One man with too many hobbies
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Seriously, why is the logo a butthole? This website has always been a means of exploring technology that I wasn't already familiar with. When it first came into being I was a college student who knew a lot about software theory, but knew next to nothing about how the internet functioned or how websites worked. Building a website from scratch provided an opportunity to get my hands dirty and learn…
This has been a long time coming. I've been planning on creating a relatively permanent station running JS8Call on 40 meters for many months now, but like many of my other projects it kept getting pushed off in lieu of higher priority projects. Now that I have a second desk in my office I was able to justify the horizontal real estate to dedicate to such a station. Comfy permanent 40M JS8 station…
A list of peaks I'd like to climb before I expire along with personal notes on how I plan to tackle them. Mt Crocker : Currently no one has activated this remote 10+3 point peak in the Eastern Sierras. I'd like to be the first (if possible), as the summit and I technically family. My father and I hiked to the base of the summit in the summer of 2023 with the intention of reaching the peak, but at…
After getting my feet wet activating Horn Mountain as a drive up peak, I decided it was time to shake off the rust and go on an actual hike. This particular SOTA activation required a bit of map cross-referencing as the route to the top wasn't immediately available on the Sotl.as map . After checking Google Maps I was able to confirm that the trailhead did indeed exist but the satellite image of…
What I'm doing now September 2023: Currently employed as a Software Engineer at TrellisWare Technologies in my hometown of San Diego, California. When I'm not at my desk, you can often find me gardening, biking, backpacking, rock climbing, and working on old engines as much as possible. Goals I'm currently working towards: Start a small business in 2024 In November of last year, I purchased a 1971…
Deprecation warning, read before proceeding! Note: This article was written in 2021 . Some steps — particularly around synapse_port_db and password management — may be outdated for newer versions of Synapse. If you're running an older version of Matrix, this guide is for you , otherwise check the official Synapse docs for the most current guidance. While getting a Matrix chat server up and running…
What I'm doing now As of November 2021: Currently employed at Cohu as a Software Engineer in my hometown of San Diego, California. Now that I'm employed full time, my spark for software side projects seems to have all but vanished. Because I'm staring at a set of screens all day for extended periods of time I'm hesitant to do so at home as well. Instead, I've taken on and rediscovered old hobbies…
In order for a user to connect to a remote SSH server, the user needs the following three bits of data: A valid username The correct password The port SSH is configured to use on the remote server As a server admin, if you are able to obfuscate any of these three items your server becomes infinitely more secure from brute-force style attacks. While this style of attacks are generally for dummies ,…
What I'm doing now As of April 2021: Currently seeking employment in the greater San Diego area, but I'm open to work remotely. If you are looking to hire a software developer or know someone who is, start a conversation with me at orion@orionc.dev Here's my most up-to-date resume if you're interested. As of April 22nd, I have satisfied all requirements for a Bachelor's in Computer Science at…
Now that my degree is techinically done (more on that here ), I had the free time to catch up on my project backlog. After the last site refactor utilizing PHP, I realized that I was in way too deep for the scope of this site. This is supposed to be a small personal website to write notes to myself and others, not something that needs to be overly complicated. Similar to the previous rework, I set…