May 5My Facebook Account Was Hacked Today. Let’s Talk Passwords.643Karen BrenchleyThanks for the shoutout, and I'm glad you found Diceware useful!Thanks for the shoutout, and I'm glad you found Diceware useful!1 min read1 min read
Mar 10Behold! A QR Code Generator That Doesn’t Suck!Awhile ago, I got into QR Codes. I’ve found them increasingly handy because I could make QR codes based on documents that I had stored in Google Docs, and then I could invite people to scan those QR Codes in person if I wanted to share what was in the…Qr Code2 min readQr Code2 min read
Mar 8Introducing Docker in VagrantIf you’re a Mac user, you have a few options for running Docker. Aside from Docker’s official client, there also exists Rancher Desktop and Podman. I’ve used them all, and they’re all decent implementations of Docker. …Docker3 min readDocker3 min read
Feb 18Displaying Your Wireless Network in the Touch Bar on a MacbookIf you have a Macbook laptop, you’re probably familiar with the touch bar. It’s a neat little LED display above the top row of your keyboard that Mac OS/X uses to display context-sensitive widgets. …MacBook4 min readMacBook4 min read
Feb 4I Created an AI Chatbot of Gritty, and it is HorrifyingLiving 20 minutes from downtown Philadelphia, I’m a big fan of our hockey mascot, Gritty. Recently I’ve been playing around with a website called character.ai, and one of the neat things that site lets you do is create bots based on characters, real or imaginary. For example, there is one…Gritty3 min readGritty3 min read
Jan 29Introducing FastAPI HttpbinI write a lot of back end code and sometimes have to make use of HTTP endpoints. Sometimes I want to test those endpoints. I used to use httpbin.org for my endpoint testing, but over time noticed that some of the endpoints were returning HTTP 5xx errors. Some investigation reveals…Fastapi2 min readFastapi2 min read
Nov 9, 2022A Git Workflow Using Rebase7906Chris BelyeaHi, I wrote an open source project that may be useful to you!Hi, I wrote an open source project that may be useful to you! https://github.com/dmuth/git-rebase-i-playground It lets you create a Git repo with synthetic commits and has sample exercises for doing different things within that repo, such as removing commits or squashing commits. (along with hints and answers) Building this project helped me understand the ins and outs of Git much better and I suspect there will be value for anyone else who works through the examples.1 min read1 min read
Oct 21, 2022What are the best QR code generators out there?60245Monika AdarshHi, can I submit my QR Code generator for consideration?Hi, can I submit my QR Code generator for consideration? It can be found at https://httpbin.dmuth.org/qrcode/ It's not fancy, but it's free, it's open source, and it's highly usable on a mobile device. :-)1 min read1 min read
Jun 24, 2022Using the Makeresults in Command in SplunkIf you’re been reading this blog for awhile, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Splunk, and I even went so far as to Dockerize it for use in a lab/testing environment. Well today I want to talk about a command in Splunk which I believe is seriously underrated…Splunk4 min readSplunk4 min read
Jan 9, 2022Back Up Your Google Drive Files with RcloneGoogle Drive is one of my favorite apps for storing and editing documents and spreadsheets. If don’t currently use Google Drive in place of Microsoft Office, I would recommend checking it out! That said, while it’s a useful tool, your files are being stored on somebody else’s computer, which means…Google Drive3 min readGoogle Drive3 min read
