Hello.

When I get around to polishing and publishing, you may find some additional blog entries here about FreeBSD, WordPress, and random technology ramblings.  But for now, just look at the About page for an overview of some of the services I provide.

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Ruby

(originally from a twitter thread, hence the tiny paragraphs) Back in August, our dog Ruby started having some health troubles, and after 8 or so months of pretty intense care, including giving subcutaneous fluids daily, she stopped eating this past weekend. On Monday we brought her to our veterinarian and she was put to sleep… […]

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Ruckus Captive Portal Packet Capture – DNS spoof or no?

I’ve been working with Ruckus WiFi Access Points quite a bit recently, both in the “Unleashed” mode (one of the APs acts as the “controller” for the other APs) and with the standalone ZoneDirector controllers. It’s nice equipment with good RF performance, but the documentation is somewhat dated – particularly everything dealing with guest access […]

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WordPress gotcha when changing wp_prefix

This seems like a straightforward change – just change “$table_prefix” in wp-config.php and rename all your db tables to match.  It works – you’ll find your site usable, guests will have no issues.  But when logging-in, you’ll find you don’t have permissions to access the dashboard (/wp-admin).  Visiting the dashboard URL gives you the message […]

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