A Fix for Unifi Controllers Not Taking Your Firewall Rules
My UniFi controller stopped applying firewall changes. Two broken configuration symlinks turned out to be the cause. Here’s how I found and fixed them.
Writing
Patrick’s weblog, featuring posts dating back to 2002 on topics including technology, open source, networking, and various technical adventures.
Synchronizing Prompt, Terminal Emulator, and Tmux Colors
A small Rust project to coordinate colors across my shell prompt, terminal emulator, and tmux—and make it easier to recognize which machine I’m using over SSH.
Powerwalls and Eversource Battery Demand Response - How Much Did I Make in 2022?
What Eversource’s battery demand response program paid for my Powerwalls in 2022, how the program works, and what participating means for homeowners in Connecticut.
Amazon Thursday Night Football - A Bandwidth Story
A lot has been said about the fact that Amazon has exclusive rights (with the exception of local markets) to Thursday Night Football this year. Also, there were some major concerns over the quality of the streams at the beginning of the year, with many…
A Better SSH for WSL2
With the introduction of WSL2, it’s now pretty easy to do great work inside of Windows, specifically training machine learning models. This is doubly so as Microsoft brought DirectML support to WSL2, meaning this is one of the easiest way to train models if you…
Observations on owning a Tesla Powerwall
Eight years ago I moved to rural Northeastern Connecticut. It’s beautiful out here and after 20 years of living in urban cores, the switch to the rural lifestyle was something that came fairly naturally for me. However, living in a rural area has some notable…
Technology Predictions for 2020
In the past, when I had more time to write, I made a nearly yearly event of creating a list of technology predictions for the next year. It’s ironic that as my professional role has taken on more of a leadership component, I’ve stopped doing…
Leaving Watson Group - Saying Goodbye to a Job You Love
About a week and a half ago I did something that a six months ago would’ve seemed nearly unthinkable. I left IBM, and more specificially, IBM Watson Group. It wasn’t easy, but now that I’m a few weeks past it, I’m know that it was…
How I Bought a (Nearly) Anonymous VPN
There’s a ton of reasons why nearly everyone should consider using a VPN. They allow to get around various region blocks, secure your traffic when on public wifi networks, and generally can keep annoying prying eyes away from your internet traffic. I’m not one of…
Migrated Blog to Hugo
Hey world, long time no blog. Last time I wrote an article I had barely moved to Connecticut and IBM Watson Group didn’t even exist yet. Anyway, I’ve taken some time to do two major changes to my website. First, I’ve migrated everything over to…