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The Forge Wars 2026-09-20 No fate but what we make Lately I’ve been experiencing forge fatigue.

OpenBSD VPS for $5 a Year 2026-09-08 I believe I have found the cheapest VPS provider on the internet.

So Long Relayd, and Thanks for All the Fish 2026-08-17 Running relayd alongside httpd on your OpenBSD web servers is no longer necessary for injecting HTTP security headers.

Setup a Simple, Self-Hosted Web Server with OpenBSD 2026-07-18 This website is being served to you from my HP T630 thin client, running OpenBSD and httpd.

Installing SerenityOS on My Old ThinkPad T60 2026-06-28 I recently had the urge to play around with SerenityOS on real hardware.

Serving a Website on a Raspberry Pi Zero Running Entirely in RAM 2026-05-08 My micro site, zero.btxx.org, is being served to the public internet from a Raspberry Pi Zero v1.3 running Alpine Linux.

Snail Mail Sign-Ups 2026-03-13 I recently came across Adrian’s post on HackerNews titled The dead Internet is not a theory anymore.

DIY Home Network with OpenBSD, OpenWrt, and Pi-hole 2026-03-03 This post includes a full breakdown of my entire home network stack.

Liberating the ASUS CX1100CN Chromebook with OpenBSD 2026-01-16 I’ve always enjoyed the idea of having a portable, lightweight, 11 inch laptop for my personal use for around the house and small trips.

Hyperlinks Should Have Context 2025-12-18 While poorly implemented links can cause minor annoyances for users, improper interactive links can often lead to a loss of users.

Thoughts on Technological Purity 2025-12-12 “Everything should be running on OpenBSD.

Installing GNOME on OpenBSD 7.8 2025-11-07 This post is just a quick guide to get your OpenBSD desktop or laptop up-and-running with the GNOME desktop environment quickly.

What Happens After I’m Gone?

My OpenBSD Home Network Setup 2025-08-25 I recently moved to an area with more internet provider options, all of which were not satellite-based.

Setup Mullvad VPN on OpenBSD via WireGuard 2025-07-16 I’m a big fan of Mullvad’s approach on true privacy and very simple pricing.

Building a Simple Router with OpenBSD 2025-07-11 I’m hardly a “networking” or system admin expert.

Starlink, OpenWrt, and Eeros… Oh My!

Creating a Basic Status Page on NearlyFreeSpeech 2025-05-12 Since I talked about hosting multiple websites through NearlyFreeSpeech in the past, I thought it would be nice to walkthrough setting up a barebones “status” page that runs automatically on your…

Setup an OpenBSD VM on macOS Using UTM 2025-03-12 The UTM app for macOS is an excellent piece of software for those wanting a streamlined GUI when working with virtual machines.

Mac Apps That Bring Me Joy 2025-03-04 I wrote a post roughly 3 years ago about happily paying for MacOS apps.

Hosting Multiple Websites Under One NearlyFreeSpeech Site 2025-02-14 It’s no secret that I’m a happy customer of NearlyFreeSpeech.NET (NFS).

Red Hat Plans to Add AI to Fedora and GNOME 2025-02-04 In Christian F.K.

Git Your Freedom Back: A Beginner’s Guide to SourceHut 2025-01-24 This article (or guide) is targeted towards users and contributors who are currently hosting their git repositories through GitHub.

Deliver the Bare Minimum 2024-12-22 I’m a minimalist at heart, so keeping things as simple as possible tends to be my thing.

Installing OpenBSD on Linveo KVM VPS 2024-10-21 I recently came across an amazing deal for a VPS on Linveo.

Vertical Tabs in Safari 2024-09-26 I use Firefox as my main browser (specifically the Nightly build) which has vertical tabs built-in.

Build and Deploy Websites Automatically with Git 2024-09-20 I recently began the process of setting up my self-hosted1 cgit server as my main code forge.

Burning and Playing PS2 Games without a Modded Console 2024-09-02 Important I do not support pirating or obtaining illegal copies of video games.

“This Key is Useless Now.

Perspective 2024-08-06 I recently read both Starting Hospice and No Salt posted on Jake’s blog and was quite moved.

Setting Up Pi-Hole with Eero on Starlink 2024-07-24 A couple years ago I wrote about setting up a standard pi-hole server with eero WiFi but since that time I have swapped out my “cell tower” internet for Starlink.

Dual Booting OpenBSD and Alpine Linux on a X220 ThinkPad 2024-07-10 I’ve always found it useful to run both OpenBSD and some form of Linux variation on my personal machines.

Fixing Jekyll’s dart-sass Dependency on OpenBSD 2024-06-30 I recently wrote about working with multiple Ruby versions on OpenBSD which still works just fine, but I noticed a bug when trying to build a couple of my Jekyll projects locally: NotImplementedEr…

Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 2024-06-02 I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my clubs/projects while using my personal laptop (X220 ThinkPad) which is runs OpenBSD.

Installing WordPress on NearlyFreeSpeech 2024-05-27 I recently went through the process of porting over my wife’s small business website (built off of WordPress + Woocommerce) from EasyWP to NearlyFreeSpeech.

OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System 2024-04-11 OpenBSD 7.5 running dwm on my X220 With the recent release of OpenBSD 7.5, I decided to run through my personal OpenBSD “installer” for laptop/desktop devices.

Please Make Your Table Headings Sticky 2024-02-23 I often stumble upon large data sets or table layouts across the web.

Website Backups with Apple iCloud 2024-02-16 My main work machine, an M2 MacBook Air, meshes really well with my iPhone SE (they are in the same ecosystem after all - duh!).

New Domain and Code Forge 2024-01-29 As you can clearly see, my site’s domain has switched over to btxx.org.

My Text Edtior is Not Open Source 2024-01-02 I’ve been using Sublime Text on and off for longer than I can remember.

Switching Things Over to ikiwiki 2023-12-17 I’ve done it again.

Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME 2023-11-02 The dwm window manager is my standard “go-to” for most of my personal laptop environments.

The X220 ThinkPad is the Best Laptop in the World 2023-09-26 The X220 ThinkPad is the greatest laptop ever made and you’re wrong if you think otherwise.

Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux 2023-09-11 I’ve recently been using Arch Linux for my main work environment on my ThinkPad X260.

Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator 2023-07-21 Often times when you save or export photos from iOS to iCloud they often render themselves into heif or heic formats.

Blogging for 7 Years 2023-06-24 My first public article was posted on June 28th 2016.

Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD 2023-06-13 It is no secret that OpenBSD has poor battery performance on laptops.

Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD 2023-06-05 Update (July 07, 2026) This unfortunately no longer works.

My Robotic Mower Woes 2023-05-19 A Brief Background I’m no stranger to robotic lawnmowers.

Working with git Patches in Apple Mail 2023-05-11 Before we begin You could likely automate this process in a more streamlined way, but for most use cases this workflow should be fine.