Blog
A reverse-chronological list of blog entries.
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2026
- 2026-09-13 — Testing Automation
- 2026-09-07 — vault-tools — Encrypted Credential Storage (RHEL 8 & Windows Server 2016)
- 2026-04-13 — DanL's team & co-worker contact information
- 2026-04-11 — Dark Patterns
- 2026-03-20 — Dad has passed
- 2026-03-20 — Gary Linder
- 2026-03-16 — Funeral preparation notes
2025
- 2025-12-29 — AI generated paint-by-number
- 2025-12-21 — LG Automations
- 2025-12-06 — Our reasons
- 2025-11-11 — Custom monitor standoffs for VESA mounts
- 2025-09-29 — January 05, 2023
- 2025-07-23 — TODO: Writeup the Networking and VLAN notes
- 2025-07-23 — Replacing my Synology NAS - Shaving my home lab Yak
- 2025-07-21 — Switch and NAS bonding
- 2025-07-20 — Bad Google Search AI Overview
- 2025-07-18 — Release all the Jeffrey Epstein files
- 2025-07-09 — A gift handed down
- 2025-07-06 — $HOME, $HOME on the NFS
- 2025-06-18 — Mistakes were made
- 2025-05-23 — Mary Linder
- 2025-05-23 — Mom has passed
- 2025-05-23 — Moms Eulogy
- 2025-05-04 — A Fresh Start
- 2025-02-03 — A home-lab friendly container orchestration option: RKE2 with Rancher
- 2025-01-26 — Journalctl and following output starting at a specific time.
2023
- 2023-09-23 — Building a custom RHEL-8 ISO
- 2023-09-10 — View all Ansible Variables
- 2023-08-08 — Ansible, Check_mode, and Async plays.
- 2023-08-08 — RHEL 6 and building large (>2TB) drives/partitions
2022
- 2022-12-19 — File date details
2021
- 2021-01-31 — My case for impeachment
2020
- 2020-07-26 — Doctors are human and make mistakes
- 2020-07-19 — VMs built with Packer
- 2020-01-31 — Buildup
- 2020-01-27 — Slipping
- 2020-01-19 — $RANDOM
- 2020-01-16 — Automating SSH keys with Ansible
- 2020-01-14 — Windows 10, VMware Workstation 15.5, and “Device/Credential Guard”
- 2020-01-12 — And so it ends…
- 2020-01-09 — Dual use laptop…
- 2020-01-05 — My resolution
2019
- 2019-11-15 — Git branching basic workflow
- 2019-11-07 — IBM Model-M and the Windows Key
- 2019-10-03 — Ansible and third-party Python modules
- 2019-06-09 — Docker on Windows Subsystem for Linux to play with RedHat 8
- 2019-06-02 — When is a disk space problem not a disk space problem?
- 2019-05-26 — SELinux and NFS $HOME directories
- 2019-05-19 — Delete yourself from Medium
- 2019-04-29 — RedHat Summit 2019
2018
- 2018-08-29 — The humble check-list
- 2018-02-16 — Come’on RedHat!
- 2018-02-09 — So, what you’re saying is…
- 2018-02-02 — When precision comes naturally
2017
- 2017-08-15 — An open letter to my daughters*.
- 2017-07-10 — Net Neutrality
- 2017-01-23 — Increasing storage on a RHEL 6 virtual machine with LVM
2016
- 2016-12-04 — Free Ansible training videos from RedHat
- 2016-11-21 — Easier Subversion to Git experience.
- 2016-11-20 — Bad user experience…
- 2016-11-07 — Bad administrator, no cookie…
- 2016-11-03 — Subversion to Git
- 2016-11-02 — Successful backups in three, two, one…
- 2016-11-01 — An upgraded Apple for sale.
2013
- 2013-01-03 — Resurrecting a lost hard disk… The Sequal.