

OK… Lately I’ve been poking at updating and improving my usual offline mapping setup on Android. For the last few years or so I’ve been GPX tracking my outings, adventures and some other stuff. Mainly for photo geotagging but also because it can be neat to see where I was and when after a day trip. When out and about I insist on purely offline maps too. I like being away from the modern world, notifications and distractions. [Read More]
Tech 

Markdown Wins (not really)

 Posted on February 22, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  223 words  |   KemoNine

[Editors note: this post was inspired by ‘Reach for Markdown, not LaTeX’ (link)] Years and years ago I learned about a wonderful markup language called LaTeX. It was far more powerful than HTML, had many templates available, handled math correctly and generally ‘just worked’. Having content and presentation generally separate was a freeing moment in my journey through markup languages. Once I discovered this disconnect I became an instant and heavy user of markup languages. [Read More]
Tech