I recently needed to set up a temporary network to test some ideas around microservices and proxies.  I didn't want to run any of these tests on systems I use regularly because they were truly experimental hacks.  I decided I could run them on Raspberry Pis and just use throwaway Raspbian images.  I was looking through the closet in my 0ffice for...

I have a Linux NAS that I use to back up various things around the house. One day, I was unable to log into it via SSH. After I attempted a manual restart, I was still unable to log in. So, I had to drag a mouse, keyboard and monitor out of the closet to determine what was wrong. Turns out I...

In my previous post [https://doyleyoung.net/beaglebone-black/], I introduced the hardware for my new Quake 3 server. I evaluated multiple Quake 3 projects that could be used for both the client and the server. Ultimately, I decided to use the ioquake3 [http://ioquake3.org/] open source version for both client and server. After some testing with various numbers of bot and...

I purchased a BeagleBone Black Rev C [http://beagleboard.org/black] with the intention of turning it into a portable Quake 3 server. I also picked up a simple case [https://www.adafruit.com/products/1555] and a power supply [https://www.adafruit.com/products/276] from adafruit [https://www.adafruit.com/] who had everything I wanted in stock. Plus the entire...