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 I was introduced to LaTeX while in undergrad trying to make lab reports easier and after a few IEEE conference and journal submissions. With typesetting you don’t worry about the formatting, just the content. 
 So what am I doing here? Like most entering the workforce, you usually start out writing a resume or CV showing off what makes you unique. With the power of…
Let’s take a Gin and Tonic and make it flourish. This recipe is an original 
 Recipe 
 
 2oz (60ml) Gin 
 0.75oz (20ml) Tonic 
 0.75oz (20ml) Hibiscus Liquor 
 1oz (30ml) 
 Seltzer (If you’re using non-carbonated seltzer) 
 
 Instructions 
 
 Combine in a Highball over ice. Give it a stir. 
 Top with Seltzer 
 Enjoy 
 
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My goto riff on the Negroni, opting Cynar for Campari. 
 Recipe 
 
 1.5oz (45ml) Gin 
 1.5oz (45ml) Cynar 
 1.5oz (45ml) Sweet Vermouth 
 
 Instructions 
 
 Combine in rocks glass. Give it a stir. 
 Toss in a large ice cube 
 Optional A dash of orange bitters 
 Enjoy 
 
 Daryl’s opinion 
 The orange bitters might be a bit much for…
intro 
 When I started this blog the idea has been this is a place to not just write about anything but to walk through problems. This post will walk through an issue where I was out of disk space on a virtual hard disk and how to expand it and bring it back online. If you’d rather skip over my story jump to tl;dr . 
 the problem 
 In my home lab I use a self-hosted GitLab…
I spent some time debugging a docker host that was running out of space. I came across something that many probably do: docker overlay was taking up a ton of space. Let’s start with a disk free to see the issue we have. 
 root@vdoppelbock:~# df -h
 Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 udev 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev
 tmpfs 390M 792K 389M 1% /run
 /dev/xvda1 117G 6.3G 105G…
Every so often one will run into a situation where someone made some mistakes and you really just need to roll back in the git history. 
 One may be in distress, maybe do a haphazard search something something “reset my branch to previous commit” and click the first stack overflow link. Another may ask the AI overlords for advice. Both cases often end with the bad advice of the “force push”.…
Say 0x48454C4C4F to bytes! 
 I got this idea from a blog I follow Julie Evans TIL .
I thought it was such a great idea to set up an area with short posts with tips, tricks, or neat finds. Leaving the blog space for longer, more interesting, projects. 
 I thought it would be fun to call these short finds bytes. Welcome to the first one, granted its more of an intro. 
 -daryl 

intro 
 It’s been something of a long-running project idea of mine to take an antique radio, its uniqueness and craftsmanship, and bring some new abilities. The goal isn’t to swap parts but develop a module that can be integrated into the original design or act as a replacement if needed. This means keeping the functionality of the original buttons, knobs, and widgets while adding…
My favorite riff of the classic daiquiri. 
 Recipe 
 
 2oz (60mL) Rum 
 0.5oz (15mL) Campari 
 0.5oz (15mL) Luxardo Maraschino 
 0.75oz (45mL) lime juice 
 0.5oz (15mL) Demerara 
 
 Instructions 
 
 Combine ingredients into a shaker over ice 
 Shake and Strain 
 Enjoy 
 
 Daryl’s opinion 
 The bitterness of this recipe perfectly…
ssh Is such a powerful tool. One the best techniques it enables, in my opinion, is forwarding remote or local ports. Leveraging this ability allows one to shift access from various parts of a network securely. 
 An example eh 
 Imagine a world where you’re running a web application on a remote server where the web application is server locally only. 
 Maybe it doesnt need to be…
For our first recipe lets go with a classic. 
 Recipe 
 
 0.25oz (bar spoon) demerara simple syrup 
 3 dash Angostura Bitters 
 3oz (90ml) Whiskey 
 
 Instructions 
 
 Combine demerara and bitters in rocks glass. Give it a stir. 
 Toss in a large ice cube 
 Add whiskey and give another stir 
 Garnish with an orange and/or cocktail cherry 
 Enjoy…
In my Home Lab network I use my desktop for most of my development. Since it’s a desktop and not a server it abides by the power policy setting I have selected. This works great unless I’m working a remote session from anything else such as my laptop, cell, etc. 
 My usual workflow is just an ssh session with tmux, where I wake up the system by issuing a Wake on LAN (wol) from an…
I have been using Cloudflare for a number of years. Moving my domain from its original registrar, Namecheap.
I been thoroughly impressed with their offering and started using a number of their services. 
 The latest one (sites) comes in the form of the blog! 
 Why Over the last year I’ve been stepping away from use of social media, which left me with a hole of decent content to…