Author: Duncan
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Renovating the studio – part 13
Scratch coat went on today, window installed, and the top of the garden wall has been cemented. Found a local company that would take the old windows away for recycling; less than an hour between me calling them and the collection. Builder is going to take the old door tomorrow probably, and an older wooden […]
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Renovating the studio – part 12
The word of the day is “scudding” (archive) a building – a technique of throwing sand/cement mix at a wall to provide a keying surface for the scratch coat. The door has been offered up to the opening, and aligned. Window will get collected today, and then we’re on to scratch coat, and maybe some […]
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Trying at spuds again
Last year’s crop of spuds seemed to get hit by something like blight. However, I figured I’ll try again, and despite the temperatures, the crop is looking pretty good so far.
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The Return of the Builder (part 11)
My builder is back after a four month hiatus due to COVID restrictions. First order of business was to arrange for a skip to arrive tomorrow. I never added photos from the first fix electrics, so I’ll do that now. The plywood roof has been checked, and it needs to be replaced – it wasn’t […]
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UniFi breaks my WiFi
Ubiquiti has been in the tech news recently, and not for good reasons. That, however, is not what this post is about. I occasionally deign to log in to my local UniFi controller that’s running on the same Pi that runs my Pi-Hole installation. Did so two days ago, and there was a firmware update […]
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OpenSSH, Google Authenticator PAM module
I’ve been using the pam_duo module as 2FA for my SSH logins for probably 3+ years, but decided I want to try out simple TOTP-driven 2FA for my server. A quick skim of various guides on the ‘net, and it comes down to a few config changes. First, install the PAM module google_authenticator – libpam-google-authenticator […]
