Jay Stapleton
@jaystapleton.ca
Network nerd. Hanging out with cats and wonderful people whenever possible.
I've made computers, gizmos, vegetables, coffee, and occasionally some sense.
I've made computers, gizmos, vegetables, coffee, and occasionally some sense.
There's so much wrong with this post. Who decides if a cable is obsolete? I just had to BUY a 75 ohm coax recently. I'm sure I had some around, just couldn't find them. Probably under some books or pottery, maybe being used to hang plants; but quit making generalizations!
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There's so much wrong with this post. Who decides if a cable is obsolete? I just had to BUY a 75 ohm coax recently. I'm sure I had some around, just couldn't find them. Probably under some books or pottery, maybe being used to hang plants; but quit making generalizations!
Puttering, trying new things. Spent a half hour trying to figure out what I had done wrong just to find out was a bad USB cable.
Who ships "charging only" USBC cords? :shakes fist:
But I got to the "hello world" stage of fiddling with esp32 pretty quickly
Who ships "charging only" USBC cords? :shakes fist:
But I got to the "hello world" stage of fiddling with esp32 pretty quickly
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Puttering, trying new things. Spent a half hour trying to figure out what I had done wrong just to find out was a bad USB cable.
Who ships "charging only" USBC cords? :shakes fist:
But I got to the "hello world" stage of fiddling with esp32 pretty quickly
Who ships "charging only" USBC cords? :shakes fist:
But I got to the "hello world" stage of fiddling with esp32 pretty quickly
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oh dear it's that "I just logged on and people are making vague references to something I haven't figured out yet" feeling
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
oh dear it's that "I just logged on and people are making vague references to something I haven't figured out yet" feeling
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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seriously confusing ambiguous "they" in that headline
When a truck carrying 21 lab monkeys crashed in rural Mississippi late last month, it sparked a week filled with anxiety, conflicting messages and a hunt that culminated in the fatal shooting of two escaped monkeys.
A mom and a pastor shot two fugitives. They were escaped lab monkeys.
A truck carrying 21 lab monkeys crashed in rural Mississippi late last month. Three escaped, sparking an eight-day hunt.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
seriously confusing ambiguous "they" in that headline
I'll be joining Alex to talk about some of the new @tailscale.com features this afternoon (Eastern Time)
tailscale.com/events-webin...
tailscale.com/events-webin...
Tailscale Fall Update
Securely connect to anything on the internet with Tailscale. Built on WireGuard®️, Tailscale enables you to make finely configurable connections, secured end-to-end according to zero trust principles,...
tailscale.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'll be joining Alex to talk about some of the new @tailscale.com features this afternoon (Eastern Time)
tailscale.com/events-webin...
tailscale.com/events-webin...
Just made 9 yoghurt tubs full of turkey stock, it's quite good! I'm ready for soup season!
October 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just made 9 yoghurt tubs full of turkey stock, it's quite good! I'm ready for soup season!
Things have been so chaotic and in decline for so long that I'm tempted to start caring about sports so that the Blue Jays can give me hope.
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Things have been so chaotic and in decline for so long that I'm tempted to start caring about sports so that the Blue Jays can give me hope.
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
I'm going to be doing a Q&A tomorrow (Friday October 17th) on Zoom and YouTube, if anyone is interested in asking questions, or seeing the type of questions that other people are asking about using Tailscale. You can register here:
tailscale.com/events-webin...
tailscale.com/events-webin...
Ask The Experts: Solutions Engineer Office Hours | Tailscale
Office hours dedicated to demos of new Tailscale features and answering common technical questions.
tailscale.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I'm going to be doing a Q&A tomorrow (Friday October 17th) on Zoom and YouTube, if anyone is interested in asking questions, or seeing the type of questions that other people are asking about using Tailscale. You can register here:
tailscale.com/events-webin...
tailscale.com/events-webin...
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More than 90% of Tailscale connections are direct. When they are not, it's usually because of tricky NAT traversal. Here's how we've been improving connectivity, both for us and the greater web. tailscale.com/blog/nat-tra...
How Tailscale is improving NAT traversal (Part 1)
Updates on Tailscale's efforts to improve NAT traversal, for its client and for the web at large.
tailscale.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
More than 90% of Tailscale connections are direct. When they are not, it's usually because of tricky NAT traversal. Here's how we've been improving connectivity, both for us and the greater web. tailscale.com/blog/nat-tra...
