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9/11: 25 Years Later
Twenty-five years from a particular event is a long time, at least within the scope of the average human lifespan. Twenty-five years ago, one year felt like an eternity. Continue reading ...
Bumping Integrated GPU Memory Limits
I have a small AMD-based AI setup with 64 GB of system RAM, and that sounds like a lot of memory for an integrated GPU - but it isn’t. Turns out that the GPU doesn’t necessarily get to use all of what’s available. Continue reading ...
Containerized ComfyUI with ROCm 10 on the Minisforum N5 Pro Running TrueNAS
If you have a Minisforum N5 Pro running TrueNAS, there’s a good chance you’ve got a surprisingly capable AI accelerator sitting in your rack that you’re not doing much with. Continue reading ...
Under Our Own Power
A few weeks ago, I was looking at a PC I helped build, sitting next to a PlayStation, and asked a friend’s son a pretty ordinary question. Continue reading ...
What Does “Zero Trust” Actually Mean?
The Panama Canal is one of those pieces of infrastructure that’s easy to take for granted until you stop and think about what it’s actually doing. Continue reading ...
What Happens When a CVE Becomes a KEV?
Every week, I help put together Blumira Briefings, a short security news program aimed at IT departments and MSPs from Blumira. Continue reading ...
The Language We Inherit From Machines
I’ve been thinking about AI watermarks again. Not the invisible kind, but the kind that is much more obvious. Continue reading ...
DNS Decisions: Recursive, Authoritative, and Forwarding Explained
DNS is one of those things that starts simple and becomes complicated as a result of success. Continue reading ...
The Real Watermark is You
I don’t care about Claude’s watermark. That’s probably not the opening statement you expected from someone writing about Anthropic, Claude, and the growing controversy around AI-generated text. I really don’t. Continue reading ...
I Like My Web Servers Basic AF
I’ve spent a surprisingly large portion of my career thinking about web servers. My first real exposure was Apache, back when I was getting into Slackware. Continue reading ...