Category: Computers

PolyGen @ EMF Camp

This post is mostly a placeholder until I can update it. For now please check the main website https://gen.polyb.io This page will contain more information about how the game works. Some useful links to the information already published. Code used in the game (as of a week ago, the live code has changed a bit…


Being your own Certificate Authority

Having a box of old RaspberryPi computers kicking around I wanted to make sure they weren’t just languishing around doing nothing. One problem I’ve hit recently is that many devices have self-signed certificates installed, giving certificate errors I have to bypass every time I access them. Why not use an RaspberryPi to be my certificate…


Lenovo Laptop – Not charging while booted

A problem that occurred a few years ago return – my laptop a Lenovo T540p would not charge while it was booted.  However shut it down and it charges fine!  This problem had just suddenly appeared and was very obviously not a hardware issue.  I disabled the power services and remove the battery management entry…