2016

Minimal static site generator — ...and it's what generated this page!
Only recent posts on front page — It's now possible to limit the number of posts that appear on the front page which then creates an archive page of all posts.
Another day another post - Installing OpenBSD — Decided in some spare time to setup a VM using OpenBSD, it's been a long time since I have used the OS and I think it's time I gave it another shot.
OpenBSD running the static site generator — This is the first post written from within the OpenBSD install.
Bit of a folder structure change — Each post and page now has a date and a folder.
Why I chose to write and use a static site generator — In this post I am going to write up the reasons behind using a static website generator.
Changes to how pages are linked — The next feature I have (or will have at the time of writing) added is the notion of pages being either public or private.
New VPS for a new Honeypot — Started running a Honeypot that will allow attackers to SSH in and run certain commands, it will record these commands in a log.
Some hits on the honeypot — The honeypot(s) have been fairly successful in attracting some malicious actors.
The honeypots continue to provide — So far I am having a couple of issues with the software I am using for the honeypots so I have spent some time looking into alternatives that I need to implement this weekend.
Studying for CISSP — I have started studying for taking the CISSP exam today.
Finally added some minor theming — In a strange twist of events, I have done some minor theming on the site to make it look slightly less than plain old HTML (which was awesome).
minimalism is dead, long live minimalism — I made the mistake of searching the internet for "minmal website design examples" in some mis-guided quest to inspire some work on this site some more.
Minimal viable computer — I am fascinated with the recent trend of single board computers.
static site generator source now on github — Nothing much to see there, but the source for the static site generator is now on Github here.
The internet of shit — Why the hell does everything need to be online?
The Intel Compute Stick lives — After some attempts to get arch linux installed onto the compute stick, I have acquiesced and gone with the available Ubuntu install.
Ransomware, or Why I am on the wrong side — I just read that the University of Calgary paid roughtly 10,000 GBP after falling victim to a ransomware incident here.
Docker tor client — I have been playing with Docker as a lightweight alternative to using full on virtual machines for specific tasks as the Compute Stick isn't exactly the most powerful machine in the world.
Lighttpd and Lets Encrypt — Mostly notes for myself the next time I need to do this.
Convinience and the need for speed — I have to admit, even using the compute stick for a few things was painful.
Firefox privacy and settings — A guide on setting up Firefox for better privacy than default.
Vulnerability and Advisory log — I found a vulnerability in a Wordpress Plugin recently, it was fun, so I have started a list of advisories for issues I discover that I can keep track of them on here.
Tiny shell script to download WP plugins — Wrote a small shell script that scrapes the newest plugins from Wordpress and downloads them.
wp-plugin-downloader can either search or get newest — The shell script that I wrote to download the newest wordpress plugins now has the option to search for a term to make it a little more interesting.
Wordpress and MySQL with Docker — In order for me to play with wordpress plugin vulnerabilities, I have found that using docker over a full on vm is quicker for spinning up fresh instances.
Plugin Download now remembers past plugins — I run and check some plugins most mornings before work to start my day the best way...
More automation on the plugin downloader — A great man once said to me.
In yet another attempt at productivity and getting things done, I have started giving the Bullet Journal methodology a trial run.
A Walkthrough of my vimrc — An ever evolving file, my vim config is generally tailored towards development using a fairly standard webstack.
Minimal Viable Computer 2 — Another day, another computer, or at least, an aim to reduce the number of computers.
Being able to post more than once — Minor update to allow multiple posts on the same day with static-site-generator.
Some updates to the static site generator — In a rare turn of events, I have made some changes to the shell script that I use to generate this site.
Adding the ability to tag posts with ssg — The next feature I plan on adding to the static site generator is the ability to tag posts.
Posts can now be tagged with more than one tag.
Infosec Weekly — In the not so distant past, I wrote a short article once per week about some of the more interesting Information Security news items for a tech website.
Windows Subsystem for Linux — Well, I had heard about this, but not had any experience with it.
wp-plugin-downloader DOES work on WSL — Turns out the plugin downloader does work on the Windows Subsystem for linux.
Infosec Weekly — System Integrity Protection is a mechanism that has been shipping with MacOS (Previously, Mac OSX) that would stop specific files being altered, even by the root user in order to prevent any malicious changing of them.