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This Halloween I’m going as the scariest thing of all, emotional intimacy!!! ha ha just kidding I’m prion disease
October 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This Halloween I’m going as the scariest thing of all, emotional intimacy!!! ha ha just kidding I’m prion disease
The Rheostatics have new music out, and it's weird and wonderful:
Here is a link to the beautiful first single from our new album, one of the two non instrumental pieces, written by Kevin Hearn. Record comes out Nov 21st! m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ0V...
Rheostatics - The Inland Sea
YouTube video by Rheostatics
m.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Rheostatics have new music out, and it's weird and wonderful:
Hey, it's me!
BSides Toronto is underway! Thanks to our sponsors that make this happen: tailscale, Repacket, CREST, Rapid7, Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst and revenni
October 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hey, it's me!
In Toronto for BSides - come visit at the Tailscale booth tomorrow!
October 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In Toronto for BSides - come visit at the Tailscale booth tomorrow!
I'll be talking Tailscale again today. We're doing a webinar where I'll be taking technical questions on YouTube and Zoom. You can register here if you're interested in watching or participating:
tailscale.com/events-webin...
tailscale.com/events-webin...
Ask The Experts: Solutions Engineer Office Hours | Tailscale
Office hours dedicated to demos of new Tailscale features and answering common technical questions.
tailscale.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I'll be talking Tailscale again today. We're doing a webinar where I'll be taking technical questions on YouTube and Zoom. You can register here if you're interested in watching or participating:
tailscale.com/events-webin...
tailscale.com/events-webin...
I think my career in tech could have been predicted by the fact that I was the guy who brought a soldering iron to the lan parties.
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I think my career in tech could have been predicted by the fact that I was the guy who brought a soldering iron to the lan parties.
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Still managing EKS access with legacy VPNs + security groups?
There’s a better way.
Join us for a live webinar to see how the Tailscale Kubernetes Operator modernizes remote access to EKS:
🔗 tailscale.com/events-webin...
There’s a better way.
Join us for a live webinar to see how the Tailscale Kubernetes Operator modernizes remote access to EKS:
🔗 tailscale.com/events-webin...
September 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Still managing EKS access with legacy VPNs + security groups?
There’s a better way.
Join us for a live webinar to see how the Tailscale Kubernetes Operator modernizes remote access to EKS:
🔗 tailscale.com/events-webin...
There’s a better way.
Join us for a live webinar to see how the Tailscale Kubernetes Operator modernizes remote access to EKS:
🔗 tailscale.com/events-webin...
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“Evil men are ceded importance even after they die, when it no longer matters to them, and only affects us.”
― Malka Ann Older, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (though from context I don't know whether she originated this quote or if its from someone else)
― Malka Ann Older, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (though from context I don't know whether she originated this quote or if its from someone else)
September 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“Evil men are ceded importance even after they die, when it no longer matters to them, and only affects us.”
― Malka Ann Older, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (though from context I don't know whether she originated this quote or if its from someone else)
― Malka Ann Older, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (though from context I don't know whether she originated this quote or if its from someone else)
Just leaned back in a chair as a wasp was stinging me, causing it to get stuck in my back. If I lived alone, that would have been it, just living with a permanent wasp in my back.
September 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just leaned back in a chair as a wasp was stinging me, causing it to get stuck in my back. If I lived alone, that would have been it, just living with a permanent wasp in my back.
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You checked the news: -10 HP
September 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
You checked the news: -10 HP
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
Reposted by Jay Stapleton
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Notes on getting Tailscale working for Kobo Sync:
- Mount the Kobo.
- Rename .kobo/ssh-disabled to .kobo/ssh-enabled.
Still working on the next steps.
- Mount the Kobo.
- Rename .kobo/ssh-disabled to .kobo/ssh-enabled.
Still working on the next steps.
September 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Notes on getting Tailscale working for Kobo Sync:
- Mount the Kobo.
- Rename .kobo/ssh-disabled to .kobo/ssh-enabled.
Still working on the next steps.
- Mount the Kobo.
- Rename .kobo/ssh-disabled to .kobo/ssh-enabled.
Still working on the next steps.