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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Blog | tait.tech</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/style.css"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="author" content="Tait Hoyem"> <meta name="keywords" content=""> <meta name="description" content=""> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <header> <nav> <input type="checkbox" id="menu"> <label for="menu">☰</label> <div class="menu-content"> <a href="/" class="nav-link">Home</a> <a href="/blog/" class="nav-link" class="on-page">Blog</a> <a href="https://github.com/TTWNO/" class="nav-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Github</a> </div> </nav> </header> <main> <h1>Blog</h1> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/10/26/curiosity.html">Curiosity</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-10-26"> 26 October 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>Curiosity is fundamental to a deep understanding of any subject. Masters, Ph.Ds, and other fancy name suffixes will never help you if you don’t have the spirit of curiosity burning inside of you.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/09/12/minesweeper.html">Minesweeper Bomb Generation And Tile Revealing</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-09-12"> 12 September 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>When I was creating a little Minesweeper game, I got confused at some points. My bomb generation didn’t look quite right, and I for sure didn’t quite get the whole cascading tile reveal thing. With a bit of internet research, I found what I was looking for. I’ll explain it all in one place for my own research purposes.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/09/09/lamegames.html">lamegames.tait.tech</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-09-09"> 09 September 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>This is an announcement for a new project of mine: <a href="https://lamegames.tait.tech">lamegames.tait.tech</a>.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/08/18/django-deployment.html">How to Solve The Django Deployment Puzzle</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-08-18"> 18 August 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>A few days ago I had a Django project I wanted to put on a real server. This project is still in its infancy, but I thought it would be nice to put it on my resume and show my friends. Little did I know the headache coming my way. Here are some tips to help you not make the same mistakes as me.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/08/15/openbsd1.html">BSD Journey, Part 1</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-08-15"> 15 August 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>As Linux becomes controlled by corporate sponsors and becomes more full of proprietary blobs, drivers, and even closed-source software like Steam, One may wonder if there are other options out there. For me, somebody that is intensely interested in security, there is one option: OpenBSD.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/07/30/canadian-parliament.html">Know How Your Representative Votes In Parliament</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-07-30"> 30 July 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>As an advocate for openness, I had an idea to make a project out of the government of Canada’s <a href="https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data">Open Data</a> initiative to take a look at how my local MP voted on various pieces of legislation. It turns out though that this was not necessary due to how easy it was to find this information on the government’s own website. In this article, I will explain how you can do the same.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/07/19/multicraft-php-gentoo.html">Installing MultiCraft on Gentoo Linux</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-07-19"> 19 July 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>In a very odd combination of requirements, I needed to install <a href="https://multicraft.org">MultiCraft</a> on a Gentoo Linux system. The PHP <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">USE</code> flags are important so you don’t have to recompile it three times like I did.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/07/12/independence.html">Independence</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-07-12"> 12 July 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><blockquote> <p>“When given a choice between independence and dependence, always choose independence; you will never regret that choice!”—Luke Smith</p> </blockquote> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/06/25/tmux-minecraft.html">How to use tmux to send and receive things from your Minecraft server</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-06-25"> 25 June 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>So recently I had problem. I run a Minecraft server on a big Linux computer I have running in my room. Now, as a system administrator it is very helpful to be able to run some simple commands without needing to login with my key, password, TFA, etc. It is, frankly, a lot of work. Especially when I really just want to be playing games but I just need to check something quickly.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/06/04/site-update.html">Site Update</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-06-04"> 04 June 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>I updated the site with some easier to identify information about me and my projects :)</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/05/19/clue-announcement.html">New Game: Clue (coming soon)</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-05-19"> 19 May 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>Ooo! Exciting! Today I want to announce a new project I’ll be working on which should be live within the month of May: Clue.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/05/01/nginx-socket-io-projects.html">How to use NGINX as a reverse-proxy server for a Node.js application using socket.io</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-05-01"> 01 May 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>Despite the long name of the article, I have a feeling this may apply to more people than I might think. If you have a Node.js application which needs socket.io connections that you want to pass throgh nginx’s <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">reverse_proxy</code> directive then this is the article for you!</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/04/25/xss.html">What is XSS?</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-04-25"> 25 April 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>I found a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack in a well-known quiz hosting website. I disclosed the vulnerability to them years ago, so I thought now might be a good time to write about it.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/04/21/rfi.html">rfi: A Simple Linux utility to get a random file from a directory</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-04-21"> 21 April 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>I made a <a href="https://lbry.tv/@tait:7/rfi:5">little video</a> about this script I wrote:</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/04/12/nas1.html">NAS Part 1: Theorize</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-04-12"> 12 April 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>New Project, phase one: Theorize.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/04/06/rsa4.html">How To Encrypt Your Own Documents Using gpg</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-04-06"> 06 April 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>If you have ever wanted to garuntee the utmost security of your emails and documents, then this is the guide for you! It should be noted that in some circles the tools used are more common than in others. These are the everyday tools of many privacy advocates and computer nerds.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/04/02/rsa3.html">How Asymetric Encryption Works</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-04-02"> 02 April 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>In a few previous articles I have explained <a href="/2020/01/26/rsa1.html">why encryption may be important to you</a> and <a href="/2020/02/19/rsa2.html">how the theory behind encryption works</a>. I did not yet explain the system of asymetric cryptography, however. That is what this article is for.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/02/19/rsa2.html">How Does Encryption Work, in Theory?</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-02-19"> 19 February 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>There are many kinds of encryption used in our everyday communication. Online and offline, over the internet and in person. In this article, I will explain the basics of how encryption should work in theory. I explain in <a href="/2020/01/26/rsa1.html">this article</a> why encryption is important, and why <em>you</em> should care about it.</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/01/26/rsa1.html">Is Encryption Worth It?</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-01-26"> 26 January 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>What is the most embarassing thing you have typed into Google search? What is the most personal secret you told a friend in confidence? What is your bank password? What is your business’s secret to stay ahead of the competition?</p> </div> </article> <article> <header> <h2 class="post-title"> <a class="post-title-link" href="/2020/01/22/padding-and-margin.html">Padding And Margin</a> </h2> <time class="post-date" datetime="20-01-22"> 22 January 2020 </time> </header> <div class="post-excerpt"><p>Many people have expressed confusion over how padding and margins work in HTML/CSS. I have been one of those people. In this short article I will explain what the differences are between the two, and how it may affect the functionality of your site.</p> </div> </article> </main> <hr> <footer> This page is mirrored on <a href="https://beta.tait.tech/blog/">beta.tait.tech</a>. </footer> </div> </body> </html> |
