life. my life.

briceorbryce. I like to help random people on tumblr with computer viruses ^_^ However... Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage(s) that may occur while you are trying to fix your computer/your tumblr page. Any advice you take, use, or follow is done at your own risk, and I am not liable if things FUBAR. My advice is based on what I read from google searches and what I know about malware. I do my best to help you because I know what it feels to have computer problems. cheers

[just-shower-thoughts]

Mammals both produce milk and have hair. Ergo, a coconut is a mammal.

[blogtitletaken]

I know you’re being facetious, but this is an actual issue with morphology-based phylogeny.

[castiel--for--king]

*leans over and whispers to person beside me* what are they talking about

[sonneillonv-deactivated20220218]

*leans over and whispers back*  Human ability to quantify and categorize natural phenomena is sketchy at best and wildly misleading at worst

[nonlinear-nonsubjective]

consider the coconut

[bemusedlybespectacled]

this reminds me of that time Plato defined humans as “featherless bipeds” and Diogenes ran in with a plucked chicken screaming “BEHOLD A MAN!”

[kascaban]

i love how you say “it reminds me of that time” like you were there.

[heartgemsona]

listen if an immortal feels brave and supported enough to come out we should respect them

[baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

This post is a journey

[virtuous-thing]

1 Reblog = 1 Respect

[dovewithscales]

I maintain that humans started attempting classify animals, and some god or another made the platypus, and is still laughing.

[eldbitch-horror]

Zeus: *hits joint* okay so like. It’s gonna have a duck bill right. But an otter body okay? And then a beaver tail. It’s a mammal. But. It lays eggs!

Hades: wait wait dude. Give it. Give it poison. Make it poisonous

[dovewithscales]

Athena: You mean venomous, and make sure the eggs have both reptile and bird traits. Hermes: *takes the joint* Give it extra senses. Poseidon: It should be aquatic.

[hyratel]

I MEAN where’s the lie

[dovewithscales]

Demeter: … And where exactly do you expect me to put this? Everyone: Australia.

[giada-luna]

Reblogging for that last exchange.

[hugintheraven]

@shanastoryteller

[bricebryce]

Man it’s exhausting

Creating your own certs.

I really think I should’ve installed the web service to go along with the Certificate Authority.

[bricebryce]

A wiki, finally

Finally, I’m talking about it lol

Yeah, I have a lot of drafts. Is there anything in them? Yeah, mostly notes about systems.

For example:

I’ve used tumblr drafts to take notes on some of the stuff I encounter when I have system problems. I document the solutions - which is mostly just copy pasting the cmds I used and links to websites - and just open a text draft to put them in.

Except a few months ago I transitioned to an actual wiki:

It’s kinda nice, but it’s wholly the reason I’ve abandoned my tumblr. So that’s why I hardly sign on

hehe

And I actually need to swap it out for a wiki that actually uses a database backend - it’s getting tiring using the format PmWiki uses. I’m thinking about using the one that Paul’s Security Weekly uses.

[bricebryce]

Hopefully that blog post makes sense hehe

Now I need to clean up my back up system again.

but first

I need to get rid some tabs I’ve been saving to take notes about

[bricebryce]

Just a quick post

Since I haven’t written anything here in ages (and anything in anyway technical in ... more ages?).

I just wanted to tell you the importance of backups for your files (and having snapshots).

Between August 18 and August 30 2016 I decided to get rid of two operating system ISO’s that I’ve been keeping for a long time (the date stamp on when it was created is 2013 lol).

If you’re unfamiliar with an operating system ISO (and it’s really just an ‘ISO’ - as Wikipedia says, there’s no set standard for the file format), it’s basically a file that holds the installation files to install an operating system.

The two operating system ISO’s I’m talking about are Windows server 2008 installation files. 2008 is a long time ago, particularly in computer years. As a result, Server 2k8 has left mainstream support back in 2015. Do I really need a system that’s so old I might need to replace it in a few years?

On top of it, I already have a Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine running and I barely use it. Just a couple days ago I made it a Certificate Authority so I can issue out certs from it. That’s the first time I’ve installed a role on it since I installed the system and set up file sharing.

So sometime between the 18th of August and the 30th, I must have deleted the files. When I look at my backups, the file system is drastically different, which means I must have done some housekeeping - getting rid of files I don’t (think I) need, making new directories and consolidating existing ones.

Come October 2017 and I decided to see if I can find some use for the old operating systems. However, it’s been so long that I forgot I removed the files from my backup system a long time ago!

Luckily, the way I back up my files is somewhat unique, imo. I use a Linux program called BackInTime, which is just a pretty GUI program that uses rsync and a couple other cool Linux features to take snapshots of the directories I want to back up. Rather than just drag and drop files onto a external HDD, I wanted something that could do small, incremental backups when I wanted to. Like any other computer user, I sometimes have to move around large files - maybe I want to back up a particular VM or save a Windows Server 2012 ISO (hehe). I want to do the least amount of work to back it up, and thanks to BackInTime, I do just that.

There’s a designated folder that I point the utility to and I just need to move the files I want to back up into it. The utility then finds any new files I’ve moved into the folder and (magically) backs it up.

It also saves files I’ve deleted from that folder. How? I’m not really sure... Rsync magic, I guess. In any case, I was able to go to August 18th 2016 and restore the particular snapshot for my files, thus getting my files back. 

[bricebryce]

I won’t finish it tonight.

tired

[bricebryce]

Everyone’s at Twitchcon and I’m writing a blog about backups and Back In Time.

[mykidjustsaid]

Studies have shown kids to be the number one factor in feeling ancient.

[makanidotdot]

A few of my friends who knew I was drawing the LoK FCBD comic asked if I was going to try and sneak Lin into it.  I did.

[disneystheweekenders]

More Ms. Tonitini awesomeness for your dashboard :)

[mykidjustsaid]

Sometimes I hate science. My little toe is a ouch-seeking missile.

[bryankonietzko]

This thing was waiting for me at my office today. Stellar work, Zwyer Industries! www.zwyerind.com

[michaeldantedimartino]

Yay, Korra!

[positivedoodles]

[drawing of a green alligator saying “Let’s keep making progress!” in a blue speech bubble.]

[thatdisasterauthor]

Super quick doodle comic done over breakfast about my feelings on the current state of things.

[mykidjustsaid]

All day long. Bring me the sweet things.

[best-of-memes]

[sparklepuff360-deactivated20181]

This is Tumblr in a nut shell

[mykidjustsaid]

We approve this message. Sort of.

[mykidjustsaid]

I once told my kids that if a hummingbird stopped flying, its heart would explode. Have you ever kidded your kid with any science or nature bull…droppings?