Back in June an Atlanta Police Officer fired into the vehicle of Deravis Caine Rogers as it was fleeing a NE Atlanta apartment complex. Rogers had been suspected of breaking into vehicles. WTF? Rogers was hit in the head and died at Grady Hospital. The Atlanta Police Department has pretty clear rules about firing a…Read more
July 2016
Litestep is Still a Thing
Wow. Who knew? One of the very first posts of mine online from back in November ’99 was about Litestep, a replacement desktop shell for Windows that basically emulated a Linux desktop of the time. Apparently it’s still around. You can check out screenshots and download it at some of the links below. Talk about…Read more
How to Block Hackers On Synchronet
Anyone familiar with having a blog or web site can tell you that spam and getting hacked are a constant thing. Hell, I had to completely redo my web site late last year after getting hacked. Well, apparently hacking BBSes is still a thing. For the most part all of the ip addresses associated seem…Read more
Another Fine Independence Day…Brought To You By Darwin
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Occupancy and Presence
One of my projects within my smart home is to be able to monitor home occupancy as well as specific room presence. While the two are similar they end up being very different things. Occupancy is pretty basic. For the house itself I currently have three modes. Home, Out and Away. Away means we are…Read more