RobMeerman.co.uk

VPN over SSH - Improve iptables commands

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-06-27T15:40:47+00:00

VPN over SSH * Server: GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) -- 172.16.0.1 * Client: MacOS/BSD (El Capitan, v10.11.5) -- 172.16.0.2 Create and configure a tunnelled connection between client and server, via tun0 interfaces: * Go install on the Mac, it is needed by

USB Booting - Add Plop Boot Manager

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-05-30T09:30:19+00:00

USB Booting Enter GRUB and run: chainloader (hd1)+1 (Source: ) Note that this requires your GRUB bootloader has been built with support for USB. If that's not the case I've heard that Plop Boot Manager can help. (I've not personally tried it.)

OSX (MacOS) - [GPG with remote forwarding]

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-13T13:19:43+00:00

OSX (MacOS) A page for applications and tips relating to Apple's OS: OSX. Specifically, OSX versions “Lion” 10.7.3 through to 10.9 “Mavericks” on my 13-inch late-2013 MacBook Pro with Retina display. Terminal Emulator (improved) A Terminal application, with some nice bells and whistles. Exposé for tabs, search all windows (with highlighting), action replay!

Unixy Stuff - [X11: Client is not authorized to connect to Server]

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-12-13T13:55:15+00:00

Unixy Stuff I run Linux at home, and use it constantly at work. On the those few occasions then I have to work on a Windows box I use Cygwin (a unix-like shell for Windows(TM)). Note: This are also includes web-related things, such as Apache, which arn't really specific to unix & linux systems

3D Printing - created

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-11-03T15:22:36+00:00

3D Printing My notes regarding Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) / Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM™) additive manufacturing (or “3D printing”) on my Prusa MINI+. Drying filament Most informative take I've seen on this, from the page comments on Beat Moisture Before It Kills Your 3D Printing Filament - MatterHackers: " I would assert that since “drying” filament never requires heat in the range of water's boiling point, that all filament drying depends ENTIRELY on the RH of the surrounding ai…

Links

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-09-18T20:36:37+00:00

Links This page is meant to be like my bookmarks, only used infrequently (I only install software once typically..) SQL * Transactions in SQL -- Talks about SELECT ... FOR UPDATE and locks Web-based applications Most useful for when you are not at your own PC.

Fusion 360 - created

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-08-09T19:08:51+00:00

Fusion 360 My notes on using Autodesk Fusion 360's personal hobbyist edition on a Macbook Pro. Native Trackpad gestures Pinch-and-zoom, pan with two fingers, etc:

OctoPi

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-07-11T15:31:28+00:00

OctoPi Configure Wi-Fi Run raspi-config which will create/update /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. Then create /etc/network/interfaces.d/wlan0 auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp up iwconfig wlan0 power off # Disable power saving, so it stays on. Confusing, right?

ExpressVPN Access Point using a Raspberry Pi 4 - Reduce dropped INPUT traffic to just DHCP (was also blocking ARP requests, so my wired side would never find the MAC address of the Raspberry Pi)

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-04-25T20:13:38+00:00

ExpressVPN Access Point using a Raspberry Pi 4 * Hardware: Raspberry Pi 4, model B * OS: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) * Network: * eth0 (wired) connected to home network: * CIDR: 192.168.167.0/24 * DHCP range: 192.168.167.100 to 192.168.167.250

RobMeerman.co.uk - Remove broken Last.FM images

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-09-28T16:59:07+00:00

RobMeerman.co.uk Welcome to the personal website of Robert Meerman. Oratory Photos now on Facebook ["The Society" pose next to their trophy mini-bus] It's moved to Facebook. You may not be able to view it unless your a friend, but to be honest it's not of much interest if you're not. The site General

Jupyter Notebooks - [Creating Certificates, Private Keys, and a Certificate Authority]

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-08-24T16:15:03+00:00

Jupyter Notebooks Installing, on Ubuntu 14.04 # python -V Python 2.7.6 # pip -V pip 19.1.1 # pip install jupyter 'tornado<=5.0' 'jsonschema<3.2.0' Configuration Configured to use TLS Client certificate to login, rather than password, and HTTPS.

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robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2017-11-20T16:47:01+00:00

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robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2015-07-17T16:58:13+00:00

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robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-03-01T20:22:17+00:00

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robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-03-01T19:43:45+00:00

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robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-02-20T19:42:36+00:00

osx:controllermate_properties.png - created

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-02-20T19:42:23+00:00

osx:osx.png - created

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-02-16T13:34:54+00:00

osx:bartender1024.jpg - created

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-02-16T13:33:37+00:00

osx:magicprefs.png - created

robm (robm@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-02-16T13:29:35+00:00