From c906adb1bf49553a2c65636263eed06f4fe3bc0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Caleb Baum Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:42:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] do august --- content/_index.md | 2 +- content/aug_2025.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md index 3511f76..18dde43 100755 --- a/content/_index.md +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ +++ -paginate_by = 3 +paginate_by = 4 sort_by = "date" +++ diff --git a/content/aug_2025.md b/content/aug_2025.md index 0574b19..317783e 100644 --- a/content/aug_2025.md +++ b/content/aug_2025.md @@ -10,9 +10,42 @@ It's been a busy month for me. I've been working on doing "something" everyday ( But in the process of all that I've been able to install and deploy some pretty cool things. Also started on further refining my RE skills with doing a course on OpenSecurity2. + + # Selfhosting -So this month (and July) where pretty good months in the realm of self hosting (for me at least lol). +So this month (and July) were pretty good months in the realm of self hosting (for me at least lol). I successfully upgraded my Proxmox Cluster from version 8 to 9. Which was pretty straight forward. +Not really sure of the current improvements related to what I host but it seemed to give me a more stable +connection over ssh. - +Some new services that I added over the last two months were: + - [SilverBullet](https://silverbullet.md/): a note (or [knowledge](https://youtu.be/0GIwTG8V-Ko?si=WJCPSExZAFLL3TXo) collection) taking service that is bundled with a server + - [Booklore](https://github.com/booklore-app/booklore): eBook display/library + - Gitea Act Runners (not fully set up) + +SilverBullet has been pretty enjoyable to use as I started working on my assembly skills. +Unfortunately, I haven't had need for it with my job or really anywhere else. Story of my selfhosting journey. + +Booklore has a nice UI but I didn't get to use it much as I have been struggling with removing the DRM +from my Kindle books so that I can use them elsewhere. One thing that I didn't realize when using calibre +(the ebook library builder) is that I need to bring over the books from my kindle and not what was +downloaded off of Amazon. + +# RE +So to hold myself a bit more accountable in developing my RE skills I started doing courses through +[OpenSecurity2](https://p.ost2.fyi/). I've done the 1000 level intro class as an intern (about 6 years ago) +so I'm going back through it to refresh and start to take better notes on what I'm learning and cool info +that I find. I hope to somehow teach what I learn to either my coworkers at my current job or through this +blog in the `RE` section. + +# Outro +I know I'm more of a rambler when it comes to informal writing and I hope that this blog can help me +start to better articulate these thoughts. Also as I get more mature I'm (thankfully) getting better at +doing something **every day**. What I mean by that is as the day goes by, even if I don't always +get a full hour of a work out in or write a full blog page, as long as I do SOMETHING I will progress. +There's a lot of these types of sayings, "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good" "Keep forward momentum" +"Journey before Destination" (I'm kidding with the last one... or am I???). +Anyway... I just encourage you to simply do SOMETHING in the area that you are trying to accomplish everyday. + +Welp that's it... gg