http://troseph.com Jesus saves; Buddha does incremental backups. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:16:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Build your own computer. Roll your own Linux distro. Brew your own beer. http://troseph.com/2008/12/3-things-any-geek-should-do/ I was bored and I decided to poke around with my new router. I found a couple cool things. Through a portscan I found it has a few ports open. 80  for the web interface. Telnet gets you this: telnet 192.168.2.1 80 Trying 192.168.2.1... Connected to 192.168.2.1. Escape character is '^]'. HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request Cache-control: no-cache Server: Ubicom/1.1 Content-Length: ... http://troseph.com/2008/12/checking-out-my-d-link-dir655/ I am almost done with the major projects for now. The house is completely liveable at this point. The fridge, dishwasher and stove are installed, I have internet service, a bed and a handful of food stuffs. Not too shabby. I plan on having the floor in the living room ... http://troseph.com/2008/12/getting-settled/ I am pooped. I have been working on the countertops and sink all day today. Plumbing sucks. Cats make it harder. http://troseph.com/2008/12/pooped/ Its awesome. These are all the same room. :) [gallery] http://troseph.com/2008/12/progress/ Ingredients: 3-4 Handfuls of your choice of peppers (dry or fresh, depends on what you want) 1 Handful of Salt "Enough" White Vinegar Method: Cut tops off of peppers. Place in blender with salt, and cover with white vinegar. Blend to the texture you desire. Take this mess of awesome to a sauce pot and ... http://troseph.com/2008/11/authentic-hot-sauce-recipe/ So I have a few updates on the house. Here are a list of new things we've done: Completely new floor in the back bedroom. Hang drywall in kitchen, and finish it. Texture living room and kitchen (big thanks to Shane Golding) Prime kitchen and living room. Paint the bedroom and library. New carpet in bedroom ... http://troseph.com/2008/11/long-long-way/ Just less than a month has passed since I bought this pile and it's actually starting to take shape. I'm amazed by all the help I've had from everyone. I'm finally able to imagine a finished product. My dad has been inspirational. He's put loads of work and thought into ... http://troseph.com/2008/11/houseto-do-update/ That's right. These were under the rotten floor in my house. http://troseph.com/2008/11/attack-of-the-mummy-cats/ Here are a few pictures of the house... There has been some awesome progress and some horrifying nightmares. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of the mummy cats on my Fuji. I'll grab them off my blackberry tomorrow at work. First the good stuff, progress: [caption id="attachment_176" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Ripped out the bathroom ... http://troseph.com/2008/11/progress-vs-nightmares/