Category Archives: Geek

“We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.” –Carl Sagan

SoftEther VPN, follow-up

Posted on 17 December 2016 by matthannan

I am writing at work on my laptop which is connected via WiFi to the guest network.
This guest network dumps you straight out to the Internet, but subjects you to internal proxy rules.
No Social Web anything. And, quite honestly, screw these guys and their data collections.… Read the rest

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SoftEther VPN

Posted on 16 December 2016 by matthannan

So, long story short, I will no longer be an AT&T employee as of Dec 31. On Jan 1, I begin the next chapter in my career, working for a small company based out of North Carolina. They usually are a contractor shop, but due to the nature of the support required by my client, my whole team has been on-boarded.… Read the rest

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Start, Run, cmd: Ping a range of IPs

Posted on 14 July 2016 by matthannan

Source: Start, Run, cmd: Ping a range of IPs… Read the rest

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Home Movies

Posted on 28 December 2015 by matthannan

I recently installed a larger capacity hard drive in my computer at home. I went from two 250GB drives to a 1.5TB drive. I also freed up a 1TB external USB drive that I was using for Downloads and general backups.… Read the rest

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My Find-A-Grave Link

Posted on 17 May 2015 by matthannan
















Search Matt Hannan’s cemetery records at by entering a surname and clicking search:






Restrict search to
Surname








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A good start to the summer plans

Posted on 15 May 2015 by matthannan

Have a look at my autosomal DNA matches graph.

The goal this summer is to meld my geekiness with my genealogical pursuits.
Java, which was pretty much selected from a hat as a course of study for me, is going to play a big role in this.… Read the rest

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Static route for ICS

Posted on 17 March 2015 by matthannan

route -p add 10.25.68.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.137.250… Read the rest

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Blizzard 2015

Posted on 27 January 2015 by matthannan

Snowmageddon 2015 in Attleboro.
This doesn’t seem all that bad, but keep an eye on the chainlink fence across the street.

And, sorry, folks, but I bungled the start of the storm by using inferior and untested software on the camera.… Read the rest

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Say Goodbye to VLOOKUP, and Hello to INDEX-MATCH | eImagine Technology Group

Posted on 2 January 2015 by matthannan

=INDEX(nodes.csv!$A$1:$A$31,MATCH(C2,nodes.csv!$B$1:$B$31,0))

Say Goodbye to VLOOKUP, and Hello to INDEX-MATCH | eImagine Technology Group.… Read the rest

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Censorship

Posted on 2 October 2014 by matthannan

Certain words are not allowed to be posted on my phpBB forum.
This is not by my doing and, as far as I have been able to dig through the phpBB menu system, is not phpBB.

That leaves me thinking that this might be an anti-spam enforcement from my host, Namecheap.… Read the rest

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