Detailed Images, With No Shortcodes

If you remember when I first added the Medium Zoom library, I wasn’t using one of its features: the ability to load a larger image when the user clicks to zoom in, only when the user wants to zoom in. However, I added this later, and in that, the method I used was to use a Hugo shortcode to include the image with proper attributes in the <img> tag. Well as it turns out, I don’t need to do this. Now, I can have that happen automatically with standard Markdown ![image links]().

Giving My Sitemap Some Style

2021-03-03 6 min read Behind the scenes Blog improvements Tech Web stuff Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

Now I know I’ve talked about sitemap.xml before, but quick summary: that’s an XML file that has a list of every (public) URL on your site, to make it easier for crawlers to index your entire site since that list (or, map) lays it out. Well as an XML file, it can take XML style sheets, in a format called XSLT, short for XSL Transformations, short for eXtensible Stylesheet Language. Yes, it’s XML all the way down. But, if you’ve looked at my sitemap, you’ll see I’ve gone and done it. This is how.

Graylog, and the Syslog Protocol, Explained

2021-02-19 9 min read Software Sysadmin stuff Tech Tech explained Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

So if you’ve tried enterprise log management systems, you’ve likely heard of Syslog. If you haven’t, Syslog, is, well, a protocol designed to allow multiple hosts to send their system logs over the network to some other server where they can be analyzed and stored. It’s another one of those weird UDP protocols, and this one is actually stupid simple, even in both of the commonly used forms! Oh, we’ll also cover the one piece of software that I use that handles Syslog — Graylog, which by itself is also really cool.

New Feature: Post Labels

2021-02-16 9 min read Blog improvements Tech Web stuff Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

Now you might not see this too much since I plan to use the feature sparingly, categories and tags are both capable of sorting everything to a satisfactory level, but I’m using this thing that I just made to add extra little labels, which have a few cool uses.

The Nikon MB-D11 Battery Grip

2021-02-13 4 min read My stuff Photography Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

So yesterday I mentioned my camera upgrade, and today, I talk about a neat little attachment, who’s primary purpose is pretty cool, and secondary purpose is neat, but ultimately unnecessary (for me).

Upgrading Cameras: D80 to D7000

2021-02-12 5 min read My stuff Photography Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

First: Yeah… new year, long time no see, I get it. I’ve been working on a lot of things here, as well as, well, work, since bills need to get paid, all that fun stuff. Hopefully I can get that all sorted out soon, and I have a massive backlog of things to put up. But for now, we’re starting with this.

In my various other posts, you might have picked up on the fact that I’m a Nikon person. And until now, all product shots you’ve seen here, from item galleries, to Hackintosh shots¹, it’s all been off that camera. Until now.

TDNET 2.0: the New Homelab (Part 2)

2021-02-11 24 min read Behind the scenes Homelab Maintenance Systems administration Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

Part 2 of 2

Now, this is the second part of a two-part post, that one covered the tech and background, and this will be the tour. So, let’s begin, running this one front-to-back.

TDNET 2.0: the New Homelab (Part 1)

2021-02-11 12 min read Behind the scenes Homelab Maintenance Systems administration Tech explained Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

Part 1 of 2

A first for me, this post is going to come in two parts. This one will cover the tech behind everything, and the second will actually be a new network tour. I’ve finally finished one of the biggest, if not the biggest project I’ve undertaken in a while: overhauling pretty much my entire network.

Self Hosted Password Manager: vaultwarden

2021-02-10 5 min read Self-hosted Software Tech Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

Updated May 1st, 2020

You familiar with Bitwarden? It’s another one of those password manager services that comes as a browser extension or standalone program, and allows for things like storing TOTP keys, generating new, secure passwords, and all that fun stuff. Except unlike others that I’ve seen, it has one difference: You can self-host an instance. Though, their self-hosted options look a little lacking unless you want to give them money. Well as it happens with an open sourced project, someone decided to create a Bitwarden API compatible server, thus creating vaultwarden. And this is why it’s cool.

Email Filtering With Sieve

2021-02-09 6 min read Tech Tech explained Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

Sieve, defined in RFC 5228 , is a programming language constructed for the express purpose of filtering email messages. And, on a Sieve-enabled server, it can do a lot of work.

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