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  1. Authenticity's Triumph

    Note: Other than for illustrative purposes, no LLMs were used in the creation of this content. All opinions, typos, em dashes, and uses of

    Culture 25 MIN

  2. The Outrage Oscillation Theory

    Note: When writing this post, I made a deliberate decision to remain as politically neutral as possible. The theory I am about to outline

    Sociology 7 MIN

  3. Why Honesty About Our Passions Matters

    In the tech industry, we’re often driven by a relentless pursuit of innovation, efficiency, and more recently, growth. I’ve built my career

    Introspection 5 MIN

  4. Pianoteq 8 Released for iPhone and iPad

    I am pleased to share that Modartt has released the long-awaited Pianoteq 8 for iOS (iPhone/iPad). As of this writing, Modartt hasn’t

    Music 2 MIN

  5. Preamp Vacuum Tubes for Jazz and Blues Guitarists

    If you’re a jazz or blues guitar player, there is a good chance you’re not interested in much distortion in your tone.

    Music Tech 2 MIN

  6. The Visual Study of Vacuum Tubes

    Understanding how to perform the visual study of vacuum tubes can enable you to readily identify the unique characteristics and applications of a given

    Vintage Tech 5 MIN

  7. The Unmatched Beauty of the Rhodes Electric Piano

    In the last week of 2021 I purchased the above Rhodes electric piano (or EP for short), a 1975 Rhodes Mk. I Stage Eighty

    Gear 5 MIN

  8. Studiologic Numa X Piano GT: A Well-Rounded Digital Piano

    This story starts in an unexpected place: In mid-February, Clavia Digital Music Instruments of Stockholm, Sweden teased the imminent release of the Nord Stage

    Gear 4 MIN

  9. The EICO 667 Vacuum Tube Tester

    I was recently fortunate enough to get my hands on a workhorse vacuum tube tester, the EICO Model 667 Dynamic Conductance Tube and Transistor

    Vintage Tech 4 MIN

  10. Artifacts of Unbridled Consumerism

    I feel ashamed at the thought that thousands of years from now our descendants may discover what I refer to as Artifacts of Unbridled

    Introspection 2 MIN

  11. Metamorphosis: Variety is the Spice of Life

    This blog is now 13 years old, certainly a relic by Internet standards. It’s now 2023, and it’s been some time since

    4 MIN

  12. Build Your Own Home Router

    Today we’re going to build a router. Yes, that’s right, we’re venturing into networking, which for many is uncharted, technically daunting

    Tutorials 20 MIN

  13. Setup a Headless Raspberry Pi with Raspbian Jessie on OS X

    To celebrate Halloween I’ve decided to put together a guide that will show you how to install Raspbian Jessie, the (as of this

    Administration 5 MIN

  14. Updating the BIOS firmware on the Supermicro X9DRW-iF

    Yesterday evening I posted a detailed tutorial that explains how to flash/update the IPMI firmware on the X9DRW-iF server from Supermicro. Today I’

    Administration 3 MIN

  15. Flashing the IPMI firmware on a Supermicro X9DRW-iF

    I recently tasked myself with bringing IPMI up to date on a Supermicro X9DRW-iF server. This can be quite dangerous, as a bad IPMI

    Administration 5 MIN

  16. Automating Your MacOS X Deploy - Part I

    In this post, I’ll begin to demonstrate how beneficial it can be to automate some of the more tedious tasks involved with setting

    Administration 4 MIN

  17. How To Disable Java on OS X Lion to Protect from Zero-Day Bug

    A Java zero-day exploit was reported today. Here’s how to disable Java on Mac OS X Lion so that for the time being,

    Administration 1 MIN

  18. Fixing OpenLDAP Authentication on OS X Lion

    If you’ve upgraded to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) from Mac OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard), and you’re managing

    Administration 2 MIN

  19. Setup a Django VM with Vagrant, VirtualBox, and Chef

    If you’ve decided that you want to learn the Django framework, but you don’t know where to begin, you’ve come to

    Tutorials 6 MIN

  20. Tip: Easily Find Files In The Current Directory

    If we insert the following function into our .bashrc or .zshrc we can then easily run what I call a “quick find” on the

    Linux 1 MIN

  21. Using Git and Github to Manage Your Dotfiles

    If you use OS X or Linux on your desktop/servers, you may be at a point where you have configured a lot of

    Tutorials 7 MIN

  22. Spotlight - namebench

    Almost every single time you visit a website you are using DNS. DNS serves a lot of functions, but the most frequent thing most

    Spotlight 2 MIN

  23. Fix for Ubuntu 10.04 Server USB Install

    A bunch of tricky issues arise when trying to install Ubuntu Server from a USB drive. Also, there exists a bug in the GRUB

    Administration 3 MIN

  24. Fix for MySQL Community Server 5.5.8 on Snow Leopard

    I recently installed MySQL Community Server 5.5.8 on one of my MacBooks. One of the nice things about the DMG version of

    Administration 1 MIN

  25. Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 10.10

    In my post, Install CakePHP on Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.10, we took an in-depth view into installing CakePHP on Ubuntu 10.10.

    Administration 8 MIN

  26. Install CakePHP on Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.10

    CakePHP is a framework that allows for rapid PHP development. I recently installed it on one of my home test servers and there were

    Administration 5 MIN

  27. Drupal 7 Released

    Today Drupal 7 Final was officially released into the wild. Drupal is a content management system (CMS). This basically means that it can be

    Administration 1 MIN

  28. Download the Linux Source Code

    It is said that the best way to learn how to program is to read and modify other people’s code. Through an open,

    Linux 1 MIN

  29. Basic Ubuntu Linux: sudo and apt-get

    The power of Linux lies in the strength of it’s terminal and the ability to process complex commands. New users may be a

    Linux 4 MIN

  30. The Art and Balancing Act of Flexibility

    When developing any application, it’s important to ask oneself, “How much flexibility am I granting the end user?” The programs that run on

    Programming 2 MIN

  31. Introducing The Smalley Creative Blog

    I’ve been doing I.T. consulting work for a long enough time that I feel I have something to contribute to the community

    Introspection 1 MIN