Rick Altherr @kc8apf@mastodon.cloud

Reminder: I offer free mentoring and mock interviews. Embed sys, C++, perf analysis, at-scale monitoring, and more. Grab a spot on my calendar at http://calendly.com/kc8apf.

Line trimmer has a compatible, but not OEM, carburetor. Worked on it for an hour before realizing high and low speed adjust are reversed from OEM. 🤦

Preparing for winter with a new wood rack built from scraps. Trips to the wood shed should be much less frequent.

Found a really good deal on Akro-Mils bins on Craigslist. Finally sorted my common cables.

NXP has updated a few LPC55S69 documents since our DEFCON talk. Spreadsheet attachment removed from UM11126. AN12868 changed "hidden coprocessor" to "dedicated processor." Still no public notification of CVE-2021-31531. Feels more like a coverup than an disclosure.

Starting my next PC build

Calibrating...
Calibrating...

Had an opportunity to practice lock picking under pressure today. Got my partner's office door open before their next meeting.

Once again reminded that Network Solutions has no obvious way to enable DNSSEC for a domain and that domains with expirations >10 years in the future can't be transferred. Only 1 more year before I can change registrars.

Feeling more engineering manager than SWE lately. Not necessarily a bad thing.

Wow. Still shrink wrapped

With Jay's help, tilted back Big Chippin's chute to get access to the cutter head and chip breaker. Pretty sure that chute is made out of 1/8" steel and weighs 300+lbs. It was a struggle.

In love with this template.

Something has gone awry with this 1/4" mandrel. That it occurred with a hand drill tells you how my wrist feels right now.

Kids helped frame out the gables today. Only required one trip to town for lumber, screws, and root beer floats.

First attempt at spring rolls turned out ok.

Major blackberry removal today. All the fresh dirt in the photo had 4' tall blackberries. 60" brush mower and loader with tooth bar made all that a 4h job.