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• ZFS Inode Generations
  Quickly determining the ZFS transaction generation of an inode.
  Posted on February 21, 2019 to ZFS
• Sudo-less TLS with Let's Encrypt
  `acme.sh` brings a straighforward setup.
  Posted on September 06, 2017 to Let's Encrypt / TLS/SSL / dev-ops
• A Bondmode Band-Aid
  In which an ever-ready watch keep standing up the bond when it spontaneously falls down.
  Posted on February 03, 2017 to networking / open source / how-to
• PxrLMLayer Blending is Broken
  Layers only care about themselves.
  Posted on October 24, 2015 to SitG / RenderMan / rendering
• A Complete Shotgun Schema
  Reading the "private" schema for all the details.
  Posted on July 21, 2015 to Shotgun / VFX / pipeline / development
• Querying Private Shotgun Entities
  Deep linking your way into the internal API.
  Posted on July 14, 2015 to Shotgun / VFX / pipeline / TD
• A Pop-Up Says "You must update $PLUGIN"
  It is okay to respond to these sorts of prompts, and here is why.
  Posted on July 13, 2015 to netsec
• Static Libraries in a Dynamic World
  Creating more honest versions of wrapped APIs.
  Posted on July 04, 2015 to Python / development
• WordPress, and the Pingback of Death
  The journey to discover why I couldn't keep a website up.
  Posted on March 07, 2015 to netsec / PHP / devops
• When to NOT Linearize Your Textures
  Although most images are non-linear, sometimes you should leave them that way.
  Posted on February 27, 2015 to rendering / colour / VFX
• Repairing Python Virtual Environments
  When upgrading Python breaks our environment, we can rebuild.
  Posted on December 05, 2014 to Python / devops / development
• The Evils of Gamifying Git
  Your green squares do you little good, and encourage bad behaviour.
  Posted on October 26, 2014 to git / development / opinion / open source
• Checking IMAP for a Pulse
  When you don't trust your mail client to tell you everything.
  Posted on October 14, 2014 to IMAP / internet / protocols
• When Normals Aren't
  Classifying attributes as "normal" so Houdini will transform them.
  Posted on October 07, 2014 to Houdini / VFX
• Digital Ocean is Stingy on the Swap
  Sometimes a little swap space is all you need, but you have to put in a little effort for it.
  Posted on September 25, 2014 to devops / webdev
• Streamlining MySQL Authentication
  Quick tip for easy access.
  Posted on September 11, 2014 to devops / MySQL / databases
• Catching Comment Spam in a Honeypot
  How a tempting target can reveal automated spammers.
  Posted on September 07, 2014 to python / spam / website
• Parsing Python with Python
  (Ab)using the tokenize module.
  Posted on August 23, 2014 to Python / how-to
• "Are we getting the same SSL cert?"
  A tiny webapp to help answer that question.
  Posted on July 23, 2014 to development / security
• Which Python?
  Finding packages, modules, and entry points.
  Posted on July 21, 2014 to Python / how-to
• Where Does the `sys.path` Start?
  Constructing Python's `import` path
  Posted on May 23, 2014 to Python
• Dictionary Building for Word-Search
  Mining Wikipedia for a "geek" lexicon.
  Posted on January 06, 2014 to Python / puzzle / how-to
• Autocompleting Python Modules
  Simplifying the search for modules to execute from a shell.
  Posted on December 13, 2013 to Python / bash / how-to
• @classproperty
  Is this an amazing, or terrible idea?
  Posted on November 17, 2013 to Python / how-to
• Linear RAW Conversions
  The first step when using photos in your computer graphics.
  Posted on November 07, 2013 to linear workflow / photography / how-to
• How Not to Store Passwords: Adobe Edition
  A quick peek at the Adobe password breach.
  Posted on November 06, 2013 to security / passwords
• Yet Another Reason I Hate Time
  Posted on September 21, 2013 to time
• Git Metadata In-Band
  Moving configuration and hooks into the tree.
  Posted on September 18, 2013 to git / development
• Render Heatmaps
  Are pictures worth 1000 statistics?
  Posted on July 15, 2013 to rendering / development / RenderMan
• The UX of Coupon Codes
  How to (try to) avoid confusion and apprehension.
  Posted on June 28, 2013 to development / UX / UI
• Nginx May Cut You Off Early
  How the default configuration bit me.
  Posted on June 27, 2013 to Nginx / Shadows in the Grass
• My Report Card
  Posted on June 27, 2013 to open source / git / development
• RenderMan Textures from Python
  Posted on June 08, 2013 to RenderMan / Python / rendering
• Anatomy of a Maya Binary Cache
  DAGs all the way down.
  Posted on March 13, 2013 to Maya / Python / VFX
• Resources for Learning Python
  We can do this the hard way, or the easy way...
  Posted on March 01, 2013 to Python
• A Pool of Shotguns
  A transparent connection pool for the Shotgun API in heavily threaded environments.
  Posted on February 20, 2013 to Python / Shotgun
• SIGGRAPH 2012 - Day 5
  Until Next Year
  Posted on August 10, 2012 to SIGGRAPH
• SIGGRAPH 2012 - Day 4
  On Massive Projects
  Posted on August 09, 2012 to SIGGRAPH
• SIGGRAPH 2012 - Day 3
  Technical Papers - Video Processing
  Posted on August 08, 2012 to SIGGRAPH
• SIGGRAPH 2012 - Day 2
  Posted on August 07, 2012 to SIGGRAPH
• SIGGRAPH 2012 - Day 1
  Too Much to See
  Posted on August 06, 2012 to SIGGRAPH
• New Project: Haikuize
  Posted on June 13, 2012 to haiku / open source
• Pseudo suExec with PHP Behind Nginx
  For those who don't want to run more than one php-cgi... for some reason.
  Posted on March 17, 2012 to PHP / Nginx / devops
• Friendlier (and Safe) Blog Post URLs
  Posted on March 15, 2012 to website / URLs
• Ultimate physical limits to computation
  Lloyd, Seth. 2000. Ultimate physical limits to computation. Nature 406:1047–1054.
  Posted on March 12, 2012 to computer science / research
• The Gooch Lighting Model
  "A Non-Photorealistic Lighting Model For Automatic Technical Illustration"
  Posted on December 09, 2011 to lighting / rendering
• Cleaning Comments with Akismet
  Posted on November 26, 2011 to Akismet / website / spam
• New Demo Reel
  Posted on October 20, 2011 to Blind Spot / The Borgias / lighting / rendering
• Fangoria writes about "Blind Spot"
  Posted on October 20, 2011 to Blind Spot
• Torontoist writes about "Blind Spot"
  Posted on October 19, 2011 to Blind Spot
• "Blind Spot" Festival Run
  Posted on September 29, 2011 to Blind Spot
• RoboHash and Gravatar
  Posted on September 19, 2011 to RoboHash / Gravatar / website
• Canon XF100 to Apple ProRes
  As lossless as I can manage it.
  Posted on September 02, 2011 to video
• The many hidden versions in Dropbox
  Posted on July 21, 2011 to Dropbox
• OATH-Toolkit 1.10 on OS X: UPDATE
  Posted on July 18, 2011 to OATH / OS X / SSH / security
• New Cards
  Posted on June 01, 2011 to website
• One Time Passwords for SSH on Ubuntu and OS X
  Posted on May 28, 2011 to OATH / SSH / OS X / Ubuntu / security