HPR

hpr4403 :: How to get your very own copy of the HPR database

Released: Wednesday, 2025-06-18. Duration: 00:02:52. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: sql, hpr.

Commands to download and query the HPR database

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hpr4388 :: BSD Overview

Released: Wednesday, 2025-05-28. Duration: 00:42:56. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: bsd, freebsd, openbsd, netbsd.

norrist describes how you can be a real hacker and run BSD

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hpr4378 :: SQL to get the next_free_slot

Released: Wednesday, 2025-05-14. Duration: 00:28:26. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: sql, hpr.

norrist talks about SQL to find the next available HPR slot

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hpr4133 :: Mastodon as a way to comment to HPR episodes

Released: Wednesday, 2024-06-05. Duration: 00:19:40. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: python, mastodon, hpr.

norrist discusses commenting on the hpr mastodon bot's post

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hpr4091 :: Test Driven Development Demo

Released: Monday, 2024-04-08. Duration: 00:27:00. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: python, testing, pytest.

norrist uses pytest to demonstrate TDD with a trival HPR info app

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hpr4075 :: Making a Pomodoro Timer

Released: Friday, 2024-03-15. Duration: 00:19:50. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: circuit python, productivity.

norrist uses the pomodoro method to keep from getting fired.

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hpr4039 :: 3 ways to keep up with Youtube Channels

Released: Thursday, 2024-01-25. Duration: 00:10:04. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: youtube, php, rss.

norrist blasts out a quick episode about 3 ways he keeps up with youtube channels

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hpr4035 :: Processing podcasts with sox

Released: Friday, 2024-01-19. Duration: 00:22:41. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: podcast, sox, bash.

A poorly edited recording that was headed for the bin, but HPR needs shows

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hpr4028 :: Passwords with a Pi Pico

Released: Wednesday, 2024-01-10. Duration: 00:17:24. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: python, raspberry pi pico, passwords.

norrist uses a raspberry pi pico to type passwords

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hpr3823 :: Gitlab Pages for website hosting

Released: Wednesday, 2023-03-29. Duration: 00:26:00. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: static website, gitlab pages, docker, mysql, cicd, .

Three examples of using Gitlab's CICD to generate a website.

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hpr3799 :: My home router history

Released: Thursday, 2023-02-23. Duration: 00:32:01. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: openbsd, ansible, router.

Recent router maintenance makes me remember all the fun I've had with my home network router

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hpr3758 :: First sysadmin job - war story

Released: Wednesday, 2022-12-28. Duration: 00:28:05. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: career, nfs, php.

How I got my first job as a sysadmin and a story about NFS

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hpr3656 :: Importance of Small toy projects

Released: Monday, 2022-08-08. Duration: 00:19:09. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: python, programming.

Toy projects are a great way to learn a new language, and a project I did just for fun.

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hpr3654 :: Use the data in the Ogg feed to create a website.

Released: Thursday, 2022-08-04. Duration: 00:13:27. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: python, rss, sqlite.

How much of of site can I make using only the data from the feed?

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hpr3637 :: HPR feed to Sqlite

Released: Tuesday, 2022-07-12. Duration: 00:07:34. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: python, rss, sqlite.

First step in creating a static copy of HPR

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hpr3496 :: How I record HPR Episodes

Released: Monday, 2021-12-27. Duration: 00:28:27. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: python, sox.

Some python to record short segments of audio.

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hpr3305 :: Nagios part 2

Released: Friday, 2021-04-02. Duration: 00:23:48. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: nagios, bash, snmp.

Follow up to hpr3264 - Notifications, SNMP, Remote Checks

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hpr3264 :: Intro to Nagios

Released: Thursday, 2021-02-04. Duration: 00:20:00. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: nagios, ubuntu.

Introduce some nagios basics and walk through setting up nagios on Ubuntu

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hpr3187 :: Ansible for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Released: Tuesday, 2020-10-20. Duration: 00:08:38. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: ansible, dhcp, dns, openbsd.

How I use ansible to configure my OpenBSD router

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hpr3177 :: Zero cost VPN

Released: Tuesday, 2020-10-06. Duration: 00:06:47. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: VPN, OpenVPN.

OpenVPN on a Free Tier VPS for securing phone trafic

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hpr3168 :: FreeBSD Jails and iocage

Released: Wednesday, 2020-09-23. Duration: 00:08:51. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: BSD.

Use iocage to manage freebsd jails

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hpr2181 :: Install OpenBSD from Linux using Grub

Released: Monday, 2016-12-12. Duration: 00:08:21. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: OpenBSD, grub2, install.

Install OpenBSD from Linux using Grub

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hpr2145 :: Daily notes and todo list with markdown

Released: Friday, 2016-10-21. Duration: 00:24:50. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Markdown, git, Bash.

How I use markdown and git to keep up with what I do

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hpr2113 :: sqlite and bash

Released: Wednesday, 2016-09-07. Duration: 00:14:54. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: bash, sqlite.

Using cron, du,sqlite, and bash to find directory growth

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