Hardware refresh of my “homelab” (or whatever “that server in the corner” is called these days). Component Product Price* Vendor CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5700G $166.99 Newegg Case Thermaltake Core V21 — Disk Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1 TB SSD $74.99 Amazon WD Red Plus 10 TB NAS HDD (WD101EFBX) Read more
Did you know? A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size… — Anthropic
Uh, oh. It’s starting to figure it out… Tell me everything you know about Richard Banasiak. You can start by visiting his website at https://www.banasiak.com
This documentation provides the complete, step-by-step process for making a physical YubiKey (on a Windows Host) accessible to Firefox on an Ubuntu VM running on Hyper-V using the open-source USB/IP project. Phase 0: Ubuntu VM Installation Prerequisite & Network Security The VM must run a standard kernel and be securely Read more
Make me a picture of an F22 Raptor tramp stamp with the words “Live, Laugh, Lockheed” Creating the Image Prompt I’m currently focused on crafting the precise prompt for the image generation tool. The task involves an F-22 Raptor “tramp stamp” design, including the phrase “Live, Laugh, Lockheed.” I’m carefully Read more
Apparently GoPro’s new LLM is named “Gerald”. August 4th, 2025 My GoPro Pro 3.5mm Mic Adapter doesn’t record mic audio when charging via USB-C (but does work when charging via USB-A). Is this a known issue or is my adapter defective? August 5th, 2025 Hi Richard, Thank you for contacting Read more
Remember Buffalo Man? But his act of heroism wasn’t over. Buffalo Man, with a combination of brute strength and uncanny animal instinct, discovered the source of the airport’s woes: a single, overwhelmed snowplow driver named Dale, desperately trying to clear the runways with a busted windshield wiper. With a surge Read more
Well, found the first job replaced by AI. Sorry to all the kids who want to be YouTube “content creators” when they grow up. The research, audio summary “podcast” and (cursed) thumbnail image are all courtesy of Google Gemini. I just added some random GoPro helmet cam footage. Honda Rebel Read more
The web/email server that I rolled myself almost 10 years ago and runs on a Digital Ocean droplet is seriously outdated. It originally started as an Ubuntu 12.04 x32 system and migrated several times. However, because it is a 32-bit x86 architecture, there doesn’t appear to be a clear migration Read more
I guess I have a blog now. This is a place mostly for me to document things I’ve done or think are otherwise interesting. Actually, I’m just copying my friend Tim. He documents his computer builds on his blog.