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Static Page WebsiteMaintenance
July 11, 2023
What is a static-page website?
Style GuideMaintenance
July 11, 2023
Styling to be used on this website.
Style, Plans, and HistoryMaintenance
July 11, 2023
History and notes for flat5.net and edskinner.net.
Tips, Tricks, and TrapsMaintenance
July 11, 2023
Oddities and quirks with hugo, and how to remove Wordpress from a website.
Computers Lie and CheatPost
November 14, 2022
WarGames
In the movie WarGames, the programmer of the WOPR computer left a backdoor login. When the main character guesses it, all Hell breaks loose.
Cooking Up Plutonium-238
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September 5, 2022
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September 5, 2022
pSOS+ at Westinghouse
Somewhere between 1995 and 2000, I was sent to teach a pSOS+ class to Westinghouse engineers in Savannah, Georgia.
Things That Go Bump in the Night
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March 10, 2022
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March 10, 2022
Two Versions, Same Content
There are two versions of this document. Both contain the same technical descriptions.
What’s a DNS, and Who Cares?
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December 8, 2021
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December 8, 2021
What’s in a Name?
On the web, we use the names of computers or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google. Even when you’re using Facebook’s app, it is also using a computer’s name. This is because we remember names much better than numbers.