On my home network I have a system running PiHole – a DNS server that blocks all unwanted traffic, such as ads. Since I have an official Pi LCD with a broken touch panel, I decided to use the bare LCD as a status display for PiHole. This requires some
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This was originally going to be part of another post, but it ended up getting more complex than I originally intended so it’s been given it’s own. I go into into many of my personal security practices, on both my public facing servers & personal machines. Since the intertubes are
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As I’ve been posting some photos of decapped ICs lately, I thought I’d share the process I use personally for those that might want to give it a go 😉 The usual method for removing the epoxy package from the silicon is to use hot, concentrated Nitric Acid. Besides the
As seen in the previous post, the SSH terminal of my Pi gives some useful stats. This is done using GNU Screen, with a custom config file. This file is .screenrc in your user’s home folder. My personal code is posted below:
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<strong> ~/.screenrc</strong> startup_message off backtick 1 30 30 $HOME/bin/disk.sh backtick 2 30 30 $HOME/bin/mem.sh hardstatus alwayslastline hardstatus string '%{gk}[ %{G}%H %{g}][Disk: %1` RAM: %2`M][%= %{wk}%?%-Lw%?%{=b kR}(%{W}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{=b kR})%{= kw}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{Y}%l%{g}]%{=b C}[ %m/%d %c ]%{W}' nonblock 1 defnonblock 1 |
I have uploaded the pair of scripts
 Finally, the Pi has arrived!  Currently running the Debian release on a 2GB SD, with some minor modifications. SSH terminal, running a screen session with a custom status bar. More updates to come! 00