Calling all ye Flynns, Draddys and Donohues!

Posted on 23 March 2017 by matthannan

So, Uncle Sam took a good bite out of me this year, so there wasn’t near the amount of available money that I was hoping for, but I did talk myself into buying a little something for myself from my last AT&T bonus.… Read the rest

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Sunset in Suburbia

Posted on 20 February 2017 by matthannan

Greenville sunset. Having a look around the new ‘hood. Remote said it was up 275 feet. Could have gone up much higher than that, but I didn’t want to risk losing it in a tree or the neighbor’s yard.

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VPN Update

Posted on 31 January 2017 by matthannan

So, since my last post, we have moved houses. States even. We are now in Greenville, RI, which has made my commute very interesting. I had to buy a car, in fact, just to get to the train. More on that later.… Read the rest

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Atkinson

Posted on 2 January 2017 by matthannan

My mother’s mother’s paternal line.
I have been tracking these folks like Boba Fett.
While taking a break from actual genealogy and waiting for the results of some DNA tests, I decided to gather together all of the interesting/pertinent emails that have passed between my mother and I about this branch of the tree.… Read the rest

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Victory is…compromise

Posted on 30 December 2016 by matthannan

Before I left work yesterday, I started the process to nuke the hard drive in my AT&T laptop.
With the holiday looming, I wanted to get it in the mail back to my soon to be former boss ASAP.
This also left me with finally landing my personal laptop on my desk for reals.… Read the rest

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Hubsan H502E

Posted on 26 December 2016 by matthannan

First flight with my Hubsan H502E drone. Thanks, Santa Mom & Santa Pop! This thing is a honey! When you take your hands off the sticks, it just hangs there in the air. And, it even will return to the same spot where it took off from.… Read the rest

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Santa done brung me a drone!

Posted on 26 December 2016 by matthannan

First flight… Read the rest

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VICTORY IS MINE!

Posted on 22 December 2016 by matthannan

It is so beautiful, I could cry!

Not really, but I am wicked happy about this.
Laptop “Mobile” via iPhone to OpenVPN on OpenWRT.
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OpenWRT, follow-up

Posted on 22 December 2016 by matthannan

It has been a really, really good day on the router front.
I am very happy with OpenWRT and you should be, too.
Everything is cranking right along with plenty of room to spare.
With the help of these links, I was able to get my DNS server settings pointing to OpenDNS, even in IPv6.… Read the rest

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Hello from…

Posted on 21 December 2016 by matthannan

Mobile the Laptop, connected via my iPhone’s hotspot to the OpenVPN server running on the OpenWRT router!

I can see devices on the network, but only the wireless one. I am wondering if this is a firewall issue or something. In any event, it should be easy to fix.… Read the rest

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