Ops

• Home Automation

  Current Stack Home Assistant - Python based, great available integrations. Hardware Resources Phillip Hue - Supported Devices: Comprehesive list of all devices supported by the Hue bridge

• Server Software of Interest

  Kubernetes - Really the next base for server operations. I kind of wrap is up as “Core” infrstrucutre RancherOS - Lightweight distro dedicated to running Kubernetes K3OS - Distro developed to run k3s. Based on LinuxKit Operation Systems CentOS: My go-to for server installations. Being a Redhat Enterprise clone it is pretty boring, but that’s a good thing for servers :-) http://www.centos.org/ Ubuntu: My go-to for desktop installations. Being a Debian derivative makes me happy (first distro I really liked back in the 90s).

• Quotes

  ‘‘when you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create.’’ - Why the Lucky Stiff Source ‘‘Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.’’ - Oscar Wilde ‘‘Those who don’t understand UNIX are doomed to reinvent it, poorly’’ - Henry Spencer ‘‘Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

• Old Site Setup

  This blog is an exploration of simplicity. Most of this is expressed in Eric Raymond’s [Art Of Unix Programming]((http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/). The fundamental principle is “Keep It Simple, Stupid”. Complexity begets large, inflexible systems that are difficult to change and debug. Simplistic systems are more flexible, more robust, and easily combined to perform larger tasks. “Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming” [Kernighan-Plauger] (From the Art of Unix Programming). The name AVR Geek was chosen due to my fascination to Atmel 8-bit processors.

• Blackberry Tethering on Linux

  The Blackberry is no longer my phone of choice. I put together this guide for a few friends. The information is compiled from other sites and forum postings. No guarantees of the effectiveness of these directions. These directions were successful on a Blackberry Pearl 8300. Bluetooth is used to perform the actual tethering. USB would have been ideal, but the protocol is very proprietary. The Bluetooth RFCOMM method is a bit more open.