Of Directories and inodes…
Earlier this year, a student asked me an interesting question, which I’ll paraphrase as such: “What’s the difference between files and directories in a Unix-...
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Wrapping up 2024
Happy new year, readers! 2025 is upon us and, once again, I’ve decided to write this conclusive article. Due to more changes in my personal life and the fact...
OpenWRT on the Pirelli DRG-A226M
Did you know that Pirelli, besides making F1 cars spin on water, used to have a subsidiary that manufactured broadband networking equipment? Pirelli Broadban...
Dissecting the HMC 4.5 system for fun (and profit?)
If you’ve read this blog before, you might already know that I like IBM systems, as they are weird and somewhat exotic compared to other manufacturers’. IBM’...
IBM 3151 Shenanigans!
I recently got an IBM 3151 ASCII Display Station, which is a (somewhat) VT100-compatible terminal with a nice IBM look and feel to it. My unit has a green tu...