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  • The NVME now goes to 11: Asus m.2 x16 installed

    Earlier I wrote about selecting the Asus m.2 x16, a 4x NVME carrier, each with PCI-E x4. It arrived, i installed. The reason I chose this one is that a) my motherboard supports bifurcation, and b) my NVME cards were 22110 (with integral capacitors for write flush on power-loss). As you can see from the…

  • The curious case of the Vorke Z1, Plex, and the status bar

    The curious case of the Vorke Z1, Plex, and the status bar

    My living room TV is driven by a Vorke Z1, (and an ExpressVU Satellite box, and a Chromecast, and, … but this story is about the Vorke). The Vorke runs Android (7.1.2) and Plex, and connects to the basement NAS (which runs the Plex server). And it has worked pretty well for the last 9…

  • The home hacking arsenal gets a new tool

    The home hacking arsenal gets a new tool

    A bit over 30 years ago I did some manual labour in return for some aged but novel tools. The most interesting to me of these was a Tektronix 515 oscilloscope. It was a single-channel (but did have a Z-axis input), and had about ~10-15MHz bandwidth (more than enough for the z80 material I had).…

  • Old School Surveillance?

    Old School Surveillance?

    So this am I look out my hotel window. I’m on a sort of ground-floor/flat-roof thing, w/ a somewhat sketchy patio door leading out. And what greets my eyes? A few cigarette butts, a discarded lighter, and a pair of tighty-whiteys. So, uh, what sort of party was ongoing last night outside my window (long…

  • Immunising for security? How to create herd immunity for spear-phishing

    So I’m reading the disaster that is Equifax/Deloitte/… security hacks. And it got me thinking about how one method we learn is by pain, and another is by vaccination. And maybe that can apply to a corporate learning organisation. First, lets look at some examples. I have a big ugly scar on my arm from…