Blackmail variant – 2022-06-20
“I’m going to make you an offer you can’t refuse!” Seriously? Hi! I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse. If reputation means a...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Upgrading the chassis
I realize this will sound hypocritical in the wake of what I said with the latest update on Amethyst. But I did say to only swap out the chassis and power suppl...
The seed is planted
Article: I found out my husband is sexually attracted to my sister. I don’t know what to do. This one’s a doozy. First, let’s give an executiv...
Blackmail variant – 2022-05-01
Been a while since I’ve received one of these. This came in with the email subject “You have an outstanding payment. Debt settlement required.”...
Amethyst finally gets an upgrade
Wow it’s been a while since I’ve written on Amethyst. But there really hasn’t been much in the way of changes to it aside from a platform upgr...
When you see it
It isn’t often that scammers make things as plain as day.
No, charging an EV from a generator does not use less than a gas-powered car
I recently came across this on Facebook: So is this true? Not even close. Lets plug some numbers into this. Someone feel free to double-check my numbers here if...
Blackmail variant – 2022-03-15
Okay, I’m just going to start naming these the date I first receive them. I can’t keep trying to come up with new article titles for all of these. A...
Blackmail variant – 2022-02-23
This one is very similar to the one I posted on Jan 16. Almost identical, in fact, and I nearly did not post this due to that. The slight difference is this one...
Adding an SLOG… or not
Let me preface this: for most home NAS users, any kind of cache devices with ZFS are a waste. Only if you are frequently copying a lot of files to your NAS or m...