Zkitszo - The Real

 You notice?  YouTube... at least in my case... out of the blue... and I am sure for those dedicated enough there is a site or email list thaqt shares these types of things coming down the pipelines- it is Alphabet after all. Most of their doings have been documented with documentation ontop of documentation documenting all the changes, fixes, improvements and general design. It isn't very often that things get shaken up too much. A slight change in orientation of ellements or a bit of a stye tweek. No this time.  YouTube has Changed YouTube has been changed- in someone's eye's an "update"- I consider it a down grade. Many of the features that were once availlable to all are now behind their subscription plan"(s). Damn it. Sure, i've heard many 'power users' of the platform say that it is worth it. To pay that small bit to get videos uninterrupted. I guess now, also having the many features that made things just that touh better also. I log into m...

 Quiky update to add on to that initial post I shared the SD Formatter... Original post: https://zkitszo.blogspot.com/2025/10/sd-card-formatter-thats-all.html I'd been working on some projects and had to load a ..."flash".. sorry... an image of Pi OS onto an SD card of mine. I messed up somewheres with the setup durring boot so I required a new image flashed... but, wait! My SD card now 50mb.. when... it is suppossed to be 256gb. What. Gives? I am not going to tollerate such a loss of storage space. I didn't dig greatly into exactly the going on's and why the card now shows this pathetic amount of storage.. I can't even flash the image I want if that is the case. Here's where this simple SD Formatter comes in handy dandy... I am going out on a whim that the boot proscess creates a/ or some partitions when going through the initial settup of the Pi... hence the miss match is storage space- I am sure that's the case.. and tghere are programns to confirm...

  A tool I use more often than I should. Mostly due to the sheer number of tabs and Chrome windows that I have going simultaneously. At times mylaptop will grind to a halt, the fan on full blast, a continuos struggle to click on "wait" when I get the "this page is not responding" pop up message. And... all of a sudden, I am in desperatate need for computer resourccces... there's a task that came to mind that desperatelly requires attention this instance. Windows are freezing up... other programs grind to a halt... every thing is at 110%. I used to click the ol' ctr, alt, delete, trusty, giving my fingers a yoga exercise- the Task Manager, 1 by 1 go through, "end proscess"... 1 after the other. Shutting down anything and everythig to give me back any 'semblancd of what used to be my computer. Eventually freeing up enough resources to complette whattever itr was that needed my attention this very moment- more importantly, I've now freed up mo...

 A blog or 2 ago, I'd mention some gems of sites, blogs... selfless acts of sharing exclusive resoursces- Well, if you are intrested in anything "Networing" (not the "hi, my name is.." type of networking done at confrences and such...Computer Networking.) this is an extensive page of software that covers it all. Bluetooth? Yup. Check you IP? Yes. See all computers/ devices on your network? MMM hmmm. Monitor tghe traffic comming ang going from your computer. Shure thing. Capture packets? Yah huh. Get info on the adapters connected to your PC? Uh huh. See tghe IP addresses that are comunicating with eachother over your internet connection in real time, with detailled info regarding these IPs. Yes. You get what I am putting down. YThis is the full meal deal. And, whsat many software charge you some big bucks to accomplish...this does for free... whgat a resoursce. Serious. You don't come by a treasure trove of amazing such as this often. Yet here you are.  Even...

 The good kind- hacking, "Hacking" in general ... when people hear that H word.. they think, some kid or malicious group fueled by energy drinks within RGB ambiance, sitting there mashing away at their keyboards dawning a hoodie. Sure, that may be a sub group of individuals... ...but, hacking is ... Well, have you ever taken something apart, curious of how it works? Or used your mouse and right clicked on a web site to inspect its "page source"? As a kid, have you ever dismantled something? Maybe took your action figures and switched a feature from one to the other? Added the shield off of Master Splinter and attached it to Jedi Sith- in your mind it made that figure better or solved some problem you dreamt up of. I myself took the blades off of (i forgot the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles enemy) and attached them to Leonardo, my favorite Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtle. Made him look vicious and unstoppable... added some missile launchers to his back and other armor. I ...

 There was(Is? Will be...) a moment in internet times where a transition from AOL, GEO Cities, the many chat rooms transitioned to exciting platforms such as Blogger.. and now there were far greater avenues of generating income from the information once "just shared". People flocked to these publishing services and gave us the goods. So many gems!  It didn't take long for things to get over saturated- the gems buried, and the many cookie cutter sites just turning into click farms/ click bait... and instead of value... leaned more towards entertaining. I myself dabbled in the Adsense days- know many that made some serious $. There was money to be had... The payouts got smaller, content worse, advertisers not impressed, those publishing not putting in the effort they'd once did. Still, there is this time where a type of content was shared, and shared without the pay walls...or subscriptions or any expectation of monetary reward in exchange- the "street cred" w...

Got a Raspberry Pi? Let's turn it into a legit server. No crap. Ubuntu Server on Your Pi- What's Required: Raspberry Pi (2, 3, or 4 or 5 or Zero w 2....) microSD card (8GB+) Power cable (minimum 5v 3a, preferably 4/5a- get an official Pi power supply) Your computer The Steps to Get it Going: Step 1: Flash It Grab the Raspberry Pi Imager (it's official, Google it). Pop your SD card into your computer. In the Imager: OS: Other > Ubuntu > Ubuntu Server (pick the 64-bit LTS). Storage: Your SD card. CRITICAL: Click the gear icon . Set a hostname/password, enable SSH , and add your Wi-Fi details. This is the whole "headless" hack. Click  Write . Step 2: Boot It Put that freshly flashed SD card into your Pi. Plug in the power. Walk away. Seriously. Give it 2-3 minutes. It's using cloud-init to set itself up. Don't touch it. Step 3: Log In (from your main PC) Find your Pi's IP address (check your router's device list). Open your terminal an...